The men's 100 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Results Heats Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Wind:Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: -1.3 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Don Quarrie 10.43 2 4 Ernest Obeng 10.47 3 5 Hasely Crawford 10.55 3 6 Allan Wells 10.55 5 3 Christopher Brathwaite 10.57 5 5 Mike McFarlane 10.57 7 1 Marvin Nash 10.59 8 1 Ohene Karikari 10.60 9 6 Hugh Fraser 10.62 10 5 Desai Williams 10.64 11 2 James Gilkes 10.65 12 3 Rawle Clarke 10.66 13 3 Oliver Heywood 10.66 14 6 George Enchill 10.68 15 6 Rickey Moxey 10.69 16 3 Dennis Trott 10.70 17 4 Paul Narracott 10.71 18 2 Gregory Simons 10.78 18 3 Cameron Sharp 10.78 20 4 Drew McMaster 10.79 21 4 Brian Green 10.80 22 4 John Mwebi 10.83 23 5 Calvin Dill 10.86 23 6 Leslie Hoyte 10.86 25 2 Ephraim Serrette 10.87 25 5 Errol Quarrie 10.87 27 1 Dave Roberts 10.88 28 1 Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan 10.94 28 2 Graeme French 10.94 30 2 David Lukuba 10.96 31 6 Bakary Jarju 10.98 32 5 Mokam Mwita 11.06 33 6 Linus Ambrose 11.11 34 1 Jean Charlotte 11.26 35 2 Molapi Bambatha 11.27 36 2 Francis Williams 11.28 37 3 Genevieve Nestor 11.34 37 4 Mosharaf Shamin 11.34 39 5 Letseka Nchee 11.46 40 3 Ousman N'Dure 11.49 41 4 Bamba N'Jie 11.51 42 1 Glenn Osborne 11.62 3 Richard Hopkins

Quarterfinals Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.5 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s, Heat 4: -1.3 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Mike McFarlane 10.32 1 3 Allan Wells 10.32 3 2 Hasely Crawford 10.33 4 2 Paul Narracott 10.35 5 4 Don Quarrie 10.36 6 1 James Gilkes 10.38 7 4 Ernest Obeng 10.44 8 3 Hugh Fraser 10.48 9 1 Ohene Karikari 10.51 10 2 Dennis Trott 10.53 11 2 Marvin Nash 10.54 12 3 George Enchill 10.57 13 1 Oliver Heywood 10.58 14 2 Rickey Moxey 10.60 15 1 Calvin Dill 10.63 15 4 Christopher Brathwaite 10.63 17 3 Ephraim Serrette 10.64 18 1 Cameron Sharp 10.65 18 2 Drew McMaster 10.65 20 1 Brian Green 10.68 21 3 Gregory Simons 10.69 22 2 Errol Quarrie 10.73 22 4 Rawle Clarke 10.73 24 1 John Mwebi 10.76 24 4 Desai Williams 10.76 26 1 David Lukuba 10.80 27 4 Dave Roberts 10.84 28 3 Leslie Hoyte 10.85 29 3 Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan 10.86 30 4 Bakary Jarju 10.91 31 4 Graeme French 10.98 32 3 Mokam Mwita 11.02

Semifinals Held on 7 August

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

Wind:Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +4.6 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Don Quarrie 10.19 2 2 Hasely Crawford 10.25 3 1 Allan Wells 10.31 3 2 James Gilkes 10.31 5 2 Ernest Obeng 10.32 6 1 Mike McFarlane 10.43 7 1 Paul Narracott 10.46 8 2 George Enchill 10.53 9 1 Christopher Brathwaite 10.54 10 1 Hugh Fraser 10.55 10 2 Rickey Moxey 10.55 12 1 Dennis Trott 10.56 13 1 Ohene Karikari 10.56 14 1 Oliver Heywood 10.69 15 2 Calvin Dill 10.72 2 Marvin Nash

Final Held on 7 August

Wind: +7.6 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 8 Don Quarrie 10.03 3 Allan Wells 10.07 1 Hasely Crawford 10.09 4 4 James Gilkes 10.15 5 6 Mike McFarlane 10.29 6 2 Paul Narracott 10.31 7 5 Christopher Brathwaite 10.32 8 7 Ernest Obeng 10.34

References

Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times) Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results