# Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 yards

The women's 100 yards event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 19 and 22 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Marlene Mathews-Willard Australia | Heather Young England | Madeleine Weston England |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.3, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: ?, Heat 6: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Betty Cuthbert | Australia | 10.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Dorothy Hyman | England | 11.0 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Eleanor Haslam | Canada | 11.1 | |
| 4 | 1 | Bronwen Jones | Wales | 11.4 | |
| 5 | 1 | Alix Jamieson | Scotland | 11.5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Folashade Payne | Nigeria | 11.5 | |
| 1 | 2 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | Australia | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Margaret Stuart | New Zealand | 11.3 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mary Symon | Scotland | 11.5 | |
| 4 | 2 | Freyda Berman | Canada | 11.5 | |
| 5 | 2 | Claudette Masdammer | British Guiana | 11.6 | |
| 1 | 3 | June Paul | England | 10.7 | Q, =GR |
| 2 | 3 | Kay Johnson | Australia | 11.1 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Marise Chamberlain | New Zealand | 11.4 | |
| 4 | 3 | Jean Whitehead | Wales | 11.4 | |
| 5 | 3 | Doris Tyndall | Scotland | 11.4 | |
| 6 | 3 | Helen Quartey-Papafio | Ghana | 11.7 | |
| 1 | 4 | Heather Young | England | 10.7 | Q, =GR |
| 2 | 4 | Magdalena Myburgh | South Africa | 11.0 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Maureen Rever | Canada | 11.2 | |
| 4 | 4 | Stephanie D'Souza | India | 12.0 | |
| | 4 | Elizabeth Bright | Sierra Leone | DQ | |
| 1 | 5 | Madeleine Weston | England | 11.0 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Edith Shaw | South Africa | 11.0 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Esther Ogbeni | Nigeria | 11.4 | |
| 4 | 5 | Gwyneth Lewis | Wales | 11.4 | |
| 5 | 5 | Daisy Williams | Sierra Leone | 11.6 | |
| 1 | 6 | Wendy Hayes | Australia | 11.0 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Moira Campbell | Scotland | 11.4 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Maeve Kyle | Northern Ireland | 11.4 | |
| 4 | 6 | Beverly Weigel | New Zealand | 11.4 | |
| 5 | 6 | Beryl Turner | Wales | 11.9 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Madeleine Weston | England | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Elizabeth Cuthbert | Australia | 10.9 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | June Paul | England | 10.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Wendy Hayes | Australia | 10.9 | |
| 5 | 1 | Magdalena Myburgh | South Africa | 10.9 | |
| 6 | 1 | Margaret Stuart | New Zealand | 11.1 | |
| 1 | 2 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | Australia | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Heather Young | England | 10.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Edith Shaw | South Africa | 11.0 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Dorothy Hyman | England | 11.1 | |
| 5 | 2 | Moira Campbell | Scotland | 11.3 | |
| 6 | 2 | Kay Johnson | Australia | 11.6 | |

### Final

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 1 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | Australia | 10.70 | GR |
| | 2 | Heather Young | England | 10.73 | |
| | 3 | Madeleine Weston | England | 10.81 | |
| 4 | 4 | Elizabeth Cuthbert | Australia | 10.84 | |
| 5 | 5 | June Paul | England | 10.8 | |
| 6 | 6 | Edith Shaw | South Africa | 11.0 | |