Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 yards

Men's 100 yards
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Venue

Perry Lakes Stadium

Date

23 November 1962 (round 1)
24 November 1962 (round 2, semis and final)

Competitors

49 from 21 nations

Winning time

9.5 s

Medalists

	Seraphino Antao	Kenya
	Tom Robinson	Bahamas
	Michael Cleary	Australia

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
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
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

The men's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Friday 23 November and Saturday 24 November 1962.

The top four runners in each of the initial nine heats qualified for the second round. Those 36 runners competed in six heats in the second round, with the top two runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top three from each heat advanced to the final.

The event was won by Kenyan Seraphino Antao in 9.5 seconds, with the world record holder and favourite Canadian Harry Jerome finishing last, severely injured, in the final.^[1]

Records

World record	Frank Budd (USA) Harry Jerome (CAN)	9.2	New York City, United States Vancouver, Canada	1 July 1961 25 August 1962	^[2]
Games record	Keith Gardner (JAM)	9.4	Cardiff, Wales	20 July 1958	^[3]
Commonwealth record		'

Round 1

Heat 1

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jerome, HarryHarry Jerome	Canada	9.4	Q
2	McIlroy, AlistairAlistair McIlroy	Scotland	9.5	Q
3	Lay, BobBob Lay	Australia	9.6	Q
4	Richter, BruceBruce Richter	Papua and New Guinea	10.1	Q
5	Gill, EustaceEustace Gill	British Honduras	10.2
6	Cook, AlistairAlistair Cook	Aden	10.3

Heat 2

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antao, SeraphinoSeraphino Antao	Kenya	9.4	Q
2	Holdsworth, GaryGary Holdsworth	Australia	9.5	Q
3	Meakin, AlfAlf Meakin	England	9.7	Q
4	Ah-Lim, William ChaiWilliam Chai Ah-Lim	Sarawak	10.3	Q
5	Deria, YassimYassim Deria	Aden	10.8
6	Whitehead, BrianBrian Whitehead	Isle of Man	11.0

Heat 3

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Johnson, DennisDennis Johnson	Jamaica	9.6	Q
2	Owiti, JohnJohn Owiti	Kenya	9.8	Q
3	Moceidreke, SitiveniSitiveni Moceidreke	Fiji	10.0	Q
4	Lee, WilliamWilliam Lee	Sarawak	10.4	Q
5	Matar, Ali AbdiAli Abdi Matar	Aden	10.8
6	Couve, PaulPaul Couve	Mauritius	59.9	DNS

Heat 4

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robinson, TomTom Robinson	Bahamas	9.4	Q
2	Jones, BerwynBerwyn Jones	Wales	9.6	Q
3	du Preez, JohanJohan du Preez	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	9.8	Q
4	Gut-Hing, Joseph LeeJoseph Lee Gut-Hing	Sarawak	10.0	Q
5	Dalais, JacquesJacques Dalais	Mauritius	10.2
6	Shaw, MichaelMichael Shaw	Aden	10.3

Heat 5

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jones, DavidDavid Jones	England	9.6	Q
2	Bashiru, BukariBukari Bashiru	Ghana	9.8	Q
3	Eves, LynnLynn Eves	Canada	9.9	Q
4	Daruty, JeanJean Daruty	Mauritius	10.2	Q
5	Hamzah, MazlanMazlan Hamzah	Malaya	10.5

Heat 6

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ahey, MichaelMichael Ahey	Ghana	9.7	Q
2	Williams, ByronByron Williams	Australia	9.8	Q
3	Whitehead, NickNick Whitehead	Wales	9.9	Q
4	Fisher-Smith, RobertRobert Fisher-Smith	Canada	10.0	Q
5	Edmond, GuyGuy Edmond	Mauritius	10.1

Heat 7

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cleary, MichaelMichael Cleary	Australia	9.4	Q
2	Okantey, MichaelMichael Okantey	Ghana	9.7	Q
3	Hildrey, MichaelMichael Hildrey	Scotland	9.7	Q
4	Davies, LynnLynn Davies	Wales	9.9	Q
5	Crawley, AllenAllen Crawley	Papua and New Guinea	10.0

Heat 8

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roberts, EdwinEdwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	9.6	Q
2	Radford, PeterPeter Radford	England	9.7	Q
3	Smith, JefferyJeffery Smith	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	9.9	Q
4	Oduka, James OdongoJames Odongo Oduka	Uganda	9.9	Q
5	Gari, LeanaLeana Gari	Papua and New Guinea	10.3

Heat 9

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jones, RonRon Jones	Wales	9.6	Q
2	Mends, BonnerBonner Mends	Ghana	9.7	Q
3	Carter, LenLen Carter	England	10.0	Q
4	Labert, MisiloarimMisiloarim Labert	Papua and New Guinea	10.3	Q
5	Perera, AnthonyAnthony Perera	Gibraltar	10.4

