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

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 at the Games for women later replaced by the 400 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Judy Pollock Australia	Deidre Watkinson England	Una Morris Jamaica

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

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

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