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Men's 440 yards hurdles at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Independence Park, Kingston
Dates	August 6 and 8, 1966
Medalists
Ken Roche    Australia   Kingsley Agbabokha    Nigeria   Peter Warden    England
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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 men's 440 yards hurdles 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 last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later being replaced by the 400 metres hurdles.

Medalists

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ken Roche  Australia	Kingsley Agbabokha  Nigeria	Peter Warden  England

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Heats results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gary Knoke	Australia	51.34	Q
2	1	John Sherwood	England	51.7	Q
3	1	Robin Woodland	England	51.7	Q
4	1	Roger Johnson	New Zealand	51.7	Q
5	1	Samuel Sang	Kenya	52.5
6	1	Tony Harper	Bermuda	53.8
7	1	James Grant	Jamaica	56.5
1	2	Kingsley Agbabokha	Nigeria	51.8	Q
2	2	Peter Warden	England	51.8	Q
3	2	Ken Roche	Australia	51.77	Q
4	2	Bill Gairdner	Canada	52.2	Q
5	2	David Prince	Australia	52.36
6	2	Kimaru Songok	Kenya	54.3
7	2	Colin Davey	Bermuda	54.6
8	2	Charles Clarke	Jamaica	55.1

Final

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ken Roche	Australia	50.95
	Kingsley Agbabokha	Nigeria	51.46
	Peter Warden	England	51.54
4	Robin Woodland	England	51.8
5	Gary Knoke	Australia	51.94
6	Bill Gairdner	Canada	52.3
7	Roger Johnson	New Zealand	56.0
	John Sherwood	England	DNS

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "Heats 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 hurdles at the Commonwealth Games