Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men	women
880 yd	men	women
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 miles walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The men's triple jump event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 11 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.^[1][2]

Results[edit]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Samuel Igun	Nigeria	53 ft 9+3⁄4 in (16.40 m)
	George Ogan	Nigeria	52 ft 9 in (16.08 m)
	Frederick Alsop	England	52 ft 4+1⁄2 in (15.96 m)
4	Tim Barrett	Bahamas	51 ft 7+1⁄4 in (15.73 m)
5	Dave Norris	New Zealand	50 ft 11 in (15.52 m)
6	Mahoney Samuels	Jamaica	50 ft 9+1⁄4 in (15.47 m)
7	Lennox Burgher	Jamaica	49 ft 10 in (15.19 m)
8	Victor Brooks	Jamaica	49 ft 4+3⁄4 in (15.06 m)
9	Trevor Thomas	Jamaica	49 ft 0+1⁄4 in (14.94 m)
10	Phil May	Australia	48 ft 11+1⁄2 in (14.92 m)
11	Hartley Saunders	Bahamas	48 ft 10+3⁄4 in (14.90 m)
12	James Ocen-Bowa	Uganda	48 ft 10+1⁄4 in (14.89 m)
13	Johnson Amoah	Ghana	48 ft 10+1⁄4 in (14.89 m)
14	John Okuthe	Kenya	48 ft 3 in (14.71 m)
15	John Morbey	Bermuda	46 ft 1+3⁄4 in (14.07 m)
16	Maxime Anthony	Mauritius	45 ft 9+1⁄4 in (13.95 m)
17	Erskine Norris	Barbados	45 ft 3 in (13.79 m)
18	Lawrie Peckham	Australia	45 ft 1 in (13.74 m)
	Victor Peters	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NM

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