Diving at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | |
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Nations | Australia, Canada, England, Jamaica, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales |
The diving competition at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica counted a total number of four medal events: two events for both men and women.
Australia missed out on a clean sweep of silver medals when Beverly Boys of Canada beat Australia's Susan Knight in the women's 3 metre springboard by a score of just 0.02.[1] Australia also missed out on a gold medal by the same score of just 0.2 in the women's 10 metre platform, with England's Joy Newman finishing just ahead of Australia's Robyn Bradshaw.[2]
Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Jamaica)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Medalists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men | ||||||
3 Metres Springboard Diving | Brian Phelps![]() |
154.55 | Don Wagstaff![]() |
150.17 | Chris Robb![]() |
136.52 |
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving | Brian Phelps![]() |
164.51 | Don Wagstaff![]() |
148.44 | Chris Robb![]() |
141.68 |
Women | ||||||
3 Metres Springboard Diving | Kathy Rowlatt![]() |
147.1 | Beverly Boys![]() |
134.92 | Susan Knight![]() |
134.9 |
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving | Joy Newman![]() |
98.87 | Robyn Bradshaw![]() |
98.85 | Beverly Boys![]() |
97.21 |
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]Rank | Name | Score |
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154.55 |
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150.17 |
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136.52 |
4 | ![]() |
132.07 |
5 | ![]() |
130.46 |
6 | ![]() |
129.97 |
7 | ![]() |
124.73 |
8 | ![]() |
119.52 |
Rank | Name | Score |
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164.51 |
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148.44 |
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141.68 |
4 | ![]() |
139.23 |
5 | ![]() |
135.38 |
6 | ![]() |
129.58 |
7 | ![]() |
128.42 |
8 | ![]() |
113.14 |
Women
[edit]Rank | Name | Score |
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147.10 |
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134.92 |
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134.90 |
4 | ![]() |
130.74 |
5 | ![]() |
130.18 |
6 | ![]() |
121.67 |
7 | ![]() |
70.61 |
Rank | Name | Score |
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98.87 |
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98.85 |
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97.21 |
4 | ![]() |
96.68 |
5 | ![]() |
88.32 |
6 | ![]() |
86.35 |
7 | ![]() |
82.62 |
References
[edit]Citations
- ^ a b Groom 2017, p. 221.
- ^ a b Groom 2017, p. 224.
- ^ Groom 2017, p. 215.
- ^ Groom 2017, p. 218.
Sources
- Groom, Graham (2017). The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games.