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

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeSonia LannamanRaelene BoyleDenise Boyd

Results Heats Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: -2.5 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Beverley Goddard 11.51 Q 2 2 Leleith Hodges 11.52 Q 3 4 Raelene Boyle 11.53 Q 4 3 Patty Loverock 11.57 Q 5 1 Denise Boyd 11.58 Q 6 3 Colleen Beazley 11.60 Q 7 4 Hannah Afriyie 11.61 Q 8 4 Debbie Jones 11.66 Q 9 2 Kim Robertson 11.67 Q 10 2 Margot Wells 11.69 Q 11 1 Wendy Clarke 11.73 Q 12 2 Esther Hope 11.74 q 14 1 Marjorie Bailey 11.75 Q 14 5 Sonia Lannaman 11.75 Q 16 4 Janice Bernard 11.78 17 5 Angela Bailey 11.79 Q 18 5 Helen Golden 11.83 Q 19 5 Wendy Brown 11.84 20 1 Dorothy Scott 11.99 21 3 June Caddle 12.09 22 3 Jeanette Yawson 12.12 23 4 Esther Otieno 12.15 24 2 Victoria Hancox 12.23 25 3 Carmeta Drummond 12.26 26 5 Candy Ford 12.29 27 5 Nzaeli Kyomo 12.35 28 1 Bernadette Wilson 12.36 29 1 Joanne Gardner 12.36 30 2 Caroline Delancy 12.37 31 3 Caroline Briggs 12.53 32 2 Marie-France Mamedy 12.61 33 1 Georgiana Freeman 12.64 34 5 Marina Chin Leng Sim 12.85 35 4 Jabou Jawo 12.94 36 1 Teresa David 13.06 37 4 Joyce John 13.12 5 Linda McCurry

Semifinals Held on 6 August

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

Wind:Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.8 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Denise Boyd 11.37 Q 2 1 Patty Loverock 11.47 Q 2 2 Raelene Boyle 11.47 Q 4 1 Sonia Lannaman 11.49 Q 5 2 Beverley Goddard 11.52 Q 6 1 Wendy Clarke 11.56 Q 6 2 Hannah Afriyie 11.56 Q 8 2 Leleith Hodges 11.58 Q 9 1 Debbie Jones 11.62 10 1 Angela Bailey 11.63 10 2 Kim Robertson 11.63 12 2 Colleen Beazley 11.66 13 2 Marjorie Bailey 11.67 14 2 Helen Golden 11.71 15 1 Margot Wells 11.73 16 1 Esther Hope 11.82

Final Held on 7 August

Wind: +2.9 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Sonia Lannaman 11.27 8 Raelene Boyle 11.35 7 Denise Boyd 11.37 4 2 Hannah Afriyie 11.38 5 4 Beverley Goddard 11.40 6 6 Patty Loverock 11.40 7 5 Leleith Hodges 11.47 8 1 Wendy Clarke 11.48

References

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