Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's 100 yards
# Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's 100 yards

The men's 100 yards event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 5 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Cyril Holmes England | John Mumford Australia | Ted Best Australia |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Tom Lavery | South Africa | 10.0 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Howard Yates | Australia | 10.1e | Q, 1 foot behind |
| 3 | 1 | Sigurd Nielson | Canada | ??.? | Q, inches behind |
| 4 | 1 | Lawrence Wallace | England | ??.? | |
| 5 | 1 | Graham Quinn | New Zealand | ??.? | |
| 1 | 2 | John Mumford | Australia | 10.0 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jack Brown | Canada | 10.2e | Q, 1.5 yards behind |
| 3 | 2 | John Cumberbatch | Trinidad and Tobago | ??.? | Q, 1 foot behind |
| 4 | 2 | Cecil LeSeur | Southern Rhodesia | 10.4e | |
| 5 | 2 | Ken Richardson | England | 10.4e | |
| 1 | 3 | Cyril Holmes | England | 10.0 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ted Hampson | Australia | 10.1e | Q, 1 yard behind |
| 3 | 3 | Patrick Haley | Canada | 10.2e | Q, 1 yard behind |
| 4 | 3 | Sid Kiel | South Africa | ??.? | |
| 1 | 4 | Ted Best | Australia | 10.0 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Denis Shore | South Africa | 10.2e | Q, 3 yards behind |
| 3 | 4 | Phillip Sharpley | New Zealand | ??.? | Q, 1 yard behind |
| 4 | 4 | Sandy Duncan | England | 10.4e | |
| 5 | 4 | John Harrison | Canada | 10.4e | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Tom Lavery | South Africa | 9.9 | Q, =GR |
| 2 | 1 | John Mumford | Australia | 10.1e | Q, 1.5 yards behind |
| 3 | 1 | Howard Yates | Australia | 10.2e | Q, 0.5 yard behind |
| 4 | 1 | John Cumberbatch | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.2e | |
| 5 | 1 | Sigurd Nielson | Canada | 10.3e | |
| 6 | 1 | Phillip Sharpley | New Zealand | 10.4e | |
| 1 | 2 | Cyril Holmes | England | 9.9 | Q, =GR |
| 2 | 2 | Ted Best | Australia | 10.0e | Q, 1 yard behind |
| 3 | 2 | Ted Hampson | Australia | 10.1e | Q, 0.5 yard behind |
| 4 | 2 | Jack Brown | Canada | ??.? | |
| 5 | 2 | Patrick Haley | Canada | ??.? | |
| 6 | 2 | Denis Shore | South Africa | ??.? | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Cyril Holmes | England | 9.7 | GR |
| | John Mumford | Australia | 9.8e | 1 yard behind |
| | Ted Best | Australia | 9.9e | 0.5 yard behind |
| 4 | Tom Lavery | South Africa | 9.9e | |
| 5 | Ted Hampson | Australia | 10.0e | |
| 6 | Howard Yates | Australia | 10.1e | |
