# 1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 17 September 1969.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Greece (1)
* Malta (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* Yugoslavia (1)

## Results
### Heats

16 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Hansruedi Wiedmer | Switzerland | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | East Germany | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Ron Jones | Great Britain | 10.9 | Q |
| 5 | Ivica Karasi | Yugoslavia | 11.0 | |
| 6 | Vasilios Papageorgopoulos | Greece | 11.0 | |
| 7 | Godwin Zammit | Malta | 11.8 | |
| | | | Wind: -3.2 m/s | Wind: -3.2 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hermann Burde | East Germany | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | René Metz | France | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Ossi Karttunen | Finland | 10.8 | Q |
| 5 | Tadeusz Cuch | Poland | 10.9 | |
| 6 | Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 11.0 | |
| 7 | Paul Poels | Belgium | 11.0 | |
| | | | Wind: -3.3 m/s | Wind: -3.3 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alain Sarteur | France | 10.6 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Haase | East Germany | 10.7 | Q |
| 3 | Luděk Bohman | Czechoslovakia | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Vladislav Sapeya | Soviet Union | 10.8 | Q |
| 5 | Don Halliday | Great Britain | 10.8 | |
| 6 | Orhan Aydın | Turkey | 11.0 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 10.7 | Q |
| 3 | Gérard Fenouil | France | 10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Aleksandr Lebedev | Soviet Union | 10.8 | Q |
| 5 | Dionýz Szögedi | Czechoslovakia | 10.9 | |
| 6 | Axel Nepraunik | Austria | 10.9 | |
| 7 | Ole Bernt Skarstein | Norway | 11.0 | |
| 8 | Anders Faager | Sweden | 12.4 | |
| | | | Wind: -4.5 m/s | Wind: -4.5 m/s |

### Semi-finals

16 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | 10.5 | Q |
| 2 | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.5 | Q |
| 3 | René Metz | France | 10.5 | Q |
| 4 | Peter Haase | East Germany | 10.6 | Q |
| 5 | Luděk Bohman | Czechoslovakia | 10.6 | |
| 6 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | East Germany | 10.7 | |
| 7 | Ossi Karttunen | Finland | 10.7 | |
| 8 | Ron Jones | Great Britain | 10.8 | |
| | | | Wind: -2.3 m/s | Wind: -2.3 m/s |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alain Sarteur | France | 10.6 | Q |
| 2 | Hermann Burde | East Germany | 10.6 | Q |
| 3 | Gérard Fenouil | France | 10.6 | Q |
| 4 | Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 10.6 | Q |
| 5 | Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 10.6 | |
| 6 | Hansruedi Wiedmer | Switzerland | 10.7 | |
| 7 | Aleksandr Lebedev | Soviet Union | 10.8 | |
| 8 | Vladislav Sapeya | Soviet Union | 10.8 | |
| | | | Wind: -3.1 m/s | Wind: -3.1 m/s |

### Final

17 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Valeriy Borzov | Soviet Union | 10.49 | |
| | Alain Sarteur | France | 10.50 | |
| | Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | 10.56 | |
| 4 | Gérard Fenouil | France | 10.71 | |
| 5 | Hermann Burde | East Germany | 10.72 | |
| 6 | Barrie Kelly | Great Britain | 10.77 | |
| 7 | Peter Haase | East Germany | 10.84 | |
| | René Metz | France | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: -2.7 m/s | Wind: -2.7 m/s |