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Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
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The women's 100 yards event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 5 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Decima Norman  Australia	Joyce Walker  Australia	Jeanette Dolson  Canada

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Barbara Burke	South Africa	11.4	Q
2	1	Joyce Walker	Australia	11.4e	Q, inches behind
3	1	Barbara Howard	Canada	??.?	Q, 1 yard behind
4	1	Ethel Raby	England	??.?
5	1	Rona Tong	New Zealand	??.?
1	2	Thelma Peake	Australia	11.5	Q
2	2	Aileen Meagher	Canada	??.?	Q, inches behind
3	2	Dorothy Saunders	England	??.?	Q, 0.5 yards behind
4	2	Doris Strachan	New Zealand	11.8e
1	3	Jeanette Dolson	Canada	11.4	Q
2	3	Joan Woodland	Australia	11.5e	Q, 1 yard behind
3	3	Kathleen Stokes	England	??.?	Q, 1.5 yards behind
4	3	Margaret McDowell	Scotland	??.?
1	4	Decima Norman	Australia	11.1	Q, GR
2	4	Doreen Lumley	New Zealand	11.6e	Q, 4 yards behind
3	4	Winnifred Jeffrey	England	??.?	Q, 2 yards behind
4	4	Isabel Bleasdale	Canada	11.9e

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Decima Norman	Australia	11.1	Q, =GR
2	1	Joyce Walker	Australia	11.4e	Q, 2.5 yards behind
3	1	Jeanette Dolson	Canada	??.?	Q, 1 yard behind
4	1	Dorothy Saunders	England	11.6e
5	1	Aileen Meagher	Canada	11.7e
6	1	Kathleen Stokes	England	11.9e
1	2	Barbara Burke	South Africa	11.1	Q, =GR
2	2	Joan Woodland	Australia	11.2e	Q, 1 foot behind
3	2	Barbara Howard	Canada	??.?	Q, 1 yard behind
4	2	Doreen Lumley	New Zealand	??.?
	2	Thelma Peake	Australia	DQ
	2	Winnifred Jeffrey	England	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Decima Norman	Australia	11.1	=GR
	Joyce Walker	Australia	11.3e	1.5 yards behind
	Jeanette Dolson	Canada	11.4e	1 yard behind
4	Barbara Burke	South Africa	11.5e
5	Joan Woodland	Australia	11.5e
6	Barbara Howard	Canada	11.6e

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. "Empire Games: A day of records; fine victory for C.B. Holmes". The Manchester Guardian. 6 February 1938. p. 26. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
3. "The results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 1938. p. 19. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

• Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
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