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

The men's 100 yards event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 17 and 19 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the quarterfinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 9: +3.7 m/s, Heat 12: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 9.5 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | Hector Hogan | Australia | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Joe Goddard | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | D. Doherty | Sierra Leone | 10.4 | |
| | 1 | Ghulam Raziq | Pakistan | DQ | |
| 1 | 2 | Jimmy Omagbemi | Nigeria | 9.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Gavin Carragher | Scotland | 10.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Dewi Roberts | Wales | 10.1 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | Pakistan | 10.2 | |
| 5 | 2 | Dursley Stott | Isle of Man | 10.5 | |
| 1 | 3 | Maurice Rae | New Zealand | 9.8 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Adrian Breacker | England | 9.9 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Richard Ampadu | Ghana | 10.0 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ignatius Okello | Uganda | 10.3 | |
| 5 | 3 | Gordon Hamilton | Northern Ireland | 10.4 | |
| 1 | 4 | Peter Radford | England | 9.8 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Stuart Cameron | Canada | 10.0 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Ben Nduga | Uganda | 10.0 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Seraphino Antao | Kenya | 10.0 | |
| 5 | 4 | Joseph Lee Gut-Hing | Sarawak | 10.5 | |
| 1 | 5 | Ronald Jones | Wales | 9.9 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Stanley Levenson | Canada | 9.9 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Smart Akraka | Nigeria | 9.9 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Erasmus Amukun | Uganda | 9.9 | |
| 5 | 5 | Ivan Mayers | British Guiana | 10.3 | |
| 1 | 6 | Gordon Day | South Africa | 9.9 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Abdul Khaliq | Pakistan | 9.9 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Victor Odofin | Nigeria | 9.9 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Samuel Chemweno | Kenya | 10.1 | |
| 5 | 6 | James Edgar | Scotland | 10.5 | |
| 1 | 7 | David Segal | England | 9.9 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Hendrickson Harewood | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.2 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Peter Stanger | Canada | 10.2 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Augustus Lawson | Ghana | 10.2 | |
| 5 | 7 | Peter Street | Northern Ireland | 10.3 | |
| 1 | 8 | Edward Jeffreys | South Africa | 9.8 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Joseph Whitehead | Wales | 9.9 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Momo Lansana | Sierra Leone | 10.3 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Kipkorir Boit Kibet | Kenya | 10.5 | |
| 5 | 8 | T. E. Patel | Mauritius | 11.2 | |
| 1 | 9 | Mike Agostini | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.7 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Thomas Obi | Nigeria | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Terrance Gale | Australia | 10.1 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Robert Cockburn | Scotland | 10.2 | |
| 5 | 9 | Lloyd Anderson | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.3 | |
| 1 | 10 | Keith Gardner | Jamaica | 9.7 | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Roy Sandstrom | England | 10.0 | Q |
| 3 | 10 | Patrick Toner | Northern Ireland | 10.1 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | S. Bwowe | Uganda | 10.3 | |
| 5 | 10 | Henry Kennedy-Skipton | Hong Kong | 10.4 | |
| 1 | 11 | Allan Dunbar | Scotland | 10.0 | Q |
| 2 | 11 | Tan Eng Yoon | Singapore | 10.1 | Q |
| 3 | 11 | John Luxon | South Africa | 10.4 | Q |
| 4 | 11 | P. R. Hein | Mauritius | 10.8 | |
| 1 | 12 | John Morgan | Wales | 10.0 | Q |
| 2 | 12 | Jim McCann | Australia | 10.1 | Q |
| 3 | 12 | Edwin Solomon | British Guiana | 10.2 | Q |
| 4 | 12 | Charles Williams | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.2 | |
| 5 | 12 | Ronald Chambers | Northern Ireland | 10.2 | |

### Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: -1.4 m/s, Heat 5: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 9.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Abdul Khaliq | Pakistan | 9.9 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | David Segal | England | 9.9 | |
| 4 | 1 | Stuart Cameron | Canada | 9.9 | |
| 5 | 1 | Terrance Gale | Australia | 10.0 | |
| 6 | 1 | Richard Ampadu | Ghana | 10.4 | |
| 1 | 2 | Mike Agostini | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Gordon Day | South Africa | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Smart Akraka | Nigeria | 9.8 | |
| 4 | 2 | Adrian Breacker | England | 9.8 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ben Nduga | Uganda | 10.0 | |
| 6 | 2 | Tan Eng Yoon | Singapore | 10.3 | |
| 1 | 3 | Jimmy Omagbemi | Nigeria | 9.7 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Roy Sandstrom | England | 9.9 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Joseph Whitehead | Wales | 10.0 | |
| 4 | 3 | Jim McCann | Australia | 10.2 | |
| 5 | 3 | Patrick Toner | Northern Ireland | 10.5 | |
| 6 | 3 | John Luxon | South Africa | 10.5 | |
| 1 | 4 | Maurice Rae | New Zealand | 9.8 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Victor Odofin | Nigeria | 9.9 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Joe Goddard | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.0 | |
| 4 | 4 | John Morgan | Wales | 10.0 | |
| 5 | 4 | Edwin Solomon | British Guiana | 10.0 | |
| 6 | 4 | Gavin Carragher | Scotland | 10.2 | |
| 1 | 5 | Peter Radford | England | 9.7 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Hector Hogan | Australia | 9.9 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Thomas Obi | Nigeria | 10.0 | |
| 4 | 5 | Dewi Roberts | Wales | 10.1 | |
| 5 | 5 | Peter Stanger | Canada | 10.2 | |
| 6 | 5 | Momo Lansana | Sierra Leone | 10.4 | |
| 1 | 6 | Keith Gardner | Jamaica | 9.5 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 6 | Edward Jeffreys | South Africa | 9.6 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Stanley Levenson | Canada | 9.8 | |
| 4 | 6 | Ronald Jones | Wales | 10.0 | |
| 5 | 6 | Allan Dunbar | Scotland | 10.0 | |
| 6 | 6 | Hendrickson Harewood | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.1 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: -3.9 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 9.5 | Q, =GR |
| 2 | 1 | Jimmy Omagbemi | Nigeria | 9.6 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mike Agostini | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Edward Jeffreys | South Africa | 9.7 | |
| 5 | 1 | Hector Hogan | Australia | 9.7 | |
| 6 | 1 | Roy Sandstrom | England | 9.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Keith Gardner | Jamaica | 9.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Peter Radford | England | 9.8 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gordon Day | South Africa | 9.8 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Maurice Rae | New Zealand | 9.8 | |
| 5 | 2 | Victor Odofin | Nigeria | 9.8 | |
| 6 | 2 | Abdul Khaliq | Pakistan | 9.8 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 1 | Keith Gardner | Jamaica | 9.66 | GR |
| | 5 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | 9.69 | |
| | 6 | Mike Agostini | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.79 | |
| 4 | 4 | Peter Radford | England | 9.7 | |
| 5 | 3 | Jimmy Omagbemi | Nigeria | 9.7 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gordon Day | South Africa | 9.8 | |