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

The men's 440 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 11 August 1966 at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 400 metres.

Men's 440 yards at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Dates	August 8 and 11, 1966
Medalists
Wendell Mottley    Trinidad and Tobago   Kent Bernard    Trinidad and Tobago   Don Domansky    Canada

The winning margin was 0.98 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 440 yards or men's 400 metres was won by more than 0.8 seconds at these games.

Medalists

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Wendell Mottley Trinidad and Tobago	Kent Bernard Trinidad and Tobago	Don Domansky Canada

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest overall (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Heats results. See semifinal qualification criteria.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ross McKenzie	Canada	47.9	Q
2	1	Francis Hatega	Uganda	48.1	Q
3	1	Mel Spence	Jamaica	48.3
4	1	Paulinus Nwaokoro	Nigeria	48.4
5	1	Ewert Brown	Bermuda	48.7
6	1	Herbert Couacaud	Mauritius	51.8
1	2	Noel Clough	Australia	47.8	Q
2	2	Edwin Skinner	Trinidad and Tobago	48.2	Q
3	2	Rupert Hoilette	Jamaica	48.2
4	2	Tony Harper	Bermuda	48.8
5	2	Brian McLaren	Canada	48.9
6	2	Leslie Miller	Bahamas	51.2
7	2	Ephframe Robinson	Sierra Leone	52.6
1	3	Daniel Rudisha	Kenya	47.2	Q
2	3	Kent Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	47.4	Q
3	3	Felix Cameron	Jamaica	49.3
4	3	Bertram Catwell	Barbados	50.3
5	3	Nicholas Nicol	Sierra Leone	51.5
	3	Ken Roche	Australia	DNS
	3	Ajmer Singh	India	DNS
1	4	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	England	47.6	Q
2	4	Amos Omolo	Uganda	48.3	Q
3	4	Howard Davies	Wales	49.0
4	4	Noel Simons	Bermuda	49.3
	4	Gary Eddy	Australia	DNS
	4	James Addy	Ghana	DNS
1	5	Bill Crothers	Canada	47.2	Q
2	5	John Adey	England	47.4	Q
3	5	Ezra Burnham	Barbados	48.1	q
4	5	Asuman Bawala	Uganda	48.4
5	5	Wilbert Moss	Bahamas	50.2
6	5	Aggrey Jacobs	Antigua and Barbuda	50.8
1	6	Wendell Mottley	Trinidad and Tobago	45.8	Q
2	6	Tim Graham	England	47.8	Q
3	6	Wilson Kiprugut	Kenya	47.8	q
4	6	Benedict Majekodunmi	Nigeria	48.3
5	6	Victor Peters	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48.9
6	6	James Usher	British Honduras	53.5
	6	Sahr Foyer	Sierra Leone	DQ
1	7	Don Domansky	Canada	47.0	Q
2	7	Lloyd Bacchus	Guyana	47.8	Q
3	7	Malcolm Spence	Jamaica	48.7
4	7	Manikavasagam Jegathesan	Malaysia	48.9
5	7	George Odeke	Uganda	49.0
6	7	Colin Davey	Bermuda	50.2
	7	Anthony Cadogan	Barbados	DNF

Semifinals

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

Semifinal heats results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Wendell Mottley	Trinidad and Tobago	46.3	Q
2	1	Bill Crothers	Canada	46.8	Q
3	1	Noel Clough	Australia	47.30	Q
4	1	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	England	47.6	Q
5	1	Tim Graham	England	47.6
6	1	Wilson Kiprugut	Kenya	47.9
7	1	Francis Hatega	Uganda	48.2
8	1	Ezra Burnham	Barbados	48.5
1	2	Don Domansky	Canada	46.8	Q
2	2	Kent Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	46.9	Q
3	2	John Adey	England	47.5	Q
4	2	Daniel Rudisha	Kenya	47.8	Q
5	2	Lloyd Bacchus	Guyana	47.8
6	2	Amos Omolo	Uganda	47.9
7	2	Ross McKenzie	Canada	47.9
	2	Edwin Skinner	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS

Final

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wendell Mottley	Trinidad and Tobago	45.08	GR
	Kent Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	46.06
	Don Domansky	Canada	46.42
4	Daniel Rudisha	Kenya	46.5
5	Bill Crothers	Canada	46.8
6	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	England	47.1
7	John Adey	England	47.3
8	Noel Clough	Australia	47.53