New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | |
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CGF code | NZL |
CGA | New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association |
Website | www |
in Kingston, Jamaica | |
Competitors | 60 |
Flag bearers | Opening: Don Oliver Closing: |
Officials | 18 |
Medals Ranked 4th |
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British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances | |
New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 60 competitors and 18 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Kingston, Jamaica, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was weightlifter Don Oliver. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 26 medals, eight of which were gold.
New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.
Medal tables[]
New Zealand was fourth in the medal table in 1966, with a total of 26 medals, including eight gold.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Les Mills | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
Gold | Peter Welsh | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |
Gold | Roy Williams | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
Gold | Valerie Young | Athletics | Women's discus throw |
Gold | Valerie Young | Athletics | Women's shot put |
Gold | Bill Kini | Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
Gold | Dave Gerrard | Swimming | Men's 220 yards butterfly |
Gold | Don Oliver | Weightlifting | Men's heavyweight |
Silver | Les Mills | Athletics | Men's shot put |
Silver | Des Thomson | Cycling | Men's road race |
Silver | Brian Lacey | Shooting | Open 50 m rifle prone |
Silver | Tony Graham | Swimming | Men's 110 yards breaststroke |
Silver | Tony Graham | Swimming | Men's 220 yards breaststroke |
Bronze | Norman Read | Athletics | Men's 20 mile road walk |
Bronze | Mike Ryan | Athletics | Men's marathon |
Bronze | Ian Studd | Athletics | Men's 1 mile |
Bronze | Robin Tait | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
Bronze | Brian Kendall | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
Bronze | Laurie Byers | Cycling | Men's road race |
Bronze | Gaye McDermit | Fencing | Women's individual foil |
Bronze | Joyce Fenton Pam French Gaye McDermit |
Fencing | Women's team foil |
Bronze | Tom Sutherland | Shooting | Open fullbore rifle Queen's Prize |
Bronze | Vivien Haddon | Swimming | Women's 220 yards breaststroke |
Bronze | Margaret Macrae | Swimming | Women's 220 yards backstroke |
Bronze | Hilton Brown Dave Gerrard Tony Graham Paddy O'Carroll |
Swimming | Men's 4 × 110 yards medley relay |
Bronze | Tony Greig | Wrestling | Men's lightweight |
Medals by sport | ||||||
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Sport | Total | |||||
Athletics | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
Swimming | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Fencing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
Medals by gender | ||||||
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Gender | Total | |||||
Male | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | ||
Female | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
Mixed / open | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Total | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
Competitors[]
The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 13 | 4 | 17 |
Badminton | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Boxing | 4 | N/A | 4 |
Cycling | 8 | N/A | 8 |
Diving | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Fencing | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Shooting | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Swimming | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Weightlifting | 3 | N/A | 3 |
Wrestling | 2 | N/A | 2 |
Total | 47 | 13 | 60 |
Athletics[]
Track and road[]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank[i] | Result | Rank[ii] | Result | Rank | ||
Bill Baillie | Men's 3 miles | N/A | DNS | ||||
Men's 6 miles | N/A | 30:01.0 | 9 | ||||
Men's marathon | N/A | DNS | |||||
Roger Johnson | Men's 440 yards hurdles | 51.7 | 4 Q | N/A | 56.0 | 7 | |
Jeff Julian | Men's marathon | N/A | 2:32:45.4 | 5 | |||
Brenda Matthews | Women's 80 m hurdles | 11.1 | 3 Q | N/A | 11.3 | 7 | |
Women's 100 yards | 10.9 | 3 Q | 10.8 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
Men's 1 mile | 4:04.5 | 3 Q | N/A | 4:03.2 | 10 | ||
Men's 3 miles | N/A | 13:18.6 | 9 | ||||
Norman Read | Men's 20 mile walk | N/A | 2:46:28.2 | ||||
Mike Ryan | Men's marathon | N/A | 2:27:59.0 | ||||
Marise Stephen | Women's 880 yards | 2:06.6 | 1 Q | N/A | 2:05.9 | 6 | |
Ian Studd | Men's 1 mile | 4:09.5 | 4 Q | N/A | 3:58.4 | ||
Men's 3 miles | N/A | 13:25.8 | 10 | ||||
Peter Welsh | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | N/A | 8:29.6 GR |
