Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 220 yards
# Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 220 yards

The women's 220 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Monday 26 November and Thursday 29 November 1962.

22 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 in 23.8 seconds, who also won the 100 yard event earlier in the meet. Hyman finished ahead of the Australian pair of Joyce Bennett and Margaret Burvill. It was the first time since 1938 that this event was not won by an Australian.

## Records

| World record | Betty Cuthbert (AUS) | 23.2 | Hobart, Australia | 7 March 1960 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | | | | |
| Games record | Marlene Mathews (AUS) | 23.6 | Cardiff, Wales | 24 July 1958 |

## Round 1

### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 24.4 | Q |
| 2 | Dorothy Hyman | England | 24.5 | Q |
| 3 | Molly Cowan | New Zealand | 25.0 | Q |
| 4 | Carmen Williams | Jamaica | 26.8 | |
| 5 | Maca Vakalala | Fiji | 27.1 | |
| | Janette Neil | Scotland | | DNS |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Margaret Burvill | Australia | 24.4 | Q |
| 2 | Ann Packer | England | 24.8 | Q |
| 3 | Nola Bond | New Zealand | 25.5 | Q |
| 4 | Joan Atkinson | Northern Ireland | 25.6 | |
| 5 | Carmen Smith | Jamaica | 25.9 | |
| 6 | Patricia Dalton | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 26.2 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 24.7 | Q |
| 2 | Betty Cuthbert | Australia | 24.9 | Q |
| 3 | Joy Grieveson | England | 25.2 | Q |
| 4 | Christiana Boateng | Ghana | 25.5 | |
| 5 | Adlin Mair | Jamaica | 26.5 | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brenda Cox | Australia | 24.7 | Q |
| 2 | Daphne Arden | England | 24.8 | Q |
| 3 | Yvonne Breeden | Canada | 25.3 | Q |
| 4 | Rose Hart | Ghana | 25.6 | |
| 5 | Ouida Walker | Jamaica | 26.0 | |

## Semifinals

### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dorothy Hyman | England | 24.0 | Q |
| 2 | Margaret Burvill | Australia | 24.1 | Q |
| 3 | Brenda Cox | Australia | 24.1 | Q |
| 4 | Ann Packer | England | 24.5 | |
| 5 | Nola Bond | New Zealand | 25.4 | |
| 6 | Yvonne Breeden | Canada | 25.5 | |

### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 24.0 | Q |
| 2 | Betty Cuthbert | Australia | 24.3 | Q |
| 3 | Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 24.6 | Q |
| 4 | Daphne Arden | England | 24.7 | |
| 5 | Molly Cowan | New Zealand | 25.0 | |
| 6 | Joy Grieveson | England | 25.1 | |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Dorothy Hyman | England | 23.8 | |
| | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 24.2 | |
| | Margaret Burvill | Australia | 24.5 | |
| 4 | Brenda Cox | Australia | 24.5 | |
| 5 | Betty Cuthbert | Australia | 24.6 | |
| 6 | Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 24.8 | |
| | | | Wind: +3.0 m/s | Wind: +3.0 m/s |
