The men's 100 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 25 and 26 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Results Heats Held on 25 January

Qualification for semifinals The first 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind speed Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s, Heat 4: +1.0 m/s, Heat 5: +2.0 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Laurie D'Arcy 10.51 2 1 Chris Monk 10.53 3 1 Paul Njoroge 10.6 4 1 Albert Lomotey 10.65 5 1 William Dralu 10.73 6 1 Trevor Cochrane 10.86 7 1 Eston Kaonga 10.88 8 1 Aca Similo 11.18 1 2 Ohene Karikari 10.7 2 2 Carl Lawson 10.8 3 2 Robert Martin 10.9 4 2 Benedict Majekodunmi 10.90 5 2 Tochi Mochache 11.07 6 2 Grant Anderson 11.13 7 2 Tony Moore 11.30 1 3 Graham Haskell 10.42 2 3 Kolawole Abdulai 10.49 3 3 John Mwebi 10.5 4 3 Calvin Dill 10.65 5 3 Brian Green 10.78 6 3 Fidelis Ndyabagye 10.92 7 3 Charles Lupiya 11.09 1 4 Don Quarrie 10.5 2 4 Don Halliday 10.6 3 4 Norman Chihota 10.7 4 4 Ian Matthews 10.74 5 4 Edgar Chellah 11.17 6 4 Eliki Nukutabu 11.17 7 4 Stephen Higgins 11.76 1 5 George Daniels 10.38 2 5 Lennox Miller 10.5 3 5 Greg Lewis 10.54 4 5 Les Piggot 5 5 Japhet Kwimba 10.83 6 5 James Olakunle 10.84 7 5 Kerry Hill 10.85

Semifinals Held on 26 January

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

Wind speed Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 George Daniels 10.46 2 1 Graham Haskell 10.50 3 1 Don Quarrie 10.60 4 1 Les Piggot 10.63 5 1 Norman Chihota 10.74 6 1 Paul Njoroge 10.75 7 1 Carl Lawson 10.76 8 1 Robert Martin 10.80 1 2 John Mwebi 10.46 1 2 Greg Lewis 10.46 3 2 Kolawole Abdulai 10.49 4 2 Ohene Karikari 10.52 5 2 Laurie D'Arcy 10.57 6 2 Lennox Miller 10.63 7 2 Don Halliday 10.63 8 2 Chris Monk 10.64

Final Held on 26 January

Wind speed +0.8 m/s

+ Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 8 Don Quarrie 10.38 2 John Mwebi 10.51 7 Ohene Karikari 10.51 4 5 George Daniels 10.53 5 3 Greg Lewis 10.55 6 4 Kolawole Abdulai 10.55 7 1 Les Piggot 10.56 8 6 Graham Haskell 10.66

References

Semifinals results