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Women's 440 yards at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Independence Park, Kingston
Dates	August 6 and 8, 1966
Medalists
Judy Pollock    Australia   Deirdre Watkinson    England   Una Morris    Jamaica
← 1962 Perth (AUS)Edinburgh 1970 →

Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men	women
880 yd	men	women
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 miles walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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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. 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

Results

Heats

Qualification for final

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

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

References

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

• Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• 400 metres at the Commonwealth Games