# 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 16 and 17 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lina Grinčikaitė Lithuania |
| Silver | Nataliya Pohrebnyak Ukraine |
| Bronze | Marika Popowicz Poland |

## Results
### Final

17 July Wind: 0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Lina Grinčikaitė | Lithuania | 11.37 |
| | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | 11.45 |
| | Marika Popowicz | Poland | 11.50 |
| 4 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway | 11.53 |
| 5 | Elaine O'Neill | United Kingdom | 11.61 |
| 6 | Marina Panteleyeva | Russia | 11.66 |
| 7 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine | 11.66 |
| 8 | Émilie Gaydu | France | 11.82 |

### Semifinals

16 July first 3 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lina Grinčikaitė | Lithuania | 11.47 | Q |
| 2 | Marika Popowicz | Poland | 11.50 | Q |
| 3 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine | 11.64 | Q |
| 4 | Kateřina Čechová | Czech Republic | 11.75 | |
| 5 | Amparo María Cotán | Spain | 11.80 | |
| 6 | Audrey Alloh | Italy | 11.83 | |
| 7 | Louise Kiernan | Ireland | 11.88 | |
| 8 | Céline Distel | France | 11.90 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | 11.54 | Q |
| 2 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway | 11.58 | Q |
| 3 | Elaine O'Neill | United Kingdom | 11.68 | Q |
| 4 | Marina Panteleyeva | Russia | 11.73 | q |
| 5 | Émilie Gaydu | France | 11.73 | q |
| 6 | Weronika Wedler | Poland | 11.82 | |
| 7 | Katsiaryna Shumak | Belarus | 11.95 | |
| 8 | Ilenia Draisci | Italy | 12.10 | |

### Heats

16 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinals

#### Heat 1

Wind: -1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lina Grinčikaitė | Lithuania | 11.65 | Q |
| 2 | Kateřina Čechová | Czech Republic | 11.90 | Q |
| 3 | Katsiaryna Shumak | Belarus | 12.00 | Q |
| 4 | Ilenia Draisci | Italy | 12.05 | q |
| 5 | Yekaterina Filatova | Russia | 12.09 | |
| 6 | Barbora Šimková | Slovakia | 12.16 | |
| 7 | Agnieszka Ceglarek | Poland | 12.16 | |
| 8 | Amy Foster | Ireland | 12.33 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine | 11.71 | Q |
| 2 | Marika Popowicz | Poland | 11.72 | Q |
| 3 | Audrey Alloh | Italy | 11.89 | Q |
| 4 | Céline Distel | France | 11.93 | q |
| 5 | Louise Kiernan | Ireland | 12.01 | q |
| 6 | Anna Olsson | Denmark | 12.13 | |
| 7 | Lina Andrijauskaitė | Lithuania | 12.17 | |
| | Ana Torrijos | Spain | DQ | Rule 162.7 |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -2.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | 11.77 | Q |
| 2 | Weronika Wedler | Poland | 11.95 | Q |
| 3 | Amparo María Cotán | Spain | 11.96 | Q |
| 4 | Claire Brady | Ireland | 12.06 | |
| 5 | Lucienne M'belu | France | 12.08 | |
| 6 | Julia Skugge | Sweden | 12.23 | |
| 7 | Ivana Rožman | North Macedonia | 12.49 | |
| 8 | Ramona Papaioannou | Cyprus | 12.57 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway | 11.64 | Q |
| 2 | Elaine O'Neill | United Kingdom | 11.69 | Q |
| 3 | Marina Panteleyeva | Russia | 11.78 | Q |
| 4 | Émilie Gaydu | France | 11.85 | q |
| 5 | Edina Pál | Hungary | 12.10 | |
| 6 | Silvia Riba | Spain | 12.16 | |
| 7 | Jessica Paoletta | Italy | 12.19 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (1)
* France (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (3)
* Italy (3)
* Lithuania (2)
* North Macedonia (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (3)
* Russia (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (1)