Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 16–17 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Chandra Sturrup Bahamas	Philomena Mensah Canada	Tania Van Heer Australia

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next four fastest qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
3		Tania Van Heer	Australia	11.36	Q^[2]
2		Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	11.42	Q^[2]
2		Lauren Hewitt	Australia	11.43	Q^[2]
6	1	Marang Kinteh	Gambia	12.33
7	1	Elisa Cossa	Mozambique	12.38
6	2	Adi Waqanitoga	Fiji	12.15
7	2	Ekunddayo Williams	Sierra Leone	12.44
5	3	Anne-Marie Mouri	Cameroon	11.92
6	4	Tricia Flores	Belize	13.23

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.6 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	11.22	Q
1	2	Philomena Mensah	Canada	11.22	Q
3	1	Tania Van Heer	Australia	11.35	Q, PB
4	2	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	11.39	Q
5	2	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	11.41	Q, PB
6	2	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	11.44	Q
7	1	Joice Maduaka	England	11.46	Q
8	2	Marcia Richardson	England	11.47
9	1	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	11.53	Q
10	2	Govindasamy Shanti	Malaysia	11.58
11	1	Tamara Perry	Canada	11.61
12	2	Martha Adusei	Canada	11.68
13	2	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	11.69
14	1	Kim Jacobs	England	11.71
15	1	Monica Twum	Ghana	11.72
16	2	Sonia Williams	Antigua and Barbuda	11.82
17	1	Malgorzata Waldrop	Scotland	11.83

Wind: -0.3 m/s^[2]^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	5	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	11.06
	3	Philomena Mensah	Canada	11.19
	4	Tania Van Heer	Australia	11.29
4	8	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	11.37
5	6	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	11.39
6	1	Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone	Australia	11.41
7	7	Joice Maduaka	England	11.50
8	2	Myriam Léonie Mani	Cameroon	11.63