The men's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Friday 23 November and Saturday 24 November 1962.
| Men's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Perry Lakes Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | 23 November 1962 (round 1) 24 November 1962 (round 2, semis and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 49 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 9.5 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The top four runners in each of the initial nine heats qualified for the second round. Those 36 runners competed in six heats in the second round, with the top two runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top three from each heat advanced to the final.
The event was won by Kenyan Seraphino Antao in 9.5 seconds, with the world record holder and favourite Canadian Harry Jerome finishing last, severely injured, in the final.[1]
Records edit
| World record |  Frank Budd (USA) Harry Jerome (CAN) |
9.2 | New York City, United States Vancouver, Canada |
1 July 1961 25 August 1962 |
[2] |
| Commonwealth record | |||||
| Games record |  Keith Gardner (JAM) |
9.4 | Cardiff, Wales | 20 July 1958 | [3] |
Round 1 edit
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Jerome |  Canada |
9.4 | Q |
| 2 | Alistair McIlroy |  Scotland |
9.5 | Q |
| 3 | Bob Lay |  Australia |
9.6 | Q |
| 4 | Bruce Richter |  Papua New Guinea |
10.1 | Q |
| 5 | Eustace Gill |  British Honduras |
10.2 | |
| 6 | Alistair Cook |  Aden |
10.3 |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seraphino Antao |  Kenya |
9.4 | Q |
| 2 | Gary Holdsworth | Australia |
9.5 | Q |
| 3 | Alf Meakin |  England |
9.7 | Q |
| 4 | William Chai Ah-Lim |  Sarawak |
10.3 | Q |
| 5 | Yassim Deria | Aden |
10.8 | |
| 6 | Brian Whitehead |  Isle of Man |
11.0 |
Heat 3 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Johnson | Jamaica |
9.6 | Q |
| 2 | John Owiti | Kenya |
9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Sitiveni Moceidreke |  Fiji |
10.0 | Q |
| 4 | William Lee | Sarawak |
10.4 | Q |
| 5 | Ali Abdi Matar | Aden |
10.8 | |
| Paul Couve |  Mauritius |
DNS |
Heat 4 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Robinson |  Bahamas |
9.4 | Q |
| 2 | Berwyn Jones |  Wales |
9.6 | Q |
| 3 | Johan du Preez |  Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
9.8 | Q |
| 4 | Joseph Lee Gut-Hing | Sarawak |
10.0 | Q |
| 5 | Jacques Dalais | Mauritius |
10.2 | |
| 6 | Michael Shaw | Aden |
10.3 |
Heat 5 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Jones | England |
9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Bukari Bashiru |  Ghana |
9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Lynn Eves | Canada |
9.9 | Q |
| 4 | Jean Daruty | Mauritius |
10.2 | Q |
| 5 | Mazlan Hamzah |  Malaya |
10.5 |
Heat 6 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Ahey | Ghana |
9.7 | Q |
| 2 | Byron Williams | Australia |
9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Nick Whitehead | Wales |
9.9 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Fisher-Smith | Canada |
10.0 | Q |
| 5 | Guy Edmond | Mauritius |
10.1 |
Heat 7 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Cleary | Australia |
9.4 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Okantey | Ghana |
9.7 | Q |
| 3 | Michael Hildrey | Scotland |
9.7 | Q |
| 4 | Lynn Davies | Wales |
9.9 | Q |
| 5 | Allen Crawley | Papua New Guinea |
10.0 |
Heat 8 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Roberts |  Trinidad and Tobago |
9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Radford | England |
9.7 | Q |
| 3 | Jeffery Smith | Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
9.9 | Q |
| 4 | James Odongo Oduka |  Uganda |
9.9 | Q |
| 5 | Leana Gari | Papua New Guinea |
10.3 |
Heat 9 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Jones | Wales |
9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Bonner Mends | Ghana |
9.7 | Q |
| 3 | Len Carter | England |
10.0 | Q |
| 4 | Misiloarim Labert | Papua New Guinea |
10.3 | Q |
