Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres hurdles

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Women's 100 metres hurdles
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
VenueMeadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates22 and 23 July 1970
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland on 22 and 23 July 1970. [1] It was the first time that this distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 80 metres hurdles.

Contents

The winning margin was 0.46 seconds which, as of 2024, remains the only time the women's 100 metres with hurdles was won by more than 0.4 seconds at these games.

Medallists

Medallists
GoldSilverBronze
Pam Kilborn
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Maureen Caird
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Christine Bell
Flag of England.svg  England

Results

Heats

Qualification for final

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

Wind speed

Heat 1: -1.2 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s

Heats results
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Pam Kilborn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13.48Q
21 Mary Peters Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 14.14Q
31 Susan Scott Flag of England.svg  England 14.31Q
41 Elizabeth Damman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14.60Q
51 Lindy Carruthers Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 14.62
61 Wendy Taylor Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15.14
71 Emille Edet Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 15.48
12 Maureen Caird Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13.79Q
22 Penny McCallum Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13.90Q
32 Christine Bell Flag of England.svg  England 13.90Q
42 Carmen Smith-Brown Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 14.52Q
52 Jenny Meldrum Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14.75
2 Barbara Corbett Flag of England.svg  England DNF

Final

Wind speed

0.3 m/s

Final results
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Pam Kilborn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13.27
Silver medal icon.svg Maureen Caird Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13.73
Bronze medal icon.svg Christine Bell Flag of England.svg  England 13.82
4 Penny McCallum Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13.82
5 Mary Peters Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 13.88
6 Susan Scott Flag of England.svg  England 14.05
7 Carmen Smith-Brown Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 14.44
8 Elizabeth Damman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14.78

References

  1. "Results". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.