Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Queen Elizabeth II Park
Dates	25 and 26 January
Medalists
Raelene Boyle    Australia   Andrea Lynch    England   Denise Robertson    Australia

Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	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
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 100 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 25 and 26 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

Medal winners

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Raelene Boyle  Australia	Andrea Lynch  England	Denise Robertson  Australia

Held on 25 January^[2]

The first 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: -0.3 m/s, Heat 5: +1.7 m/s

Heats results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Rosie Allwood	Jamaica	11.7	Q
2	1	Etim Ufon-Uko	Nigeria	12.0	Q
3	1	Sonia Lannaman	England	12.0	Q
4	1	Rose Asiedua	Ghana	12.22
5	1	Christine Byobona	Uganda	12.43
6	1	Christine Salmond	Scotland	12.44
4	2	Alison MacRitchie	Scotland	12.14
5	2	Linda McCurry	Northern Ireland	12.37
6	2	Keta Iongi	Tonga	12.49
7	2	Torika Cavuka	Fiji	12.67
1	3	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	11.7	Q
2	3	Jenny Lamy	Australia	11.73	Q[3]
3	3	Helen Golden	Scotland	11.9	Q
4	3	Kim Robertson	New Zealand	12.06
5	3	Beatrice Ewuzie	Nigeria	12.25
6	3	Debbie Jones	Bermuda	12.34
7	3	Laisa Taga	Fiji	13.13
1	4	Denise Robertson	Australia	11.58	Q[3]
2	4	Patty Loverock	Canada	11.7	Q
3	4	Hannah Afriye	Ghana	11.9	Q
4	4	Gail Wooten	New Zealand	11.9	q
5	4	Marcia Trotman	Barbados	12.13
6	4	Ashanti Obi	Nigeria	12.26
7	4	Philomena Chezi	Tanzania	12.41
1	5	Raelene Boyle	Australia	11.51	Q[3]
2	5	Lyn Kellond	Canada	11.9	Q
3	5	Leleith Hodges	Jamaica	11.9	Q
4	5	Barbara Martin	England	12.07
5	5	Nzaeli Kyomo	Tanzania	12.25
6	5	Avril McClelland	Northern Ireland	12.33
7	5	Uafu Tuineau	Tonga	13.01

Held on 25 January^[2]

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

Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s

Semifinal result

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Alice Annum	Ghana	11.5	Q
2	1	Denise Robertson	Australia	11.49	Q[3]
3	1	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	11.7	Q
4	1	Jenny Lamy	Australia	11.72	Q[3]
5	1	Etim Ufon-Uko	Nigeria	11.86
6	1	Gail Wooten	New Zealand	11.88
7	1	Sonia Lannaman	England	11.93
8	1	Leleith Hodges	Jamaica	12.98
1	2	Andrea Lynch	England	11.39	Q
2	2	Raelene Boyle	Australia	11.54	Q[3]
3	2	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	11.6	Q
4	2	Rosie Allwood	Jamaica	11.6	Q
5	2	Patty Loverock	Canada	11.70
6	2	Hannah Afriye	Ghana	11.89
7	2	Helen Golden	Scotland	11.92
8	2	Lyn Kellond	Canada	12.05

Held on 26 January

+0.5 m/s

Final result

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Raelene Boyle	Australia	11.27	GR
	6	Andrea Lynch	England	11.31
	1	Denise Robertson	Australia	11.50
4	7	Alice Annum	Ghana	11.52
5	4	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	11.59
6	8	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	11.66
7	2	Rosie Allwood	Jamaica	11.73
8	3	Jenny Lamy	Australia	11.83