Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 yards

The women's 100 yards event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 19 and 22 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marlene Mathews-Willard Australia	Heather Young England	Madeleine Weston England

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: ?, Heat 6: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Betty Cuthbert	Australia	10.8	Q
2	1	Dorothy Hyman	England	11.0	Q
3	1	Eleanor Haslam	Canada	11.1
4	1	Bronwen Jones	Wales	11.4
5	1	Alix Jamieson	Scotland	11.5
6	1	Folashade Payne	Nigeria	11.5
1	2	Marlene Mathews-Willard	Australia	10.9	Q
2	2	Margaret Stuart	New Zealand	11.3	Q
3	2	Mary Symon	Scotland	11.5
4	2	Freyda Berman	Canada	11.5
5	2	Claudette Masdammer	British Guiana	11.6
1	3	June Paul	England	10.7	Q, =GR
2	3	Kay Johnson	Australia	11.1	Q
3	3	Marise Chamberlain	New Zealand	11.4
4	3	Jean Whitehead	Wales	11.4
5	3	Doris Tyndall	Scotland	11.4
6	3	Helen Quartey-Papafio	Ghana	11.7
1	4	Heather Young	England	10.7	Q, =GR
2	4	Magdalena Myburgh	South Africa	11.0	Q
3	4	Maureen Rever	Canada	11.2
4	4	Stephanie D'Souza	India	12.0
	4	Elizabeth Bright	Sierra Leone	DQ
1	5	Madeleine Weston	England	11.0	Q
2	5	Edith Shaw	South Africa	11.0	Q
3	5	Esther Ogbeni	Nigeria	11.4
4	5	Gwyneth Lewis	Wales	11.4
5	5	Daisy Williams	Sierra Leone	11.6
1	6	Wendy Hayes	Australia	11.0	Q
2	6	Moira Campbell	Scotland	11.4	Q
3	6	Maeve Kyle	Northern Ireland	11.4
4	6	Beverly Weigel	New Zealand	11.4
5	6	Beryl Turner	Wales	11.9

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Madeleine Weston	England	10.9	Q
2	1	Elizabeth Cuthbert	Australia	10.9	Q
3	1	June Paul	England	10.9	Q
4	1	Wendy Hayes	Australia	10.9
5	1	Magdalena Myburgh	South Africa	10.9
6	1	Margaret Stuart	New Zealand	11.1
1	2	Marlene Mathews-Willard	Australia	10.7	Q
2	2	Heather Young	England	10.9	Q
3	2	Edith Shaw	South Africa	11.0	Q
4	2	Dorothy Hyman	England	11.1
5	2	Moira Campbell	Scotland	11.3
6	2	Kay Johnson	Australia	11.6

Final

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Marlene Mathews-Willard	Australia	10.70	GR
	2	Heather Young	England	10.73
	3	Madeleine Weston	England	10.81
4	4	Elizabeth Cuthbert	Australia	10.84
5	5	June Paul	England	10.8
6	6	Edith Shaw	South Africa	11.0