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

Women's 100 yards at the Commonwealth Games
Venue	Independence Park, Kingston
Dates	August 6 and 8, 1966
Medalists
Dianne Burge    Australia   Irene Piotrowski    Canada   Jill Hall    England

The women's 100 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 8 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.^[1] It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games: in 1970 it was replaced by the 100 metres.

Medalists

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dianne Burge  Australia	Irene Piotrowski  Canada	Jill Hall  England

Results

Heats

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Qualification for semifinals

The first 3 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Wind speed

Heat 1: ? m/s; Heat 2: 0.0 m/s; Heat 3: +0.4 m/s; Heat 4: +0.8 m/s; Heat 5: -0.5 m/s

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Daphne Slater	England	10.8	Q
2	1	Marjorie Turner	Canada	10.8	Q
3	1	Brenda Matthews	New Zealand	10.9	Q
4	1	Maria Jinadu	Nigeria	11.1
5	1	Gloria Dourass	Wales	11.2
6	1	Lydia Stephens	Kenya	11.6
7	1	Thora Best	Trinidad and Tobago	11.6
8	1	Marie Sesay	Sierra Leone	12.0
1	2	Dianne Burge	Australia	10.65	Q
2	2	Elizabeth Parsons	Wales	11.0	Q
3	2	Valerie Parker	Canada	11.1	Q
4	2	Rose Hart	Ghana	11.1
5	2	Olajumoke Bodunrin	Nigeria	11.2
6	2	Alix Jamieson	Scotland	11.3
7	2	Teresa Johnson	Sierra Leone	11.4
8	2	Esther Maganga	Tanzania	11.8
1	3	Irene Piotrowski	Canada	10.6	Q
2	3	Vilma Charlton	Jamaica	10.7	Q
3	3	Janet Simpson	England	10.8	Q
4	3	Pam Kilborn	Australia	11.01
5	3	Regina Okafor	Nigeria	11.2
6	3	Millicent Jackson	Sierra Leone	12.3
1	4	Jenny Lamy	Australia	10.93	Q
2	4	Jill Hall	England	10.9	Q
3	4	Sigrid Sandiford	Trinidad and Tobago	11.0	Q
4	4	Carmen Smith	Jamaica	11.0
5	4	Oyeronke Akindele	Nigeria	11.1
6	4	Thelwyn Appleby	Wales	11.3
7	4	Alice Annum	Ghana	11.3
8	4	Olive Palmer-Davies	Sierra Leone	11.7
1	5	Joyce Bennett	Australia	10.95	Q
2	5	Maureen Tranter	England	11.0	Q
3	5	Adlin Mair	Jamaica	11.0	Q
4	1	Ana Ramacake	Fiji	11.1
5	1	Elizabeth Gill	Wales	11.1
6	1	Lorna McGarvey	Northern Ireland	11.2
7	1	Sybil Donmartin	Trinidad and Tobago	11.5

Semifinals

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Qualification for final

The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Wind speed

Heat 1: +0.1 m/s; Heat 2: +3.8 m/s

Semifinals results

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Dianne Burge	Australia	10.58	Q, GR
2	1	Vilma Charlton	Jamaica	10.6	Q
3	1	Jenny Lamy	Australia	10.82	Q
4	1	Daphne Slater	England	10.8	Q
5	1	Valerie Parker	Canada	10.8
6	1	Brenda Matthews	New Zealand	10.8
7	1	Elizabeth Parsons	Wales	11.0
8	1	Maureen Tranter	England	11.1
1	2	Irene Piotrowski	Canada	10.7	Q
2	2	Joyce Bennett	Australia	10.72	Q
3	2	Jill Hall	England	10.7	Q
4	2	Adlin Mair	Jamaica	10.8	Q
5	2	Janet Simpson	England	10.8
6	2	Marjorie Turner	Canada	10.8
7	2	Sigrid Sandiford	Trinidad and Tobago	11.0

Final

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Wind speed

0.0 m/s

Final results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dianne Burge	Australia	10.6
	Irene Piotrowski	Canada	10.8
	Jill Hall	England	10.8
4	Jenny Lamy	Australia	10.8
5	Joyce Bennett	Australia	10.8
6	Vilma Charlton	Jamaica	10.9
7	Adlin Mair	Jamaica	10.9
8	Daphne Slater	England	11.0

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "Heats & Semifinals results". The Guardian. 8 August 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
3. "Final results". The Age. 10 August 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 22 July 2020.