Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 440 yards

Women's 440 yards
at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Women's 440 yards ; at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Independence Park, Kingston
Dates	August 6 and 8, 1966
Medalists
	← 1962 Perth (AUS) Edinburgh 1970 →

The women's 440 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 8 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.^[1] It was the first and last time that this imperial distance was contested by women at the Games: in 1970 it was replaced by the 400 metres.

Medalists

Medallists
Gold	Silver	Bronze
Judy Pollock Australia	Deidre Watkinson England	Una Morris Jamaica

The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Heats results
Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lillian Board	England	54.7	Q
2	1	Cecilia Carter	Canada	54.7	Q
3	1	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	55.0	q
4	1	Gloria Dourass	Wales	55.4	q
	1	Octavia Straker	Trinidad and Tobago	DNF
	1	Ana Ramacake	Fiji	DNS
1	2	Deidre Watkinson	England	55.1	Q
2	2	Janet Maddin	Canada	56.6	Q
3	2	Thelwyn Appleby	Wales	56.8
4	2	Barbara Lyall	Scotland	57.0
5	2	Pam Piercy	England	57.2
6	2	Titi Adeleke	Nigeria	1:00.0
1	3	Judy Pollock	Australia	52.91	Q
2	3	Una Morris	Jamaica	54.7	Q
3	3	Joy Grieveson	England	55.6
4	3	Mary Rajamani	Malaysia	57.8
5	3	Jocelyn Haynes	Trinidad and Tobago	57.9
6	3	Lucene Prince	Antigua and Barbuda	1:03.8

Final results
Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Judy Pollock	Australia	53.0
	Deidre Watkinson	England	54.1
	Una Morris	Jamaica	54.2
4	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	54.4
5	Lillian Board	England	54.7
6	Cecilia Carter	Canada	55.0
7	Janet Maddin	Canada	55.3
8	Gloria Dourass	Wales	55.5

^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Heats & Semifinals results". The Guardian. 8 August 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Final results". The Age. 10 August 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 22 July 2020.