2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 2010 European Athletics Championships

Christophe Lemaitre winning the 100 m final.

Venue

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Location

Barcelona

Dates

27 July (heats)
28 July (semifinals & final)

Competitors

36 from 24 nations

Winning time

10.11

Medalists

	Christophe Lemaitre	France
	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain
	Martial Mbandjock	France

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2010 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 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 and 28 July.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 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	Asafa Powell (JAM) Usain Bolt (JAM)	9.82	Rome, Italy Lausanne, Switzerland	10 June 2010 8 July 2010
European Leading	Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)	9.98	Valence, France	9 July 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 July 2010	19:15	Round 1
28 July 2010	19:50	Semifinals
28 July 2010	21:45	Final

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	2	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.177	10.21	Q
2	6	Ronald Pognon	France (FRA)	0.173	10.46	Q
3	8	Robert Kubaczyk	Poland (POL)	0.166	10.51	Q
4	4	Ronalds Arājs	Latvia (LAT)	0.175	10.52	Q
5	7	Jesper Simonsen	Denmark (DEN)	0.158	10.62
6	3	Tom Kling-Baptiste	Sweden (SWE)	0.154	10.64
7	5	Jan Veleba	Czech Republic (CZE)	0.178	10.68
				Wind: -1.5 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	6	Martial Mbandjock	France (FRA)	0.162	10.26	Q
2	4	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy (ITA)	0.166	10.31	Q
3	8	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia (SLO)	0.157	10.36	Q, SB
4	2	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany (GER)	0.161	10.44	Q
5	7	Dmitriy Glushchenko	Israel (ISR)	0.184	10.44	q, SB
6	3	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain (ESP)	0.189	10.45	q
7	5	Panayiotis Ioannou	Cyprus (CYP)	0.174	10.61
				Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	1	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal (POR)	0.176	10.27	Q
2	8	Tobias Unger	Germany (GER)	0.168	10.35	Q
3	3	Simone Collio	Italy (ITA)	0.191	10.43	Q
4	4	Hannu Hämäläinen	Finland (FIN)	0.158	10.49	Q
5	5	Paweł Stempel	Poland (POL)	0.207	10.58	q
6	2	Mario Bonello	Malta (MLT)	0.184	11.09
7	6	Nedim Čović	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0.168	34.89
	7	Dominic Carroll	Gibraltar (GIB)		DQ	F
				Wind: -0.8 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	3	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway (NOR)	0.149	10.31	Q
2	2	Ryan Moseley	Austria (AUT)	0.154	10.38	Q
3	7	James Dasaolu	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.231	10.40	Q
4	4	Christian Blum	Germany (GER)	0.161	10.57	Q
5	6	Joni Rautanen	Finland (FIN)	0.188	10.63
6	5	Gregor Kokalovič	Slovenia (SLO)	0.174	10.68
7	8	Arman Andreasyan	Armenia (ARM)	0.256	11.01
				Wind: -1.6 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	4	Christophe Lemaitre	France (FRA)	0.169	10.19	Q
2	3	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.201	10.23	Q
3	7	Fabio Cerutti	Italy (ITA)	0.160	10.38	Q
4	8	Jason Smyth	Ireland (IRL)	0.165	10.43	Q
5	6	Dariusz Kuć	Poland (POL)	0.158	10.53	q
6	2	Mikhail Idrisov	Russia (RUS)	0.162	10.62
7	5	İzzet Safer	Turkey (TUR)	0.165	10.68
				Wind: -1.4 m/s

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Note
1	5	4	Christophe Lemaitre	France (FRA)	0.169	10.19	Q
2	1	2	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.177	10.21	Q
3	5	3	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.201	10.23	Q
4	2	6	Martial Mbandjock	France (FRA)	0.162	10.26	Q
5	3	1	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal (POR)	0.176	10.27	Q
6	2	4	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy (ITA)	0.166	10.31	Q
6	4	3	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway (NOR)	0.149	10.31	Q
8	3	8	Tobias Unger	Germany (GER)	0.168	10.35	Q
9	2	8	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia (SLO)	0.157	10.36	Q, SB
10	5	7	Fabio Cerutti	Italy (ITA)	0.160	10.38	Q
10	4	2	Ryan Moseley	Austria (AUT)	0.154	10.38	Q
12	4	7	James Dasaolu	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.231	10.40	Q
13	3	3	Simone Collio	Italy (ITA)	0.191	10.43	Q
13	5	8	Jason Smyth	Ireland (IRL)	0.165	10.43	Q
15	2	2	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany (GER)	0.161	10.44	Q
16	2	7	Dmitriy Glushchenko	Israel (ISR)	0.184	10.44	q, SB
17	2	3	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain (ESP)	0.189	10.45	q
18	1	6	Ronald Pognon	France (FRA)	0.173	10.46	Q
19	3	4	Hannu Hämäläinen	Finland (FIN)	0.158	10.49	Q
20	1	8	Robert Kubaczyk	Poland (POL)	0.166	10.51	Q
21	1	4	Ronalds Arājs	Latvia (LAT)	0.175	10.52	Q
22	5	6	Dariusz Kuć	Poland (POL)	0.158	10.53	q
23	4	4	Christian Blum	Germany (GER)	0.161	10.57	Q
24	3	5	Paweł Stempel	Poland (POL)	0.207	10.58	q
25	2	5	Panayiotis Ioannou	Cyprus (CYP)	0.174	10.61
26	5	2	Mikhail Idrisov	Russia (RUS)	0.162	10.62
26	1	7	Jesper Simonsen	Denmark (DEN)	0.158	10.62
28	4	6	Joni Rautanen	Finland (FIN)	0.188	10.63
29	1	3	Tom Kling-Baptiste	Sweden (SWE)	0.154	10.64
30	4	5	Gregor Kokalovič	Slovenia (SLO)	0.174	10.68
30	5	5	İzzet Safer	Turkey (TUR)	0.165	10.68
30	1	5	Jan Veleba	Czech Republic (CZE)	0.178	10.68
33	4	8	Arman Andreasyan	Armenia (ARM)	0.256	11.01
34	3	2	Mario Bonello	Malta (MLT)	0.184	11.09
35	3	6	Nedim Čović	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0.168	34.89
	3	7	Dominic Carroll	Gibraltar (GIB)		DQ	F

