# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 7 August. Churandy Martina of the Netherlands was the defending champion, Jak Ali Harvey of Turkey was the defending silver medalist, and Jimmy Vicaut of France was the defending bronze medalist.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 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 | Noah Lyles (USA) | 9.88 | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | 22 June 2018 |
| European Leading | Zharnel Hughes (GBR) | 9.91 | Kingston, Jamaica | 9 June 2018 |
| Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Championship record | Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) | 9.97 | Berlin, Germany | 7 August 2018 |
| Championship record | Zharnel Hughes (GBR) | 9.95 | Berlin, Germany | 7 August 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 August 2018 | 18:30 | Round 1 |
| 7 August 2018 | 21:30 | Semifinals |
| 7 August 2018 | 23:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Competition format

The top eight ranked athletes by time during the season who entered the championships were given a BYE into the Semi-Finals. The first round was held on Monday, August 6. The Semi-Finals were held the day after, and the Final just over two hours after that.

## Results
### Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 5 (q) advance to the Semifinals. 7 fastest entrants awarded bye to Semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -0.3 m/s, Heat 5: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 10.24 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Silvan Wicki | Switzerland | 10.28 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland | 10.32 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 10.32 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Yazaldes Nascimento | Portugal | 10.33 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 8 | Carlos Nascimento | Portugal | 10.33 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Hensley Paulina | Netherlands | 10.34 | q |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Christopher Garia | Netherlands | 10.35 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | Jonathan Quarcoo | Norway | 10.37 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Dominik Kopeć | Poland | 10.37 | q |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Julian Reus | Germany | 10.37 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | José Lopes | Portugal | 10.38 | q |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Federico Cattaneo | Italy | 10.39 | q |
| 14 | 3 | 8 | Zdeněk Stromšík | Czech Republic | 10.39 | q |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Yiğitcan Hekimoğlu | Turkey | 10.40 | |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Kevin Kranz | Germany | 10.41 | |
| 17 | 4 | 4 | Lucas Jakubczyk | Germany | 10.41 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | Oleksandr Sokolov | Ukraine | 10.43 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Ioánnis Nifadópoulos | Greece | 10.44 | |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Remigiusz Olszewski | Poland | 10.44 | |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Denis Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 10.45 | |
| 22 | 4 | 6 | Marvin René | France | 10.47 | |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Dennis Leal | Sweden | 10.51 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Aitor Same Ekobo | Spain | 10.51 | |
| 25 | 2 | 7 | Jan Veleba | Czech Republic | 10.52 | |
| 26 | 4 | 5 | Joris van Gool | Netherlands | 10.52 | |
| 27 | 3 | 2 | Šimon Bujna | Slovakia | 10.53 | |
| 28 | 2 | 2 | Przemysław Słowikowski | Poland | 10.54 | |
| 29 | 4 | 1 | Patrick Chinedu Ike | Spain | 10.54 | |
| 30 | 1 | 7 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | 10.55 | |
| 31 | 4 | 3 | Dominik Záleský | Czech Republic | 10.55 | |
| 32 | 4 | 2 | Ionuț Andrei Neagoe | Romania | 10.56 | |
| 33 | 2 | 3 | Florian Clivaz | Switzerland | 10.57 | |
| 34 | 1 | 1 | Markus Fuchs | Austria | 10.57 | |
| 35 | 2 | 4 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | 10.62 | |
| 36 | 5 | 3 | Dániel Szabó | Hungary | 10.64 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Erik Hagberg | Sweden | 10.69 | |
| 38 | 3 | 5 | Petar Peev | Bulgaria | 10.75 | |
| 39 | 1 | 3 | Ioan Andrei Melnicescu | Romania | 10.88 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Jimmy Vicaut* | France | 9.97 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Zharnel Hughes* | Great Britain | 10.01 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Jak Ali Harvey* | Turkey | 10.09 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Reece Prescod* | Great Britain | 10.10 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Filippo Tortu* | Italy | 10.12 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Chijindu Ujah* | Great Britain | 10.14 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 10.18 | q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Emre Zafer Barnes* | Turkey | 10.21 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Yazaldes Nascimento | Portugal | 10.22 | SB |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland | 10.22 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Marcell Jacobs* | Italy | 10.28 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Dominik Kopeć | Poland | 10.29 | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 10.31 | |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | Carlos Nascimento | Portugal | 10.31 | |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | Christopher Garia | Netherlands | 10.31 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Lucas Jakubczyk | Germany | 10.32 | |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Zdeněk Stromšík | Czech Republic | 10.37 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Julian Reus | Germany | 10.37 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Hensley Paulina | Netherlands | 10.38 | |
| 20 | 1 | 2 | Federico Cattaneo | Italy | 10.39 | |
| 21 | 3 | 2 | José Lopes | Portugal | 10.40 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Jonathan Quarcoo | Norway | 10.45 | |
| 23 | 1 | 7 | Silvan Wicki | Switzerland | 10.49 | |
| 24 | 3 | 6 | Amaury Golitin* | France | 10.55 | |
*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals

### Final

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 5 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain | 9.95 | CR |
| | 7 | Reece Prescod | Great Britain | 9.96 | =NU23R |
| | 3 | Jak Ali Harvey | Turkey | 10.01 | |
| 4 | 8 | Chijindu Ujah | Great Britain | 10.06 | SB |
| 5 | 6 | Filippo Tortu | Italy | 10.08 | |
| 6 | 2 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 10.16 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Emre Zafer Barnes | Turkey | 10.29 | |
| | 4 | Jimmy Vicaut | France | DNS | |