# 1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12 and 13 September 1962.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Bulgaria (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* France (3)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (1)
* Malta (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (3)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* West Germany (3)

## Results
### Heats

12 September

#### Heat 1

Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heinz Schumann | West Germany | 10.4 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolay Politiko | Soviet Union | 10.5 | Q |
| 3 | Vilém Mandlík | Czechoslovakia | 10.5 | Q |
| 4 | Jean-Louis Descloux | Switzerland | 10.5 | |
| 5 | Gyula Rábai | Hungary | 10.6 | |
| 6 | Eucharist Agreach | Malta | 11.8 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 2

Wind: 0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marian Foik | Poland | 10.3 | CR, Q |
| 2 | Peter Radford | Great Britain | 10.4 | Q |
| 3 | Guy Lagorce | France | 10.6 | Q |
| 4 | Veselin Valov | Bulgaria | 10.7 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Peter Gamper | West Germany | 10.3 | CR, Q |
| 2 | Jerzy Juskowiak | Poland | 10.4 | Q |
| 3 | Armin Tuyakov | Soviet Union | 10.5 | Q |
| 4 | László Mihályfi | Hungary | 10.6 | |
| 5 | Sven Hortewall | Sweden | 10.6 | |
| 6 | Ferruh Oygur | Turkey | 11.0 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alfred Hebauf | West Germany | 10.3 | CR, Q |
| 2 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 10.5 | Q |
| 3 | Andrzej Zieliński | Poland | 10.6 | Q |
| 4 | Sven-Åke Lövgren | Sweden | 10.7 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jocelyn Delecour | France | 10.5 | Q |
| 2 | Mikhail Bachvarov | Bulgaria | 10.6 | Q |
| 3 | Alf Meakin | Great Britain | 10.6 | Q |
| 4 | Carl Fredrik Bunæs | Norway | 10.7 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.5 | Q |
| 2 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 10.5 | Q |
| 3 | Berwyn Jones | Great Britain | 10.5 | Q |
| 4 | Owe Jonsson | Sweden | 10.5 | |
| 5 | Csaba Csutorás | Hungary | 10.6 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

### Semi-finals

12 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alfred Hebauf | West Germany | 10.4 | Q |
| 2 | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.4 | Q |
| 3 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 10.5 | |
| 4 | Peter Radford | Great Britain | 10.5 | |
| 5 | Mikhail Bachvarov | Bulgaria | 10.5 | |
| 6 | Nikolay Politiko | Soviet Union | 23.4 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Peter Gamper | West Germany | 10.3 | CR, Q |
| 2 | Marian Foik | Poland | 10.4 | Q |
| 3 | Guy Lagorce | France | 10.5 | |
| 4 | Andrzej Zieliński | Poland | 10.6 | |
| 5 | Armin Tuyakov | Soviet Union | 10.6 | |
| 6 | Alf Meakin | Great Britain | 10.7 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.3 m/s | Wind: -0.3 m/s |

#### Semi-final 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jerzy Juskowiak | Poland | 10.4 | Q |
| 2 | Jocelyn Delecour | France | 10.4 | Q |
| 3 | Heinz Schumann | West Germany | 10.4 | |
| 4 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 10.5 | |
| 5 | Berwyn Jones | Great Britain | 10.5 | |
| 6 | Vilém Mandlík | Czechoslovakia | 10.6 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.4 m/s | Wind: -0.4 m/s |

### Final

13 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Claude Piquemal | France | 10.4 | |
| | Jocelyn Delecour | France | 10.4 | |
| | Peter Gamper | West Germany | 10.4 | |
| 4 | Alfred Hebauf | West Germany | 10.4 | |
| 5 | Jerzy Juskowiak | Poland | 10.4 | |
| 6 | Marian Foik | Poland | 10.5 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |