At the
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, the
athletics
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Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
events were held at
Independence Park Independence Park may refer to:
* Independence Park Botanic Gardens, a botanical garden in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
* Independence Park (Charlotte, North Carolina), a park in Charlotte, North Carolina
* Independence Park (Chicago), a park in Chicag ...
in
Kingston,
Jamaica
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. A total of 34 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 11 by female athletes. This was the final athletics competition at the quadrennial games to feature events measured in
imperial
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Places
United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imperial, Nebraska
* Imperial, Pennsylvania
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, rather than
metric units
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. It was also the last edition to allow four athletes from each country in a single event before that number was reduced to three. Eleven
Games records were improved over the course of the competition.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Medal table
Participating nations
* (2)
* (7)
* (32)
* (14)
* (8)
* (6)
* (4)
* (35)
* (1)
* (61)
* (1)
* (10)
* (1)
* (3)
* (6)
* (3)
* (49)
* (21)
* (5)
* (6)
* (17)
* (21)
* (5)
* (5)
* (2)
* (2)
* (18)
* (11)
* (2)
* (4)
* (16)
* (6)
* (12)
References
Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-13.
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-13.
{{Sports at the 1966 British Commonwealth Games
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games events
1966
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games