The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. The event was followed by the 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes. Jamaica remains the only host nation of a Commonwealth Games that did not win at least one gold medal in its own games.

Kingston was elected host by the CGF in Rome, Italy during ? the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games bidding results

City	Country	Votes
Kingston	Jamaica	17
Edinburgh	Scotland	12
Salisbury	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	5

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34 teams were represented at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).

  *   Host nation (Jamaica)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	33	24	23	80
2	Australia (AUS)	23	28	22	73
3	Canada (CAN)	14	20	23	57
4	New Zealand (NZL)	8	5	13	26
5	Ghana (GHA)	5	2	2	9
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	5	2	2	9
7	Pakistan (PAK)	4	1	4	9
8	Kenya (KEN)	4	1	3	8
9	India (IND)	3	4	3	10
	Nigeria (NGR)	3	4	3	10
11	Wales (WAL)	3	2	2	7
12	Malaysia (MAS)	3	2	1	6
13	Scotland (SCO)	1	4	4	9
14	Northern Ireland (NIR)	1	3	3	7
15	Isle of Man (IOM)	1	0	0	1
16	Jamaica (JAM)*	0	4	8	12
17	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	0	1
	Bermuda (BER)	0	1	0	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	1	0	1
	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	0	1	0	1
21	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	3	3
22	Barbados (BAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		111	110	120	341

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• Commonwealth Games Official Site
• A Brief History – from the Delhi 2010 site (archived 8 August 2006)
• 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Australian Commonwealth Games (archived 21 May 2007)