# 1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 and 3 September 1974.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (3)
* France (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (1)
* Poland (3)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Great Britain (1)
* West Germany (3)

## Results
### Heats

2 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.49 | Q |
| 2 | Dominique Chauvelot | France | 10.56 | Q |
| 3 | Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 10.64 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Droese | East Germany | 10.65 | q |
| 5 | Lambert Micha | Belgium | 10.67 | q |
| 6 | Juraj Demeč | Czechoslovakia | 10.80 | |
| 7 | Lasse Malin | Finland | 10.85 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 10.46 | Q |
| 2 | Klaus Ehl | West Germany | 10.54 | Q |
| 3 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 10.63 | q |
| 4 | Andrzej Świerczyński | Poland | 10.73 | |
| 5 | Hans-Joachim Zenk | East Germany | 10.82 | |
| 6 | Endre Lepold | Hungary | 10.97 | |
| | | | Wind: -2.5 m/s | Wind: -2.5 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christer Garpenborg | Sweden | 10.53 | Q |
| 2 | Klaus-Dieter Bieler | West Germany | 10.54 | Q |
| 3 | Raimo Vilén | Finland | 10.57 | Q |
| 4 | Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 10.62 | q |
| 5 | Javier Martínez | Spain | 10.82 | |
| 6 | Don Halliday | Great Britain | 10.86 | |
| 7 | László Korona | Hungary | 10.95 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antti Rajamäki | Finland | 10.58 | Q |
| 2 | Vasilios Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 10.59 | Q |
| 3 | Manfred Ommer | West Germany | 10.59 | Q |
| 4 | Siegfried Schenke | East Germany | 10.70 | q |
| 5 | Lajos Gresa | Hungary | 10.74 | |
| 6 | Marian Woronin | Poland | 10.77 | |
| 7 | Rolf Trulsson | Sweden | 10.78 | |
| 8 | Luděk Bohman | Czechoslovakia | 10.92 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.0 m/s | Wind: -1.0 m/s |

### Semi-finals

3 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.39 | Q |
| 2 | Manfred Ommer | West Germany | 10.42 | Q |
| 3 | Christer Garpenborg | Sweden | 10.42 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 10.45 | Q |
| 5 | Klaus Ehl | West Germany | 10.50 | |
| 6 | Raimo Vilén | Finland | 10.52 | |
| 7 | Lambert Micha | Belgium | 10.55 | |
| 8 | Michael Droese | East Germany | 10.59 | |
| | | | Wind: +2.0 m/s | Wind: +2.0 m/s |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dominique Chauvelot | France | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 10.29 | Q |
| 3 | Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 10.36 | Q |
| 4 | Klaus-Dieter Bieler | West Germany | 10.44 | Q |
| 5 | Vasilios Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 10.44 | |
| 6 | Antti Rajamäki | Finland | 10.46 | |
| 7 | Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 10.61 | |
| 8 | Siegfried Schenke | East Germany | 10.69 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.5 m/s | Wind: +1.5 m/s |

### Final

3 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.27 | |
| | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 10.34 | |
| | Klaus-Dieter Bieler | West Germany | 10.35 | |
| 4 | Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 10.35 | |
| 5 | Dominique Chauvelot | France | 10.35 | |
| 6 | Manfred Ommer | West Germany | 10.36 | |
| 7 | Christer Garpenborg | Sweden | 10.39 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk | Soviet Union | 10.43 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.0 m/s | Wind: -1.0 m/s |