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.

Medalists[edit]

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

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

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

Held on 18 July

Wind: +5.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	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