Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 880 yards

Women's 880 yards at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Independence Park, Kingston
Dates	August 11 and 13, 1966
Medalists
Abby Hoffman    Canada   Judy Pollock    Australia   Anne Smith    England

The women's 880 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 13 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games: in 1970 it was replaced by the 800 metres.

Medalists

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Abby Hoffman Canada	Judy Pollock Australia	Anne Smith England

Results

Heats

Qualification for final

The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Heats results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marise Stephen	New Zealand	2:06.6	Q
2	1	Anne Smith	England	2:07.2	Q
3	1	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	2:07.6	Q
4	1	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:08.8	Q
5	1	Deidre Watkinson	England	2:09.3
6	1	Titi Adeleke	Nigeria	2:19.5
	1	Lucene Prince	Antigua and Barbuda	DNF
1	2	Pam Piercy	England	2:10.0	Q
2	2	Pat Lowe	England	2:10.0	Q
3	2	Judy Pollock	Australia	2:10.5	Q
4	2	Cecilia Carter	Canada	2:10.7	Q
5	2	Georgena Craig	Scotland	2:10.9
6	2	Mary Rajamani	Malaysia	2:17.8

Final

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:04.3
	Judy Pollock	Australia	2:04.5
	Anne Smith	England	2:05.0
4	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	2:05.4
5	Pat Lowe	England	2:05.8
6	Marise Stephen	New Zealand	2:05.9
7	Pam Piercy	England	2:06.3
8	Cecilia Carter	Canada	2:13.1