Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 17 and 18 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 100 yards event.

Women's 100 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Raelene Boyle
  Australia
Alice Annum
  Ghana
Marion Hoffman
  Australia

Results

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Heats

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Held on 17 July

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.2 m/s, Heat 2: +5.7 m/s, Heat 3: +4.9 m/s, Heat 4: +4.3 m/s, Heat 5: +5.4 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Jenny Lamy   Australia 11.81 Q
2 1 Judith Ayaa   Uganda 11.92 Q
3 1 Adlin Mair-Clarke   Jamaica 11.96 Q
4 1 Irene Piotrowski   Canada 12.09
5 1 Pat Shiels   Wales 12.30
6 1 Evelyn Urhobo   Nigeria 12.37
7 1 Georgiana Freeman   Gambia 13.11
1 2 Raelene Boyle   Australia 11.41 Q
2 2 Helen Golden   Scotland 11.47 Q
3 2 Della James   England 11.65 Q
4 2 Emilie Edet   Nigeria 11.81
5 2 Hillary Davies   Wales 12.05
6 2 Linda Teskey   Northern Ireland 12.20
7 2 Kahanda Badra   Ceylon 12.35
1 3 Val Peat   England 11.37 Q
2 3 Patty Loverock   Canada 11.64 Q
3 3 Elizabeth Sutherland   Scotland 11.65 Q
4 3 Joan Porter   Trinidad and Tobago 12.03
5 3 Jane Chikambwe   Zambia 12.33
6 3 Sharon Ochello   Gibraltar 12.92
3 Adrienne Smyth   Northern Ireland DNS
1 4 Alice Annum   Ghana 11.28 Q
2 4 Anita Neil   England 11.51 Q
3 4 Marion Hoffman   Australia 11.52 Q
4 4 Nooline McGarvey   Northern Ireland 11.88
5 4 Joslyn Holder   Trinidad and Tobago 12.12
6 4 Claudette Powell   Bahamas 12.21
7 4 Michelle Smith   Wales 12.34
1 5 Stephanie Berto   Canada 11.61 Q
2 5 Penny Hunt   New Zealand 11.77 Q
3 5 Carmen Smith-Brown   Jamaica 12.01 Q
4 5 Patricia Pennycook   Scotland 12.03
5 5 Olajumoke Bodunrin   Nigeria 12.07
6 5 Princess Small   Gambia 12.47
7 5 Zetha Cofie   Ghana 12.67

Semifinals

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Held on 18 July

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +4.1 m/s, Heat 2: +4.1 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Alice Annum   Ghana 11.29 Q
2 1 Marion Hoffman   Australia 11.48 Q
3 1 Elizabeth Sutherland   Scotland 11.55 Q
4 1 Anita Neil   England 11.64 Q
5 1 Jenny Lamy   Australia 11.75
6 1 Patty Loverock   Canada 11.84
7 1 Penny Hunt   New Zealand 11.92
8 1 Carmen Smith-Brown   Jamaica 12.06
1 2 Raelene Boyle   Australia 11.37 Q
2 2 Val Peat   England 11.43 Q
3 2 Helen Golden   Scotland 11.54 Q
4 2 Stephanie Berto   Canada 11.64 Q
5 2 Della James   England 11.73
6 2 Judith Ayaa   Uganda 11.93
7 2 Adlin Mair-Clarke   Jamaica 11.99

Final

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Held on 18 July

Wind: +5.3 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Raelene Boyle   Australia 11.26
  6 Alice Annum   Ghana 11.32
  1 Marion Hoffman   Australia 11.36
4 7 Val Peat   England 11.38
5 5 Helen Golden   Scotland 11.52
6 3 Anita Neil   England 11.54
7 8 Stephanie Berto   Canada 11.63
8 2 Elizabeth Sutherland   Scotland 11.72

References

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  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.