Commonwealth 1966

With the British Empire formally ended, the Kingston Games became the VIII British Commonwealth Games. There was a worry amongst the larger nations that Jamaica’s infrastructure would not enable a successful Games delivery but this proved to be largely unfounded. Controversially, also the event program was altered for the first time since 1950 with lawn bowls and rowing dropped and replaced with badminton and shooting instead.

Participating Nations: 34 Nations (including Aden and Saudi Arabia) 

Participants: 1,316 athletes and officials.

Sports/Disciplines: The nine sports featured in the Kingston Games were athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, fencing, shooting, swimming and diving, weightlifting and wrestling.

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