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New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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New Zealand at the
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF codeNZL
CGANew Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Kingston, Jamaica
Competitors60
Flag bearersOpening: Don Oliver
Closing:
Officials18
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
8
Silver
5
Bronze
13
Total
26
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

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New Zealand was fourth in the medal table in 1966, with a total of 26 medals, including eight gold.

Medal Name Sport Event
 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
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
Gender Total
Male 6 4 8 18
Female 2 0 4 6
Mixed / open 0 1 1 2
Total 8 5 13 26

Competitors

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The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 13 4 17
Badminton 2 2 4
Boxing 4 4
Cycling 8 8
Diving 1 0 1
Fencing 5 3 8
Shooting 4 0 4
Swimming 5 4 9
Weightlifting 3 3
Wrestling 2 2
Total 47 13 60

Athletics

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Track and road

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Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank[i] Result Rank[ii] Result Rank
Bill Baillie Men's 3 miles DNS
Men's 6 miles 30:01.0 9
Men's marathon DNS
Roger Johnson Men's 440 yards hurdles 51.7 4 Q 56.0 7
Jeff Julian Men's marathon 2:32:45.4 5
Brenda Matthews Women's 80 m hurdles 11.1 3 Q 11.3 7
Women's 100 yards 10.9 3 Q 10.8 6 did not advance
Geoff Pyne Men's 1 mile 4:04.5 3 Q 4:03.2 10
Men's 3 miles 13:18.6 9
Norman Read Men's 20 mile walk 2:46:28.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mike Ryan Men's marathon 2:27:59.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Marise Stephen Women's 880 yards 2:06.6 1 Q 2:05.9 6
Ian Studd Men's 1 mile 4:09.5 4 Q 3:58.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 3 miles 13:25.8 10
Peter Welsh Men's 3000 m steeplechase 8:29.6 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
  1. ^ Ranks given are within the heat
  2. ^ Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

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Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Diane Charteris Women's discus throw 126 ft 2 in
(38.46 m)
8
Women's shot put 46 ft 5+14 in
(14.15 m)
5
Bob Hargreaves 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)
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's shot put 60 ft 3+14 in
(18.37 m)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Dave Norris Men's long jump 24 ft 6+14 in
(7.47 m)
7
Men's triple jump 50 ft 11+12 in
(15.53 m)
5
Robin Tait Men's discus throw 180 ft 6 in
(55.02 m)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's shot put 53 ft 9+12 in
(16.40 m)
6
Valerie Young Women's discus throw 163 ft 4 in
(49.78 m)
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's shot put 54 ft 1+34 in
(16.50 m) GR
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Combined

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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
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Badminton

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Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Alison Glenie Women's singles Bye  Espley (CAN)
L 11–3 8–11 10–12
did not advance
Don Higgins Men's singles  Mills (ENG)
L 15–9 7–15 1–15
did not advance
Richard Purser Men's singles  Goel (IND)
L 15–5 13–18 14–17
did not advance
Gaynor Simpson Women's singles  Humber (CAN)
L 3–11 11–7 9–11
did not advance
Alison Glenie
Gaynor Simpson
Women's doubles Bye  Daysmith / Humber (CAN)
W 17–16 15–10
 Bairstow / Rogers (ENG)
L 1–15 10–15
 Teoh / Ang (MAL)
L 11–15 9–15
4
Don Higgins
Richard Purser
Men's doubles Bye  Tan / Yew (MAL)
L 7–15 7–15
did not advance
Alison Glenie
Richard Purser
Mixed doubles Bye  Ferguson / McCoig (SCO)
L 4–15 15–11 8–15
did not advance
Gaynor Simpson
Don Higgins
Mixed doubles  Bennett / Roberts (JAM)
W 15–5 10–15 15–7
 Whittaker / Paterson (CAN)
L 10–15 7–15
did not advance