Field[]
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Women's discus throw | 126 ft 2 in (38.46 m) |
8 | |
Women's shot put | 46 ft 5+1⁄4 in (14.15 m) |
5 | |
Men's shot put | 53 ft 11 in (16.43 m) |
5 | |
Les Mills | Men's discus throw | 184 ft 4 in (56.18 m) |
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Men's shot put | 60 ft 3+1⁄4 in (18.37 m) |
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Dave Norris | Men's long jump | 24 ft 6+1⁄4 in (7.47 m) |
7 |
Men's triple jump | 50 ft 11+1⁄2 in (15.53 m) |
5 | |
Robin Tait | Men's discus throw | 180 ft 6 in (55.02 m) |
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Men's shot put | 53 ft 9+1⁄2 in (16.40 m) |
6 | |
Valerie Young | Women's discus throw | 163 ft 4 in (49.78 m) |
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Women's shot put | 54 ft 1+3⁄4 in (16.50 m) GR |
Combined[]
Athlete | Event | 100 m | Long jump | Shot put | High jump | 400 m | 110 m hurdles | Discus throw | Pole vault | Javelin throw | 1500 m | Overall points | Rank |
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Roy Williams | Men's decathlon | 11.0 804 pts |
7.24 m 869 pts |
13.60 m 703 pts |
1.83 m 725 pts |
51.2 753 pts |
15.0 848 pts |
45.24 m 786 pts |
3.80 m 754 pts |
47.30 m 596 pts |
4:55.6 432 pts |
7270 pts GR |
Badminton[]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
Women's singles | Bye | () L 11–3 8–11 10–12 |
Did not advance | ||||
Men's singles | Mills (ENG) L 15–9 7–15 1–15 |
Did not advance | |||||
Men's singles | Goel (IND) L 15–5 13–18 14–17 |
Did not advance | |||||
Women's singles | () L 3–11 11–7 9–11 |
Did not advance | |||||
Women's doubles | N/A | Bye | / () W 17–16 15–10 |
Bairstow / Rogers (ENG) L 1–15 10–15 |
/ Ang (MAL) L 11–15 9–15 |
4 | |
Men's doubles | N/A | Bye | Tan / Yew (MAL) L 7–15 7–15 |
Did not advance | |||
Mixed doubles | Bye | / McCoig () L 4–15 15–11 8–15 |
Did not advance | ||||
Mixed doubles | / () W 15–5 10–15 15–7 |
/ () L 10–15 7–15 |
Did not advance |
Boxing[]
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
Flyweight | N/A | Scott () L |
Did not advance | |||
Brian Kendall | Bantamweight | (SIN) W |
() W |
Norwood (AUS) L |
Did not advance | |
Lightweight | () L |
Did not advance | ||||
Bill Kini | Heavyweight | N/A | Coker () W WO |
McAlinden () W |
Ray () W |
Cycling[]
Road[]
- Men's road race
Athlete | Time | Rank |
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Laurie Byers | 5:12:19.8 | |
Tino Tabak | 5:40:00.6 | 15 |
Des Thomson | 5:12:01.2 | |
Richie Thomson | 5:39:59.4 | 14 |
Track[]
- Men's 1000 m sprint
Athlete | Round 1 | Repechage | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | |
() W 12.9 |
Bye | Barnett (ENG) L |
Did not progress | ||||
() () W 12.6 |
Bye | Hoyte () L |
Did not progress |
- Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete | Time | Rank |
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1:15.21 | 9 | |
1:11.50 | 5 |
- Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
Athlete | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank | |
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Time | Rank | Opponent Result |
Opponent Result |
Opponent Result | ||
5:11.7 | 6 Q | Jackson (ENG) L 5:22.8 |
Did not advance | |||
5:15.1 | 7 Q | Bylsma (AUS) L 5:21.3 |
Did not advance |
- Men's 10 miles scratch race
Athlete | Time | Rank |
---|---|---|
DNF | ||
Finished | Unplaced | |
DNF |
Diving[]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Men's 3 m springboard | 271.90 | 6 Q | 130.46 | 5 |
Fencing[]
Men[]
Individual[]
Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Semifinal pool | Final pool | ||||||
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Wins | Defeats | Rank | Wins | Defeats | Rank | Wins | Defeats | Rank | ||
Bob Binning | Individual épée | 1 | 4 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
Individual sabre | 4 | 2 | 3 Q | 2 | 3 | 3 Q | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
Michael Henderson | Individual foil | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Individual sabre | 2 | 4 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
Keith Mann | Individual épée | 2 | 4 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
Individual foil | 1 | 5 | – | Did not advance | ||||||
Richard Peterson | Individual épée | 2 | 4 | =5 | Did not advance | |||||
Brian Pickworth | Individual foil | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Individual sabre | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 3 | 1 | 3 Q | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Team[]
Athletes | Event | Elimination pool | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
Bob Binning Keith Mann Richard Peterson |
Team épée | L 4–5 |
England L 2–5 |
Did not advance | ||
Michael Henderson Keith Mann Brian Pickworth |
