Men's 100 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Commonwealth Stadium
Dates	6-7 August
Competitors	43 from 23 nations
Winning time	10.03
Medalists
Don Quarrie    Jamaica   Allan Wells    Scotland   Hasely Crawford    Trinidad and Tobago
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Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's 100 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

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: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.5 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s, Heat 4: -1.3 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: +4.6 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

• Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results