Aquatics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Aquatics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Aquatics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Aquatic Centre
Dates	4 – 13 August 1966
	← 1962 1970 →

Aquatics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games made its eighth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, with both Swimming at the Commonwealth Games and Diving at the Commonwealth Games being included again.^[1]

There were 24 swimming events and 4 diving events.^[2]^[3] The National Aquatic Centre in Independence Park, built in 1962, was modified for the Games.^[4]

Australia topped the medal table with 11 gold medals.

In the diving events, Australia missed out on a clean sweep of silver medals when Beverly Boys of Canada beat Australia's Susan Knight in the women's 3 metre springboard by a score of just 0.02.^[5] Australia also missed out on a gold medal by the same score of just 0.2 in the women's 10 metre platform, with England's Joy Newman finishing just ahead of Australia's Robyn Bradshaw.^[6]

Medal table

* Host nation (Jamaica)

Medal winners

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3m Springboard	Brian Phelps	Don Wagstaff	Chris Robb
10m Highboard	Brian Phelps	Don Wagstaff	Chris Robb

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3m Springboard	Kathy Rowlatt	Beverly Boys	Susan Knight
10m Highboard	Joy Newman	Robyn Bradshaw	Beverly Boys

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
110 yd freestyle	Mike Wenden	Bob McGregor	David Dickson
440 yd freestyle	Bob Windle	John Bennett	Ralph Hutton
1650 yd freestyle	Ron Jackson	Sandy Gilchrist	Ralph Hutton
110 yd backstroke	Peter Reynolds	Ralph Hutton	Neil Jackson
220 yd backstroke	Peter Reynolds	Ralph Hutton	Karl Byrom
110 yd breaststroke	Ian O'Brien	Tony Graham	Malcolm Tucker
220 yd breaststroke	Ian O'Brien	Tony Graham	Bill Mahony
110 yd butterfly	Ron Jacks	Graham Dunn	Keith Bewley
220 yd butterfly	David Gerrard	Brett Hill	Tom Arusoo
440 yd individual medley	Peter Reynolds	Ralph Hutton	Sandy Gilchrist
4×110 yd freestyle relay	Australia David Dickson John Ryan Mike Wenden Bob Windle	Canada Sandy Gilchrist Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ronald Jacks	England Tony Jarvis John Martin-Dye Michael Turner Bob Lord
4×220 yd freestyle relay	Australia David Dickson Mike Wenden Peter Reynolds Bob Windle	Canada Sandy Gilchrist Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Ronald Jacks	England Tony Jarvis John Thurley Keith Bewley Michael Turner
4×110 yd medley relay	Canada Sandy Gilchrist Leonard Chase Ralph Hutton Ronald Jacks	England Keith Bewley Malcolm Tucker Michael Turner Neil Jackson	New Zealand David Gerrard Tony Graham Hilton Brown Paddy O'Carroll

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
110 yd freestyle	Marion Lay	Lynette Bell	Jan Murphy
440 yd freestyle	Kathy Wainwright	Jenny Thorn	Kim Herford
110 yd backstroke	Linda Ludgrove	Elaine Tanner	Janet Franklin
220 yd backstroke	Linda Ludgrove	Elaine Tanner	Margaret Macrae
110 yd breaststroke	Diana Harris	Jill Slattery	Heather Saville
220 yd breaststroke	Jill Slattery	Stella Mitchell	Vivien Haddon
110 yd butterfly	Elaine Tanner	Judy Gegan	Ann Barner
220 yd butterfly	Elaine Tanner	Marilyn Corson	Ann Barner
440 yd individual medley	Elaine Tanner	Jan Murphy	Jane Hughes
4×110 yd freestyle relay	Canada Elaine Tanner Jane Hughes Louise Kennedy Marion Lay	Australia Janet Steinbeck Janice Murphy Lyn Bell Marion Smith	England Diana Wilkinson Jeanette Cave Pauline Sillett Susan Cope
4×110 yd medley relay	England Diana Harris Judy Gegan Linda Ludgrove Pauline Sillett	Canada Donna Ross Elaine Tanner Louise Kennedy Marion Lay	Australia Allyson Mabb Heather Saville Jill Groeger Lyn Bell

Finals

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Diving (men)

