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Kingston, Jamacia 1966

Trivia

• The Games were held between 4-13 August 1966

• With the British Empire formally ended, the Kingston Games became the VIII British Commonwealth Games.

• There was a worry amongst the larger nations that Jamaica’s infrastructure would not enable a successful Games delivery – but this proved to be largely unfounded.

• Controversially, the event programme was altered for the first time since 1950 with lawn bowls and rowing dropped and replaced with badminton and shooting instead.

• Thirty-four nations competed in the Kingston Games sending a total of 1,316 athletes and officials

Sports

• The nine sports featured in the Kingston Games were athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, fencing, shooting, swimming and diving, weightlifting and wrestling.

Medal Count

• The following list includes the first four ranked teams. The ranking list for all years is available here.
  

Related Pages

• List of Commonweath Games Host Cities