# Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

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
Heats results :
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Eric Bigby | Australia | 10.29 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Hasely Crawford | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Lennox Miller | Jamaica | 10.46 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Tony Powell | Canada | 10.62 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | John Williams | Wales | 10.67 | |
| 6 | 1 | Timon Oyebami | Nigeria | 10.77 | |
| 7 | 1 | Muhammad Mohddin | Pakistan | 10.98 | |
| 1 | 2 | Gary Eddy | Australia | 10.34 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Lynn Davies | Wales | 10.48 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ian Turnbull | Scotland | 10.65 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Abdulai Conteh | Sierra Leone | 10.69 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Iqbal Shinwari | Pakistan | 10.75 | |
| 6 | 2 | Amos Omolo | Uganda | 10.76 | |
| 7 | 2 | Gaston Clarenc | Mauritius | 10.78 | |
| 8 | 2 | Bernard Nottage | Bahamas | 10.79 | |
| 1 | 3 | Don Quarrie | Jamaica | 10.43 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | William Dralu | Uganda | 10.57 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Ronald Jones | Wales | 10.62 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | John Permal | Pakistan | 10.87 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Peter Mamba | Swaziland | 11.04 | |
| 6 | 3 | Maurice Sweeney | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.9 | |
| | 3 | Ian Gordon | Canada | DNS | |
| 1 | 4 | Ian Green | England | 10.46 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Greg Lewis | Australia | 10.50 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Jessymon Wishkoti | Zambia | 10.61 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Carl Archer | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.64 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Kofi Okyir | Ghana | 10.69 | |
| 6 | 4 | Cuthbert Jacobs | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.17 | |
| 7 | 4 | Pierre Jallow | Gambia | 11.19 | |
| 1 | 5 | Errol Stewart | Jamaica | 10.45 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Benedict Majekodunmi | Nigeria | 10.55 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Brian Green | England | 10.62 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Saimoni Tamani | Fiji | 10.69 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Canagasabai Kunalan | Singapore | 10.71 | |
| 6 | 5 | Obedi Mwanga | Tanzania | 10.92 | |
| 7 | 5 | Vikimbi Radebe | Swaziland | 11.74 | |
| 1 | 6 | Rocky Symonds | Bermuda | 10.25 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Don Halliday | Scotland | 10.38 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | John Kilpatrick | Northern Ireland | 10.49 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | James Addy | Ghana | 10.57 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Kevin Johnson | Bahamas | 10.59 | |
| 6 | 6 | Hamadi Saidi | Tanzania | 11.13 | |
| 7 | 6 | Dodou Joof | Gambia | 11.61 | |
| 1 | 7 | Kolawole Abdulai | Nigeria | 10.32 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Norman Chihota | Tanzania | 10.41 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | John Harrison | England | 10.51 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Bohdan Domansky | Canada | 10.56 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Lloyd Giddings | Guyana | 10.62 | |
| 6 | 7 | Gerard Carson | Northern Ireland | 10.73 | |
| 7 | 7 | Calvin Greenaway | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.93 | |
| 1 | 8 | George Daniels | Ghana | 10.35 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Les Piggot | Scotland | 10.43 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Melvin Wong Shing | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.63 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | John Oryem | Uganda | 10.68 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Mike Sands | Bahamas | 10.73 | |
| 6 | 8 | Yeo Kian-chye | Singapore | 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
Quarterfinal results :
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Errol Stewart | Jamaica | 10.30 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Brian Green | England | 10.44 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Les Piggot | Scotland | 10.47 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Jessymon Wishkoti | Zambia | 10.50 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Tony Powell | Canada | 10.65 | |
| 6 | 1 | Lynn Davies | Wales | 10.66 | |
| 7 | 1 | John Oryem | Uganda | 10.72 | |
| 8 | 1 | Eric Bigby | Australia | 10.85 | |
| 1 | 2 | Don Quarrie | Jamaica | 10.29 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hasely Crawford | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Rocky Symonds | Bermuda | 10.34 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Norman Chihota | Tanzania | 10.41 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | John Harrison | England | 10.65 | |
| 6 | 2 | Bohdan Domansky | Canada | 10.67 | |
| 7 | 2 | Abdulai Conteh | Sierra Leone | 10.77 | |
| 8 | 2 | Ian Turnbull | Scotland | 10.82 | |
| 1 | 3 | Gary Eddy | Australia | 10.25 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Benedict Majekodunmi | Nigeria | 10.33 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Don Halliday | Scotland | 10.38 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ian Green | England | 10.38 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | John Kilpatrick | Northern Ireland | 10.53 | |
| 6 | 3 | James Addy | Ghana | 10.55 | |
| 7 | 3 | William Dralu | Uganda | 10.56 | |
| 8 | 3 | Melvin Wong Shing | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.65 | |
| 1 | 4 | Lennox Miller | Jamaica | 10.27 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Greg Lewis | Australia | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | George Daniels | Ghana | 10.39 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Kolawole Abdulai | Nigeria | 10.42 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Saimoni Tamani | Fiji | 10.55 | |
| 6 | 4 | Ronald Jones | Wales | 10.56 | |
| 7 | 4 | Carl Archer | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.69 | |
| 8 | 4 | John Permal | Pakistan | 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
Semifinal results :
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Lennox Miller | Jamaica | 10.37 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Errol Stewart | Jamaica | 10.46 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | George Daniels | Ghana | 10.47 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Les Piggot | Scotland | 10.60 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Greg Lewis | Australia | 10.62 | |
| 6 | 1 | Benedict Majekodunmi | Nigeria | 10.65 | |
| 7 | 1 | Brian Green | England | 10.69 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jessymon Wishkoti | Zambia | 10.81 | |
| 1 | 2 | Don Quarrie | Jamaica | 10.29 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hasely Crawford | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.34 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gary Eddy | Australia | 10.38 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Rocky Symonds | Bermuda | 10.39 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ian Green | England | 10.43 | |
| 6 | 2 | Kolawole Abdulai | Nigeria | 10.51 | |
| 7 | 2 | Don Halliday | Scotland | 10.52 | |
| 8 | 2 | Norman Chihota | Tanzania | 10.68 | |

### Final

Held on 18 July

#### Wind speed

+3.6 m/s
Final results :
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Don Quarrie | Jamaica | 10.24 |
| | 7 | Lennox Miller | Jamaica | 10.32 |
| | 5 | Hasely Crawford | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.33 |
| 4 | 3 | Gary Eddy | Australia | 10.34 |
| 5 | 6 | George Daniels | Ghana | 10.38 |
| 6 | 1 | Rocky Symonds | Bermuda | 10.42 |
| 7 | 8 | Errol Stewart | Jamaica | 10.50 |
| 8 | 2 | Les Piggot | Scotland | 10.55 |