Men's results for 3 metre springboard^[17]
Rank	Name	Score
	Brian Phelps (ENG)	154.55
	Don Wagstaff (AUS)	150.17
	Chris Robb (AUS)	136.52
4	Larry Follinsbee (CAN)	132.07
5	Robin Hood (NZL)	130.46
6	Dennis Young (ENG)	129.97
7	John Miles (ENG)	124.73
8	David Priestly (WAL)	119.52

Men's results for 10 metre platform^[18]
Rank	Name	Score
	Brian Phelps (ENG)	164.51
	Don Wagstaff (AUS)	148.44
	Chris Robb (AUS)	141.68
4	John Miles (ENG)	139.23
5	David Priestly (WAL)	135.38
6	Brian Davidson (SCO)	129.58
7	Terry Fitzpatrick (CAN)	128.42
8	Larry Follinsbee (CAN)	113.14

Diving (women)

Women's results for 3 metre springboard^[5]
Rank	Name	Score
	Kathy Rowlatt (ENG)	147.10
	Beverly Boys (CAN)	134.92
	Susan Knight (AUS)	134.90
4	Madeleine Haswell (WAL)	130.74
5	Robyn Bradshaw (AUS)	130.18
6	Cathy McDonald (CAN)	121.67
7	Betsy Sullivan (JAM)	70.61

Women's results for 10 metre platform^[6]
Rank	Name	Score
	Joy Newman (ENG)	98.87
	Robyn Bradshaw (AUS)	98.85
	Beverly Boys (CAN)	97.21
4	Susan Knight (AUS)	96.68
5	Frances Cramp (ENG)	88.32
6	Cathy McDonald (CAN)	86.35
7	Madeleine Haswell (WAL)	82.62

Swimmming (men)

110y freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Mike Wenden	54.0
2	Bob McGregor	54.2
3	David Dickson	54.6
4	John Ryan	54.9
5	Sandy Gilchrist	55.8
6	Robert Kasting	56.9
7	Michael Turner	56.9
8	Gordon Black	56.9

440y freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Bob Windle	4:15.0
2	John Dennis Bennett	4:15.9
3	Ralph Hutton	4:16.1
4	Ron Jacks	4:19.7
5	Sandy Gilchrist	4:20.1
6	Ron Jackson	4:24.9
7	Tony Jarvis	4:28.7
8	Alan Kimber	4:33.4

1650y freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Ron Jackson	17:25.9
2	Sandy Gilchrist	17:33.9
3	Ralph Hutton	17:38.9
4	Bob Windle	17:49.2
5	Alan Kimber	18:02.9
6	Gordon Eby	18:03.2
7	John Dennis Bennett	18:22.5
8	Tony Jarvis	18:46.9

110y backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Peter Reynolds	1:02.4
2	Ralph Hutton	1:02.7
3	Neil Jackson	1:03.3
4	Paddy O'Carroll	1:04.4
5	Tony Davidson	1:04.7
6	Alex Fedko	1:05.2
7	Jim Shaw	1:05.2
8	Karl Byrom	1:05.8

220y backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Peter Reynolds	2:12.0
2	Ralph Hutton	2:13.5
3	Karl Byrom	2:18.8
4	Neil Jackson	2:19.2
5	Hilton Brown	2:19.8
6	Paddy O'Carroll	2:20.9
7	Jimmy Rogers	2:21.3
8	Allan H. Seager	2:25.1

110y breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Ian O'Brien	1:08.2
2	Tony Graham	1:12.9
3	Malcolm Tucker	1:13.9
4	Allan H. Seager	1:13.9
5	Leonard Chase	1:14.1
6	Bob Apel	1:15.2
7	Bill Mahony	1:15.2
8	Cheah Tong Kim	1:15.9

220y breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Ian O'Brien	2:29.3
2	Tony Graham	2:36.9
3	Bill Mahony	2:38.9
4	Allan H. Seager	2:41.6
5	Bob Apel	2:44.0
6	Malcolm Tucker	2:44.1
7	Leonard Chase	2:45.2
8	Liam Ball	2:48.4

