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

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 22 and 23 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that this distance was contested at the Games replacing the 80 metres hurdles.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pam Kilborn Australia	Maureen Caird Australia	Christine Bell England

Results

Heats

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.2 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Pam Kilborn	Australia	13.48	Q
2	1	Mary Peters	Northern Ireland	14.14	Q
3	1	Susan Scott	England	14.31	Q
4	1	Elizabeth Damman	Canada	14.60	Q
5	1	Lindy Carruthers	Scotland	14.62
6	1	Wendy Taylor	Canada	15.14
7	1	Emille Edet	Nigeria	15.48
1	2	Maureen Caird	Australia	13.79	Q
2	2	Penny McCallum	Australia	13.90	Q
3	2	Christine Bell	England	13.90	Q
4	2	Carmen Smith-Brown	Jamaica	14.52	Q
5	2	Jenny Meldrum	Canada	14.75
	2	Barbara Corbett	England	DNF

Final

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pam Kilborn	Australia	13.27
	Maureen Caird	Australia	13.73
	Christine Bell	England	13.82
4	Penny McCallum	Australia	13.82
5	Mary Peters	Northern Ireland	13.88
6	Susan Scott	England	14.05
7	Carmen Smith-Brown	Jamaica	14.44
8	Elizabeth Damman	Canada	14.78

References

• Heats results
• Australian results