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

Men's 100 yards at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Independence Park
Dates	5-6 August
Competitors	54 from 24 nations
Winning time	9.41
Medalists
Harry Jerome    Canada   Tom Robinson    Bahamas   Edwin Roberts    Trinidad and Tobago
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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.

Results

Heats

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: -4.0m/s

Heats results: Q means qualified for next round , all columns sortable

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	Bob 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	Johnny 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	Keri 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	Bob McStocker	England	10.3
6	8	George Patton	Guyana	10.3
7	8	Yassin Abdi	Aden	10.5

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Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal results, sortable

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	Bob 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	Keri 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

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Semifinals

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

Wind:

• Heat 1: +0.3 m/s
• Heat 2: 0.0m/s

Semifinal heats results

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

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Final

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Final results: GR means games record

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

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References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. 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.