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Women's 880 yards at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Independence Park, Kingston
Dates	August 11 and 13, 1966
Medalists
Abby Hoffman    Canada   Judy Pollock    Australia   Anne Smith    England
← 1962 Perth (AUS)Edinburgh 1970 →

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 women's 880 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 13 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games: in 1970 it was replaced by the 800 metres.

Medalists

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Abby Hoffman  Canada	Judy Pollock  Australia	Anne Smith  England

Results

Heats

Qualification for final

The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Heats results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marise Stephen	New Zealand	2:06.6	Q
2	1	Anne Smith	England	2:07.2	Q
3	1	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	2:07.6	Q
4	1	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:08.8	Q
5	1	Deidre Watkinson	England	2:09.3
6	1	Titi Adeleke	Nigeria	2:19.5
	1	Lucene Prince	Antigua and Barbuda	DNF
1	2	Pam Piercy	England	2:10.0	Q
2	2	Pat Lowe	England	2:10.0	Q
3	2	Judy Pollock	Australia	2:10.5	Q
4	2	Cecilia Carter	Canada	2:10.7	Q
5	2	Georgena Craig	Scotland	2:10.9
6	2	Mary Rajamani	Malaysia	2:17.8

Final

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:04.3
	Judy Pollock	Australia	2:04.5
	Anne Smith	England	2:05.0
4	Rosemary Stirling	Scotland	2:05.4
5	Pat Lowe	England	2:05.8
6	Marise Stephen	New Zealand	2:05.9
7	Pam Piercy	England	2:06.3
8	Cecilia Carter	Canada	2:13.1

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "Heats results". The Guardian. 13 August 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
3. "Final results". The Guardian. 15 August 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

• Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games