Team foil | W 6–3 |
W 6–3 |
Australia L 3–5 |
L 1–5 |
4 |
Bob Binning Michael Henderson Brian Pickworth |
Team sabre | W 6–3 |
W 5–1 |
Australia L 3–5 |
L 3–5 |
4 |
Women[]
Individual[]
Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Final pool | ||||
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Wins | Defeats | Rank | Wins | Defeats | Rank | ||
Joyce Fenton | Individual foil | 2 | 4 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
Pam French | Individual foil | 2 | 4 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
Gaye McDermit | Individual foil | 4 | 3 | 3 Q | 4 | 3 |
Team[]
Athletes | Event | Pool | Final / BM | Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
Joyce Fenton Pam French Gaye McDermit |
Team foil | England L 3–6 |
Australia L 3–6 |
W 5–2 |
Shooting[]
- Open small bore rifle
Athlete | Points | Rank |
---|---|---|
582 | 6 | |
Brian Lacey | 585 |
- Open full bore rifle
Athlete | Qualifying | Final | |||||
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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Total points | Rank | Stage 3 | Total points | Rank | |
Maurice Gordon | 100 | 143 | 243 | =5 Q | 135 | 378 | 5 |
Tom Sutherland | 100 | 144 | 244 | =3 Q | 137 | 381 |
Swimming[]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Hilton Brown | Men's 110 yd backstroke | 1:05.8 | =9 | Did not progress | |
Men's 220 yd backstroke | 2:21.1 | 6 Q | 2:19.8 | 5 | |
Dave Gerrard | Men's 110 yd butterfly | 1:01.8 | 4 Q | 1:02.1 | 6 |
Men's 220 yd butterfly | 2:15.3 | 3 Q | 2:12.7 | ||
Tony Graham | Men's 110 yd breaststroke | 1:13.8 | 2 Q | 1:12.9 | |
Men's 220 yd breaststroke | 2:39.4 | 2 Q | 2:36.9 | ||
Vivien Haddon | Women's 110 yd breaststroke | 1:19.7 GR | 1 Q | 1:21.9 | 4 |
Women's 220 yd breaststroke | Q | 2:53.9 | |||
Women's 110 yd butterfly | 1:13.0 | 10 | Did not progress | ||
Women's 220 yd butterfly | 2:39.3 | 4 Q | 2:36.4 | 4 | |
Margaret Macrae | Women's 110 yd backstroke | 1:13.9 | 7 Q | 1:13.8 | 7 |
Women's 220 yd backstroke | 2:37.7 | 4 Q | 2:34.7 | ||
Women's 440 yd freestyle | 5:04.4 | 9 | Did not progress | ||
Women's 4 × 110 yd individual medley | 5:44.2 | 8 Q | DNS | ||
Paddy O'Carroll | Men's 110 yd backstroke | 1:04.9 | 5 Q | 1:04.4 | 4 |
Men's 220 yd backstroke | 2:21.9 | 7 Q | 2:20.9 | 6 | |
Men's 110 yd freestyle | 58.4 | 14 | Did not progress | ||
Allan Seagar | Men's 220 yd backstroke | 2:22.2 | 8 Q | 2:25.1 | 8 |
Men's 110 yd breaststroke | 1:14.5 | 4 Q | 1:13.9 | 4 | |
Men's 220 yd breaststroke | 2:40.8 | 4 Q | 2:41.6 | 4 | |
Men's 4 × 110 yd individual medley | 5:03.6 | 4 Q | 5:07.0 | 4 | |
Tui Shipston | Women's 110 yd backstroke | 1:17.4 | 11 | Did not progress | |
Women's 220 yd backstroke | 2:46.2 | 10 | Did not progress | ||
Women's 4 × 110 yd individual medley | 5:48.8 | 9[i] | 5:49.3 | 8 | |
Hilton Brown Tony Graham Dave Gerrard Paddy O'Carroll |
Men's 4 × 110 yd medley relay | N/A | 4:17.5 | ||
Margaret Macrae Vivien Haddon Tui Shipston |
Women's 4 × 110 yd medley relay | N/A | 4:57.7 | 5 |
- ^ Progressed to the final after the withdrawal of Margaret Macrae
Weightlifting[]
Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Cameron | Featherweight | 181 lb (82.1 kg) |
199 lb (90.3 kg) |
260 lb (117.9 kg) |
640 lb (290.3 kg) |
8 |
John Bolton | Middleweight | 242+1⁄2 lb (110.0 kg) |
236+3⁄4 lb (107.4 kg) |
308+1⁄2 lb (139.9 kg) |
787+3⁄4 lb (357.3 kg) |
6 |
Don Oliver | Heavyweight | 352+1⁄2 lb (159.9 kg) |
303 lb (137.4 kg) |
440+3⁄4 lb (199.9 kg) |
1,096+1⁄4 lb (497.3 kg) GR |
Wrestling[]
Athlete | Event | Elimination rounds | Rank | |||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
Featherweight | Aspen (ENG) L |
() L |
Eliminated | =5 | ||
Tony Greig | Lightweight | Gilligan (ENG) W |
Bye | Singh (IND) L |
Lougheed () D |
Officials[]
Team officials included:[1]
- Manager –
- Assistant manager –
- Chaperone – Pat Cheesman
- Medical officer – Mayne Smeeton
- Athletics section manager – J. Hutchinson
- Athletics coach – Frank Sharpley
- Badminton section manager – V.A. Horne
- Boxing section manager – Dick Dunn
- Cycling section manager – M.T. Gamble
- Cycling coach –
- Fencing section manager –
- Shooting section manager – J.M. Ross
- Swimming and diving section manager – A.J. Donaldson
- Swimming and diving coach – M.A. Doidge
- Weightlifting section manager – Tony George
- Wrestling section manager –
See also[]
- New Zealand Olympic Committee
- New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics
References[]
- ^ New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games Team, Kingston, Jamaica. Wellington: New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. 1966.
External links[]
- New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
- Nations at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 1966 in New Zealand sport