Women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh | |||||||||
Dates | 22 and 23 July 1970 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 mile 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 | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
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.
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.
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pam Kilborn ![]() | Maureen Caird ![]() | Christine Bell ![]() |
The first 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
Heat 1: -1.2 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Pam Kilborn | ![]() | 13.48 | Q |
2 | 1 | Mary Peters | ![]() | 14.14 | Q |
3 | 1 | Susan Scott | ![]() | 14.31 | Q |
4 | 1 | Elizabeth Damman | ![]() | 14.60 | Q |
5 | 1 | Lindy Carruthers | ![]() | 14.62 | |
6 | 1 | Wendy Taylor | ![]() | 15.14 | |
7 | 1 | Emille Edet | ![]() | 15.48 | |
1 | 2 | Maureen Caird | ![]() | 13.79 | Q |
2 | 2 | Penny McCallum | ![]() | 13.90 | Q |
3 | 2 | Christine Bell | ![]() | 13.90 | Q |
4 | 2 | Carmen Smith-Brown | ![]() | 14.52 | Q |
5 | 2 | Jenny Meldrum | ![]() | 14.75 | |
2 | Barbara Corbett | ![]() | DNF |
0.3 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Pam Kilborn | ![]() | 13.27 | |
![]() | Maureen Caird | ![]() | 13.73 | |
![]() | Christine Bell | ![]() | 13.82 | |
4 | Penny McCallum | ![]() | 13.82 | |
5 | Mary Peters | ![]() | 13.88 | |
6 | Susan Scott | ![]() | 14.05 | |
7 | Carmen Smith-Brown | ![]() | 14.44 | |
8 | Elizabeth Damman | ![]() | 14.78 |