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Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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※

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sonia Lannaman  England	Raelene Boyle  Australia	Denise Boyd  Australia

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	England	11.51	Q
2	2	Leleith Hodges	Jamaica	11.52	Q
3	4	Raelene Boyle	Australia	11.53	Q
4	3	Patty Loverock	Canada	11.57	Q
5	1	Denise Boyd	Australia	11.58	Q
6	3	Colleen Beazley	Australia	11.60	Q
7	4	Hannah Afriyie	Ghana	11.61	Q
8	4	Debbie Jones	Bermuda	11.66	Q
9	2	Kim Robertson	New Zealand	11.67	Q
10	2	Margot Wells	Scotland	11.69	Q
11	1	Wendy Clarke	England	11.73	Q
12	2	Esther Hope	Trinidad and Tobago	11.74	q
14	1	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	11.75	Q
14	5	Sonia Lannaman	England	11.75	Q
16	4	Janice Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	11.78
17	5	Angela Bailey	Canada	11.79	Q
18	5	Helen Golden	Scotland	11.83	Q
19	5	Wendy Brown	New Zealand	11.84
20	1	Dorothy Scott	Jamaica	11.99
21	3	June Caddle	Barbados	12.09
22	3	Jeanette Yawson	Ghana	12.12
23	4	Esther Otieno	Kenya	12.15
24	2	Victoria Hancox	Northern Ireland	12.23
25	3	Carmeta Drummond	Jamaica	12.26
26	5	Candy Ford	Bermuda	12.29
27	5	Nzaeli Kyomo	Tanzania	12.35
28	1	Bernadette Wilson	Bermuda	12.36
29	1	Joanne Gardner	Trinidad and Tobago	12.36
30	2	Caroline Delancy	Turks and Caicos Islands	12.37
31	3	Caroline Briggs	Gambia	12.53
32	2	Marie-France Mamedy	Mauritius	12.61
33	1	Georgiana Freeman	Gambia	12.64
34	5	Marina Chin Leng Sim	Malaysia	12.85
35	4	Jabou Jawo	Gambia	12.94
36	1	Teresa David	Mauritius	13.06
37	4	Joyce John	Sierra Leone	13.12
	5	Linda McCurry	Northern Ireland	DNS

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	Australia	11.37	Q
2	1	Patty Loverock	Canada	11.47	Q
2	2	Raelene Boyle	Australia	11.47	Q
4	1	Sonia Lannaman	England	11.49	Q
5	2	Beverley Goddard	England	11.52	Q
6	1	Wendy Clarke	England	11.56	Q
6	2	Hannah Afriyie	Ghana	11.56	Q
8	2	Leleith Hodges	Jamaica	11.58	Q
9	1	Debbie Jones	Bermuda	11.62
10	1	Angela Bailey	Canada	11.63
10	2	Kim Robertson	New Zealand	11.63
12	2	Colleen Beazley	Australia	11.66
13	2	Marjorie Bailey	Canada	11.67
14	2	Helen Golden	Scotland	11.71
15	1	Margot Wells	Scotland	11.73
16	1	Esther Hope	Trinidad and Tobago	11.82

Final※

Held on 7 August

Wind: +2.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Sonia Lannaman	England	11.27
	8	Raelene Boyle	Australia	11.35
	7	Denise Boyd	Australia	11.37
4	2	Hannah Afriyie	Ghana	11.38
5	4	Beverley Goddard	England	11.40
6	6	Patty Loverock	Canada	11.40
7	5	Leleith Hodges	Jamaica	11.47
8	1	Wendy Clarke	England	11.48

References※

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