Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 880 yards

The men's 880 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 8 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.[1] It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later being replaced by the 800 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Noel Clough  Australia	Wilson Kiprugut  Kenya	George Kerr  Jamaica

Results

Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Wilson Kiprugut	Kenya	1:50.7	Q
2	1	Robert Rwakojo	Uganda	1:51.0	Q
3	1	Keith Wheeler	Australia	1:51.6	Q
4	1	Keith Forde	Barbados	1:51.6	q
5	1	Ramsay Subramaniam	Malaysia	1:52.6
6	1	Tex Francis	Jamaica	1:53.2
1	2	George Kerr	Jamaica	1:52.3	Q
2	2	Benedict Cayenne	Trinidad and Tobago	1:52.3	Q
3	2	Lloyd Bacchus	Guyana	1:52.4	Q
4	2	Michael Varah	England	1:52.5
5	2	Ergas Leps	Canada	1:53.1
6	2	Franklin Rahming	Bahamas	1:58.9
7	2	Tony Harris	Wales	2:02.2
1	3	John Boulter	England	1:52.4	Q
2	3	Brian McLaren	Canada	1:54.2	Q
3	3	Noel Clough	Australia	1:54.4	Q
4	3	Yvo Labonte	Mauritius	2:01.9
5	3	Fred Sowerby	Antigua and Barbuda	2:12.0
	3	Neville Myton	Jamaica	DNF
1	4	Bill Crothers	Canada	1:51.9	Q
2	4	Peter Francis	Kenya	1:51.9	Q
3	4	Chris Carter	England	1:51.9	Q
4	4	Sanghar Khan	Pakistan	1:53.4
5	4	John Amatepey	Ghana	1:54.3
6	4	Ronald Haddad	Jamaica	1:56.3
7	4	Derek Cambridge	Bahamas	1:58.5
1	5	Lennox Yearwood	Trinidad and Tobago	1:55.0	Q
2	5	Graeme Grant	Scotland	1:55.0	Q
3	5	Ralph Doubell	Australia	1:55.9	Q
4	5	Dave Bailey	Canada	1:56.6
5	5	Charles Harewood	Barbados	1:57.8
6	5	Herbert Couacaud	Mauritius	2:02.3

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	George Kerr	Jamaica	1:47.7	Q
2	1	Noel Clough	Australia	1:47.9	Q
3	1	Bill Crothers	Canada	1:47.9	Q
4	1	Peter Francis	Kenya	1:48.2	Q
5	1	Keith Wheeler	Australia	1:48.6
6	1	John Boulter	England	1:48.8
7	1	Benedict Cayenne	Trinidad and Tobago	1:49.3
8	1	Keith Forde	Barbados	1:49.3
1	2	Ralph Doubell	Australia	1:48.3	Q
2	2	Wilson Kiprugut	Kenya	1:48.7	Q
3	2	Chris Carter	England	1:49.1	Q
4	2	Lennox Yearwood	Trinidad and Tobago	1:49.8	Q
5	2	Lloyd Bacchus	Guyana	1:49.8
6	2	Brian McLaren	Canada	1:50.5
7	2	Robert Rwakojo	Uganda	1:51.5
8	2	Graeme Grant	Scotland	1:53.4

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Noel Clough	Australia	1:46.9	GR
	Wilson Kiprugut	Kenya	1:47.2
	George Kerr	Jamaica	1:47.2
4	Bill Crothers	Canada	1:47.3
5	Chris Carter	England	1:48.1
6	Ralph Doubell	Australia	1:48.3
7	Peter Francis	Kenya	1:48.3
8	Lennox Yearwood	Trinidad and Tobago	1:57.5

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "Heats & Semifinals results". The Guardian. 8 August 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
3. "Final results". The Age. 10 August 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 22 July 2020.