Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres

Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: -1.3 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.43	Q
2	4	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.47	Q
3	5	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.55	Q
3	6	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.55	Q
5	3	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.57	Q
5	5	Mike McFarlane	England	10.57	Q
7	1	Marvin Nash	Canada	10.59	Q
8	1	Ohene Karikari	Ghana	10.60	Q
9	6	Hugh Fraser	Canada	10.62	Q
10	5	Desai Williams	Canada	10.64	Q
11	2	James Gilkes	Guyana	10.65	Q
12	3	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	10.66	Q
13	3	Oliver Heywood	Jamaica	10.66	Q
14	6	George Enchill	Ghana	10.68	Q
15	6	Rickey Moxey	Bahamas	10.69	Q
16	3	Dennis Trott	Bermuda	10.70	Q
17	4	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.71	Q
18	2	Gregory Simons	Bermuda	10.78	Q
18	3	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.78	Q
20	4	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.79	Q
21	4	Brian Green	England	10.80	Q
22	4	John Mwebi	Kenya	10.83	Q
23	5	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	10.86	Q
23	6	Leslie Hoyte	England	10.86	Q
25	2	Ephraim Serrette	Trinidad and Tobago	10.87	Q
25	5	Errol Quarrie	Jamaica	10.87	Q
27	1	Dave Roberts	Wales	10.88	Q
28	1	Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan	India	10.94	Q
28	2	Graeme French	New Zealand	10.94	Q
30	2	David Lukuba	Tanzania	10.96	Q
31	6	Bakary Jarju	Gambia	10.98	q
32	5	Mokam Mwita	Tanzania	11.06	q
33	6	Linus Ambrose	Saint Lucia	11.11
34	1	Jean Charlotte	Mauritius	11.26
35	2	Molapi Bambatha	Lesotho	11.27
36	2	Francis Williams	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.28
37	3	Genevieve Nestor	Saint Lucia	11.34
37	4	Mosharaf Shamin	Bangladesh	11.34
39	5	Letseka Nchee	Lesotho	11.46
40	3	Ousman N'Dure	Gambia	11.49
41	4	Bamba N'Jie	Gambia	11.51
42	1	Glenn Osborne	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.62
	3	Richard Hopkins	Australia	DNS

Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +1.5 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mike McFarlane	England	10.32	Q
1	3	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.32	Q
3	2	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.33	Q
4	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.35	Q
5	4	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.36	Q
6	1	James Gilkes	Guyana	10.38	Q
7	4	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.44	Q
8	3	Hugh Fraser	Canada	10.48	Q
9	1	Ohene Karikari	Ghana	10.51	Q
10	2	Dennis Trott	Bermuda	10.53	q
11	2	Marvin Nash	Canada	10.54	q
12	3	George Enchill	Ghana	10.57	Q
13	1	Oliver Heywood	Jamaica	10.58	Q
14	2	Rickey Moxey	Bahamas	10.60	q
15	1	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	10.63	q
15	4	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.63	Q
17	3	Ephraim Serrette	Trinidad and Tobago	10.64
18	1	Cameron Sharp	Scotland	10.65
18	2	Drew McMaster	Scotland	10.65
20	1	Brian Green	England	10.68
21	3	Gregory Simons	Bermuda	10.69
22	2	Errol Quarrie	Jamaica	10.73
22	4	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	10.73
24	1	John Mwebi	Kenya	10.76
24	4	Desai Williams	Canada	10.76
26	1	David Lukuba	Tanzania	10.80
27	4	Dave Roberts	Wales	10.84
28	3	Leslie Hoyte	England	10.85
29	3	Ramaswamy Gnanasekharan	India	10.86
30	4	Bakary Jarju	Gambia	10.91
31	4	Graeme French	New Zealand	10.98
32	3	Mokam Mwita	Tanzania	11.02

Held on 7 August

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.19	Q
2	2	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.25	Q
3	1	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.31	Q
3	2	James Gilkes	Guyana	10.31	Q
5	2	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.32	Q
6	1	Mike McFarlane	England	10.43	Q
7	1	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.46	Q
8	2	George Enchill	Ghana	10.53
9	1	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.54	Q
10	1	Hugh Fraser	Canada	10.55
10	2	Rickey Moxey	Bahamas	10.55
12	1	Dennis Trott	Bermuda	10.56
13	1	Ohene Karikari	Ghana	10.56
14	1	Oliver Heywood	Jamaica	10.69
15	2	Calvin Dill	Bermuda	10.72
	2	Marvin Nash	Canada	DNS

Held on 7 August

Wind: +7.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Don Quarrie	Jamaica	10.03
	3	Allan Wells	Scotland	10.07
	1	Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	10.09
4	4	James Gilkes	Guyana	10.15
5	6	Mike McFarlane	England	10.29
6	2	Paul Narracott	Australia	10.31
7	5	Christopher Brathwaite	Trinidad and Tobago	10.32
8	7	Ernest Obeng	Ghana	10.34