Wrestling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Wrestling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Kingston Convention Hall
Location	Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Dates	4 to 13 August 1966
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Wrestling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the eighth appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Kingston, Jamaica and featured contests in eight weight classes. ^[1]

The wrestling events were held in the Kingston Convention Hall in Independence Park. ^{[2] [3]}

Pakistan topped the wrestling medal table again by virtue of winning four of the eight gold medals on offer. ^[4]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Jamaica)

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Pakistan	4	1	1	6
2	India	3	2	2	7
3	Canada	1	3	1	5
4	Australia	0	1	1	2
5	Scotland	0	1	0	1
6	England	0	0	2	2
7	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		8	8	8	24

Medallists

Weight	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Muhammad Nazir	Shamrao Sable	Peter Michienzi
Bantamweight	Bishambar Singh	Kevin McGrath	Muhammad Saeed
Featherweight	Muhammad Akhtar	Randhawa Singh	Bert Aspen
Lightweight	Mukhtiar Singh	Ray Lougheed	Tony Greig
Welterweight	Muhammad Bashir	Rick Bryant	Hukum Singh
Middleweight	Faiz Muhammad	Sébastien Donison	Michael Benarik
Light Heavyweight	Robert Chamberot	Wallace Booth	Bishwanath Singh
Heavyweight	Bhim Singh	Ikram Ilahi	Denis McNamara

Results

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Flyweight 52kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Peter Michienzi	Alf Rhodes	pinned
Muhammad Nazir	Shamrao Sable	Points
Muhammad Nazir	Peter Michienzi	Points
Shamrao Sable	Alf Rhodes	Points

Final positions: 1. Nazir 2. Sable 3. Michienzi 4. Rhodes

Bantamweight 57kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Muhammad Saeed	Ernest Chornomydz	Points
Kevin McGrath	Andy Bailey	Points
Bishambar Singh	Jim Turnbull	Points
Ernest Chornomydz	Andy Bailey	Points
Bishambar Singh	Muhammad Saeed	Points
Kevin McGrath	Jim Turnbull	Points
Bishambar Singh	Ernest Chornomydz	Points
Kevin McGrath	Muhammad Saeed	draw

Final positions: 1. Singh 2. McGrath 3. Saeed 4. Chornomydz 5. Bailey & Turnbull

Featherweight 62kg

Winner	Loser	Score
B. N. Tolliday	John McCourtney	ret
Randhawa Singh	G Reid	draw
Bert Aspen	Neil Scott	Points
Muhammad Akhtar	B. N. Tolliday	retired
Randhawa Singh	John McCourtney	default
G Reid	Neil Scott	Points
Randhawa Singh	Bert Aspen	Points
Muhammad Akhtar	G Reid	Points
Muhammad Akhtar	Bert Aspen	Points
Muhammad Akhtar	Randhawa Singh	Points

Final positions: 1. Akhtar 2. Singh 3. Aspen 4. Reid 5. Tolliday 6. Scott & McCourtney

Lightweight 68kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Ray Lougheed	Tam Anderson	Points
M Hussein	Sid Marsh	Points
Tony Greig	Stan Gilligan	Points
Mukhtiar Singh	Tam Anderson	fall
Ray Lougheed	Sid Marsh	Points
M Hussein	Stan Gilligan	Points
Mukhtiar Singh	Tony Greig	Points
M Hussein	Ray Lougheed	draw
Tony Greig	Ray Lougheed	draw
Mukhtiar Singh	M Hussein	points

Final positions: 1. Singh 2. Lougheed 3. Greig 4. Hussein 5. Marsh, Gilligan & Anderson

Welterweight 74kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Rick Bryant	Robert Clark	Points
Hukum Singh	Bert Owen	Points
Muhammad Bashir	Bert Owen	fall
Rick Bryant	Hukum Singh	draw
Muhammad Bashir	Rick Bryant	Points
Muhammad Bashir	Hukum Singh	Points

Final positions: 1. Bashir 2. Bryant 3. Singh 4. Owen, Bashir, Clark

Middleweight 82kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Faiz Muhammad	Ronald Grinstead	Points
Sébastien Donison	Michael Benarik	Points
Jit Singh	Ronald Grinstead	draw
Faiz Muhammad	Sébastien Donison	Points
Michael Benarik	Ronald Grinstead	draw
Faiz Muhammad	Jit Singh	Points
Sébastien Donison	Jit Singh	Points
Faiz Muhammad	Michael Benarik	Points

Final positions: 1. Faiz 2. Donison 3. Benarik 4. Grinstead 5. Singh

Light heavyweight 90kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Bishwanath Singh	M Riaz	draw
Wallace Booth	Geoff Hill	Points
Robert Chamberot	M Riaz	draw
Bishwanath Singh	Geoff Hill	Points
Wallace Booth	M Riaz	draw
Robert Chamberot	Bishwanath Singh	draw
Wallace Booth	Robert Chamberot	draw
Wallace Booth	Bishwanath Singh	draw

Final positions: 1. Chamberot 2. Booth 3. Singh 4. Riaz 5. Hill

Heavyweight 100kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Ikram Ilahi	Denis McNamara	Points
Bhim Singh	Harry Geris	Points
Denis McNamara	Harry Geris	Points
Bhim Singh	Ikram Ilahi	Points

Final positions: 1. Singh 2. Ilahi 3. McNamara 4. Geris

References

1. "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
2. "38 countries set Games record" . Belfast Telegraph. 4 May 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 18 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Prince Philip, Pince Charles and Princess Anne watch the wrestling" . Evening News (London). 13 August 1966. p. 2. Retrieved 18 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
5. "Commonwealth Games results" . Evening News (London). 11 August 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Your Games Results" . The Scotsman. 12 August 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Commonwealth Games results" . The Scotsman. 13 August 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.