Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres hurdles
Games:	1970
Venue:	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates:	22 and 23 July 1970
Gold:	Pam Kilborn
Goldcga:	AUS
Silver:	Maureen Caird
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Christine Bell
Bronzecga:	ENG
Prev:	1966 Kingston
Next:	Christchurch 1974

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22 and 23 July 1970.^[1] It was the first time that this distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 80 metres hurdles.

The winning margin was 0.46 seconds which, as of 2024, remains the only time the women's 100 metres with hurdles was won by more than 0.4 seconds at these games.

Medallists


scope=col style="background-color:gold; width:200px;	Gold	scope=col style="background-color:silver; width:200px;	Silver	scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966; width:200px;	Bronze
Pam Kilborn	Maureen Caird	Christine Bell

Results

Heats

Qualification for final

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

Wind speed

Heat 1: -1.2 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s


scope=col	Rank !	scope=col	Heat !	scope=col	Name !	scope=col	Nationality !	scope=col	Time !	scope=col	Notes
1	1			13.48	Q
2	1			14.14	Q
3	1			14.31	Q
4	1			14.60	Q
5	1			14.62
6	1			15.14
7	1			15.48
1	2			13.79	Q
2	2			13.90	Q
3	2			13.90	Q
4	2			14.52	Q
5	2			14.75
data-sort-value="9"		2			data-sort-value="99.9"	DNF

Final

Wind speed

0.3 m/s


scope=col	Rank !	scope=col	Name !	scope=col	Nationality !	scope=col	Time !	scope=col	Notes
			13.27
			13.73
			13.82
4			13.82
5			13.88
6			14.05
7			14.44
8			14.78

References

Notes and References

Web site: Results . thecgf.com . 23 September 2019 . 28 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428182437/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3037/event/1626 . dead .