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Men's 100 yards at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Empire Stadium
Date	1 July
Competitors	31 from 13 nations
Winning time	9.6
Medalists
Mike Agostini    Trinidad and Tobago   Don McFarlane    Canada   Hector Hogan    Australia
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Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	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
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The men's 100 yards event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 1 July at the Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Harry Nelson	Canada	9.8	Q
2	1	Hector Hogan	Australia	9.8	Q
3	1	Abdul Khaliq	Pakistan	9.9	Q
4	1	Karim Olowu	Nigeria	10.0
5	1	Alan Lillington	England	10.0
6	1	Orien Young	Bermuda	10.2
7	1	Yekoyasi Kasango	Uganda	10.3
	1	Louis Knight	Jamaica	DNS
1	2	Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	9.8	Q
2	2	George Ellis	England	9.8	Q
3	2	Bruce Springbett	Canada	9.9	Q
4	2	Abdul Karim Amu	Nigeria	10.0
5	2	Mohamed Aslam	Pakistan	10.2
6	2	Estefaino Xavier	Hong Kong	10.2
	2	Josefa Sadulu	Fiji	DNS
	2	Frank Hall	Jamaica	DNS
1	3	Edward Ajado	Nigeria	9.9	Q
2	3	Ken Jones	Wales	10.0	Q
3	3	Ben Nduga	Uganda	10.0	Q
4	3	Ken Box	England	10.1
5	3	James Warner	Canada	10.1
6	3	Les Laing	Jamaica	10.4
7	3	Irrington Isaacs	Bahamas	10.7
	3	Kevan Gosper	Australia	DNS
1	4	Don McFarlane	Canada	9.9	Q
2	4	Brian Shenton	England	9.9	Q
3	4	Mohamed Sharif Butt	Pakistan	10.0	Q
4	4	Ronald Horsham	Jamaica	10.0
5	4	Muslim Arogundade	Nigeria	10.1
6	4	Leonard Dames	Bahamas	10.3
	4	Fitzroy Bates	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Edward Ajado	Nigeria	9.7	Q
2	1	Hector Hogan	Australia	9.7	Q
3	1	Don McFarlane	Canada	9.8	Q
4	1	Ben Nduga	Uganda	9.8
5	1	George Ellis	England	9.9
6	1	Abdul Khaliq	Pakistan	10.0
1	2	Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	9.7	Q
2	2	Harry Nelson	Canada	9.8	Q
3	2	Ken Jones	Wales	9.8	Q
4	2	Bruce Springbett	Canada	9.9
5	2	Brian Shenton	England	9.9
6	2	Mohamed Sharif Butt	Pakistan	9.9

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	9.6	=GR
	Don McFarlane	Canada	9.7
	Hector Hogan	Australia	9.7
4	Edward Ajado	Nigeria	9.7
5	Harry Nelson	Canada	9.7
6	Ken Jones	Wales	9.8

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
2. ^ "Africans' fine high jumping: Many good performances on track". The Manchester Guardian. 2 August 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
3. ^ "Emire Games Results". The Age. 2 August 1954. p. 15. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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