# 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29 and 30 July 1999.

## Medalists

| Gold | Christoforos Choidis Greece |
| Silver | Marcin Nowak Poland |
| Silver | Christian Malcolm Great Britain |

## Results
### Final

30 July Wind: 2.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Christoforos Choidis | Greece | 10.19 w |
| | Marcin Nowak | Poland | 10.28 w |
| | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain | 10.28 w |
| 4 | John Ertzgaard | Norway | 10.29 w |
| 5 | Jérôme Éyana | France | 10.41 w |
| 6 | Frédéric Krantz | France | 10.46 w |
| 7 | Adam Forgheim | Poland | 10.47 w |
| 8 | David Patros | France | 10.55 w |

### Semifinals

29 July Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: 0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain | 10.22 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Christoforos Choidis | Greece | 10.25 | Q |
| 3 | Jérôme Éyana | France | 10.30 | Q |
| 4 | Adam Forgheim | Poland | 10.32 | Q |
| 5 | Jamie Henthorn | Great Britain | 10.39 | |
| 6 | Martijn Ungerer | Netherlands | 10.46 | |
| 7 | Yordan Yovchev | Bulgaria | 10.62 | |
| | Diego Santos | Spain | DNS | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marcin Nowak | Poland | 10.25 | Q |
| 2 | John Ertzgaard | Norway | 10.27 | Q |
| 3 | Frédéric Krantz | France | 10.40 | Q |
| 4 | David Patros | France | 10.47 | Q |
| 5 | Mark Findlay | Great Britain | 10.49 | |
| 6 | Leszek Dyja | Poland | 10.58 | |
| 7 | Alexander Kosenkow | Germany | 10.60 | |
| 8 | José Illán | Spain | 10.69 | |

### Heats

29 July Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 1 best to the Semifinal

#### Heat 1

Wind:-1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marcin Nowak | Poland | 10.47 | Q |
| 2 | Mark Findlay | Great Britain | 10.56 | Q |
| 3 | Yordan Yovchev | Bulgaria | 10.64 | Q |
| 4 | Lenny Martinez | Sweden | 10.64 | |
| 5 | Thomas Mellin-Olsen | Norway | 10.66 | |
| 6 | Hildberto Almeida | Portugal | 10.67 | |
| 7 | Orkatz Beitia | Spain | 10.68 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frédéric Krantz | France | 10.51 | Q |
| 2 | Diego Santos | Spain | 10.57 | Q |
| 3 | Martijn Ungerer | Netherlands | 10.60 | Q |
| 4 | Christofer Ohlsson | Sweden | 10.60 | |
| 5 | Attila Farkas | Hungary | 10.61 | |
| 6 | Boštjan Fridrih | Slovenia | 10.64 | |
| 7 | Vitor Vasconcelos | Portugal | 10.85 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: 0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Ertzgaard | Norway | 10.27 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | Adam Forgheim | Poland | 10.34 | Q |
| 4 | Luca Verdecchia | Italy | 10.50 | |
| 5 | Gideon Jablonka | Israel | 10.62 | |
| 6 | Pavel Rada | Czech Republic | 10.68 | |
| 7 | Georgíos Skender | Cyprus | 11.37 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: 1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jérôme Éyana | France | 10.40 | Q |
| 2 | Jamie Henthorn | Great Britain | 10.42 | Q |
| 3 | Alexander Kosenkow | Germany | 10.45 | Q |
| 4 | Leszek Dyja | Poland | 10.47 | q |
| 5 | Aristotelis Gavelas | Greece | 10.50 | |
| 6 | Roman Zubek | Czech Republic | 10.62 | |
| 7 | Shamil Mamudov | Georgia | 11.02 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christoforos Choidis | Greece | 10.37 | Q |
| 2 | David Patros | France | 10.49 | Q |
| 3 | José Illán | Spain | 10.52 | Q |
| 4 | Erik Kringeland | Norway | 10.55 | |
| 5 | László Babály | Hungary | 10.58 | |
| 6 | Francesco Scuderi | Italy | 10.59 | |
| 7 | Predrag Momirović | Yugoslavia | 10.81 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Bulgaria (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* France (3)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (3)
* Poland (3)
* Portugal (2)
* Slovenia (1)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)