2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 2006 European Athletics Championships
VenueUllevi
LocationGothenburg
Dates
  • 7 August (heats & quarterfinals)
  • 8 August (semifinals & final)
Competitors44 from 23 nations
Winning time9.99
Medalists
gold medal    Portugal
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    Slovenia
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The men's 100 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7 and August 8. Portugal's Francis Obikwelu added the European title to his Olympic Games silver medal in Athens. The 27-year-old was all but last out of the blocks but showed his class with a brilliant surge of pace to finish in 9.99 seconds - the first time the European title has been won with a sub-10 second time. Poland's Dariusz Kuć delayed the drama with a nervy false start.

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 7, 2006 10:40 Round 1
August 7, 2006 18:35 Round 2
August 8, 2006 18:10 Semifinals
August 8, 2006 19:40 Final

Results

KEY: Q Automatic qualifiers q Non-automatic qualifiers NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dwain Chambers  United Kingdom 10.24 Q
2 6 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 10.25 Q
3 2 Ronald Pognon  France 10.26 Q
4 4 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia 10.29 Q
5 1 Tyrone Edgar  United Kingdom 10.32 Q
6 2 Anatoliy Dovhal  Ukraine 10.33 Q
7 5 Andrey Yepishin  Russia 10.36 Q
8 3 Mark Lewis-Francis  United Kingdom 10.37 Q
8 5 Dariusz Kuć  Poland 10.37 Q
10 6 Roland Németh  Hungary 10.39 Q
11 6 Oudéré Kankarafou  France 10.40 Q
12 1 Łukasz Chyła  Poland 10.42 Q
13 1 Ronny Ostwald  Germany 10.42 Q
14 4 Orkatz Beitia  Spain 10.43 Q
15 3 Marcin Jędrusiński  Poland 10.45 Q
16 3 Jarkko Ruostekivi  Finland 10.47 Q
16 6 Mikhail Yegorychev  Russia 10.47 Q
18 2 Nghi Tran  Finland 10.50 Q
18 3 Jan Žumer  Slovenia 10.50 Q
18 4 Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé  Luxembourg 10.50 Q
18 5 Simo Sipilä  Finland 10.50 Q, PB
22 1 Aleksandr Smirnov  Russia 10.51 Q
22 4 Markus Lüthi  Switzerland 10.51 q, SB
22 4 Dimitri Demonière  France 10.51 q
25 1 Gergely Németh  Hungary 10.52 q
25 3 Martin Rypdal  Norway 10.52 q
27 6 Iván Mocholí  Spain 10.53 q
28 2 Erik Wijmeersch  Belgium 10.55 Q
28 3 Massimiliano Donati  Italy 10.55 q
30 5 Ángel David Rodríguez  Spain 10.57 Q
30 2 Luca Verdecchia  Italy 10.57 q
32 1 Andreas Baumann  Switzerland 10.58 q
33 5 Neophytos Michael  Cyprus 10.60
34 5 John Ertzgaard  Norway 10.62
34 5 Maurizio Checcucci  Italy 10.62
36 6 Daniel Persson  Sweden 10.66
37 6 Vojtěch Šulc  Czech Republic 10.67
38 3 İsmail Aslan  Turkey 10.71
39 3 Darren Gilford  Malta 10.73
40 2 Matjaž Borovina  Slovenia 10.74
41 2 Tal Mor  Israel 10.78
42 1 Naum Mitreski  Macedonia 11.12
43 4 Valentinos Athanasiou  Cyprus 11.25
1 Kostyantyn Vasyukov  Ukraine DQ

Round 2

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Ronald Pognon  France 10.19 Q
2 3 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 10.28 Q
3 1 Dariusz Kuć  Poland 10.32 Q
4 1 Ángel David Rodríguez  Spain 10.32 Q
5 2 Mark Lewis-Francis  United Kingdom 10.33 Q
6 1 Anatoliy Dovhal  Ukraine 10.37 Q
6 3 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia 10.37 Q
8 1 Dwain Chambers  United Kingdom 10.39 Q
9 4 Andrey Yepishin  Russia 10.40 Q
10 2 Łukasz Chyła  Poland 10.42 Q
11 4 Oudéré Kankarafou  France 10.45 Q
12 4 Marcin Jędrusiński  Poland 10.47 Q
12 1 Markus Lüthi  Switzerland 10.47 SB
14 2 Ronny Ostwald  Germany 10.48 Q
14 4 Jan Žumer  Slovenia 10.48 Q
14 1 Jarkko Ruostekivi  Finland 10.48
17 3 Erik Wijmeersch  Belgium 10.49 Q
18 4 Tyrone Edgar  United Kingdom 10.51
19 2 Massimiliano Donati  Italy 10.52
20 3 Orkatz Beitia  Spain 10.53 Q
21 3 Roland Németh  Hungary 10.55
22 3 Luca Verdecchia  Italy 10.58
23 3 Dimitri Demonière  France 10.59
23 4 Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé  Luxembourg 10.59
25 1 Mikhail Yegorychev  Russia 10.62
26 2 Gergely Németh  Hungary 10.63
27 2 Aleksandr Smirnov  Russia 10.65
27 4 Andreas Baumann  Switzerland 10.65
29 1 Martin Rypdal  Norway 10.66
30 2 Nghi Tran  Finland 10.67
30 4 Iván Mocholí  Spain 10.67
32 3 Simo Sipilä  Finland 10.73

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1 5 Andrey Yepishin  Russia 0.168 10.12 Q, PB
2 3 Ronald Pognon  France 0.152 10.14 Q
3 6 Dariusz Kuć  Poland 0.191 10.23 Q
4 1 Dwain Chambers  United Kingdom 0.140 10.25 Q
5 7 Anatoliy Dovhal  Ukraine 0.142 10.27 SB
6 2 Łukasz Chyła  Poland 0.135 10.30 SB
7 4 Ángel David Rodríguez  Spain 0.169 10.33
8 8 Jan Žumer  Slovenia 0.160 10.43

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1 5 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 0.205 10.19 Q
2 4 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia 0.179 10.23 Q, SB
3 3 Mark Lewis-Francis  United Kingdom 0.149 10.30 Q
4 2 Ronny Ostwald  Germany 0.131 10.40 Q
5 7 Marcin Jędrusiński  Poland 0.166 10.43
6 6 Oudéré Kankarafou  France 0.169 10.43
7 1 Erik Wijmeersch  Belgium 0.144 10.47
8 8 Orkatz Beitia  Spain 0.167 10.52

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 0.183 9.99 CR, EL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Andrey Yepishin  Russia 0.148 10.10 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia 0.167 10.14 NR
4 4 Ronald Pognon  France 0.184 10.16
5 1 Mark Lewis-Francis  United Kingdom 0.142 10.16 SB
6 7 Dariusz Kuć  Poland 0.171 10.21
7 8 Dwain Chambers  United Kingdom 0.146 10.24
8 2 Ronny Ostwald  Germany 0.126 10.38