110y butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Ron Jacks	1:00.3
2	Graham Dunn	1:00.9
3	Keith Bewley	1:01.5
4	Tom Arusoo	1:01.9
5	Brett Hill	1:01.9
6	David Gerrard	1:02.1
7	John Thurley	1:02.5
8	Martyn Woodroffe	1:04.0

220y butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	David Gerrard	2:12.7
2	Brett Hill	2:12.8
3	Tom Arusoo	2:14.2
4	Ron Jacks	2:14.5
5	John Thurley	2:15.9
6	Graham John Dunn	2:16.7
7	Keith Bewley	2:18.6
8	Gordon Eby	2:22.3

440y indiv medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Peter Reynolds	4:50.8
2	Ralph Hutton	4:51.8
3	Sandy Gilchrist	4:58.7
4	Allan H. Seager	5:07.0
5	Karl Byrom	5:07.4
6	Alan Kimber	5:08.2
7	John Gordon	5:15.5
8	Martyn Woodroffe	5:21.3

4×110 yd freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Dickson, Ryan, Wenden, Windle	3:35.6
2	Gilchrist, Hutton, Kasting, Jacks	3:42.3
3	Jarvis, Martin-Dye, Turner, Lord	3:43.7
4	Brown, Black, McGregor, Galletly	3:43.2
5	Lewis, Ross, Moran, Jones	3:59.2
6	Phillipson, Nash, Rose, Wong	4:07.3

4×220 yd freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Dickson, Wenden, Reynolds, Windle	7:59.5
2	Gilchrist, Hutton, Kasting, Jacks	8:15.0
3	Jarvis, Thurley, Bewley, Turner	8:24.0
4	Phillipson, Nash, Alexander, Wong	9:29.4

4×110 yd medley relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Gilchrist, Chase, Hutton, Jacks	4:10.5
2	Bewley, Tucker, Turner, Jackson	4:11.3
3	Gerrard, Graham, Brown, O'Carroll	4:17.5
4	Ross, Woodroffe, Jones, Jenkins	4:23.6
5	Nelson, Henderson, Black, McGregor	4:26.3
6	Chan, Eu, Pong Pin, Heng Tan	4:31.8
7	Henriques, Jones, Nash, Rose	4:34.3
-	Reynolds, Dunn, O'Brien, Wenden	disq*

Australia finished first and broke the world record but were disualified for an illegal switchover

Swimming (women)

110y freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Marion Lay	1:02.3
2	Lyn Bell	1:03.2
3	Jan Murphy	1:03.4
4	Pauline Sillett	1:03.4
5	Louise Kennedy	1:03.6
6	Marion Heather Smith	1:03.8
7	Jeanette Cave	1:04.8
8	Diana Wilkinson	1:05.3

440y freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Kathy Wainwright	4:38.8
2	Jenny Thorn	4:44.5
3	Kim Herford	4:47.2
4	Jane Hughes	4:50.7
5	Jeanette Cave	4:54.9
6	Susan Williams	4:58.4
7	Louise Kennedy	5:03.5
8	Liz Long	5:06.8

110y backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Linda Ludgrove	1:09.2
2	Elaine Tanner	1:09.9
3	Janet Franklin	1:11.8
4	Allyson Margaret Mabb	1:12.6
5	Louise Kennedy	1:13.2
6	Bobbie Robertson	1:13.4
7	Margaret Macrae	1:13.8
8	Laura de Neef	1:13.8

220y backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Linda Ludgrove	2:28.5
2	Elaine Tanner	2:29.7
3	Margaret Macrae	2:34.7
4	Allyson Margaret Mabb	2:35.7
5	Janet Franklin	2:36.3
6	Christine Kindon	2:38.8
7	Laura de Neef	2:39.9
8	Janet Steinbeck	2:40.6

110 yd breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Diana Harris	1:19.7 mins
2	Jill Slattery	1:19.8
3	Heather Saville	1:21.6
4	Vivien Haddon	1:21.9
5	Stella Mitchell	1:22.1
6	Ann Baxter	1:22.2
7	Donna Ross	1:23.0
8	Margaret de Saram	1:25.0

220 yd breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Jill Slattery	2:50.3
2	Stella Mitchell	2:50.3
3	Vivien Haddon	2:53.9
4	Heather Saville	2:54.4
5	Diana Harris	2:55.0
6	Ann Baxter	2:59.8
7	Julie Bevan	3:01.6
8	Donna Ross	3:02.4

