Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 28 January at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	Kerry Johnson  Australia	Pauline Davis  Bahamas

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +3.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.07	Q
2	2	Kerry Johnson	Australia	11.25	Q
3	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	11.44	Q
4	1	Simmone Jacobs	England	11.45	Q
5	2	Stephi Douglas	England	11.46	Q
6	2	Sallyanne Short	Wales	11.47	Q, NR
7	1	Briar Toop	New Zealand	11.51	Q
8	2	Michelle Seymour	New Zealand	11.69	Q
9	2	Oliver Acii	Uganda	11.76	q
9	3	Paula Dunn	England	11.76	Q
11	2	Nadine Halliday	Canada	11.77	q
12	3	Helen Pirovano	New Zealand	11.78	Q
13	3	Carmen Smart	Wales	11.91	Q
14	2	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	11.93	q
15	1	Esmie Lawrence	Canada	11.97	Q
16	3	France Gareau	Canada	12.03	Q
17	3	Janis Neilson	Scotland	12.11	Q
18	3	Judith Robinson	Northern Ireland	12.24
19	1	Elizabeth Onyambu	Kenya	12.29	Q
20	1	Kinah Chikontwe	Zambia	12.39
21	3	Ng Ka Yi	Hong Kong	12.45
22	1	Erin Tierney	Cook Islands	12.67

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kerry Johnson	Australia	11.19	Q, AR
2	1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.20	Q
3	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	11.35	Q
4	1	Sallyanne Short	Wales	11.47	Q, =NR
5	2	Stephi Douglas	England	11.53	Q
6	1	Simmone Jacobs	England	11.54	Q
7	2	Briar Toop	New Zealand	11.55	Q
8	1	Paula Dunn	England	11.57	Q
9	2	Oliver Acii	Uganda	11.64	q
10	2	Carmen Smart	Wales	11.66
11	1	Michelle Seymour	New Zealand	11.69
12	1	Helen Pirovano	New Zealand	11.72
13	1	Janis Neilson	Scotland	11.83
14	2	Nadine Halliday	Canada	11.88
15	1	France Gareau	Canada	12.01
16	1	Esmie Lawrence	Canada	12.02
17	2	Elizabeth Onyambu	Kenya	12.34
	2	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	DNS

Final

Wind: +4.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.02
	5	Kerry Johnson	Australia	11.17
	3	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	11.20
4	9	Stephi Douglas	England	11.39
5	6	Sallyanne Short	Wales	11.41	NR
6	7	Briar Toop	New Zealand	11.46
7	8	Simmone Jacobs	England	11.53
8	2	Paula Dunn	England	11.55
9	1	Oliver Acii	Uganda	11.65

References

1. "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2016-07-31.