Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's javelin throw

Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men	women
880 yd	men	women
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 miles walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's javelin throw event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.^[1][2]

Results[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	John FitzSimons	England	261 ft 9 in (79.78 m)
		Australia	249 ft 10 in (76.16 m)
	Muhammad Nawaz	Pakistan	229 ft 5 in (69.94 m)
4		Malaysia	227 ft 6 in (69.35 m)
5		Canada	218 ft 7 in (66.63 m)
6	Dave Travis	England	215 ft 4 in (65.64 m)
7		Canada	210 ft 7 in (64.19 m)
8		Kenya	199 ft 1 in (60.69 m)
9		Bermuda	164 ft 2 in (50.05 m)
10		British Honduras	156 ft 8 in (47.76 m)
11	Hartley Saunders	Bahamas	152 ft 8 in (46.54 m)
12		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	147 ft 4 in (44.91 m)

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