Men's 100 yards at the 1938 British Empire Games
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground
Date	5 February
Competitors	19 from 7 nations
Winning time	9.7
Medalists
Cyril Holmes    England   John Mumford    Australia   Ted Best    Canada
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Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
220 yd hurdles (invitation)	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
2 miles walk (invitation)	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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The men's 100 yards event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 5 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.^[1][2][3]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tom Lavery	South Africa	10.0	Q
2	1	Howard Yates	Australia	10.1e	Q, 1 foot behind
3	1	Sigurd Nielson	Canada	??.?	Q, inches behind
4	1	Lawrence Wallace	England	??.?
5	1	Graham Quinn	New Zealand	??.?
1	2	John Mumford	Australia	10.0	Q
2	2	Jack Brown	Canada	10.2e	Q, 1.5 yards behind
3	2	John Cumberbatch	Trinidad and Tobago	??.?	Q, 1 foot behind
4	2	Cecil LeSeur	Southern Rhodesia	10.4e
5	2	Ken Richardson	England	10.4e
1	3	Cyril Holmes	England	10.0	Q
2	3	Ted Hampson	Australia	10.1e	Q, 1 yard behind
3	3	Patrick Haley	Canada	10.2e	Q, 1 yard behind
4	3	Sid Kiel	South Africa	??.?
1	4	Ted Best	Australia	10.0	Q
2	4	Denis Shore	South Africa	10.2e	Q, 3 yards behind
3	4	Phillip Sharpley	New Zealand	??.?	Q, 1 yard behind
4	4	Sandy Duncan	England	10.4e
5	4	John Harrison	Canada	10.4e

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tom Lavery	South Africa	9.9	Q, =GR
2	1	John Mumford	Australia	10.1e	Q, 1.5 yards behind
3	1	Howard Yates	Australia	10.2e	Q, 0.5 yard behind
4	1	John Cumberbatch	Trinidad and Tobago	10.2e
5	1	Sigurd Nielson	Canada	10.3e
6	1	Phillip Sharpley	New Zealand	10.4e
1	2	Cyril Holmes	England	9.9	Q, =GR
2	2	Ted Best	Australia	10.0e	Q, 1 yard behind
3	2	Ted Hampson	Australia	10.1e	Q, 0.5 yard behind
4	2	Jack Brown	Canada	??.?
5	2	Patrick Haley	Canada	??.?
6	2	Denis Shore	South Africa	??.?

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cyril Holmes	England	9.7	GR
	John Mumford	Australia	9.8e	1 yard behind
	Ted Best	Australia	9.9e	0.5 yard behind
4	Tom Lavery	South Africa	9.9e
5	Ted Hampson	Australia	10.0e
6	Howard Yates	Australia	10.1e