The men's 100 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 17 and 18 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 100 yards event.

Results Heats Held on 17 July

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

Wind speeds Heat 1: +5.3 m/s Heat 2: +9.8 m/s Heat 3: +3.5 m/s Heat 4: +5.8 m/s Heat 5: +3.0 m/s Heat 6: +6.0 m/s Heat 7: +5.0 m/s Heat 8: +4.3 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Eric Bigby 10.29 2 1 Hasely Crawford 10.31 3 1 Lennox Miller 10.46 4 1 Tony Powell 10.62 5 1 John Williams 10.67 6 1 Timon Oyebami 10.77 7 1 Muhammad Mohddin 10.98 1 2 Gary Eddy 10.34 2 2 Lynn Davies 10.48 3 2 Ian Turnbull 10.65 4 2 Abdulai Conteh 10.69 5 2 Iqbal Shinwari 10.75 6 2 Amos Omolo 10.76 7 2 Gaston Clarenc 10.78 8 2 Bernard Nottage 10.79 1 3 Don Quarrie 10.43 2 3 William Dralu 10.57 3 3 Ronald Jones 10.62 4 3 John Permal 10.87 5 3 Peter Mamba 11.04 6 3 Maurice Sweeney 11.9 3 Ian Gordon 1 4 Ian Green 10.46 2 4 Greg Lewis 10.50 3 4 Jessymon Wishkoti 10.61 4 4 Carl Archer 10.64 5 4 Kofi Okyir 10.69 6 4 Cuthbert Jacobs 11.17 7 4 Pierre Jallow 11.19 1 5 Errol Stewart 10.45 2 5 Benedict Majekodunmi 10.55 3 5 Brian Green 10.62 4 5 Saimoni Tamani 10.69 5 5 Canagasabai Kunalan 10.71 6 5 Obedi Mwanga 10.92 7 5 Vikimbi Radebe 11.74 1 6 Rocky Symonds 10.25 2 6 Don Halliday 10.38 Don Halliday Power of 10 profile 3 6 John Kilpatrick 10.49 John Kilpatrick Power of 10 profile 4 6 James Addy 10.57 5 6 Kevin Johnson 10.59 6 6 Hamadi Saidi 11.13 7 6 Dodou Joof 11.61 1 7 Kolawole Abdulai 10.32 2 7 Norman Chihota 10.41 3 7 John Harrison 10.51 4 7 Bohdan Domansky 10.56 5 7 Lloyd Giddings 10.62 6 7 Gerard Carson 10.73 7 7 Calvin Greenaway 10.93 1 8 George Daniels 10.35 2 8 Les Piggot 10.43 3 8 Melvin Wong Shing 10.63 4 8 John Oryem 10.68 5 8 Mike Sands 10.73 6 8 Yeo Kian-chye 10.79

Quarterfinals Held on 17 July

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

Wind speed Heat 1: +6.2 m/s Heat 2: +3.4 m/s Heat 3: +6.9 m/s Heat 4: +5.9 m/s + Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Errol Stewart 10.30 2 1 Brian Green 10.44 3 1 Les Piggot 10.47 4 1 Jessymon Wishkoti 10.50 5 1 Tony Powell 10.65 6 1 Lynn Davies 10.66 7 1 John Oryem 10.72 8 1 Eric Bigby 10.85 1 2 Don Quarrie 10.29 2 2 Hasely Crawford 10.31 3 2 Rocky Symonds 10.34 4 2 Norman Chihota 10.41 5 2 John Harrison 10.65 6 2 Bohdan Domansky 10.67 7 2 Abdulai Conteh 10.77 8 2 Ian Turnbull 10.82 1 3 Gary Eddy 10.25 2 3 Benedict Majekodunmi 10.33 3 3 Don Halliday 10.38 4 3 Ian Green 10.38 5 3 John Kilpatrick 10.53 6 3 James Addy 10.55 7 3 William Dralu 10.56 8 3 Melvin Wong Shing 10.65 1 4 Lennox Miller 10.27 2 4 Greg Lewis 10.39 3 4 George Daniels 10.39 4 4 Kolawole Abdulai 10.42 5 4 Saimoni Tamani 10.55 6 4 Ronald Jones 10.56 7 4 Carl Archer 10.69 8 4 John Permal 10.74

Semifinals Held on 18 July

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

Wind speed Heat 1: +2.3 m/s Heat 2: +4.7 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Lennox Miller 10.37 2 1 Errol Stewart 10.46 3 1 George Daniels 10.47 4 1 Les Piggot 10.60 5 1 Greg Lewis 10.62 6 1 Benedict Majekodunmi 10.65 7 1 Brian Green 10.69 8 1 Jessymon Wishkoti 10.81 1 2 Don Quarrie 10.29 2 2 Hasely Crawford 10.34 3 2 Gary Eddy 10.38 4 2 Rocky Symonds 10.39 5 2 Ian Green 10.43 6 2 Kolawole Abdulai 10.51 7 2 Don Halliday 10.52 8 2 Norman Chihota 10.68

Final Held on 18 July

Wind speed +3.6 m/s

+ Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Don Quarrie 10.24 7 Lennox Miller 10.32 5 Hasely Crawford 10.33 4 3 Gary Eddy 10.34 5 6 George Daniels 10.38 6 1 Rocky Symonds 10.42 7 8 Errol Stewart 10.50 8 2 Les Piggot 10.55

References

Heats & Quarterfinals results (p28) Semifinals & Final results (p9) Australian results