Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 1 mile

The men's 1 mile event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 13 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 1500 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kip Keino  Kenya	Alan Simpson  England	Ian Studd  New Zealand

Results

Heats

[2]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kip Keino	Kenya	3:57.4	Q
2	1	Walter Wilkinson	England	4:05.7	Q
3	1	Keith Wheeler	Australia	4:07.77	Q
4	1	Ian Studd	New Zealand	4:09.5	Q
5	1	Pascal Mfyomi	Tanzania	4:10.2
6	1	John Linaker	Scotland	4:14.5
7	1	Yvo Labonte	Mauritius	4:33.2
	1	Robert Lightburn	British Honduras	DNS
	1	John Boulter	England	DNS
	1	Mohamed Ismail	Aden	DNS
1	2	Ergas Leps	Canada	4:09.1	Q
2	2	Derek Graham	Northern Ireland	4:09.4	Q
3	2	Kerry O'Brien	Australia	4:09.84	Q
4	2	Graeme Grant	Scotland	4:10.1	Q
5	2	Thomas Duggan	England	4:10.2
6	2	Earl Belcher	Jamaica	4:13.8
7	2	Franklin Rahming	Bahamas	4:34.2
	2	Ron Clarke	Australia	DNS
	2	Charles Harewood	Barbados	DNS
	2	Allieu Massaquoi	Sierra Leone	DNS
	2	Lennox Yearwood	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS
1	3	Alan Simpson	England	4:02.5	Q
2	3	Ralph Doubell	Australia	4:04.0	Q
3	3	Arthur Pyne	New Zealand	4:04.5	Q
4	3	Robert Rwakojo	Uganda	4:04.7	Q
5	3	Edward Sequeira	India	4:07.0
6	3	Dave Bailey	Canada	4:12.2
7	3	Ramsay Subramaniam	Malaysia	4:16.6
8	3	Tony Harris	Wales	4:24.6
9	3	Frederick Sowerby	Antigua and Barbuda	5:08.0
	3	Derek Cambridge	Bahamas	DNS
	3	Benedict Cayenne	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS
	3	Omari Abdallah	Tanzania	DNS

Final

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kip Keino	Kenya	3:55.34	GR
	Alan Simpson	England	3:57.27
	Ian Studd	New Zealand	3:58.61
4	Walter Wilkinson	England	3:59.3
5	Derek Graham	Northern Ireland	3:59.4
6	Keith Wheeler	Australia	3:59.81
7	Ergas Leps	Canada	4:01.0
8	Kerry O'Brien	Australia	4:02.72
9	Robert Rwakojo	Uganda	4:03.0
10	Arthur Pyne	New Zealand	4:03.2
	Ralph Doubell	Australia	DNF
	Graeme Grant	Scotland	DNF

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "Heats results". The Guardian. 13 August 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
3. "Final results". The Guardian. 15 August 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2020.