# Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres

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 |
| | 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 |