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Women's 100 metres
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
VenueMeadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates17 and 18 July 1970
Medalists
gold medal Raelene Boyle   Australia
silver medal Alice Annum   Ghana
bronze medal Marion Hoffman   Australia
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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. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 100 yards event.

Medallists

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

Results

Heats

Held on 17 July

Qualification for semifinals

The first 3 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Wind speed

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

Heats results
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

Semifinals

Held on 18 July

Qualification for final

The first 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Wind speed

Heat 1: +4.1 m/s, Heat 2: +4.1 m/s

Final results
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

Final

Held on 18 July

Wind speed

+5.3 m/s

Final results
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Raelene Boyle  Australia 11.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Alice Annum  Ghana 11.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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