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

Event:	Women's 100 yards
Games:	1962
Venue:	Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat, Western Australia
Date:	(round 1 and semis) (final)
Competitors:	23
Nations:	10
Win Value:	11.2 s
Gold:	Dorothy Hyman
Goldcga:	ENG
Silver:	Doreen Porter
Silvercga:	NZL
Bronze:	Brenda Cox
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	1958
Next:	1966

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]

Round 1

Heat 1

^[2]

Rank	Time	Notes
1	11.0	Q
2	11.3	Q
3	11.4	Q
4	11.9
5	12.0
6	12.5

Heat 2

^[2]

Rank	Time	Notes
1	11.0	Q
2	11.1	Q
3	11.2	Q
4	11.6
5	11.6
6	11.7

Heat 3

^[2]

Rank	Time	Notes
1	11.0	Q
2	11.1	Q
3	11.2	Q
4	11.4
5	11.6
6	11.8

Heat 4

^[2]

Rank	Time	Notes
1	10.9	Q
2	11.1	Q
3	11.1	Q
4	11.4
5	11.5

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

^[2]

Rank	Time	Notes
1	10.7	Q
2	10.9	Q
3	10.9	Q
4	11.0
5	11.0
6	11.2

Semifinal 2

^[2]

Rank	Time	Notes
1	10.9	Q
2	11.0	Q
3	11.0	Q
4	11.1
5	11.2
6	11.5

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			11.2
			11.3
			11.4
4			11.6
5			11.6
6			11.7
			Wind: +5.8 m/s

Notes and References

News: Jim. Webster. Records in high jump. The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. Sydney. 25. 27 November 1962.
News: Yesterday's full Games details. The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. Sydney. 62. 25 November 1962.
Web site: Results of the women's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. CGF. 11 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201413/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp?gameid=3035&sportid=1498. 4 March 2016. dead.