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

Event:	Men's 100 yards
Games:	1962
Venue:	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date:	(round 1) (round 2, semis and final)
Competitors:	49
Nations:	21
Win Value:	9.5
Gold:	Seraphino Antao
Goldcga:	KEN
Silver:	Tom Robinson
Silvercga:	BAH
Bronze:	Michael Cleary
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	1958
Next:	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]

Round 1

Heat 1

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.4
2			9.5
3			9.6
4			10.1
5			10.2
6			10.3

Heat 2

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.4
2			9.5
3			9.7
4			10.3
5			10.8
6			11.0

Heat 3

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.6
2			9.8
3			10.0
4			10.4
5			10.8

Heat 4

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.4
2			9.6
3			9.8
4			10.0
5			10.2
6			10.3

Heat 5

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.6
2			9.8
3			9.9
4			10.2
5			10.5

Heat 6

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.7
2			9.8
3			9.9
4			10.0
5			10.1

Heat 7

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.4
2			9.7
3			9.7
4			9.9
5			10.0

Heat 8

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.6
2			9.7
3			9.9
4			9.9
5			10.3

Heat 9

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.6
2			9.7
3			10.0
4			10.3
5			10.4

Round 2

Heat 1

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.6
2			9.8
3			9.9
4			10.2
5			10.3
6			10.5

Heat 2

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.6
2			9.8
3			9.8
4			10.0
5			10.2
6			10.5

Heat 3

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.6
2			9.8
3			10.0
4			10.1
5			10.2
6			10.2

Heat 4

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.6
2			9.8
3			9.9
4			10.1
5			10.2
6			10.7

Heat 5

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.8
2			9.9
3			9.9
4			10.1
5			10.3
6			10.4

Heat 6

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.7
2			9.9
3			9.9
4			10.2
5			10.5
6			10.5

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.5
2			9.5
3			9.7
4			9.7
5			9.8
6			9.9

Semifinal 2

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			9.5
2			9.7
3			9.7
4			9.8
5			9.8
6			9.9

Final

Wind -1.8 m/s^{[3] [4]}

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			9.5	9.50
			9.6	9.63
			9.6	9.78
4			9.7
5			9.9
6			10.0	inj.

Notes and References

1. News: Jim. Webster. Sensational sprint failure. The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. Sydney. 61. 25 November 1962.
2. News: Second Day. The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 16. 24 November 1962.
3. News: Yesterday's full Games details. The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. Sydney. 62. 25 November 1962.
4. Web site: Results of the men's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. CGF. 12 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131617/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp?gameid=3035&sportid=1458. 13 April 2014. dead.