| 5 | Anthony Perera |  Gibraltar |
10.4 |
Round 2 edit
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Jerome | Canada |
9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Radford | England |
9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Bonner Mends | Ghana |
9.9 | |
| 4 | Lynn Davies | Wales |
10.2 | |
| 5 | James Odongo Oduka | Uganda |
10.3 | |
| 6 | Misiloarim Labert | Papua New Guinea |
10.5 |
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seraphino Antao | Kenya |
9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Ron Jones | Wales |
9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Bob Lay | Australia |
9.8 | |
| 4 | Jeffery Smith | Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
10.0 | |
| 5 | Lynn Eves | Canada |
10.2 | |
| 6 | William Chai Ah-Lim | Sarawak |
10.5 |
Heat 3 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas |
9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Okantey | Ghana |
9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Edwin Roberts | Trinidad and Tobago |
10.0 | |
| 4 | Nick Whitehead | Wales |
10.1 | |
| 5 | Byron Williams | Australia |
10.2 | |
| 6 | Sitiveni Moceidreke | Fiji |
10.2 |
Heat 4 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Cleary | Australia |
9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Berwyn Jones | Wales |
9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Bukari Bashiru | Ghana |
9.9 | |
| 4 | Michael Hildrey | Scotland |
10.1 | |
| 5 | Len Carter | England |
10.2 | |
| 6 | William Lee | Sarawak |
10.7 |
Heat 5 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dennis Johnson | Jamaica |
9.8 | Q |
| 2 | Alistair McIlroy | Scotland |
9.9 | Q |
| 3 | Alf Meakin | England |
9.9 | |
| 4 | Johan du Preez | Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
10.1 | |
| 5 | Robert Fisher-Smith | Canada |
10.3 | |
| 6 | Jean Daruty | Mauritius |
10.4 |
Heat 6 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Holdsworth | Australia |
9.7 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Ahey | Ghana |
9.9 | Q |
| 3 | David Jones | England |
9.9 | |
| 4 | John Owiti | Kenya |
10.2 | |
| 5 | Joseph Lee Gut-Hing | Sarawak |
10.5 | |
| 6 | Bruce Richter | Papua New Guinea |
10.5 |
Semifinals edit
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Jerome | Canada |
9.5 | Q |
| 2 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas |
9.5 | Q |
| 3 | Gary Holdsworth | Australia |
9.7 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Okantey | Ghana |
9.7 | |
| 5 | Ron Jones | Wales |
9.8 | |
| 6 | Alistair McIlroy | Scotland |
9.9 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seraphino Antao | Kenya |
9.5 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Cleary | Australia |
9.7 | Q |
| 3 | Dennis Johnson | Jamaica |
9.7 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Ahey | Ghana |
9.8 | |
| 5 | Peter Radford | England |
9.8 | |
| 6 | Berwyn Jones | Wales |
9.9 |
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Seraphino Antao | Kenya |
9.5 | 9.50 |
 |
Tom Robinson | Bahamas |
9.6 | 9.63 |
 |
Michael Cleary | Australia |
9.6 | 9.78 |
| 4 | Gary Holdsworth | Australia |
9.7 | |
| 5 | Dennis Johnson | Jamaica |
9.9 | |
| 6 | Harry Jerome | Canada |
10.0 | inj. |
References edit
- ^ Webster, Jim (25 November 1962). "Sensational sprint failure". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 61.
- ^ Terrell, Roy (3 July 1961). "Record Dash En Route To Moscow". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 15, no. 1. pp. 12–15. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (21 July 1958). "World time possible in 440 hurdles". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. p. 17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Second Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 24 November 1962. p. 16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Yesterday's full Games details". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. 25 November 1962. p. 62.
- ^ "Results of the men's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.