New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
# New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 60 competitors and 18 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Kingston, Jamaica, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was weightlifter Don Oliver. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 26 medals, eight of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

## Medal tables

New Zealand was fourth in the medal table in 1966, with a total of 26 medals, including eight gold.

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Les Mills | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
| Gold | Peter Welsh | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |
| Gold | Roy Williams | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
| Gold | Valerie Young | Athletics | Women's discus throw |
| Gold | Valerie Young | Athletics | Women's shot put |
| Gold | Bill Kini | Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
| Gold | Dave Gerrard | Swimming | Men's 220 yards butterfly |
| Gold | Don Oliver | Weightlifting | Men's heavyweight |
| Silver | Les Mills | Athletics | Men's shot put |
| Silver | Des Thomson | Cycling | Men's road race |
| Silver | Brian Lacey | Shooting | Open 50 m rifle prone |
| Silver | Tony Graham | Swimming | Men's 110 yards breaststroke |
| Silver | Tony Graham | Swimming | Men's 220 yards breaststroke |
| Bronze | Norman Read | Athletics | Men's 20 mile road walk |
| Bronze | Mike Ryan | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Bronze | Ian Studd | Athletics | Men's 1 mile |
| Bronze | Robin Tait | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
| Bronze | Brian Kendall | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
| Bronze | Laurie Byers | Cycling | Men's road race |
| Bronze | Gaye McDermit | Fencing | Women's individual foil |
| Bronze | Joyce Fenton Pam French Gaye McDermit | Fencing | Women's team foil |
| Bronze | Tom Sutherland | Shooting | Open fullbore rifle Queen's Prize |
| Bronze | Vivien Haddon | Swimming | Women's 220 yards breaststroke |
| Bronze | Margaret Macrae | Swimming | Women's 220 yards backstroke |
| Bronze | Hilton Brown Dave Gerrard Tony Graham Paddy O'Carroll | Swimming | Men's 4 × 110 yards medley relay |
| Bronze | Tony Greig | Wrestling | Men's lightweight |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Swimming | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fencing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 |

Medals by gender :

| Gender | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Male | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| Female | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Mixed / open | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 |

## Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| Badminton | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Boxing | 4 | — | 4 |
| Cycling | 8 | — | 8 |
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Shooting | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Swimming | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | — | 3 |
| Wrestling | 2 | — | 2 |
| Total | 47 | 13 | 60 |

## Athletics

### Track and road

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Bill Baillie | Men's 3 miles | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Bill Baillie | Men's 6 miles | — | — | — | — | 30:01.0 | 9 |
| Bill Baillie | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | DNS | DNS |
| Roger Johnson | Men's 440 yards hurdles | 51.7 | 4 Q | — | — | 56.0 | 7 |
| Jeff Julian | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:32:45.4 | 5 |
| Brenda Matthews | Women's 80 m hurdles | 11.1 | 3 Q | — | — | 11.3 | 7 |
| Brenda Matthews | Women's 100 yards | 10.9 | 3 Q | 10.8 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Geoff Pyne | Men's 1 mile | 4:04.5 | 3 Q | — | — | 4:03.2 | 10 |
| Geoff Pyne | Men's 3 miles | — | — | — | — | 13:18.6 | 9 |
| Norman Read | Men's 20 mile walk | — | — | — | — | 2:46:28.2 | |
| Mike Ryan | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:27:59.0 | |
| Marise Stephen | Women's 880 yards | 2:06.6 | 1 Q | — | — | 2:05.9 | 6 |
| Ian Studd | Men's 1 mile | 4:09.5 | 4 Q | — | — | 3:58.4 | |
| Ian Studd | Men's 3 miles | — | — | — | — | 13:25.8 | 10 |
| Peter Welsh | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | — | — | — | 8:29.6 GR | |

