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

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