Round 2

Heat 1

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jerome, HarryHarry Jerome	Canada	9.6	Q
2	Radford, PeterPeter Radford	England	9.8	Q
3	Mends, BonnerBonner Mends	Ghana	9.9
4	Davies, LynnLynn Davies	Wales	10.2
5	Oduka, James OdongoJames Odongo Oduka	Uganda	10.3
6	Labert, MisiloarimMisiloarim Labert	Papua and New Guinea	10.5

Heat 2

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antao, SeraphinoSeraphino Antao	Kenya	9.6	Q
2	Jones, RonRon Jones	Wales	9.8	Q
3	Lay, BobBob Lay	Australia	9.8
4	Smith, JefferyJeffery Smith	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	10.0
5	Eves, LynnLynn Eves	Canada	10.2
6	Ah-Lim, William ChaiWilliam Chai Ah-Lim	Sarawak	10.5

Heat 3

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robinson, TomTom Robinson	Bahamas	9.6	Q
2	Okantey, MichaelMichael Okantey	Ghana	9.8	Q
3	Roberts, EdwinEdwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	10.0
4	Whitehead, NickNick Whitehead	Wales	10.1
5	Williams, ByronByron Williams	Australia	10.2
6	Moceidreke, SitiveniSitiveni Moceidreke	Fiji	10.2

Heat 4

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cleary, MichaelMichael Cleary	Australia	9.6	Q
2	Jones, BerwynBerwyn Jones	Wales	9.8	Q
3	Bashiru, BukariBukari Bashiru	Ghana	9.9
4	Hildrey, MichaelMichael Hildrey	Scotland	10.1
5	Carter, LenLen Carter	England	10.2
6	Lee, WilliamWilliam Lee	Sarawak	10.7

Heat 5

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Johnson, DennisDennis Johnson	Jamaica	9.8	Q
2	McIlroy, AlistairAlistair McIlroy	Scotland	9.9	Q
3	Meakin, AlfAlf Meakin	England	9.9
4	du Preez, JohanJohan du Preez	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	10.1
5	Fisher-Smith, RobertRobert Fisher-Smith	Canada	10.3
6	Daruty, JeanJean Daruty	Mauritius	10.4

Heat 6

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Holdsworth, GaryGary Holdsworth	Australia	9.7	Q
2	Ahey, MichaelMichael Ahey	Ghana	9.9	Q
3	Jones, DavidDavid Jones	England	9.9
4	Owiti, JohnJohn Owiti	Kenya	10.2
5	Gut-Hing, Joseph LeeJoseph Lee Gut-Hing	Sarawak	10.5
6	Richter, BruceBruce Richter	Papua and New Guinea	10.5

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jerome, HarryHarry Jerome	Canada	9.5	Q
2	Robinson, TomTom Robinson	Bahamas	9.5	Q
3	Holdsworth, GaryGary Holdsworth	Australia	9.7	Q
4	Okantey, MichaelMichael Okantey	Ghana	9.7
5	Jones, RonRon Jones	Wales	9.8
6	McIlroy, AlistairAlistair McIlroy	Scotland	9.9

Semifinal 2

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antao, SeraphinoSeraphino Antao	Kenya	9.5	Q
2	Cleary, MichaelMichael Cleary	Australia	9.7	Q
3	Johnson, DennisDennis Johnson	Jamaica	9.7	Q
4	Ahey, MichaelMichael Ahey	Ghana	9.8
5	Radford, PeterPeter Radford	England	9.8
6	Jones, BerwynBerwyn Jones	Wales	9.9

Final

^[5] ^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
01 !	Antao, SeraphinoSeraphino Antao	Kenya	9.5
02 !	Robinson, TomTom Robinson	Bahamas	9.6
03 !	Cleary, MichaelMichael Cleary	Australia	9.6
4	Holdsworth, GaryGary Holdsworth	Australia	9.7
5	Johnson, DennisDennis Johnson	Jamaica	9.9
6	Jerome, HarryHarry Jerome	Canada	10.0

References

↑ Webster, Jim (25 November 1962). "Sensational sprint failure". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 61.
↑ Terrell, Roy (3 July 1961). "Record Dash En Route To Moscow". Sports Illustrated. 15 (1): 12–15. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ Staff Correspondent (21 July 1958). "World time possible in 440 hurdles". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. p. 17.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Second Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 24 November 1962. p. 16.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Yesterday's full Games details". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. 25 November 1962. p. 62.
↑ "Results of the men's 100 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Retrieved 12 April 2014.

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