2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

Events at the
2014 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
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The men's 100 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 13 August.

The event was won by Great Britain's James Dasaolu, with defending champion Christophe Lemaitre of France in second, and Dasaolu's team-mate Harry Aikines-Aryeetey edging out fellow Briton Dwain Chambers for bronze. Pre-event favourite Jimmy Vicaut of France withdrew at the semi-finals tage with injury, despite running the fastest time in the heats.

Medalists

Gold James Dasaolu
 Great Britain
Silver Christophe Lemaitre
 France
Bronze Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
 Great Britain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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  Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.80 Lausanne, Switzerland 3 July 2014
European Leading  Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) 9.95 Aix-les-Bains, France 18 May 2014

Schedule

Date Time Round
12 August 2014 18:28 Round 1
13 August 2014 19:23 Semifinals
13 August 2014 21:49 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 4 2 Jimmy Vicaut  France 10.06 Q
2 1 3 Christophe Lemaitre  France 10.16 Q
3 2 4 Dwain Chambers  Great Britain 10.18 Q
4 5 1 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey  Great Britain 10.19 Q
5 3 2 James Dasaolu  Great Britain 10.22 Q
6 2 7 Lucas Jakubczyk  Germany 10.23 Q
7 5 3 Yazaldes Nascimento  Portugal 10.27 Q
8 5 8 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure  Norway 10.30 Q
9 3 7 Churandy Martina  Netherlands 10.31 Q
10 1 6 Mikhail Idrisov  Russia 10.32 Q
11 1 4 Julian Reus  Germany 10.32 Q
12 5 2 Delmas Obou  Italy 10.32 Q, SB
13 2 5 Catalin Cîmpeanu  Romania 10.34 Q, =SB
14 1 8 Eetu Rantala  Finland 10.36 Q
15 3 5 Sven Knipphals  Germany 10.37 Q
16 1 7 Vitaliy Korzh  Ukraine 10.38 q
17= 2 6 Fabio Cerutti  Italy 10.40 Q
17= 1 5 Rytis Sakalauskas  Lithuania 10.40 q, =SB
19= 2 3 Ronalds Arajs  Latvia 10.41 q, SB
19= 3 8 Denis Dimitrov  Bulgaria 10.41 Q
19= 5 7 Jan Veleba  Czech Republic 10.41 q
22 4 7 Pascal Mancini   Switzerland 10.43 Q
23 4 8 Giovanni Codrington  Netherlands 10.43 Q
24= 4 4 Ángel David Rodríguez  Spain 10.44 Q
24= 5 6 Reto Schenkel   Switzerland 10.44
26 4 5 Robert Kubaczyk  Poland 10.45
27 1 2 Efthímios Steryioúlis  Greece 10.46
28 5 5 Kevin Moore  Malta 10.49 NR
29 3 6 Tom Kling-Baptiste  Sweden 10.50
30 2 8 Odain Rose  Sweden 10.53
31 3 3 Eduard Viles  Spain 10.57
32= 4 3 Patrik Andersson  Sweden 10.61
32= 3 4 Diogo Antunes  Portugal 10.61
34 5 4 Petar Kremenski  Bulgaria 10.87
35 2 2 Jorén Tromp  Netherlands 11.28
36 2 1 Thomas Bollati  Monaco 11.94
37 4 6 Ramil Guliyev  Turkey DQ

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 6 James Dasaolu  Great Britain 10.04 Q
2 2 3 Christophe Lemaitre  France 10.10 Q, SB
3 1 6 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey  Great Britain 10.21 Q
4= 3 6 Lucas Jakubczyk  Germany 10.23 Q
4= 2 4 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure  Norway 10.23 q
6 3 5 Dwain Chambers  Great Britain 10.25 Q
7 1 8 Catalin Cîmpeanu  Romania 10.29 Q, SB
8 1 5 Yazaldes Nascimento  Portugal 10.30 q
9 2 5 Churandy Martina  Netherlands 10.34
10 1 4 Julian Reus  Germany 10.35
11 1 7 Fabio Cerutti  Italy 10.36
12 2 8 Sven Knipphals  Germany 10.37
13= 3 3 Pascal Mancini   Switzerland 10.38
13= 1 2 Jan Veleba  Czech Republic 10.38
15 3 2 Vitaliy Korzh  Ukraine 10.39
16 3 8 Giovanni Codrington  Netherlands 10.39
17 3 7 Delmas Obou  Italy 10.41
18 3 4 Mikhail Idrisov  Russia 10.41
19 3 1 Rytis Sakalauskas  Lithuania 10.44
20 2 1 Ronalds Arajs  Latvia 10.52
21 2 7 Eetu Rantala  Finland 10.54
22 2 2 Ángel David Rodríguez  Spain 10.76
23 1 1 Denis Dimitrov  Bulgaria 10.98
24 1 3 Jimmy Vicaut  France DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st 3 James Dasaolu  Great Britain 10.06
2nd 6 Christophe Lemaitre  France 10.13
3rd 5 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey  Great Britain 10.22
4 8 Dwain Chambers  Great Britain 10.24
5 4 Lucas Jakubczyk  Germany 10.25
6 1 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure  Norway 10.35
7 7 Catalin Cîmpeanu  Romania 10.44
8 2 Yazaldes Nascimento  Portugal 10.46

References