Shooting at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the first appearance of Shooting at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held at the Twickenham Park Range in Spanish Town and featured contests in five disciplines.
Canada topped the medal table again by virtue of winning two bronze medals more than England, after both had tied with two gold medals and one silver medal.
Medal table
Medallists 50m Free pistol Charles Sexton Jules Sobrian Garfield McMahon25m Centre-Fire pistol James Lee Tony Clark Julio Machado 25m Rapid-Fire pistol Tony Clark Michael Papps Jules Sobrian50m Rifle prone Gil Boa Brian Lacey John Murphy Full Bore rifle Lord Swansea Robert Stewart Tom Sutherland
Results
50m Free pistol (top 10) PosAthletePts1 Charles Sexton 5442 Jules Sobrian 5383 Garfield McMahon 5364 Anthony Chivers 5345 Julio Machado 5226 Ken Stanford 519 7 Bertram Manhin 5178 Ronald Ramsay 5139 Michael Papps 51110 James Kirkwood 494
25m Centre-Fire pistol (top 10) PosAthletePts1 James Lee 5762 Tony Clark 5753 Julio Machado 5714 Brian Girling 5705 Garfield McMahon 5696 Robert Hassall 5647 Len J. Bull 564 8 Michael Papps 5629 Gilbert A. Shaw 562 10 Ernie Neely 561
25m Rapid-Fire pistol (top 10) PosAthletePts1 Tony Clark 5852 Michael Papps 578 3 Jules Sobrian 5724 Robert Hassall 5685 Brian Girling 5636 Allan Handford-Rice 5587 Ken Stanford 5558 Len J. Bull 5539 N.H. Iqbal 55110 Arthur H. Lord 550
50m Rifle prone (top 10) PosAthletePts1 Gil Boa 5872 Brian Lacey 5853 John Murphy 5844 Thomas Dunn 5835 Peter Morgan 5826 Donald D. Wild 5827 Roland McDonald 5818 George Marsh 5819 Frank Pacey 58010 James A. Waight 579
Full Bore rifle (top 10) PosAthletePts1 Lord Swansea 3942 Robert Stewart 3813 Tom Sutherland 3814 Eustace Chan 379 5 Keith De Casseres 3796 Maurie Gordon 3787 Kenneth Lee 3778 Francis Little 3779 William H. Crawford 37510 Milton Tucker 374
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