Semifinals

First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5	Christophe Lemaitre	France (FRA)	0.175	10.06	Q
2	6	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy (ITA)	0.168	10.17	Q, PB
3	4	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.176	10.21	q, =SB
4	7	Jason Smyth	Ireland (IRL)	0.159	10.46
5	1	Ronalds Arājs	Latvia (LAT)	0.153	10.47
6	8	Hannu Hämäläinen	Finland (FIN)	0.158	10.47
7	3	Tobias Unger	Germany (GER)	0.158	10.52
8	2	Paweł Stempel	Poland (POL)	0.178	10.53
				Wind: -1.2 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.163	10.10	Q
2	4	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway (NOR)	0.179	10.16	Q
3	7	Simone Collio	Italy (ITA)	0.164	10.23	q
4	3	Ryan Moseley	Austria (AUT)	0.161	10.27
5	8	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany (GER)	0.170	10.38
6	6	Ronald Pognon	France (FRA)	0.147	10.43
7	2	Dmitriy Glushchenko	Israel (ISR)	0.193	10.50
8	1	Dariusz Kuć	Poland (POL)	0.208	10.65
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5	Martial Mbandjock	France (FRA)	0.161	10.19	Q
2	4	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal (POR)	0.172	10.25	Q
3	8	James Dasaolu	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.224	10.31
4	6	Fabio Cerutti	Italy (ITA)	0.158	10.33
5	3	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia (SLO)	0.173	10.51
6	1	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain (ESP)	0.173	10.51
7	7	Robert Kubaczyk	Poland (POL)	0.160	10.55
8	2	Christian Blum	Germany (GER)	0.154	10.69
				Wind: -1.0 m/s

Summary

Rank	Semifinal	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	5	Christophe Lemaitre	France (FRA)	10.06	Q
2	2	5	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.10	Q
3	2	4	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway (NOR)	10.16	Q
4	1	6	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy (ITA)	10.17	Q, PB
5	3	5	Martial Mbandjock	France (FRA)	10.19	Q
6	1	4	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.21	q, =SB
7	2	7	Simone Collio	Italy (ITA)	10.23	q
8	3	4	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal (POR)	10.25	Q
9	2	3	Ryan Moseley	Austria (AUT)	10.27
10	3	8	James Dasaolu	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.31
11	3	6	Fabio Cerutti	Italy (ITA)	10.33
12	2	8	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany (GER)	10.38
13	2	6	Ronald Pognon	France (FRA)	10.43
14	1	7	Jason Smyth	Ireland (IRL)	10.46
15	1	1	Ronalds Arājs	Latvia (LAT)	10.47
16	1	8	Hannu Hämäläinen	Finland (FIN)	10.47
17	2	2	Dmitriy Glushchenko	Israel (ISR)	10.50
18	3	3	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia (SLO)	10.51
19	3	1	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain (ESP)	10.51
20	1	3	Tobias Unger	Germany (GER)	10.52
21	1	2	Paweł Stempel	Poland (POL)	10.53
22	3	7	Robert Kubaczyk	Poland (POL)	10.55
23	2	1	Dariusz Kuć	Poland (POL)	10.65
24	3	2	Christian Blum	Germany (GER)	10.69

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
	6	Christophe Lemaitre	France (FRA)	0.224	10.11
	2	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.164	10.18	SB
	4	Martial Mbandjock	France (FRA)	0.168	10.18
4	7	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal (POR)	0.171	10.18	SB
5	3	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	0.154	10.18
6	5	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway (NOR)	0.186	10.31
7	8	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy (ITA)	0.223	10.34
	1	Simone Collio	Italy (ITA)	0.150	DNF
				Wind: −1.0 m/s

References

v t e 100 metres at the European Athletics Championships
Men	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024
Women	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 100 metres
1934: Chris Berger (NED) 1938: Tinus Osendarp (NED) 1946: Jack Archer (GBR) 1950: Étienne Bally (FRA) 1954: Heinz Fütterer (FRG) 1958: Armin Hary (FRG) 1962: Claude Piquemal (FRA) 1966: Wiesław Maniak (POL) 1969: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1971: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1974: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1978: Pietro Mennea (ITA) 1982: Frank Emmelmann (GDR) 1986: Linford Christie (GBR) 1990: Linford Christie (GBR) 1994: Linford Christie (GBR) 1998: Darren Campbell (GBR) 2002: Francis Obikwelu (POR) 2006: Francis Obikwelu (POR) 2010: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 2012: Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 2014: James Dasaolu (GBR) 2016: Churandy Martina (NED) 2018: Zharnel Hughes (GBR) 2022: Marcell Jacobs (ITA) 2024: Marcell Jacobs (ITA)

European Athletics Championships champions in men's 100 metres

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