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Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games – Men's 100 yards

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Men's 100 yards
at the 1950 British Empire Games
VenueEden Park
Date5 February
Competitors20 from 7 nations
Winning time9.7
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Canada
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1954 →

The men's 100 yards event at the 1950 British Empire Games was held on 5 February at the Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2][3]

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Don Pettie  Canada 9.9 Q
2 1 Arthur Eustace  New Zealand ??.? Q
3 1 Leslie Lewis  England ??.? Q
4 1 David Johnson  Australia ??.?
5 1 Sumana Navaratnam  Ceylon ??.?
1 2 Peter Henderson  New Zealand 9.9 Q
2 2 Bill De Gruchy  Australia 9.9 Q
3 2 Jack Archer  England ??.? Q
4 2 Orisi Dawai  Fiji 10.1e
5 2 Gordon Crosby  Canada 10.5e
1 3 Scotchy Gordon  Australia 10.0 Q
2 3 Brian Shenton  England ??.? Q
3 3 Kevin Beardsley  New Zealand ??.? Q
4 3 Manasa Nukuvou  Fiji 10.2e
5 3 Stan Egerton  Canada 10.6e
1 4 John Treloar  Australia 9.7 Q, =GR
2 4 Clem Parker  New Zealand ??.? Q
3 4 Karim Olowu  Nigeria ??.? Q
4 4 Nicolas Stacey  England 10.2e
4 Ron Miller  Canada DNS

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Don Pettie  Canada 9.8 Q
2 1 Peter Henderson  New Zealand ?.? Q
3 1 Bill De Gruchy  Australia 9.9 Q
4 1 Leslie Lewis  England 10.0e
5 1 Brian Shenton  England 10.2e
6 1 Kevin Beardsley  New Zealand 10.2e
1 2 John Treloar  Australia 9.7 Q, =GR
2 2 Scotchy Gordon  Australia 9.8 Q
3 2 Clem Parker  New Zealand ?.? Q
4 2 Jack Archer  England 9.9e
5 2 Karim Olowu  Nigeria 10.0e
6 2 Arthur Eustace  New Zealand 10.1e

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 John Treloar  Australia 9.7 =GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Bill De Gruchy  Australia 9.8 FS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Don Pettie  Canada 9.8 FS2[4]
4 6 Scotchy Gordon  Australia 9.9e
5 1 Peter Henderson  New Zealand 9.9e
6 4 Clem Parker  New Zealand 10.0e

References

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  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Empire Games results". The Age. 6 February 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Australia's five records, English athletes start badly". The Manchester Guardian. 6 February 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ Pettie false started twice and was initially disqualified. However, after arguing that Canada interpreted the false start rules differently he was allowed to start again.