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

The men'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 edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Stanley Allotey
  Ghana 		Edwin Roberts
  Trinidad and Tobago 		David Ejoke
  Nigeria

Results edit

Heats edit

[2]

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: -4.0 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: -5.7 m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s, Heat 7: ? m/s, Heat 8: ? m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Gary Holdsworth   Australia 21.8 Q
2 1 Bernard Nottage   Bahamas 21.8 Q
3 1 Clifton Bertrand   Trinidad and Tobago 21.8 Q
4 1 Ross McKenzie   Canada 21.8 Q
5 1 Norman Chihota   Tanzania 22.3
6 1 Philip Musondu   Kenya 22.3
7 1 Aggrey Jacobs   Antigua and Barbuda 22.9
1 2 Edwin Roberts   Trinidad and Tobago 21.4 Q
2 2 Sydney Asiodu   Nigeria 21.9 Q
3 2 Terrance Tomlinson   Canada 22.0 Q
4 2 Colin Thurton   British Honduras 22.9 Q
5 2 Edward Pratt   Sierra Leone 23.7
2 Ebenezer Addy   Ghana DNS
2 Lynn Davies   Wales DNS
1 3 Peter Norman   Australia 21.7 Q
2 3 Winston Short   Trinidad and Tobago 21.9 Q
3 3 George Collie   Bahamas 22.1 Q
4 3 Terry Davies   Wales 22.4 Q
5 3 Olaniyi Adekunle   Nigeria 22.7
6 3 Clement Cure   Mauritius 23.3
3 Kenneth Powell   India DNS
1 4 Harry Jerome   Canada 21.7 Q
2 4 Mel Cheskin   England 21.9 Q
3 4 John Owiti   Kenya 22.2 Q
4 4 E. Donkor   Ghana 22.3 Q
5 4 Omubo Peters   Nigeria 22.5
6 4 Abdulai Conteh   Sierra Leone 22.8
7 4 Anthony Cadogan   Barbados 23.2
1 5 Gary Eddy   Australia 21.8 Q
2 5 James Addy   Ghana 22.0 Q
3 5 Dave Dear   England 22.1 Q
4 5 William Jones   Wales 22.3 Q
5 5 Franz Merven   Mauritius 23.0
6 5 Raymond Kargbo   Sierra Leone 23.2
1 6 David Ejoke   Nigeria 21.7 Q
2 6 Michael Fray   Jamaica 21.9 Q
3 6 Henry Noel   Trinidad and Tobago 22.2 Q
4 6 David Jones   England 22.5 Q
5 6 Howard Davies   Wales 22.9
6 6 Victor Peters   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.4
7 6 Apmelody Kaumata   Papua New Guinea 23.8
1 7 Menzies Campbell   Scotland 21.4 Q
2 7 Manikavasagam Jegathesan   Malaysia 21.4 Q
3 7 Clifton Forbes   Jamaica 21.6 Q
4 7 Ajmer Singh   India 21.8 Q
5 7 Kevin Johnson   Bahamas 22.2
6 7 John Kilpatrick   Northern Ireland 22.2
7 Gaston Clarenc   Mauritius DNS
1 8 Stanley Allotey   Ghana 20.9 Q
2 8 Tom Robinson   Bahamas 21.7 Q
3 8 Don Domansky   Canada 21.7 Q
4 8 Pablo McNeil   Jamaica 21.8 Q
5 8 Canagasabai Kunalan   Singapore 22.2
6 8 Yassin Abdi   Aden 25.6
8 George Patton   Guyana DNS
8 Julius Sang   Kenya DNS

Quarterfinals edit

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

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +0.1 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Gary Eddy   Australia 20.8 Q, GR
2 1 David Ejoke   Nigeria 21.0 Q
3 1 Manikavasagam Jegathesan   Malaysia 21.1 Q
4 1 James Addy   Ghana 21.5 Q
5 1 David Jones   England 21.8
6 1 Ajmer Singh   India 21.8
7 1 Terrance Tomlinson   Canada 22.0
1 Clifton Bertrand   Trinidad and Tobago DNS
1 2 Harry Jerome   Canada 21.2 Q
2 2 Menzies Campbell   Scotland 21.3 Q
3 2 Gary Holdsworth   Australia 21.3 Q
4 2 Winston Short   Trinidad and Tobago 21.5 Q
5 2 Pablo McNeil   Jamaica 21.7
6 2 George Collie   Bahamas 21.8
7 2 Mel Cheskin   England 21.9
8 2 William Jones   Wales 22.0
1 3 Edwin Roberts   Trinidad and Tobago 21.1 Q
2 3 Don Domansky   Canada 21.3 Q
3 3 Michael Fray   Jamaica 21.5 Q
4 3 John Owiti   Kenya 21.9 Q
5 3 Sydney Asiodu   Nigeria 22.0
6 3 Terry Davies   Wales 22.0
7 3 E. Donkor   Ghana 22.3
3 Tom Robinson   Bahamas DNS
1 4 Stanley Allotey   Ghana 20.7 Q, GR
2 4 Henry Noel   Trinidad and Tobago 21.5 Q
3 4 Peter Norman   Australia 21.5 Q
4 4 Dave Dear   England 21.7 Q
5 4 Bernard Nottage   Bahamas 21.7
6 4 Clifton Forbes   Jamaica 21.8
7 4 Ross McKenzie   Canada 21.8
8 4 Colin Thurton   British Honduras 23.0

Semifinals edit

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

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Stanley Allotey   Ghana 20.6 Q, GR
2 1 Edwin Roberts   Trinidad and Tobago 20.8 Q
3 1 Don Domansky   Canada 21.0 Q
4 1 Manikavasagam Jegathesan   Malaysia 21.1 Q
5 1 Menzies Campbell   Scotland 21.2
6 1 Peter Norman   Australia 21.2
7 1 Michael Fray   Jamaica 21.3
8 1 Dave Dear   England 21.8
1 2 Gary Eddy   Australia 21.1 Q
2 2 Harry Jerome   Canada 21.1 Q
3 2 David Ejoke   Nigeria 21.2 Q
4 2 Gary Holdsworth   Australia 21.3 Q
5 2 James Addy   Ghana 21.5
6 2 Henry Noel   Trinidad and Tobago 21.6
7 2 Winston Short   Trinidad and Tobago 21.8
8 2 John Owiti   Kenya 21.9

Final edit

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Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Stanley Allotey   Ghana 20.65 GR
  Edwin Roberts   Trinidad and Tobago 20.93
  David Ejoke   Nigeria 20.95
4 Gary Eddy   Australia 21.05
5 Don Domansky   Canada 21.0
6 Gary Holdsworth   Australia 21.40
7 Harry Jerome   Canada 21.4
8 Manikavasagam Jegathesan   Malaysia 21.5

References edit

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