Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 yards

Women's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat, Western Australia
Date	24 November 1962 (round 1 and semis) 26 November 1962 (final)
Competitors	23 from 10 nations
Winning time	11.2 s
Medalists
Dorothy Hyman   England   Doreen Porter   New Zealand   Brenda Cox   Australia

Official video

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd		men		women
220 yd		men		women
440 yd		men
880 yd		men		women
1 mile		men
3 miles		men
6 miles		men
80 m hurdles				women
120 yd hurdles		men
440 yd hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×110 yd relay		men		women
4×440 yd relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women

The women's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November and Monday 26 November 1962.

23 runners competed in four heats in the first round, with the top three runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top three from each heat advanced to the final.

The event was won by England's Dorothy Hyman ahead of Doreen Porter from New Zealand and Australian Brenda Cox who won bronze. Hyman won the final in a slow time of 11.2 seconds running into a headwind of 5.8  m/s. It was the first time since 1934 that this event was not won by an Australian.^[1]

Records

World record	Marlene Mathews (AUS)	10.3	Sydney, Australia	20 March 1958
Games record	Marlene Mathews (AUS)	10.6	Cardiff, Wales	22 July 1958	[2]
Commonwealth record		'

Round 1

Heat 1

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Beasley, GlenysGlenys Beasley	Australia	11.0	Q
2	Packer, AnnAnn Packer	England	11.3	Q
3	Breeden, YvonneYvonne Breeden	Canada	11.4	Q
4	Williams, CarmenCarmen Williams	Jamaica	11.9
5	Neil, JanetteJanette Neil	Scotland	12.0
6	Hogan, GraceGrace Hogan	Ghana	12.5

Heat 2

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hyman, DorothyDorothy Hyman	England	11.0	Q
2	Cox, BrendaBrenda Cox	Australia	11.1	Q
3	Boateng, ChristianaChristiana Boateng	Ghana	11.2	Q
4	Cowan, MollyMolly Cowan	New Zealand	11.6
5	Atkinson, JoanJoan Atkinson	Northern Ireland	11.6
6	Mair, AdlinAdlin Mair	Jamaica	11.7

Heat 3

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Moore, BettyBetty Moore	England	11.0	Q
2	Cuthbert, BettyBetty Cuthbert	Australia	11.1	Q
3	Bond, NolaNola Bond	New Zealand	11.2	Q
4	Smith, CarmenCarmen Smith	Jamaica	11.4
5	Vakalala, MacaMaca Vakalala	Fiji	11.6
6	Dalton, PatriciaPatricia Dalton	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	11.8

Heat 4

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Porter, DoreenDoreen Porter	New Zealand	10.9	Q
2	Bennett, JoyceJoyce Bennett	Australia	11.1	Q
3	Arden, DaphneDaphne Arden	England	11.1	Q
4	Hart, RoseRose Hart	Ghana	11.4
5	Walker, OuidaOuida Walker	Jamaica	11.5

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hyman, DorothyDorothy Hyman	England	10.7	Q
2	Boateng, ChristianaChristiana Boateng	Ghana	10.9	Q
3	Arden, DaphneDaphne Arden	England	10.9	Q
4	Beasley, GlenysGlenys Beasley	Australia	11.0
5	Cuthbert, BettyBetty Cuthbert	Australia	11.0
6	Bond, NolaNola Bond	New Zealand	11.2

Semifinal 2

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cox, BrendaBrenda Cox	Australia	10.9	Q
2	Porter, DoreenDoreen Porter	New Zealand	11.0	Q
3	Moore, BettyBetty Moore	England	11.0	Q
4	Bennett, JoyceJoyce Bennett	Australia	11.1
5	Packer, AnnAnn Packer	England	11.2
6	Breeden, YvonneYvonne Breeden	Canada	11.5

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hyman, DorothyDorothy Hyman	England	11.2
	Porter, DoreenDoreen Porter	New Zealand	11.3
	Cox, BrendaBrenda Cox	Australia	11.4
4	Boateng, ChristianaChristiana Boateng	Ghana	11.6
5	Arden, DaphneDaphne Arden	England	11.6
6	Moore, BettyBetty Moore	England	11.7
			Wind: +5.8 m/s[1]

References

1. Webster, Jim (27 November 1962). "Records in high jump". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 25.
2. Staff Correspondent (23 July 1958). "Marlene Mathews in thrilling 100yds win". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. p. 16.
3. "Yesterday's full Games details". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. 25 November 1962. p. 62.
4. "Results of the women's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Retrieved 11 April 2014.