Women's 100 yards at the Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Independence Park, Kingston | |||||||||
Dates | August 6 and 8, 1966 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||
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Track events | ||
100 yd | men | women |
220 yd | men | women |
440 yd | men | women |
880 yd | men | women |
1 mile | men | |
3 miles | men | |
6 miles | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
120 yd hurdles | men | |
440 yd hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 110 yd relay | men | women |
4 × 440 yd relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 miles walk | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
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.
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Dianne Burge Australia | Irene Piotrowski Canada | Jill Hall England |
The first 3 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.
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
The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s; Heat 2: +3.8 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 |
0.0 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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 |
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