# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 27 and 28 August 1990.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Hungary (3)
* Italy (3)
* Norway (2)
* Portugal (3)
* San Marino (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (1)

## Results
### Heats

27 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Daniel Sangouma | France | 10.21 | Q |
| 2 | John Regis | United Kingdom | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | Enrique Talavera | Spain | 10.48 | q |
| 4 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.48 | q |
| 5 | Ezio Madonia | Italy | 10.52 | q |
| 6 | Stefan Burkart | Switzerland | 10.53 | |
| 7 | Luis Barroso | Portugal | 10.61 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Max Morinière | France | 10.19 | Q |
| 2 | Vladimir Krylov | Soviet Union | 10.27 | Q |
| 3 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.29 | q |
| 4 | Steffen Görmer | East Germany | 10.45 | q |
| 5 | Florencio Gascón | Spain | 10.56 | |
| 6 | Peter Klein | West Germany | 10.57 | |
| 7 | Cengiz Kavaklıoğlu | Turkey | 10.63 | |
| 8 | Pedro Curvelo | Portugal | 10.67 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 10.37 | Q |
| 2 | Pavel Galkin | Soviet Union | 10.46 | Q |
| 3 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 10.57 | |
| 4 | Geir Moen | Norway | 10.64 | |
| 5 | Pedro Agostinho | Portugal | 10.65 | |
| 6 | Pál Rezák | Hungary | 10.74 | |
| 7 | Csaba Zajovics | Hungary | 10.74 | |
| 8 | Dominique Canti | San Marino | 11.20 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.9 m/s | Wind: -0.9 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Darren Braithwaite | United Kingdom | 10.32 | Q |
| 2 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 10.46 | q |
| 4 | Luis Rodríguez | Spain | 10.49 | q |
| 5 | Innokentiy Zharov | Soviet Union | 10.52 | q |
| 6 | Aham Okeke | Norway | 10.61 | |
| 7 | Yiannios Zisimides | Cyprus | 10.62 | |
| 8 | Turo Meriläinen | Finland | 10.73 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.1 m/s | Wind: +1.1 m/s |

### Semi-finals

28 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.09 | Q |
| 2 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 10.19 | Q |
| 3 | Max Morinière | France | 10.20 | Q |
| 4 | John Regis | United Kingdom | 10.20 | Q |
| 5 | Enrique Talavera | Spain | 10.42 | |
| 6 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.53 | |
| 7 | Ezio Madonia | Italy | 10.60 | |
| | Pavel Galkin | Soviet Union | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Daniel Sangouma | France | 10.21 | Q |
| 2 | Darren Braithwaite | United Kingdom | 10.30 | Q |
| 3 | Vladimir Krylov | Soviet Union | 10.31 | Q |
| 4 | Steffen Görmer | East Germany | 10.40 | Q |
| 5 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 10.40 | |
| 6 | Innokentiy Zharov | Soviet Union | 10.53 | |
| 7 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 10.54 | |
| 8 | Luis Rodríguez | Spain | 10.56 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s |

### Final

28 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.00 | |
| | Daniel Sangouma | France | 10.04 | |
| | John Regis | United Kingdom | 10.07 | |
| 4 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 10.10 | |
| 5 | Max Morinière | France | 10.15 | |
| 6 | Darren Braithwaite | United Kingdom | 10.27 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Krylov | Soviet Union | 10.30 | |
| 8 | Steffen Görmer | East Germany | 10.42 | |
| | | | Wind: +2.2 m/s | Wind: +2.2 m/s |