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Men's javelin throw at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Independence Park, Kingston
Dates	August 6, 1966
Medalists
John FitzSimons    England   Nick Birks    Australia   Muhammad Nawaz    Pakistan
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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 javelin throw event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.

Results

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	John FitzSimons	England	261 ft 9 in (79.78 m)
	Nick Birks	Australia	249 ft 10 in (76.16 m)
	Muhammad Nawaz	Pakistan	229 ft 5 in (69.94 m)
4	Nashathar Singh	Malaysia	227 ft 6 in (69.35 m)
5	Ainsley Roost	Canada	218 ft 7 in (66.63 m)
6	Dave Travis	England	215 ft 4 in (65.64 m)
7	Zenon Andrusyshyn	Canada	210 ft 7 in (64.19 m)
8	Cheruon Kiptalam	Kenya	199 ft 1 in (60.69 m)
9	Noel Simons	Bermuda	164 ft 2 in (50.05 m)
10	Cecil Usher	British Honduras	156 ft 8 in (47.76 m)
11	Hartley Saunders	Bahamas	152 ft 8 in (46.54 m)
12	Ayrton Clouden	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	147 ft 4 in (44.91 m)

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "Final results". The Guardian. 8 August 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

• Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• Javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games