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

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

Results

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Heats

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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

Results of heats: Q means qualified for quarterfinals
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

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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

Quarterfinal heats results
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

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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

Semifinal results
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

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Wind: +1.0 m/s

Final results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stanley Allotey  Ghana 20.65 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edwin Roberts  Trinidad and Tobago 20.93
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  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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