1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Multi-sport event in Kingston, Jamaica May 2013 May 2023 VIII British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games - Kingston.gif 100px Kingston, Jamaica 34 1,316 (inc. officials) 110 events in 10 sports 4 August 1966 13 August 1966 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Independence Park VII IX The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. The opening ceremony was the first Games to be opened in the evening.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19660804/757/0025 Empire Games Moonlight opening ceremony Birmingham Daily Post 4 August 1966 25 British Newspaper Archive subscription 11 December 2025 The event was followed by the 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes. Jamaica remains the only host nation of a Commonwealth Games that did not win at least one gold medal in its own games. Two sports; lawn bowls and rowing were dropped from the Games due to lack of facilities and were replaced by the debut sports of badminton and shooting. A record 38 countries competed at the Games.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19660504/581/0022 38 countries set Games record Belfast Telegraph 4 May 1966 22 British Newspaper Archive subscription 7 December 2025 thumb|right|200px|The National Stadium was the primary venue for the Games Host selection thumb|A Jamaican five-shilling coin commemorating the Games Kingston was elected host by the CGF in Rome, Italy, during the 1960 Summer Olympics. +1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games bidding results City Country VotesKingston21x21px Jamaica 17Edinburgh21x21px Scotland 12Salisbury21x21px Rhodesia and Nyasaland 5 Venues Athletes' Village – University of the West Indies at Mona Athletics, opening and closing ceremonies – National Stadium in Independence Park Badminton – Kingston Convention Hall Boxing – National Stadium and Sabina Parkhttp://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/CommonwealthGames1966.html British Empire and Commonwealth Games Sabina Park & National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica August 4-13, 1966 Amateur Boxing 7 December 2025 Cycling (track) – National Stadium in Independence Park Cycling (road) – Diving – National Aquatic Centre in Independence Park Fencing – Excelsior School Auditorium Shooting – Twickenham Park Range, Spanish Townhttps://wtsf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Commonwealth-Shooting-reports-results-1966-2018.pdf Commonwealth Shooting reports WTSF 7 December 2025 Swimming – National Aquatic Centre in Independence Park Weightlifting - Ward Theatrehttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19660810/157/0016 Louis Martin's win thrills Jamaicans Coventry Evening Telegraph 10 August 1966 16 British Newspaper Archive subscription 11 December 2025 Wrestling – Kingston Convention Hall Participating teams thumb|250px|Countries that participated 34 teams were represented at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold). Participating Commonwealth countries and territories: 20em Antigua and Barbuda colonial—first appearance 23px Australia Bahamas colonial Barbados 1885 Bermuda British Honduras Canada Ceylon 1951 23px England 23px Fiji Ghana 1964 Gibraltar 23px Guyana 23px India Isle of Man Jamaica (host) Jersey old Kenya 23px Malaysia 23px Mauritius 23px New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Pakistan PNG 1965 Papua and New Guinea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines colonial Scotland 23px Sierra Leone 23px Singapore South Arabia—first appearance Tanzania—first appearance Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Wales Medals table Medals won by nation, ranked and sortable JAM flagCGF 1966 33 24 23 23 28 22 14 20 23 8 5 13 5 2 2 GHA 1964 5 2 2 4 1 4 4 1 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 4 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 4 8 yes 0 1 0 0 1 0 BAH colonial 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 PNG 1965 Papua and New Guinea 0 0 1 BAR 1885 Sports Aquatics Diving Swimming Athletics Badminton Boxing Cycling Fencing Shooting Weightlifting Wrestling External links "Kingston 1966". Commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport. 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Australian Commonwealth Games (archived 21 May 2007) References Perth British Empire and Commonwealth GamesKingstonVIII British Empire and Commonwealth Games Edinburgh Sports 1960s Jamaica British Empire and Commonwealth Games British Empire and Commonwealth Games Category:20th century in Kingston, Jamaica Category:August 1966 sports events in North America Category:Commonwealth Games in Jamaica Category:International sports competitions hosted by Jamaica Category:Multi-sport events in Jamaica Category:Sports competitions in Kingston, Jamaica