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

Men's 100 yards
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Men's 100 yards ; at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	23 November 1962 (round 1); 24 November 1962 (round 2, semis and final)
Competitors	49 from 21 nations
Winning time	9.5
Medalists
	← 1958 1966 →

The men'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 Friday 23 November and Saturday 24 November 1962.

The top four runners in each of the initial nine heats qualified for the second round. Those 36 runners competed in six heats in the second round, with the top two 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 Kenyan Seraphino Antao in 9.5 seconds, with the world record holder and favourite Canadian Harry Jerome finishing last, severely injured, in the final.^[1]

Records

World record	Frank Budd (USA) Harry Jerome (CAN)	9.2	New York City, United States Vancouver, Canada	1 July 1961 25 August 1962	^[2]
Commonwealth record
Games record	Keith Gardner (JAM)	9.4	Cardiff, Wales	20 July 1958	^[3]

Round 1

Heat 1

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harry Jerome	Canada	9.4	Q
2	Alistair McIlroy	Scotland	9.5	Q
3	Bob Lay	Australia	9.6	Q
4	Bruce Richter	Papua New Guinea	10.1	Q
5	Eustace Gill	British Honduras	10.2
6	Alistair Cook	Aden	10.3

Heat 2

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	9.4	Q
2	Gary Holdsworth	Australia	9.5	Q
3	Alf Meakin	England	9.7	Q
4	William Chai Ah-Lim	Sarawak	10.3	Q
5	Yassim Deria	Aden	10.8
6	Brian Whitehead	Isle of Man	11.0

Heat 3

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dennis Johnson	Jamaica	9.6	Q
2	John Owiti	Kenya	9.8	Q
3	Sitiveni Moceidreke	Fiji	10.0	Q
4	William Lee	Sarawak	10.4	Q
5	Ali Abdi Matar	Aden	10.8
	Paul Couve	Mauritius		DNS

Heat 4

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	9.4	Q
2	Berwyn Jones	Wales	9.6	Q
3	Johan du Preez	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	9.8	Q
4	Joseph Lee Gut-Hing	Sarawak	10.0	Q
5	Jacques Dalais	Mauritius	10.2
6	Michael Shaw	Aden	10.3

Heat 5

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Jones	England	9.6	Q
2	Bukari Bashiru	Ghana	9.8	Q
3	Lynn Eves	Canada	9.9	Q
4	Jean Daruty	Mauritius	10.2	Q
5	Mazlan Hamzah	Malaya	10.5

Heat 6

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Michael Ahey	Ghana	9.7	Q
2	Byron Williams	Australia	9.8	Q
3	Nick Whitehead	Wales	9.9	Q
4	Robert Fisher-Smith	Canada	10.0	Q
5	Guy Edmond	Mauritius	10.1

Heat 7

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Michael Cleary	Australia	9.4	Q
2	Michael Okantey	Ghana	9.7	Q
3	Michael Hildrey	Scotland	9.7	Q
4	Lynn Davies	Wales	9.9	Q
5	Allen Crawley	Papua New Guinea	10.0

Heat 8

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	9.6	Q
2	Peter Radford	England	9.7	Q
3	Jeffery Smith	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	9.9	Q
4	James Odongo Oduka	Uganda	9.9	Q
5	Leana Gari	Papua New Guinea	10.3

Heat 9

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ron Jones	Wales	9.6	Q
2	Bonner Mends	Ghana	9.7	Q
3	Len Carter	England	10.0	Q
4	Misiloarim Labert	Papua New Guinea	10.3	Q
5	Anthony Perera	Gibraltar	10.4

Round 2

Heat 1

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harry Jerome	Canada	9.6	Q
2	Peter Radford	England	9.8	Q
3	Bonner Mends	Ghana	9.9
4	Lynn Davies	Wales	10.2
5	James Odongo Oduka	Uganda	10.3
6	Misiloarim Labert	Papua New Guinea	10.5

Heat 2

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	9.6	Q
2	Ron Jones	Wales	9.8	Q
3	Bob Lay	Australia	9.8
4	Jeffery Smith	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	10.0
5	Lynn Eves	Canada	10.2
6	William Chai Ah-Lim	Sarawak	10.5

