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

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

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.

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

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