Cycling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Track:National Stadium, Kingston Road:
Dates	4 to 13 August 1966
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Cycling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the seventh appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held from 4 to 13 August 1966. ^[1]

The track events took place in the National Stadium in the Independence Park complex in Kingston. ^[2] The road race was a 120 miles route, which was won by Peter Buckley for the Isle of Man. He had broken away with forty miles left and won despite having to change a punctured wheel with 18 miles left. ^[3]

England topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning two gold medals, one silver and one bronze. ^[4]

The National Stadium had a cycling circuit around the athletics track

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Jamaica)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	2	1	1	4
2	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	0	2
3	Isle of Man	1	0	0	1
4	Australia	0	3	3	6
5	New Zealand	0	1	1	2
Totals (5 entries)		5	5	5	15

Medal winners

Roger Gibbon won double gold

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Road Race	Peter Buckley	Des Thomson	Laurie Byers
Time Trial	Roger Gibbon	Phil Bristow-Stagg	Richard Hine
Sprint	Roger Gibbon	Fred Booker	Daryl Perkins
Individual Pursuit	Hugh Porter	John Bylsma	Richard Hine
10 Miles Scratch	Ian Alsop	Hilton Clarke	Trevor Bull

Results

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Road Race (top 16)

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Peter Buckley	5:07:52.5
2	Des Thomson	5:12:11.2
3	Laurie Byers	5:12:19.8
4	Malcolm McCredie	5:12:20.4
5	Dave Kane	5:12:20.7
6	Colin Lewis	5:12:21.0
7	Morris Foster	5:14:39.6
8	Dave Nie	5:17:11.7
9	Billy Bilsland	5:18:30.1
10	Hugh Porter	5:25:22.2
11	Samuel Watson	5:36:17.9
12	Dominico Muro	5:37:04.1
13	Joseph Jones	5:39:59.2
14	Richie Thomson	5:39:59.4
15	Tino Tabak	5:40:50.6
16	Ray Bilney	5:43:10.0

Individual pursuit (top 16)

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Hugh Porter	4:56.6
2	John Bylsma	4:59.0
3	Richard Hine	5:03.7
4	Harry Jackson	5:07.7
5	Brendan McKeown	QF 5:09.3
5	Graham F. Wright	QF 5:21.3
5	David A. Comparini	QF 5:22.8
5	Douglas P. Lidster	QF Caught
9	Eddie Smart	ht 5:19.5
9	Colin Lewis	ht 5:22.5
9	Nigel J. Dean	ht 5:23.0
9	Roger Pratt	ht 5:23.6
9	Malcolm McCredie	ht 5:23.7
9	David de Freitas	ht 5:24.2
9	John N. Corkhill	ht 5:29.7
9	Andre Cloutier	ht 5:37.9

Time trial (top 16)

Phil Bristow-Stagg won silver in the time trial

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Roger Gibbon	1:09.60
2	Phil Bristow-Stagg	1:10.90
3	Richard Hine	1:11.08
4	Fred Booker	1:11.20
5	Graham F. Wright	1:11.50
6	Hilton Clarke	1:11.51
7	Ian Alsop	1:12.2
8	Billy Whiteside	1:12.9
9	Leslie King	1:15.2
9	Dave Comparini	1:15.2
11	Andre Gosselin	1:15.5
12	Nigel J. Dean	1:15.7
13	David de Freitas	1:15.9
14	Douglas P. Lidster	1:16.0
15	Eddie Smart	1:16.0
16	John Dyer	1:16.1

Sprint (top 16)

Pos	Athlete
1	Roger Gibbon
2	Fred Booker
3	Daryl Perkins
4	Hilton Clarke
5	Jeffrey Bruce Linden
5	Dave Watkins
5	Reg Barnett
5	Fitzroy Hoyte
9	Christopher W. Fields
9	Beresford K. Springer
9	Andre Gosselin
9	Andre Cloutier
9	Bryan Phillips
9	John A. Bigwood
9	Donald L. Booth
9	Leslie King

Quarter-final

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Perkins	Watkins	2–1
Gibbon	Linden	2–0
Clarke	Barnett	2–1
Booker	Hoyte	2–0

Semi finals

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Gibbon	Clarke	2–0
Booker	Perkins	2–0

Third place

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Perkins	Clarke	2–0

Final

Athlete	Athlete	Score
Gibbon	Booker	2–0

10 miles scratch race

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Ian Alsop	21:46
2	Hilton Clarke	21:46
3	Trevor Bull	21:47
4	H. Miranda
-	Richard Hine
-	Phil Bristow-Stagg
-	Michael Stoute
-	Dan D. Stoute
-	Christopher W. Fields
-	Lorenzo A. Zelaya
-	Kenneth Sutherland
-	John E. Miguel
-	Andre Gosselin
-	Andre Cloutier
-	Dave Watkins
-	David de Freitas
-	Archie Britton
-	Ernest Potter
-	Nigel J. Dean
-	John N. Corkhill
-	D. Beckford
-	T. Silvera
-	Graham F. Wright
-	John A. Bigwood
-	Donald L. Booth
-	Steve Chivers
-	Morris Foster
-	Fitzroy Hoyte
-	Roger Gibbon
-	Leslie King
-	John Dyer
-	Eddie Smart

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling

References

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