* ↑ Ranks given are within the heat
* ↑ Ranks given are within the semifinal

### Field

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Diane Charteris | Women's discus throw | 126 ft 2 in (38.46 m) | 8 |
| Diane Charteris | Women's shot put | 46 ft 5+1⁄4 in (14.15 m) | 5 |
| Bob Hargreaves | Men's shot put | 53 ft 11 in (16.43 m) | 5 |
| Les Mills | Men's discus throw | 184 ft 4 in (56.18 m) | |
| Les Mills | Men's shot put | 60 ft 3+1⁄4 in (18.37 m) | |
| Dave Norris | Men's long jump | 24 ft 6+1⁄4 in (7.47 m) | 7 |
| Dave Norris | Men's triple jump | 50 ft 11+1⁄2 in (15.53 m) | 5 |
| Robin Tait | Men's discus throw | 180 ft 6 in (55.02 m) | |
| Robin Tait | Men's shot put | 53 ft 9+1⁄2 in (16.40 m) | 6 |
| Valerie Young | Women's discus throw | 163 ft 4 in (49.78 m) | |
| Valerie Young | Women's shot put | 54 ft 1+3⁄4 in (16.50 m) GR | |

### Combined

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | Long jump | Shot put | High jump | 400 m | 110 m hurdles | Discus throw | Pole vault | Javelin throw | 1500 m | Overall points | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Roy Williams | Men's decathlon | 11.0 804 pts | 7.24 m 869 pts | 13.60 m 703 pts | 1.83 m 725 pts | 51.2 753 pts | 15.0 848 pts | 45.24 m 786 pts | 3.80 m 754 pts | 47.30 m 596 pts | 4:55.6 432 pts | 7270 pts GR | |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Alison Glenie | Women's singles | Bye | Espley (CAN) L 11–3 8–11 10–12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Don Higgins | Men's singles | Mills (ENG) L 15–9 7–15 1–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Richard Purser | Men's singles | Goel (IND) L 15–5 13–18 14–17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gaynor Simpson | Women's singles | Humber (CAN) L 3–11 11–7 9–11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alison Glenie Gaynor Simpson | Women's doubles | — | Bye | Daysmith / Humber (CAN) W 17–16 15–10 | Bairstow / Rogers (ENG) L 1–15 10–15 | Teoh / Ang (MAL) L 11–15 9–15 | 4 |
| Don Higgins Richard Purser | Men's doubles | — | Bye | Tan / Yew (MAL) L 7–15 7–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alison Glenie Richard Purser | Mixed doubles | Bye | Ferguson / McCoig (SCO) L 4–15 15–11 8–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gaynor Simpson Don Higgins | Mixed doubles | Bennett / Roberts (JAM) W 15–5 10–15 15–7 | Whittaker / Paterson (CAN) L 10–15 7–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Wayne Young | Flyweight | — | Scott (CAN) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Brian Kendall | Bantamweight | Virabhak (SIN) W | Henry (JAM) W | Norwood (AUS) L | Did not advance | |
| Paul Domney | Lightweight | Porteous (SCO) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bill Kini | Heavyweight | — | Coker (SLE) W WO | McAlinden (NIR) W | Ray (GHA) W | |

## Cycling

### Road

**Men's road race**

| Athlete | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - |
| Laurie Byers | 5:12:19.8 | |
| Tino Tabak | 5:40:00.6 | 15 |
| Des Thomson | 5:12:01.2 | |
| Richie Thomson | 5:39:59.4 | 14 |

### Track

**Men's 1000 m sprint**

| Athlete | Round 1 | Repechage | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| John Bigwood | Cloutier (CAN) W 12.9 | Bye | Barnett (ENG) L | did not progress | did not progress | did not progress | did not progress |
| Les Booth | Browne (BAR) Lawson (JAM) W 12.6 | Bye | Hoyte (TTO) L | did not progress | did not progress | did not progress | did not progress |

**Men's 1 km time trial**

| Athlete | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - |
| Dave Comparini | 1:15.21 | 9 |
| Graham Wright | 1:11.50 | 5 |

