Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 10 and 11 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lorna Boothe  England	Shirley Strong  England	Sharon Colyear  England

Results

Heats

Held on 10 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Sharon Colyear	England	13.34	Q
2	2	Shirley Strong	England	13.41	Q
3	1	Lorna Boothe	England	13.49	Q
4	1	Sharon Lane	Canada	13.89	Q
5	2	Diane Jones-Konihowski	Canada	14.00	Q
6	1	Elaine Davidson	Scotland	14.03	Q
7	1	Gail Wooten	New Zealand	14.14	q
8	2	June Caddle	Barbados	14.22	q
9	2	Roxanne Gelle	Australia	14.23
10	2	Marina Chin Leng Sim	Malaysia	14.77
11	1	Vicky Hancox	Northern Ireland	15.12
12	2	Teresa David	Mauritius	16.13
	1	Bernadine Lewis	Grenada	DNS
	1	Glynis Saunders	Australia	DNS

Final

Held on 11 August

Wind: +3.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lorna Boothe	England	12.98
	Shirley Strong	England	13.08
	Sharon Colyear	England	13.17
4	Elaine Davidson	Scotland	13.76
5	Gail Wooten	New Zealand	13.77
6	Sharon Lane	Canada	13.88
7	Diane Jones-Konihowski	Canada	14.11
8	June Caddle	Barbados	14.13

References

• Heats results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results