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

Men's 100 yards
at the 1950 British Empire Games
VenueEden Park
Date5 February
Competitors20 from 7 nations
Winning time9.7
Medalists
gold medal John Treloar   Australia
silver medal Bill De Gruchy   Australia
bronze medal Don Pettie   Canada
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Athletics at the 1950 British
Empire Games
Track events
100 ydmenwomen
220 ydmenwomen
440 ydmen
880 ydmen
1 milemen
3 milesmen
6 milesmen
80 m hurdleswomen
120 yd hurdlesmen
440 yd hurdlesmen
4 × 110 yd relaymen
110–220–110 yd relaywomen
220–110–220–110 yd relaywomen
4 × 440 yd relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen

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

Heats

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

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

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

  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.