Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres explained

The women's 100 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 16–17 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Chandra Sturrup	Philomena Mensah	Tania Van Heer

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next four fastest qualified for the semifinals.^{[1] [2]}

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			11.14	Q
2	2			11.20	Q
3	2			11.32	Q
4	4			11.34	Q
5	2			11.36	Q
6	2			11.38	q
7	4			11.42	Q
8	3			11.43	Q
9	4			11.45	Q
10	4			11.53	q
11	4			11.58	q
12	1			11.59	Q
13	3			11.61	Q
14	1			11.62	Q
15	2			11.69	q
15	3			11.69	q
17	1			11.74	Q
18	3			11.92
19	3			12.15
20	2			12.33
21	1			12.38
22	3			12.44
23	1			12.72
24	4			13.23
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Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.6 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			11.22	Q
1	2			11.22	Q
3	1			11.35	Q, PB
4	2			11.39	Q
5	2			11.41	Q, PB
6	2			11.44	Q
7	1			11.46	Q
8	2			11.47
9	1			11.53	Q
10	2			11.58
11	1			11.61
12	2			11.68
13	2			11.69
14	1			11.71
15	1			11.72
16	2			11.82
17	1			11.83

Final

Wind: -0.3 m/s^{[4] [5]}

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			11.06
	3			11.19
	4			11.29	PB
4	8			11.37
5	6			11.39
6	1			11.41
7	7			11.50
8	2			11.63

Notes and References

1. Web site: Non-qualifiers' results . 2014-07-05 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .
2. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121814012/ Heats results
3. http://kl98.thecgf.com/newsroom/9809/1709192805News17Sept.html Semifinal 1 results
4. Web site: Australian 1998 Almanac . 2015-12-10 . 2015-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151103220107/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/almanac/Almanac-1998-99.pdf . dead .
5. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/17At100m-women-final.html Final results