110 yd butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Elaine Tanner	1:06.8
2	Judy Gegan	1:09.3
3	Ann Barner	1:09.7
4	Mary-Anne Cotterill	1:10.3
5	Marion Lay	1:11.1
6	Marilyn Corson	1:11.1
7	Jill Pauline Groeger	1:11.9
8	Jan Murphy	1:14.1

220 yd butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Elaine Tanner	2:29.9
2	Marilyn Corson	2:34.8
3	Ann Barner	2:35.0
4	Heather L. Kerr	2:36.4
5	Jan Murphy	2:36.5
6	Darryl Jones	2:38.1
7	Jill Pauline Groeger	2:39.9
8	Glenda Phillips	2:42.3

440 yd indiv medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Elaine Tanner	5:26.3
2	Jan Murphy	5:28.1
3	Jane Hughes	5:34.1
4	Susan Williams	5:34.2
5	Judith Turnbull	5:42.5
6	Darryl Jones	5:43.9
7	Barbara Hounsell	5:46.4
8	Tui Shipston	5:49.3

4×110 yd freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Tanner, Hughes, Kennedy, Lay	4:10.8 mins
2	Steinbeck, Murphy, Bell, Smith	4:11.1
3	Wilkinson, Cave, Sillett, Cope	4:17.3
4	Chung, Lee, Hart, Rose	4:55.7

4×110 yd medley relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Harris, Gegan, Ludgrove, Sillett	4:40.6 WR
2	Ross, Tanner, Kennedy, Lay	4:44.5
3	Mabb, Saville, Groeger, Bell	4:45.7
4	Robertson, Baxter, Kellock, Stewart	4:56.9
5	Macrae, Haddon, Kerr, Shipston	5:32.7
6	Chung, Hart, Rose	5:32.7

References

↑ "Medal Standings Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and Diving (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and Diving (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
↑ "38 countries set Games record". Belfast Telegraph. 4 May 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
1 2 Groom 2017, p. 221.
1 2 Groom 2017, p. 224.
↑ "Commonwealth Games results". The Scotsman. 6 August 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Kingston Games Results". The People. 7 August 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Commonwealth Games results". The Scotsman. 8 August 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Games results". Daily Mirror. 9 August 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Empire Games' Results List". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 9 August 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Commonwealth Games results". The Scotsman. 10 August 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Commonwealth Games results". Evening News (London). 11 August 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Your Games Results". The Scotsman. 12 August 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Commonwealth Games results". The Scotsman. 13 August 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Commonwealth Games results". The Scotsman. 15 August 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ Groom 2017, p. 215.
↑ Groom 2017, p. 218.

Sources

Groom, Graham (2017). The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games.

[1] "Medal Standings Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 12 December 2025.

[2] "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and Diving (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 12 December 2025.

[3] "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and Diving (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 12 December 2025.

[4] "38 countries set Games record". Belfast Telegraph. 4 May 1966. p. 22. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[FOOTNOTEGroom2017221-5] 1 2 Groom 2017, p. 221.

[FOOTNOTEGroom2017224-6] 1 2 Groom 2017, p. 224.

[7] "Commonwealth Games results". The Scotsman. 6 August 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] "Kingston Games Results". The People. 7 August 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Commonwealth Games results". The Scotsman. 8 August 1966. p. 12. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[10] "Games results". Daily Mirror. 9 August 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[11] "Empire Games' Results List". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 9 August 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[12] "Commonwealth Games results". The Scotsman. 10 August 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[13] "Commonwealth Games results". Evening News (London). 11 August 1966. p. 13. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[14] "Your Games Results". The Scotsman. 12 August 1966. p. 16. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[15] "Commonwealth Games results". The Scotsman. 13 August 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[16] "Commonwealth Games results". The Scotsman. 15 August 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 7 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[FOOTNOTEGroom2017215-17] Groom 2017, p. 215.

[FOOTNOTEGroom2017218-18] Groom 2017, p. 218.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	11	10	9	30
2	England	9	4	9	22
3	Canada	7	11	7	25
4	New Zealand	1	2	3	6
5	Scotland	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		28	28	28	84