**Men's 4000 m individual pursuit**

| Athlete | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Rank |
| Dave Comparini | 5:11.7 | 6 Q | Jackson (ENG) L 5:22.8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Graham Wright | 5:15.1 | 7 Q | Bylsma (AUS) L 5:21.3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Men's 10 miles scratch race**

| Athlete | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - |
| John Bigwood | DNF | DNF |
| Les Booth | Finished | Unplaced |
| Graham Wright | DNF | DNF |

## Diving

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Robin Hood | Men's 3 m springboard | 271.90 | 6 Q | 130.46 | 5 |

## Fencing

### Men

**Individual**

| Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Semifinal pool | Semifinal pool | Semifinal pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Wins | Defeats | Rank | Wins | Defeats | Rank | Wins | Defeats | Rank |
| Bob Binning | Individual épée | 1 | 4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bob Binning | Individual sabre | 4 | 2 | 3 Q | 2 | 3 | 3 Q | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Michael Henderson | Individual foil | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Michael Henderson | Individual sabre | 2 | 4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Keith Mann | Individual épée | 2 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Keith Mann | Individual foil | 1 | 5 | – | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Richard Peterson | Individual épée | 2 | 4 | =5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Brian Pickworth | Individual foil | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Brian Pickworth | Individual sabre | 3 | 2 | 3 Q | 3 | 1 | 3 Q | 3 | 4 | 5 |

**Team**

| Athletes | Event | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bob Binning Keith Mann Richard Peterson | Team épée | Scotland L 4–5 | England L 2–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Michael Henderson Keith Mann Brian Pickworth | Team foil | Canada W 6–3 | Jamaica W 6–3 | Australia L 3–5 | Scotland L 1–5 | 4 |
| Bob Binning Michael Henderson Brian Pickworth | Team sabre | Wales W 6–3 | Jamaica W 5–1 | Australia L 3–5 | Canada L 3–5 | 4 |

### Women

**Individual**

| Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Final pool | Final pool | Final pool |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Wins | Defeats | Rank | Wins | Defeats | Rank |
| Joyce Fenton | Individual foil | 2 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pam French | Individual foil | 2 | 4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gaye McDermit | Individual foil | 4 | 3 | 3 Q | 4 | 3 | |

**Team**

| Athletes | Event | Pool | Pool | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Joyce Fenton Pam French Gaye McDermit | Team foil | England L 3–6 | Australia L 3–6 | Wales W 5–2 | |

## Shooting

### Open small bore rifle

| Athlete | Points | Rank |
| - | - | - |
| Don Wild | 582 | 6 |
| Brian Lacey | 585 | |

