Cycling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenueTrack:National Stadium, Kingston
Road:
Dates4 to 13 August 1966

Cycling at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the seventh appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held from 4 to 13 August 1966.[1]

The track events took place in the National Stadium in the Independence Park complex in Kingston.[2] The road race was a 120 miles route, which was won by Peter Buckley for the Isle of Man. He had broken away with forty miles left and won despite having to change a punctured wheel with 18 miles left.[3]

England topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning two gold medals, one silver and one bronze.[4]

The National Stadium had a cycling circuit around the athletics track

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Jamaica)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England2114
2 Trinidad and Tobago2002
3 Isle of Man1001
4 Australia0336
5 New Zealand0112
Totals (5 entries)55515

Medal winners

Roger Gibbon won double gold
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Road Race Isle of Man Peter Buckley New Zealand Des Thomson New Zealand Laurie Byers
Time Trial Trinidad and Tobago Roger Gibbon Australia Phil Bristow-Stagg Australia Richard Hine
Sprint Trinidad and Tobago Roger Gibbon England Fred Booker Australia Daryl Perkins
Individual Pursuit England Hugh Porter Australia John Bylsma Australia Richard Hine
10 Miles Scratch England Ian Alsop Australia Hilton Clarke EnglandTrevor Bull

Results

[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Road Race (top 16)

Pos Athlete Time
1 Isle of Man Peter Buckley 5:07:52.5
2 New Zealand Des Thomson 5:12:11.2
3 New Zealand Laurie Byers 5:12:19.8
4 Australia Malcolm McCredie 5:12:20.4
5 Northern Ireland Dave Kane 5:12:20.7
6 Wales Colin Lewis 5:12:21.0
7 Northern Ireland Morris Foster 5:14:39.6
8 England Dave Nie 5:17:11.7
9 Scotland Billy Bilsland 5:18:30.1
10 England Hugh Porter 5:25:22.2
11 Canada Samuel Watson 5:36:17.9
12 Canada Dominico Muro 5:37:04.1
13 Canada Joseph Jones 5:39:59.2
14 New Zealand Richie Thomson 5:39:59.4
15 New Zealand Tino Tabak 5:40:50.6
16 Australia Ray Bilney 5:43:10.0

Individual pursuit (top 16)

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Hugh Porter 4:56.6
2 Australia John Bylsma 4:59.0
3 Australia Richard Hine 5:03.7
4 England Harry Jackson 5:07.7
5 England Brendan McKeown QF 5:09.3
5 New Zealand Graham F. Wright QF 5:21.3
5 New Zealand David A. Comparini QF 5:22.8
5 Jersey Douglas P. Lidster QF Caught
9 Wales Eddie Smart ht 5:19.5
9 Wales Colin Lewis ht 5:22.5
9 Isle of Man Nigel J. Dean ht 5:23.0
9 Wales Roger Pratt ht 5:23.6
9 Australia Malcolm McCredie ht 5:23.7
9 Guyana David de Freitas ht 5:24.2
9 Isle of Man John N. Corkhill ht 5:29.7
9 Canada Andre Cloutier ht 5:37.9

Time trial (top 16)

Phil Bristow-Stagg won silver in the time trial
Pos Athlete Time
1 Trinidad and Tobago Roger Gibbon 1:09.60
2 Australia Phil Bristow-Stagg 1:10.90
3 Australia Richard Hine 1:11.08
4 England Fred Booker 1:11.20
5 New Zealand Graham F. Wright 1:11.50
6 Australia Hilton Clarke 1:11.51
7 England Ian Alsop 1:12.2
8 England Billy Whiteside 1:12.9
9 Trinidad and Tobago Leslie King 1:15.2
9 New Zealand Dave Comparini 1:15.2
11 Canada Andre Gosselin 1:15.5
12 Isle of Man Nigel J. Dean 1:15.7
13 Guyana David de Freitas 1:15.9
14 Jersey Douglas P. Lidster 1:16.0
15 Wales Eddie Smart 1:16.0
16 Wales John Dyer 1:16.1

Sprint (top 16)

Pos Athlete
1 Trinidad and Tobago Roger Gibbon
2 England Fred Booker
3 Australia Daryl Perkins
4 Australia Hilton Clarke
5 Australia Jeffrey Bruce Linden
5 England Dave Watkins
5 England Reg Barnett
5 Trinidad and Tobago Fitzroy Hoyte
9 Barbados Christopher W. Fields
9 Barbados Beresford K. Springer
9 Canada Andre Gosselin
9 Canada Andre Cloutier
9 Jamaica Bryan Phillips
9 New Zealand John A. Bigwood
9 New Zealand Donald L. Booth
9 Trinidad and Tobago Leslie King

Quarter-final

Athlete Athlete Score
Perkins Watkins 2–1
Gibbon Linden 2–0
Clarke Barnett 2–1
Booker Hoyte 2–0

Semi finals

Athlete Athlete Score
Gibbon Clarke 2–0
Booker Perkins 2–0

Third place

Athlete Athlete Score
Perkins Clarke 2–0

Final

Athlete Athlete Score
Gibbon Booker 2–0

10 miles scratch race

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Ian Alsop 21:46
2 Australia Hilton Clarke 21:46
3 England Trevor Bull 21:47
4 Jamaica H. Miranda
- Australia Richard Hine
- Australia Phil Bristow-Stagg
- Barbados Michael Stoute
- Barbados Dan D. Stoute
- Barbados Christopher W. Fields
- British Honduras Lorenzo A. Zelaya
- British Honduras Kenneth Sutherland
- British Honduras John E. Miguel
- Canada Andre Gosselin
- Canada Andre Cloutier
- England Dave Watkins
- Guyana David de Freitas
- Guyana Archie Britton
- Isle of Man Ernest Potter
- Isle of Man Nigel J. Dean
- Isle of Man John N. Corkhill
- Jamaica D. Beckford
- Jamaica T. Silvera
- New Zealand Graham F. Wright
- New Zealand John A. Bigwood
- New Zealand Donald L. Booth
- Northern Ireland Steve Chivers
- Northern Ireland Morris Foster
- Trinidad and Tobago Fitzroy Hoyte
- Trinidad and Tobago Roger Gibbon
- Trinidad and Tobago Leslie King
- Wales John Dyer
- Wales Eddie Smart

See also

References

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