# Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held on 22 and 23 August at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mary Onyali Nigeria | Christy Opara-Thompson Nigeria | Paula Thomas England |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s, Heat 4: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 11.24 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Mary Tombiri | Nigeria | 11.26 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 11.29 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Paula Thomas | England | 11.30 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Christy Opara-Thompson | Nigeria | 11.38 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Dahlia Duhaney | Jamaica | 11.40 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Hermin Joseph | Dominica | 11.45 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Philomena Mensah | Ghana | 11.46 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Stephi Douglas | England | 11.49 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Michelle Seymour | New Zealand | 11.51 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.55 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Doris Manu | Ghana | 11.56 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Danaa Myhill | Isle of Man | 11.60 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Karen Clarke | Canada | 11.65 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Simmone Jacobs | England | 11.65 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Eldece Clarke | Bahamas | 11.66 | q |
| 17 | 4 | Govindasamy Shanti | Malaysia | 11.67 | |
| 18 | 2 | Monique Miers | Australia | 11.73 | |
| 19 | 4 | Simone Tomlinson | Canada | 11.74 | |
| 20 | 1 | Judith Boshoff | Namibia | 11.79 | |
| 21 | 4 | Martha Adusei | Ghana | 11.85 | |
| 22 | 2 | Dionne Wright | Canada | 11.88 | |
| 23 | 2 | Bernice Morton | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.11 | |
| 24 | 4 | Mirenda Francourt | Seychelles | 12.34 | |
| 25 | 1 | Clara Phillip | Saint Lucia | 12.35 | |
| 26 | 3 | Ana Liku | Tonga | 12.37 | |
| | 1 | Damayanthi Darsha | Sri Lanka | DNS | |
| | 3 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: +1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 11.03 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Paula Thomas | England | 11.15 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Christy Opara-Thompson | Nigeria | 11.19 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mary Tombiri | Nigeria | 11.25 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 11.28 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Hermin Joseph | Dominica | 11.29 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Stephi Douglas | England | 11.34 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Dahlia Duhaney | Jamaica | 11.35 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Philomena Mensah | Ghana | 11.45 | |
| 10 | 2 | Simmone Jacobs | England | 11.47 | |
| 11 | 2 | Eldece Clarke | Bahamas | 11.54 | |
| 12 | 1 | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.56 | |
| 13 | 1 | Michelle Seymour | New Zealand | 11.59 | |
| 14 | 2 | Danaa Myhill | Isle of Man | 11.63 | |
| 15 | 1 | Karen Clarke | Canada | 11.69 | |
| 16 | 1 | Doris Manu | Ghana | 11.79 | |

### Final

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 11.06 |
| | 3 | Christy Opara-Thompson | Nigeria | 11.22 |
| | 4 | Paula Thomas | England | 11.23 |
| 4 | 7 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 11.31 |
| 5 | 1 | Dahlia Duhaney | Jamaica | 11.34 |
| 6 | 2 | Hermin Joseph | Dominica | 11.36 |
| 7 | 6 | Mary Tombiri | Nigeria | 11.37 |
| 8 | 8 | Stephi Douglas | England | 11.48 |