### Open full bore rifle

| Athlete | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Total points | Rank | Stage 3 | Total points | Rank |
| Maurie Gordon | 100 | 143 | 243 | =5 Q | 135 | 378 | 5 |
| Tom Sutherland | 100 | 144 | 244 | =3 Q | 137 | 381 | |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Hilton Brown | Men's 110 yd backstroke | 1:05.8 | =9 | did not progress | did not progress |
| Hilton Brown | Men's 220 yd backstroke | 2:21.1 | 6 Q | 2:19.8 | 5 |
| Dave Gerrard | Men's 110 yd butterfly | 1:01.8 | 4 Q | 1:02.1 | 6 |
| Dave Gerrard | Men's 220 yd butterfly | 2:15.3 | 3 Q | 2:12.7 | |
| Tony Graham | Men's 110 yd breaststroke | 1:13.8 | 2 Q | 1:12.9 | |
| Tony Graham | Men's 220 yd breaststroke | 2:39.4 | 2 Q | 2:36.9 | |
| Vivien Haddon | Women's 110 yd breaststroke | 1:19.7 GR | 1 Q | 1:21.9 | 4 |
| Vivien Haddon | Women's 220 yd breaststroke | | Q | 2:53.9 | |
| Heather Kerr | Women's 110 yd butterfly | 1:13.0 | 10 | did not progress | did not progress |
| Heather Kerr | Women's 220 yd butterfly | 2:39.3 | 4 Q | 2:36.4 | 4 |
| Margaret Macrae | Women's 110 yd backstroke | 1:13.9 | 7 Q | 1:13.8 | 7 |
| Margaret Macrae | Women's 220 yd backstroke | 2:37.7 | 4 Q | 2:34.7 | |
| Margaret Macrae | Women's 440 yd freestyle | 5:04.4 | 9 | did not progress | did not progress |
| Margaret Macrae | Women's 4 × 110 yd individual medley | 5:44.2 | 8 Q | DNS | DNS |
| Paddy O'Carroll | Men's 110 yd backstroke | 1:04.9 | 5 Q | 1:04.4 | 4 |
| Paddy O'Carroll | Men's 220 yd backstroke | 2:21.9 | 7 Q | 2:20.9 | 6 |
| Paddy O'Carroll | Men's 110 yd freestyle | 58.4 | 14 | did not progress | did not progress |
| Allan Seagar | Men's 220 yd backstroke | 2:22.2 | 8 Q | 2:25.1 | 8 |
| Allan Seagar | Men's 110 yd breaststroke | 1:14.5 | 4 Q | 1:13.9 | 4 |
| Allan Seagar | Men's 220 yd breaststroke | 2:40.8 | 4 Q | 2:41.6 | 4 |
| Allan Seagar | Men's 4 × 110 yd individual medley | 5:03.6 | 4 Q | 5:07.0 | 4 |
| Tui Shipston | Women's 110 yd backstroke | 1:17.4 | 11 | did not progress | did not progress |
| Tui Shipston | Women's 220 yd backstroke | 2:46.2 | 10 | did not progress | did not progress |
| Tui Shipston | Women's 4 × 110 yd individual medley | 5:48.8 | 9 | 5:49.3 | 8 |
| Hilton Brown Tony Graham Dave Gerrard Paddy O'Carroll | Men's 4 × 110 yd medley relay | — | — | 4:17.5 | |
| Margaret Macrae Vivien Haddon Heather Kerr Tui Shipston | Women's 4 × 110 yd medley relay | — | — | 4:57.7 | 5 |

* ↑ Progressed to the final after the withdrawal of Margaret Macrae

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bruce Cameron | Featherweight | 181 lb (82.1 kg) | 199 lb (90.3 kg) | 260 lb (117.9 kg) | 640 lb (290.3 kg) | 8 |
| John Bolton | Middleweight | 242+1⁄2 lb (110.0 kg) | 236+3⁄4 lb (107.4 kg) | 308+1⁄2 lb (139.9 kg) | 787+3⁄4 lb (357.3 kg) | 6 |
| Don Oliver | Heavyweight | 352+1⁄2 lb (159.9 kg) | 303 lb (137.4 kg) | 440+3⁄4 lb (199.9 kg) | 1,096+1⁄4 lb (497.3 kg) GR | |

## Wrestling

| Athlete | Event | Elimination rounds | Elimination rounds | Elimination rounds | Elimination rounds | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Neil Scott | Featherweight | Aspen (ENG) L | Reid (CAN) L | Eliminated | Eliminated | =5 |
| Tony Greig | Lightweight | Gilligan (ENG) W | Bye | Singh (IND) L | Lougheed (CAN) D | |

## Officials

Team officials included:

* Manager – Ron Shakespeare
* Assistant manager – Ashley Taylor
* Chaperone – Pat Cheesman
* Medical officer – Mayne Smeeton
* Athletics
   * Section manager – J. Hutchinson
   * Coach – Frank Sharpley
* Badminton section manager – Valentine Arthur Horne
* Boxing section manager – Dick Dunn
* Cycling
   * Section manager – Merv Gamble
   * Coach – John Peoples
* Fencing section manager – Brian Hampton
* Shooting section manager – J. M. Ross
* Swimming and diving
   * Section manager – A. J. Donaldson
   * Coach – Morry Doidge
* Weightlifting section manager – Tony George
* Wrestling section manager – Barrie Courtney