Boxing

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Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Wayne Young Flyweight  Scott (CAN)
L
did not advance
Brian Kendall Bantamweight  Virabhak (SIN)
W
 Henry (JAM)
W
 Norwood (AUS)
L
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Paul Domney Lightweight  Porteous (SCO)
L
did not advance
Bill Kini Heavyweight  Coker (SLE)
W WO
 McAlinden (NIR)
W
 Ray (GHA)
W
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Cycling

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Road

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Men's road race
Athlete Time Rank
Laurie Byers 5:12:19.8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tino Tabak 5:40:00.6 15
Des Thomson 5:12:01.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Richie Thomson 5:39:59.4 14

Track

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Men's 1000 m sprint
Athlete Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
John Bigwood  Cloutier (CAN)
W 12.9
Bye  Barnett (ENG)
L
did not progress
Les Booth  Browne (BAR)
 Lawson (JAM)
W 12.6
Bye  Hoyte (TTO)
L
did not progress
Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete Time Rank
Dave Comparini 1:15.21 9
Graham Wright 1:11.50 5
Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
Athlete Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Dave Comparini 5:11.7 6 Q  Jackson (ENG)
L 5:22.8
did not advance
Graham Wright 5:15.1 7 Q  Bylsma (AUS)
L 5:21.3
did not advance
Men's 10 miles scratch race
Athlete Time Rank
John Bigwood DNF
Les Booth Finished Unplaced
Graham Wright DNF

Diving

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Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Robin Hood Men's 3 m springboard 271.90 6 Q 130.46 5

Fencing

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Men

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Individual

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Athlete Event Elimination pool Semifinal pool Final pool
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

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Athletes Event Elimination pool Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Bob Binning
Keith Mann
Richard Peterson
Team épée  Scotland
L 4–5
 England
L 2–5
did not advance
Michael Henderson
Keith Mann
Brian Pickworth
Team foil  Canada
W 6–3
 Jamaica
W 6–3
 Australia
L 3–5
 Scotland
L 1–5
4
Bob Binning
Michael Henderson
Brian Pickworth
Team sabre  Wales
W 6–3
 Jamaica
W 5–1
 Australia
L 3–5
 Canada
L 3–5
4

Women

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Individual

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Athlete Event Elimination pool Final pool
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Team

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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
 Wales
W 5–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Shooting

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Open small bore rifle
Athlete Points Rank
Don Wild 582 6
Brian Lacey 585 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Open full bore rifle
Athlete Qualifying Final
Stage 1 Stage 2 Total points Rank Stage 3 Total points Rank
Maurie Gordon 100 143 243 =5 Q 135 378 5
Tom Sutherland 100 144 244 =3 Q 137 381 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Swimming

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Athlete Event Heat Final
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tony Graham Men's 110 yd breaststroke 1:13.8 2 Q 1:12.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 220 yd breaststroke 2:39.4 2 Q 2:36.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Heather Kerr 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 4:17.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Margaret Macrae
Vivien Haddon
Heather Kerr
Tui Shipston
Women's 4 × 110 yd medley relay 4:57.7 5
  1. ^ Progressed to the final after the withdrawal of Margaret Macrae

Weightlifting

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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+12 lb
(110.0 kg)
236+34 lb
(107.4 kg)
308+12 lb
(139.9 kg)
787+34 lb
(357.3 kg)
6
Don Oliver Heavyweight 352+12 lb
(159.9 kg)
303 lb
(137.4 kg)
440+34 lb
(199.9 kg)
1,096+14 lb
(497.3 kg) GR
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Wrestling

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Athlete Event Elimination rounds Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Neil Scott Featherweight  Aspen (ENG)
L
 Reid (CAN)
L
Eliminated =5
Tony Greig Lightweight  Gilligan (ENG)
W
Bye  Singh (IND)
L
 Lougheed (CAN)
D
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Officials

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Team officials included:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games Team, Kingston, Jamaica. Wellington: New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department. 1966.
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