Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 220 yards

The women's 220 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Monday 26 November and Thursday 29 November 1962.

Women's 220 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	26 November 1962 (round 1 and semis) 29 November 1962 (final)
Competitors	22 from 10 nations
Winning time	23.8 s
Medalists
Dorothy Hyman    England   Joyce Bennett    Australia   Margaret Burvill    Australia

22 runners competed in four heats in the first round, with the top three runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top three from each heat advanced to the final.

The event was won by England's Dorothy Hyman in 23.8 seconds, who also won the 100 yard event earlier in the meet. Hyman finished ahead of the Australian pair of Joyce Bennett and Margaret Burvill. It was the first time since 1938 that this event was not won by an Australian.[1]

Records

World record	Betty Cuthbert (AUS)	23.2	Hobart, Australia	7 March 1960
Commonwealth record
Games record	Marlene Mathews (AUS)	23.6	Cardiff, Wales	24 July 1958	[2]

Round 1

Heat 1

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joyce Bennett)	Australia	24.4	Q
2	Dorothy Hyman	England	24.5	Q
3	Molly Cowan	New Zealand	25.0	Q
4	Carmen Williams	Jamaica	26.8
5	Maca Vakalala	Fiji	27.1
	Janette Neil	Scotland		DNS

Heat 2

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Margaret Burvill	Australia	24.4	Q
2	Ann Packer	England	24.8	Q
3	Nola Bond	New Zealand	25.5	Q
4	Joan Atkinson	Northern Ireland	25.6
5	Carmen Smith	Jamaica	25.9
6	Patricia Dalton	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	26.2

Heat 3

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Doreen Porter	New Zealand	24.7	Q
2	Betty Cuthbert	Australia	24.9	Q
3	Joy Grieveson	England	25.2	Q
4	Christiana Boateng	Ghana	25.5
5	Adlin Mair	Jamaica	26.5

Heat 4

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brenda Cox	Australia	24.7	Q
2	Daphne Arden	England	24.8	Q
3	Yvonne Breeden	Canada	25.3	Q
4	Rose Hart	Ghana	25.6
5	Ouida Walker	Jamaica	26.0

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dorothy Hyman	England	24.0	Q
2	Margaret Burvill	Australia	24.1	Q
3	Brenda Cox	Australia	24.1	Q
4	Ann Packer	England	24.5
5	Nola Bond	New Zealand	25.4
6	Yvonne Breeden	Canada	25.5

Semifinal 2

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joyce Bennett	Australia	24.0	Q
2	Betty Cuthbert	Australia	24.3	Q
3	Doreen Porter	New Zealand	24.6	Q
4	Daphne Arden	England	24.7
5	Molly Cowan	New Zealand	25.0
6	Joy Grieveson	England	25.1

Final

[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dorothy Hyman	England	23.8
	Joyce Bennett	Australia	24.2
	Margaret Burvill	Australia	24.5
4	Brenda Cox	Australia	24.5
5	Betty Cuthbert	Australia	24.6
6	Doreen Porter	New Zealand	24.8
			Wind: +3.0 m/s[1]

References

1. Our Athletics Correspondent (30 November 1962). "'A Little Bit Of Fear Keeps You Going'". The Times. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. p. 4.
2. "Mathews in exciting 220 yds. win". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. 25 July 1958. p. 12.
3. "Results from Perth Games Fourth Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 27 November 1962. p. 26.
4. "Results of the women's 220 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.