Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 yards

The men's 100 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.[1] It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 100 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Harry Jerome  Canada	Tom Robinson  Bahamas	Edwin Roberts  Trinidad and Tobago

Results

Heats

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: -6.0 m/s, Heat 6: -3.0 m/s, Heat 7: ? m/s, Heat 8: -4.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Harry Jerome	Canada	9.8	Q
2	1	Ebenezer Addy	Ghana	9.9	Q
3	1	George Collie	Bahamas	9.9	Q
4	1	John Morbey	Bermuda	10.3	Q
5	1	Terry Davies	Wales	10.3
6	1	Gaston Clarenc	Mauritius	10.5
	1	Manikavasagam Jegathesan	Malaysia	DNS
1	2	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	9.7	Q
2	2	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	9.7	Q
3	2	Robert Frith	England	9.9	Q
4	2	Edmund Hearne	Canada	9.9	Q
5	2	Colin Thurton	British Honduras	10.3
6	2	Apmelody Kaumata	Papua New Guinea	10.3
7	2	Philip Musondu	Kenya	10.3
1	3	David Ejoke	Nigeria	9.9	Q
2	3	Gary Eddy	Australia	9.93	Q
3	3	Eric Collins	Jamaica	9.9	Q
4	3	Lynn Davies	Wales	10.0	Q
5	3	Abdulai Conteh	Sierra Leone	10.2
	3	Franz Merven	Mauritius	DNS
1	4	John Owiti	Kenya	10.0	Q
2	4	Menzies Campbell	Scotland	10.0	Q
3	4	Olaniyi Adekunle	Nigeria	10.0	Q
4	4	Pablo McNeill	Jamaica	10.1	Q
5	4	John Kilpatrick	Northern Ireland	10.1
6	4	Clement Cure	Mauritius	10.6
1	5	Barrie Kelly	England	10.3	Q
2	5	Winston Short	Trinidad and Tobago	10.3	Q
3	5	Bernard Nottage	Bahamas	10.5	Q
4	5	Peter Norman	Australia	10.59	Q
5	5	Canagasabai Kunalan	Singapore	10.5
6	5	Norman Chihota	Tanzania	10.6
7	5	Edward Pratt	Sierra Leone	10.8
1	6	Stanley Allotey	Ghana	10.0	Q
2	6	Gary Holdsworth	Australia	10.23	Q
3	6	Cipriani Phillip	Trinidad and Tobago	10.3	Q
4	6	William Jones	Wales	10.4	Q
5	6	Terrance Tomlinson	Canada	10.4
6	6	Kevin Johnson	Bahamas	10.6
7	6	Raymond Kargbo	Sierra Leone	10.8
1	7	Lennox Miller	Jamaica	10.1	Q
2	7	E. Donkor	Ghana	10.2	Q
3	7	Omubo Peters	Nigeria	10.4	Q
4	7	Ron Jones	Wales	10.4	Q
5	7	Desmond Hibbert	Gibraltar	10.5
6	7	Kenneth Powell	India	10.5
7	7	Silas Tita	Papua New Guinea	10.7
1	8	Bonner Mends	Ghana	9.9	Q
2	8	Lynn Headley	Jamaica	9.9	Q
3	8	Sydney Asiodu	Nigeria	9.9	Q
4	8	Allen Crawley	Australia	10.15	Q
5	8	Robert McStocker	England	10.3
6	8	George Patton	Guyana	10.3
7	8	Yassin Abdi	Aden	10.5

Quarterfinals

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -5.0 m/s, Heat 2: -1.8 m/s, Heat 3: -0.9 m/s, Heat 4: -2.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lennox Miller	Jamaica	9.9	Q
2	1	John Owiti	Kenya	9.9	Q
3	1	Ebenezer Addy	Ghana	9.9	Q
4	1	Lynn Davies	Wales	10.0	Q
5	1	Menzies Campbell	Scotland	10.0
6	1	Peter Norman	Australia	10.27
7	1	Omubo Peters	Nigeria	10.3
8	1	Robert Frith	England	10.3
1	2	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	9.7	Q
2	2	Lynn Headley	Jamaica	9.8	Q
3	2	David Ejoke	Nigeria	9.9	Q
4	2	Gary Holdsworth	Australia	10.01	Q
5	2	Bernard Nottage	Bahamas	10.0
6	2	E. Donkor	Ghana	10.1
7	2	William Jones	Wales	10.1
8	2	Edmund Hearne	Canada	10.1
1	3	Harry Jerome	Canada	9.7	Q
2	3	Stanley Allotey	Ghana	9.7	Q
3	3	Sydney Asiodu	Nigeria	9.8	Q
4	3	Barrie Kelly	England	9.8	Q
5	3	George Collie	Bahamas	9.9
6	3	Pablo McNeill	Jamaica	10.0
7	3	Winston Short	Trinidad and Tobago	10.0
8	3	Allen Crawley	Australia	10.01
1	4	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	9.7	Q
2	4	Eric Collins	Jamaica	9.7	Q
3	4	Gary Eddy	Australia	9.88	Q
4	4	Bonner Mends	Ghana	9.8	Q
5	4	Ron Jones	Wales	10.0
6	4	John Morbey	Bermuda	10.0
7	4	Olaniyi Adekunle	Nigeria	10.1
	4	Cipriani Phillip	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Harry Jerome	Canada	9.4	Q
2	1	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	9.5	Q
3	1	David Ejoke	Nigeria	9.5	Q
4	1	Barrie Kelly	England	9.6	Q
5	1	Lynn Headley	Jamaica	9.6
6	1	Bonner Mends	Ghana	9.7
7	1	Gary Holdsworth	Australia	9.81
8	1	Lennox Miller	Jamaica	10.7
1	2	Stanley Allotey	Ghana	9.5	Q
2	2	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	9.5	Q
3	2	Gary Eddy	Australia	9.61	Q
4	2	Ebenezer Addy	Ghana	9.6	Q
5	2	Lynn Davies	Wales	9.7
6	2	Eric Collins	Jamaica	9.7
7	2	Sydney Asiodu	Nigeria	9.7
8	2	John Owiti	Kenya	9.8

Final

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Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Harry Jerome	Canada	9.41	GR
	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	9.44
	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	9.52
4	David Ejoke	Nigeria	9.52
5	Gary Eddy	Australia	9.52
6	Stanley Allotey	Ghana	9.53
7	Barrie Kelly	England	9.6
8	Ebenezer Addy	Ghana	9.7

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "Heats results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 August 1966. p. 66. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
3. "Quarterfinals & Semifinals results". The Guardian. 8 August 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
4. "Final results". Montreal Gazette. 8 August 1966. p. 17. Retrieved 22 July 2020.