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

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.

## Records

| World record | Frank Budd (USA) Harry Jerome (CAN) | 9.2 | New York City, United States Vancouver, Canada | 1 July 1961 25 August 1962 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | | | | |
| Games record | Keith Gardner (JAM) | 9.4 | Cardiff, Wales | 20 July 1958 |

## Round 1

### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 9.4 | Q |
| 2 | Alistair McIlroy | Scotland | 9.5 | Q |
| 3 | Bob Lay | Australia | 9.6 | Q |
| 4 | Bruce Richter | Papua New Guinea | 10.1 | Q |
| 5 | Eustace Gill | British Honduras | 10.2 | |
| 6 | Alistair Cook | Aden | 10.3 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Seraphino Antao | Kenya | 9.4 | Q |
| 2 | Gary Holdsworth | Australia | 9.5 | Q |
| 3 | Alf Meakin | England | 9.7 | Q |
| 4 | William Chai Ah-Lim | Sarawak | 10.3 | Q |
| 5 | Yassim Deria | Aden | 10.8 | |
| 6 | Brian Whitehead | Isle of Man | 11.0 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dennis Johnson | Jamaica | 9.6 | Q |
| 2 | John Owiti | Kenya | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Sitiveni Moceidreke | Fiji | 10.0 | Q |
| 4 | William Lee | Sarawak | 10.4 | Q |
| 5 | Ali Abdi Matar | Aden | 10.8 | |
| | Paul Couve | Mauritius | | DNS |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 9.4 | Q |
| 2 | Berwyn Jones | Wales | 9.6 | Q |
| 3 | Johan du Preez | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 9.8 | Q |
| 4 | Joseph Lee Gut-Hing | Sarawak | 10.0 | Q |
| 5 | Jacques Dalais | Mauritius | 10.2 | |
| 6 | Michael Shaw | Aden | 10.3 | |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | David Jones | England | 9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Bukari Bashiru | Ghana | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Lynn Eves | Canada | 9.9 | Q |
| 4 | Jean Daruty | Mauritius | 10.2 | Q |
| 5 | Mazlan Hamzah | Malaya | 10.5 | |

### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michael Ahey | Ghana | 9.7 | Q |
| 2 | Byron Williams | Australia | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Nick Whitehead | Wales | 9.9 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Fisher-Smith | Canada | 10.0 | Q |
| 5 | Guy Edmond | Mauritius | 10.1 | |

### Heat 7

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michael Cleary | Australia | 9.4 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Okantey | Ghana | 9.7 | Q |
| 3 | Michael Hildrey | Scotland | 9.7 | Q |
| 4 | Lynn Davies | Wales | 9.9 | Q |
| 5 | Allen Crawley | Papua New Guinea | 10.0 | |

### Heat 8

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Edwin Roberts | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Radford | England | 9.7 | Q |
| 3 | Jeffery Smith | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 9.9 | Q |
| 4 | James Odongo Oduka | Uganda | 9.9 | Q |
| 5 | Leana Gari | Papua New Guinea | 10.3 | |

### Heat 9

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ron Jones | Wales | 9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Bonner Mends | Ghana | 9.7 | Q |
| 3 | Len Carter | England | 10.0 | Q |
| 4 | Misiloarim Labert | Papua New Guinea | 10.3 | Q |
| 5 | Anthony Perera | Gibraltar | 10.4 | |

## Round 2

### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Radford | England | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Bonner Mends | Ghana | 9.9 | |
| 4 | Lynn Davies | Wales | 10.2 | |
| 5 | James Odongo Oduka | Uganda | 10.3 | |
| 6 | Misiloarim Labert | Papua New Guinea | 10.5 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Seraphino Antao | Kenya | 9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Ron Jones | Wales | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Bob Lay | Australia | 9.8 | |
| 4 | Jeffery Smith | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 10.0 | |
| 5 | Lynn Eves | Canada | 10.2 | |
| 6 | William Chai Ah-Lim | Sarawak | 10.5 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Okantey | Ghana | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Edwin Roberts | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.0 | |
| 4 | Nick Whitehead | Wales | 10.1 | |
| 5 | Byron Williams | Australia | 10.2 | |
| 6 | Sitiveni Moceidreke | Fiji | 10.2 | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michael Cleary | Australia | 9.6 | Q |
| 2 | Berwyn Jones | Wales | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | Bukari Bashiru | Ghana | 9.9 | |
| 4 | Michael Hildrey | Scotland | 10.1 | |
| 5 | Len Carter | England | 10.2 | |
| 6 | William Lee | Sarawak | 10.7 | |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dennis Johnson | Jamaica | 9.8 | Q |
| 2 | Alistair McIlroy | Scotland | 9.9 | Q |
| 3 | Alf Meakin | England | 9.9 | |
| 4 | Johan du Preez | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 10.1 | |
| 5 | Robert Fisher-Smith | Canada | 10.3 | |
| 6 | Jean Daruty | Mauritius | 10.4 | |

### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gary Holdsworth | Australia | 9.7 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Ahey | Ghana | 9.9 | Q |
| 3 | David Jones | England | 9.9 | |
| 4 | John Owiti | Kenya | 10.2 | |
| 5 | Joseph Lee Gut-Hing | Sarawak | 10.5 | |
| 6 | Bruce Richter | Papua New Guinea | 10.5 | |

## Semifinals

### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 9.5 | Q |
| 2 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 9.5 | Q |
| 3 | Gary Holdsworth | Australia | 9.7 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Okantey | Ghana | 9.7 | |
| 5 | Ron Jones | Wales | 9.8 | |
| 6 | Alistair McIlroy | Scotland | 9.9 | |

### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Seraphino Antao | Kenya | 9.5 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Cleary | Australia | 9.7 | Q |
| 3 | Dennis Johnson | Jamaica | 9.7 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Ahey | Ghana | 9.8 | |
| 5 | Peter Radford | England | 9.8 | |
| 6 | Berwyn Jones | Wales | 9.9 | |

## Final

Wind -1.8 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Seraphino Antao | Kenya | 9.5 | 9.50 |
| | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 9.6 | 9.63 |
| | Michael Cleary | Australia | 9.6 | 9.78 |
| 4 | Gary Holdsworth | Australia | 9.7 | |
| 5 | Dennis Johnson | Jamaica | 9.9 | |
| 6 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 10.0 | inj. |
