Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]

Women's 100 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Sonia Lannaman
  England
Raelene Boyle
  Australia
Denise Boyd
  Australia

Results

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Heats

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Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -2.5 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Beverley Goddard   England 11.51 Q
2 2 Leleith Hodges   Jamaica 11.52 Q
3 4 Raelene Boyle   Australia 11.53 Q
4 3 Patty Loverock   Canada 11.57 Q
5 1 Denise Boyd   Australia 11.58 Q
6 3 Colleen Beazley   Australia 11.60 Q
7 4 Hannah Afriyie   Ghana 11.61 Q
8 4 Debbie Jones   Bermuda 11.66 Q
9 2 Kim Robertson   New Zealand 11.67 Q
10 2 Margot Wells   Scotland 11.69 Q
11 1 Wendy Clarke   England 11.73 Q
12 2 Esther Hope   Trinidad and Tobago 11.74 q
14 1 Marjorie Bailey   Canada 11.75 Q
14 5 Sonia Lannaman   England 11.75 Q
16 4 Janice Bernard   Trinidad and Tobago 11.78
17 5 Angela Bailey   Canada 11.79 Q
18 5 Helen Golden   Scotland 11.83 Q
19 5 Wendy Brown   New Zealand 11.84
20 1 Dorothy Scott   Jamaica 11.99
21 3 June Caddle   Barbados 12.09
22 3 Jeanette Yawson   Ghana 12.12
23 4 Esther Otieno   Kenya 12.15
24 2 Victoria Hancox   Northern Ireland 12.23
25 3 Carmeta Drummond   Jamaica 12.26
26 5 Candy Ford   Bermuda 12.29
27 5 Nzaeli Kyomo   Tanzania 12.35
28 1 Bernadette Wilson   Bermuda 12.36
29 1 Joanne Gardner   Trinidad and Tobago 12.36
30 2 Caroline Delancy   Turks and Caicos Islands 12.37
31 3 Caroline Briggs   Gambia 12.53
32 2 Marie-France Mamedy   Mauritius 12.61
33 1 Georgiana Freeman   Gambia 12.64
34 5 Marina Chin Leng Sim   Malaysia 12.85
35 4 Jabou Jawo   Gambia 12.94
36 1 Teresa David   Mauritius 13.06
37 4 Joyce John   Sierra Leone 13.12
5 Linda McCurry   Northern Ireland DNS

Semifinals

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Held on 6 August

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

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.8 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Denise Boyd   Australia 11.37 Q
2 1 Patty Loverock   Canada 11.47 Q
2 2 Raelene Boyle   Australia 11.47 Q
4 1 Sonia Lannaman   England 11.49 Q
5 2 Beverley Goddard   England 11.52 Q
6 1 Wendy Clarke   England 11.56 Q
6 2 Hannah Afriyie   Ghana 11.56 Q
8 2 Leleith Hodges   Jamaica 11.58 Q
9 1 Debbie Jones   Bermuda 11.62
10 1 Angela Bailey   Canada 11.63
10 2 Kim Robertson   New Zealand 11.63
12 2 Colleen Beazley   Australia 11.66
13 2 Marjorie Bailey   Canada 11.67
14 2 Helen Golden   Scotland 11.71
15 1 Margot Wells   Scotland 11.73
16 1 Esther Hope   Trinidad and Tobago 11.82

Final

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Held on 7 August

Wind: +2.9 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Sonia Lannaman   England 11.27
  8 Raelene Boyle   Australia 11.35
  7 Denise Boyd   Australia 11.37
4 2 Hannah Afriyie   Ghana 11.38
5 4 Beverley Goddard   England 11.40
6 6 Patty Loverock   Canada 11.40
7 5 Leleith Hodges   Jamaica 11.47
8 1 Wendy Clarke   England 11.48

References

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  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-21.