2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 28 June.

Men's 100 metres
at the 2012 European Athletics Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
LocationHelsinki
Dates
  • 27 June (heats)
  • 28 June (semifinals & final)
Competitors35 from 26 nations
Winning time10.09
Medalists
gold medal    France
silver medal    France
bronze medal    Norway
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Records

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Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record   Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58 Berlin, Germany 16 August 2009
European record   Francis Obikwelu (POR) 9.86 Athens, Greece 22 August 2004
Championship record   Francis Obikwelu (POR) 9.99 Gothenburg, Sweden 8 August 2006
World Leading   Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.76 Rome, Italy 31 May 2012
European Leading   Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 10.04 Rome, Italy 31 May 2012

Schedule

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Date Time Round
27 June 2012 11:40 Round 1
27 June 2012 20:15 Semifinals
28 June 2012 19:45 Final

Results

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Round 1

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First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:

  • Heat 1: +1.4 m/s
  • Heat 2: +1.0 m/s
  • Heat 3: +0.4 m/s
  • Heat 4: 0.0 m/s
  • Heat 5: +1.7 m/s
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 3 5 Christophe Lemaitre   France 10.14 Q
2 1 1 Jimmy Vicaut   France 10.18 Q
3 2 5 Rytis Sakalauskas   Lithuania 10.23 Q
4 5 2 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure   Norway 10.24 Q
5 4 6 Lucas Jakubczyk   Germany 10.26 Q
5 5 1 Dariusz Kuć   Poland 10.26 Q
7 3 4 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey   Great Britain 10.27 Q, SB
8 2 4 Ronalds Arājs   Latvia 10.28 Q, SB
8 5 7 Emmanuel Biron   France 10.28 Q, PB
10 3 1 Julian Reus   Germany 10.31 Q
10 4 3 Simone Collio   Italy 10.31 Q
12 1 7 Serhiy Smelyk   Ukraine 10.32 Q, SB
13 5 3 Stefan Tärnhuvud   Sweden 10.35 Q, PB
14 1 6 Fabio Cerutti   Italy 10.36 Q
15 2 3 Reto Schenkel   Switzerland 10.38 Q
16 1 5 Mark Lewis-Francis   Great Britain 10.39 Q
17 3 7 Jacques Riparelli   Italy 10.42 Q
18 2 2 Jason Smyth   Ireland 10.47 Q
19 4 1 Jan Veleba   Czech Republic 10.48 Q
20 2 6 Arnaldo Abrantes   Portugal 10.49 q, SB
21 1 4 Rolf Fongué   Switzerland 10.53 q
21 5 5 Rostislav Šulc   Czech Republic 10.53 q
23 4 5 Richard Pulst   Estonia 10.57 Q
24 2 1 Ruslan Abbasov   Azerbaijan 10.58 q
25 3 3 Demitri Barski   Israel 10.59
26 1 3 Matic Osovnikar   Slovenia 10.60 =SB
27 3 6 Catalin Cîmpeanu   Romania 10.65
28 3 2 Panagiotis Ioannou   Cyprus 10.67
29 1 2 Eetu Rantala   Finland 10.73
30 5 6 Rachid Chouhal   Malta 10.86
31 4 4 Mikel de Sa   Andorra 11.26
2 7 İzzet Safer   Turkey DNF
4 2 Georgi Kirilov Georgiev   Bulgaria DNF
4 7 Ángel David Rodríguez   Spain DNS
5 4 Tobias Unger   Germany DNS

Semifinals

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First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 4 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure   Norway 10.13 Q, SB
2 2 6 Christophe Lemaitre   France 10.14 Q
3 3 3 Jimmy Vicaut   France 10.22 Q
4 1 5 Rytis Sakalauskas   Lithuania 10.23 Q
5 3 5 Serhiy Smelyk   Ukraine 10.28 Q, PB
6 3 4 Ronalds Arājs   Latvia 10.29 q
7 2 3 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey   Great Britain 10.30 Q
7 1 3 Simone Collio   Italy 10.30 q
9 3 6 Lucas Jakubczyk   Germany 10.32
10 3 8 Jacques Riparelli   Italy 10.33
11 3 7 Mark Lewis-Francis   Great Britain 10.36
12 2 4 Dariusz Kuć   Poland 10.38
13 1 6 Emmanuel Biron   France 10.43
14 2 5 Julian Reus   Germany 10.44
15 1 7 Stefan Tärnhuvud   Sweden 10.47
16 1 1 Arnaldo Abrantes   Portugal 10.47 SB
17 2 8 Reto Schenkel   Switzerland 10.48
18 1 2 Rolf Fongué   Switzerland 10.50
18 2 7 Fabio Cerutti   Italy 10.50
20 2 2 Jason Smyth   Ireland 10.52
21 3 1 Richard Pulst   Estonia 10.57
22 1 8 Jan Veleba   Czech Republic 10.60
22 3 2 Rostislav Šulc   Czech Republic 10.60
24 2 1 Ruslan Abbasov   Azerbaijan 10.71

Final

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Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
  5 Christophe Lemaitre   France 10.09
  6 Jimmy Vicaut   France 10.12 SB
  3 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure   Norway 10.17
4 7 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey   Great Britain 10.31
5 8 Serhiy Smelyk   Ukraine 10.34
2 Ronalds Arājs   Latvia DNF
4 Rytis Sakalauskas   Lithuania DNF
1 Simone Collio   Italy DQ FS

References

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