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Women's 100 yards
at the Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 1958 British
Empire and
Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 ydmenwomen
220 ydmenwomen
440 ydmen
880 ydmen
1 milemen
3 milesmen
6 milesmen
80 m hurdleswomen
120 yd hurdlesmen
440 yd hurdlesmen
4 × 110 yd relaymenwomen
4 × 440 yd relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen

The women's 100 yards event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 19 and 22 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Marlene Mathews-Willard
 Australia 		Heather Young
 England 		Madeleine Weston
 England

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: ?, Heat 6: 0.0 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Betty Cuthbert  Australia 10.8 Q
2 1 Dorothy Hyman  England 11.0 Q
3 1 Eleanor Haslam  Canada 11.1
4 1 Bronwen Jones  Wales 11.4
5 1 Alix Jamieson  Scotland 11.5
6 1 Folashade Payne  Nigeria 11.5
1 2 Marlene Mathews-Willard  Australia 10.9 Q
2 2 Margaret Stuart  New Zealand 11.3 Q
3 2 Mary Symon  Scotland 11.5
4 2 Freyda Berman  Canada 11.5
5 2 Claudette Masdammer  British Guiana 11.6
1 3 June Paul  England 10.7 Q, =GR
2 3 Kay Johnson  Australia 11.1 Q
3 3 Marise Chamberlain  New Zealand 11.4
4 3 Jean Whitehead  Wales 11.4
5 3 Doris Tyndall  Scotland 11.4
6 3 Helen Quartey-Papafio  Ghana 11.7
1 4 Heather Young  England 10.7 Q, =GR
2 4 Magdalena Myburgh  South Africa 11.0 Q
3 4 Maureen Rever  Canada 11.2
4 4 Stephanie D'Souza  India 12.0
4 Elizabeth Bright Sierra Leone DQ
1 5 Madeleine Weston  England 11.0 Q
2 5 Edith Shaw  South Africa 11.0 Q
3 5 Esther Ogbeni  Nigeria 11.4
4 5 Gwyneth Lewis  Wales 11.4
5 5 Daisy Williams Sierra Leone 11.6
1 6 Wendy Hayes  Australia 11.0 Q
2 6 Moira Campbell  Scotland 11.4 Q
3 6 Maeve Kyle  Northern Ireland 11.4
4 6 Beverly Weigel  New Zealand 11.4
5 6 Beryl Turner  Wales 11.9

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Madeleine Weston  England 10.9 Q
2 1 Elizabeth Cuthbert  Australia 10.9 Q
3 1 June Paul  England 10.9 Q
4 1 Wendy Hayes  Australia 10.9
5 1 Magdalena Myburgh  South Africa 10.9
6 1 Margaret Stuart  New Zealand 11.1
1 2 Marlene Mathews-Willard  Australia 10.7 Q
2 2 Heather Young  England 10.9 Q
3 2 Edith Shaw  South Africa 11.0 Q
4 2 Dorothy Hyman  England 11.1
5 2 Moira Campbell  Scotland 11.3
6 2 Kay Johnson  Australia 11.6

Final

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Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 Marlene Mathews-Willard  Australia 10.70 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Heather Young  England 10.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Madeleine Weston  England 10.81
4 4 Elizabeth Cuthbert  Australia 10.84
5 5 June Paul  England 10.8
6 6 Edith Shaw  South Africa 11.0

References

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  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Many splendid performances in track and field events". The Manchester Guardian. 21 July 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Potgieter wins hurdles event with world's record". The Manchester Guardian. 23 July 1958. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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