Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 440 yards
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The men's 440 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 400 metres.
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Wendell Mottley Trinidad and Tobago | Kent Bernard Trinidad and Tobago | Don Domansky Canada |
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Ross McKenzie | Canada | 47.9 | Q |
2 | 1 | Francis Hatega | Uganda | 48.1 | Q |
3 | 1 | Mel Spence | Jamaica | 48.3 | |
4 | 1 | Paulinus Nwaokoro | Nigeria | 48.4 | |
5 | 1 | Ewert Brown | Bermuda | 48.7 | |
6 | 1 | Herbert Couacaud | Mauritius | 51.8 | |
1 | 2 | Noel Clough | Australia | 47.8 | Q |
2 | 2 | Edwin Skinner | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.2 | Q |
3 | 2 | Rupert Hoilette | Jamaica | 48.2 | |
4 | 2 | Tony Harper | Bermuda | 48.8 | |
5 | 2 | Brian McLaren | Canada | 48.9 | |
6 | 2 | Leslie Miller | Bahamas | 51.2 | |
7 | 2 | Ephframe Robinson | Sierra Leone | 52.6 | |
1 | 3 | Daniel Rudisha | Kenya | 47.2 | Q |
2 | 3 | Kent Bernard | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.4 | Q |
3 | 3 | Felix Cameron | Jamaica | 49.3 | |
4 | 3 | Bertram Catwell | Barbados | 50.3 | |
5 | 3 | Nicholas Nicol | Sierra Leone | 51.5 | |
3 | Ken Roche | Australia | DNS | ||
3 | Ajmer Singh | India | DNS | ||
1 | 4 | Martin Winbolt-Lewis | England | 47.6 | Q |
2 | 4 | Amos Omolo | Uganda | 48.3 | Q |
3 | 4 | Howard Davies | Wales | 49.0 | |
4 | 4 | Noel Simons | Bermuda | 49.3 | |
4 | Gary Eddy | Australia | DNS | ||
4 | James Addy | Ghana | DNS | ||
1 | 5 | Bill Crothers | Canada | 47.2 | Q |
2 | 5 | John Adey | England | 47.4 | Q |
3 | 5 | Ezra Burnham | Barbados | 48.1 | q |
4 | 5 | Asuman Bawala | Uganda | 48.4 | |
5 | 5 | Wilbert Moss | Bahamas | 50.2 | |
6 | 5 | Aggrey Jacobs | Antigua and Barbuda | 50.8 | |
1 | 6 | Wendell Mottley | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.8 | Q |
2 | 6 | Tim Graham | England | 47.8 | Q |
3 | 6 | Wilson Kiprugut | Kenya | 47.8 | q |
4 | 6 | Benedict Majekodunmi | Nigeria | 48.3 | |
5 | 6 | Victor Peters | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.9 | |
6 | 6 | James Usher | British Honduras | 53.5 | |
6 | Sahr Foyer | Sierra Leone | DQ | ||
1 | 7 | Don Domansky | Canada | 47.0 | Q |
2 | 7 | Lloyd Bacchus | Guyana | 47.8 | Q |
3 | 7 | Malcolm Spence | Jamaica | 48.7 | |
4 | 7 | Manikavasagam Jegathesan | Malaysia | 48.9 | |
5 | 7 | George Odeke | Uganda | 49.0 | |
6 | 7 | Colin Davey | Bermuda | 50.2 | |
7 | Anthony Cadogan | Barbados | DNF |
Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Wendell Mottley | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.3 | Q |
2 | 1 | Bill Crothers | Canada | 46.8 | Q |
3 | 1 | Noel Clough | Australia | 47.30 | Q |
4 | 1 | Martin Winbolt-Lewis | England | 47.6 | Q |
5 | 1 | Tim Graham | England | 47.6 | |
6 | 1 | Wilson Kiprugut | Kenya | 47.9 | |
7 | 1 | Francis Hatega | Uganda | 48.2 | |
8 | 1 | Ezra Burnham | Barbados | 48.5 | |
1 | 2 | Don Domansky | Canada | 46.8 | Q |
2 | 2 | Kent Bernard | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.9 | Q |
3 | 2 | John Adey | England | 47.5 | Q |
4 | 2 | Daniel Rudisha | Kenya | 47.8 | Q |
5 | 2 | Lloyd Bacchus | Guyana | 47.8 | |
6 | 2 | Amos Omolo | Uganda | 47.9 | |
7 | 2 | Ross McKenzie | Canada | 47.9 | |
2 | Edwin Skinner | Trinidad and Tobago | DNS |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wendell Mottley | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.2 | GR | |
Kent Bernard | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.1 | ||
Don Domansky | Canada | 46.4 | ||
4 | Daniel Rudisha | Kenya | 46.5 | |
5 | Bill Crothers | Canada | 46.8 | |
6 | Martin Winbolt-Lewis | England | 47.1 | |
7 | John Adey | England | 47.3 | |
8 | Noel Clough | Australia | 47.53 |
References
- ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Heats results". The Age. 10 August 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Semifinals & Final results". The Guardian. 13 August 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 22 July 2020.