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Athletics at theβ€”β€”1966 British
Empire and
Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 ydmenwomen
220 ydmenwomen
440 ydmenwomen
880 ydmenwomen
1 milemen
3 milesmen
6 milesmen
80 m hurdleswomen
120 yd hurdlesmen
440 yd hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4 Γ— 110 yd relaymenwomen
4 Γ— 440 yd relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 miles walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

The men's discus throw event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 8 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.

Resultsβ€»

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Les Mills  New Zealand 184 ft 4 in (56.19 m)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) George Puce  Canada 183 ft 6 in (55.94 m)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robin Tait  New Zealand 180 ft 6 in (55.02 m)
4 Dave Steen  Canada 177 ft 11 in (54.24 m)
5 Roy Hollingsworth  Trinidad and Tobago 176 ft 11 in (53.93 m)
6 Mike Lindsay  Scotland 165 ft 1 in (50.32 m)
7 Ainsley Roost  Canada 163 ft 1 in (49.72 m)
8 Praveen Kumar  India 160 ft 8 in (48.98 m)
9 Bill Tancred  England 160 ft 4 in (48.88 m)
10 Patrick Anukwa  Nigeria 155 ft 10 in (47.51 m)
11 Phillip Otieno  Kenya 149 ft 7 in (45.60 m)
12 Muhammad Ayub  Pakistan 149 ft 1 in (45.45 m)
13 Winston Burt  Jamaica 146 ft 8 in (44.71 m)
14 Zenon Andrusyshyn  Canada 144 ft 7 in (44.08 m)
15 Cecil Hylton  Jamaica 144 ft 6 in (44.05 m)
Clive Longe  Wales DNS

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Final results". The Age. 10 August 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

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