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

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.

## Records

| World record | Marlene Mathews (AUS) | 10.3 | Sydney, Australia | 20 March 1958 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | | | | |
| Games record | Marlene Mathews (AUS) | 10.6 | Cardiff, Wales | 22 July 1958 |

## Round 1

### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Glenys Beasley | Australia | 11.0 | Q |
| 2 | Ann Packer | England | 11.3 | Q |
| 3 | Yvonne Breeden | Canada | 11.4 | Q |
| 4 | Carmen Williams | Jamaica | 11.9 | |
| 5 | Janette Neil | Scotland | 12.0 | |
| 6 | Grace Hogan | Ghana | 12.5 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dorothy Hyman | England | 11.0 | Q |
| 2 | Brenda Cox | Australia | 11.1 | Q |
| 3 | Christiana Boateng | Ghana | 11.2 | Q |
| 4 | Molly Cowan | New Zealand | 11.6 | |
| 5 | Joan Atkinson | Northern Ireland | 11.6 | |
| 6 | Adlin Mair | Jamaica | 11.7 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Betty Moore | England | 11.0 | Q |
| 2 | Betty Cuthbert | Australia | 11.1 | Q |
| 3 | Nola Bond | New Zealand | 11.2 | Q |
| 4 | Carmen Smith | Jamaica | 11.4 | |
| 5 | Maca Vakalala | Fiji | 11.6 | |
| 6 | Patricia Dalton | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 11.8 | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 11.1 | Q |
| 3 | Daphne Arden | England | 11.1 | Q |
| 4 | Rose Hart | Ghana | 11.4 | |
| 5 | Ouida Walker | Jamaica | 11.5 | |

## Semifinals

### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dorothy Hyman | England | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Christiana Boateng | Ghana | 10.9 | Q |
| 3 | Daphne Arden | England | 10.9 | Q |
| 4 | Glenys Beasley | Australia | 11.0 | |
| 5 | Betty Cuthbert | Australia | 11.0 | |
| 6 | Nola Bond | New Zealand | 11.2 | |

### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brenda Cox | Australia | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 11.0 | Q |
| 3 | Betty Moore | England | 11.0 | Q |
| 4 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 11.1 | |
| 5 | Ann Packer | England | 11.2 | |
| 6 | Yvonne Breeden | Canada | 11.5 | |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Dorothy Hyman | England | 11.2 | |
| | Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 11.3 | |
| | Brenda Cox | Australia | 11.4 | |
| 4 | Christiana Boateng | Ghana | 11.6 | |
| 5 | Daphne Arden | England | 11.6 | |
| 6 | Betty Moore | England | 11.7 | |
| | | | Wind: +5.8 m/s | Wind: +5.8 m/s |
