# Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 yards

The women's 100 yards event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 8 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games: in 1970 it was replaced by the 100 metres.

## Medalists

Medallists :
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Dianne Burge Australia | Irene Piotrowski Canada | Jill Hall England |

## Results
### Heats
#### Qualification for semifinals

The first 3 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

#### Wind speed

Heat 1: ? m/s; Heat 2: 0.0 m/s; Heat 3: +0.4 m/s; Heat 4: +0.8 m/s; Heat 5: -0.5 m/s
Heats :
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Daphne Slater | England | 10.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marjorie Turner | Canada | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Brenda Matthews | New Zealand | 10.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Maria Jinadu | Nigeria | 11.1 | |
| 5 | 1 | Gloria Dourass | Wales | 11.2 | |
| 6 | 1 | Lydia Stephens | Kenya | 11.6 | |
| 7 | 1 | Thora Best | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.6 | |
| 8 | 1 | Marie Sesay | Sierra Leone | 12.0 | |
| 1 | 2 | Dianne Burge | Australia | 10.65 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Elizabeth Parsons | Wales | 11.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Valerie Parker | Canada | 11.1 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Rose Hart | Ghana | 11.1 | |
| 5 | 2 | Olajumoke Bodunrin | Nigeria | 11.2 | |
| 6 | 2 | Alix Jamieson | Scotland | 11.3 | |
| 7 | 2 | Teresa Johnson | Sierra Leone | 11.4 | |
| 8 | 2 | Esther Maganga | Tanzania | 11.8 | |
| 1 | 3 | Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 10.6 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Vilma Charlton | Jamaica | 10.7 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Janet Simpson | England | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Pam Kilborn | Australia | 11.01 | |
| 5 | 3 | Regina Okafor | Nigeria | 11.2 | |
| 6 | 3 | Millicent Jackson | Sierra Leone | 12.3 | |
| 1 | 4 | Jenny Lamy | Australia | 10.93 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jill Hall | England | 10.9 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Sigrid Sandiford | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.0 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Carmen Smith | Jamaica | 11.0 | |
| 5 | 4 | Oyeronke Akindele | Nigeria | 11.1 | |
| 6 | 4 | Thelwyn Appleby | Wales | 11.3 | |
| 7 | 4 | Alice Annum | Ghana | 11.3 | |
| 8 | 4 | Olive Palmer-Davies | Sierra Leone | 11.7 | |
| 1 | 5 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 10.95 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Maureen Tranter | England | 11.0 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Adlin Mair | Jamaica | 11.0 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ana Ramacake | Fiji | 11.1 | |
| 5 | 1 | Elizabeth Gill | Wales | 11.1 | |
| 6 | 1 | Lorna McGarvey | Northern Ireland | 11.2 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sybil Donmartin | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.5 | |

### Semifinals
#### Qualification for final

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

#### Wind speed

Heat 1: +0.1 m/s; Heat 2: +3.8 m/s
Semifinals results :
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Dianne Burge | Australia | 10.58 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | Vilma Charlton | Jamaica | 10.6 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Jenny Lamy | Australia | 10.82 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Daphne Slater | England | 10.8 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Valerie Parker | Canada | 10.8 | |
| 6 | 1 | Brenda Matthews | New Zealand | 10.8 | |
| 7 | 1 | Elizabeth Parsons | Wales | 11.0 | |
| 8 | 1 | Maureen Tranter | England | 11.1 | |
| 1 | 2 | Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 10.72 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jill Hall | England | 10.7 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Adlin Mair | Jamaica | 10.8 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Janet Simpson | England | 10.8 | |
| 6 | 2 | Marjorie Turner | Canada | 10.8 | |
| 7 | 2 | Sigrid Sandiford | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.0 | |

### Final
#### Wind speed

0.0 m/s
Final results :
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Dianne Burge | Australia | 10.6 |
| | Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 10.8 |
| | Jill Hall | England | 10.8 |
| 4 | Jenny Lamy | Australia | 10.8 |
| 5 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 10.8 |
| 6 | Vilma Charlton | Jamaica | 10.9 |
| 7 | Adlin Mair | Jamaica | 10.9 |
| 8 | Daphne Slater | England | 11.0 |