The men's 100 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later replaced by the 100 metres.

Results Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the quarterfinals.

Wind: Heat 1: ? m/s Heat 2: ? m/s Heat 3: 0.0 m/s Heat 4: ? m/s Heat 5: -6.0 m/s Heat 6: -3.0 m/s Heat 7: ? m/s Heat 8: -4.0m/s

+ Heats results: Q means qualified for next round Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Harry Jerome 9.8 2 1 Ebenezer Addy 9.9 3 1 George Collie 9.9 4 1 John Morbey 10.3 5 1 Terry Davies 10.3 6 1 Gaston Clarenc 10.5 1 Manikavasagam Jegathesan 1 2 Edwin Roberts 9.7 2 2 Tom Robinson 9.7 3 2 Bob Frith 9.9 4 2 Edmund Hearne 9.9 5 2 Colin Thurton 10.3 6 2 Apmelody Kaumata 10.3 7 2 Philip Musondu 10.3 1 3 David Ejoke 9.9 2 3 Gary Eddy 9.93 3 3 Eric Collins 4 3 Lynn Davies 10.0 5 3 Abdulai Conteh 10.2 3 Franz Merven 1 4 John Owiti 10.0 2 4 Menzies Campbell 10.0 3 4 Olaniyi Adekunle 10.0 4 4 Pablo McNeill 10.1 5 4 Johnny Kilpatrick 10.1 6 4 Clement Cure 10.6 1 5 Barrie Kelly 10.3 2 5 Winston Short 10.3 3 5 Bernard Nottage 10.5 4 5 Peter Norman 10.59 5 5 Canagasabai Kunalan 10.5 6 5 Norman Chihota 10.6 7 5 Edward Pratt 10.8 1 6 Stanley Allotey 10.0 2 6 Gary Holdsworth 10.23 3 6 Cipriani Phillip 10.3 4 6 Keri Jones 10.4 5 6 Terrance Tomlinson 10.4 6 6 Kevin Johnson 10.6 7 6 Raymond Kargbo 10.8 1 7 Lennox Miller 10.1 2 7 E. Donkor 10.2 3 7 Omubo Peters 10.4 4 7 Ron Jones 10.4 5 7 Desmond Hibbert 10.5 6 7 Kenneth Powell 10.5 7 7 Silas Tita 10.7 1 8 Bonner Mends 9.9 2 8 Lynn Headley 9.9 3 8 Sydney Asiodu 9.9 4 8 Allen Crawley 10.15 5 8 Bob McStocker 10.3 6 8 George Patton 10.3 7 8 Yassin Abdi 10.5

Quarterfinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Wind: Heat 1: -5.0 m/s Heat 2: -1.8 m/s Heat 3: -0.9 m/s Heat 4: -2.0 m/s

+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Lennox Miller 9.9 2 1 John Owiti 9.9 3 1 Ebenezer Addy 9.9 4 1 Lynn Davies 10.0 5 1 Menzies Campbell 10.0 6 1 Peter Norman 10.27 7 1 Omubo Peters 10.3 8 1 Bob Frith 10.3 1 2 Edwin Roberts 9.7 2 2 Lynn Headley 9.8 3 2 David Ejoke 9.9 4 2 Gary Holdsworth 10.01 5 2 Bernard Nottage 6 2 E. Donkor 10.1 7 2 Keri Jones 10.1 8 2 Edmund Hearne 10.1 1 3 Harry Jerome 9.7 2 3 Stanley Allotey 9.7 3 3 Sydney Asiodu 9.8 4 3 Barrie Kelly 9.8 5 3 George Collie 9.9 6 3 Pablo McNeill 10.0 7 3 Winston Short 10.0 8 3 Allen Crawley 10.01 1 4 Tom Robinson 9.7 2 4 Eric Collins 9.7 3 4 Gary Eddy 9.88 4 4 Bonner Mends 5 4 Ron Jones 10.0 6 4 John Morbey 10.0 7 4 Olaniyi Adekunle 10.1 4 Cipriani Phillip

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

Wind: Heat 1: +0.3 m/s Heat 2: 0.0m/s + Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Harry Jerome 9.4 2 1 Tom Robinson 9.5 3 1 David Ejoke 9.5 4 1 Barrie Kelly 9.6 5 1 Lynn Headley 9.6 6 1 Bonner Mends 9.7 7 1 Gary Holdsworth 9.81 8 1 Lennox Miller 10.7 1 2 Stanley Allotey 9.5 2 2 Edwin Roberts 9.5 3 2 Gary Eddy 9.61 4 2 Ebenezer Addy 5 2 Lynn Davies 9.7 6 2 Eric Collins 9.7 7 2 Sydney Asiodu 9.7 8 2 John Owiti 9.8

Final Wind: -0.8 m/s + Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Harry Jerome 9.41 GR Tom Robinson 9.44 Edwin Roberts 9.52 4 David Ejoke 9.52 5 Gary Eddy 9.52 6 Stanley Allotey 9.53 7 Barrie Kelly 9.6 8 Ebenezer Addy 9.7

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