1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. The opening ceremony was the first Games to be opened in the evening.^[1] The event was followed by the 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes. Jamaica remains the only host nation of a Commonwealth Games that did not win at least one gold medal in its own games.

Two sports; lawn bowls and rowing were dropped from the Games due to lack of facilities and were replaced by the debut sports of badminton and shooting. A record 38 countries competed at the Games.^[2]

Kingston was elected host by the CGF in Rome, Italy, during the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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• Athletes' Village – University of the West Indies at Mona
• Athletics, Opening and Closing Ceremonies – National Stadium in Independence Park
• Badminton – Kingston Convention Hall
• Boxing – National Stadium and Sabina Park^[3]
• Cycling (track) – National Stadium in Independence Park
• Cycling (road) –
• Diving – National Aquatic Centre in Independence Park
• Fencing – Excelsior School Auditorium
• Shooting – Twickenham Park Range, Spanish Town^[4]
• Swimming – National Aquatic Centre in Independence Park
• Weightlifting - Ward Theatre^[2][5]
• Wrestling – Kingston Convention Hall

34 teams were represented at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).

Participating Commonwealth countries and territories:

  *   Host nation (Jamaica)

•  Aquatics ()
  •  Diving ()
  •  Swimming ()
•  Athletics ()
•  Badminton ()
•  Boxing ()
•  Cycling ()
•  Fencing ()
•  Shooting ()
•  Weightlifting ()
•  Wrestling ()

• "Kingston 1966". Commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport.
• 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Australian Commonwealth Games (archived 21 May 2007)