Heat 3

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	9.6	Q
2	Michael Okantey	Ghana	9.8	Q
3	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	10.0
4	Nick Whitehead	Wales	10.1
5	Byron Williams	Australia	10.2
6	Sitiveni Moceidreke	Fiji	10.2

Heat 4

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Michael Cleary	Australia	9.6	Q
2	Berwyn Jones	Wales	9.8	Q
3	Bukari Bashiru	Ghana	9.9
4	Michael Hildrey	Scotland	10.1
5	Len Carter	England	10.2
6	William Lee	Sarawak	10.7

Heat 5

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dennis Johnson	Jamaica	9.8	Q
2	Alistair McIlroy	Scotland	9.9	Q
3	Alf Meakin	England	9.9
4	Johan du Preez	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	10.1
5	Robert Fisher-Smith	Canada	10.3
6	Jean Daruty	Mauritius	10.4

Heat 6

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gary Holdsworth	Australia	9.7	Q
2	Michael Ahey	Ghana	9.9	Q
3	David Jones	England	9.9
4	John Owiti	Kenya	10.2
5	Joseph Lee Gut-Hing	Sarawak	10.5
6	Bruce Richter	Papua New Guinea	10.5

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harry Jerome	Canada	9.5	Q
2	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	9.5	Q
3	Gary Holdsworth	Australia	9.7	Q
4	Michael Okantey	Ghana	9.7
5	Ron Jones	Wales	9.8
6	Alistair McIlroy	Scotland	9.9

Semifinal 2

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	9.5	Q
2	Michael Cleary	Australia	9.7	Q
3	Dennis Johnson	Jamaica	9.7	Q
4	Michael Ahey	Ghana	9.8
5	Peter Radford	England	9.8
6	Berwyn Jones	Wales	9.9

Final

Wind -1.8 m/s^[5]^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	9.5	9.50
	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	9.6	9.63
	Michael Cleary	Australia	9.6	9.78
4	Gary Holdsworth	Australia	9.7
5	Dennis Johnson	Jamaica	9.9
6	Harry Jerome	Canada	10.0	inj.

References

^ Webster, Jim (25 November 1962). "Sensational sprint failure". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 61.
^ Terrell, Roy (3 July 1961). "Record Dash En Route To Moscow". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 15, no. 1. pp. 12–15. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
^ Staff Correspondent (21 July 1958). "World time possible in 440 hurdles". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. p. 17. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Second Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 24 November 1962. p. 16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Yesterday's full Games details". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. 25 November 1962. p. 62.
^ "Results of the men's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

[1] Webster, Jim (25 November 1962). "Sensational sprint failure". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 61.

[2] Terrell, Roy (3 July 1961). "Record Dash En Route To Moscow". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 15, no. 1. pp. 12–15. Retrieved 25 March 2014.

[3] Staff Correspondent (21 July 1958). "World time possible in 440 hurdles". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. p. 17. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[p.16-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Second Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 24 November 1962. p. 16.

[p.62-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Yesterday's full Games details". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. 25 November 1962. p. 62.

[6] "Results of the men's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

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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
v t e

v t e Commonwealth Games champions in men's 100 metres
100 yards (1930–1966)	1930: Percy Williams (CAN) 1934: Arthur Sweeney (ENG) 1938: Cyril Holmes (ENG) 1950: John Treloar (AUS) 1954: Mike Agostini (TRI) 1958: Keith Gardner (JAM) 1962: Seraphino Antao (KEN) 1966: Harry Jerome (CAN)
100 metres (1970–present)	1970: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1974: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1978: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1982: Allan Wells (SCO) 1986: Ben Johnson (CAN) 1990: Linford Christie (ENG) 1994: Linford Christie (ENG) 1998: Ato Boldon (TRI) 2002: Kim Collins (SKN) 2006: Asafa Powell (JAM) 2010: Lerone Clarke (JAM) 2014: Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM) 2018: Akani Simbine (RSA) 2022: Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN)