Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 220 yards

The women's 220 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 11 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.^[1] It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 200 metres.

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dianne Burge Australia	Jenny Lamy Australia	Irene Piotrowski Canada

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: +1.9 m/s, Heat 5: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marjorie Turner	Canada	24.6	Q
2	1	Una Morris	Jamaica	24.7	Q
3	1		Wales	25.3	Q
4	1		Trinidad and Tobago	25.5
5	1		Nigeria	25.5
1	2	Jenny Lamy	Australia	24.2	Q
2	2	Maureen Tranter	England	24.2	Q
3	2		Canada	24.9	Q
4	2		Trinidad and Tobago	25.3
5	2	Ana Ramacake	Fiji	25.3
6	2		Tanzania	26.3
7	2		Sierra Leone	26.5
1	3	Judy Pollock	Australia	24.1	Q
2	3	Janet Simpson	England	24.2	Q
3	3		Wales	24.6	Q
4	3		Northern Ireland	24.9	q
5	3	Olajumoke Bodunrin	Nigeria	25.5
6	3		Scotland	25.7
7	3		Trinidad and Tobago	25.9
8	3	Lydia Stephens	Kenya	26.2
1	4	Joyce Bennett	Australia	24.2	Q
2	4	Vilma Charlton	Jamaica	24.6	Q
3	4		Canada	24.8	Q
4	4		Wales	25.0
5	4	Oyeronke Akindele	Nigeria	25.1
6	4		Trinidad and Tobago	25.2
1	5	Dianne Burge	Australia	24.5	Q
2	5	Daphne Slater	England	24.8	Q
3	5	Irene Piotrowski	Canada	25.0	Q
4	5		Wales	25.5
5	5		Sierra Leone	27.6
	5	Adlin Mair	Jamaica	DNS
	5		Nigeria	DNS

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Dianne Burge	Australia	24.0	Q
2	1	Una Morris	Jamaica	24.1	Q
3	1	Judy Pollock	Australia	24.2	Q
4	1	Janet Simpson	England	24.2	Q
5	1	Marjorie Turner	Canada	24.3
6	1		Canada	24.5
7	1	Daphne Slater	England	24.7
8	1		Wales	25.4
1	2	Jenny Lamy	Australia	24.1	Q
2	2	Irene Piotrowski	Canada	24.1	Q
3	2	Joyce Bennett	Australia	24.1	Q
4	2	Vilma Charlton	Jamaica	24.4	Q
5	2	Maureen Tranter	England	24.5
6	2		Wales	24.8
7	2		Canada	25.0
8	2		Northern Ireland	25.5

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Dianne Burge	Australia	23.73
	Jenny Lamy	Australia	23.86
	Irene Piotrowski	Canada	23.92
4	Judy Pollock	Australia	24.14
5	Joyce Bennett	Australia	24.16
6	Una Morris	Jamaica	24.3
7	Vilma Charlton	Jamaica	24.4
8	Janet Simpson	England	24.6

^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Heats & Semifinals results". The Age. 10 August 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Final results". The Guardian. 13 August 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

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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