2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

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

Records

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

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

Results

Round 1

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

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

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Christophe Lemaitre  France 10.09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Jimmy Vicaut  France 10.12 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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