# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 28 June.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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 | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.76 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2012 |
| European Leading | Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) | 10.04 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 June 2012 | 11:40 | Round 1 |
| 27 June 2012 | 20:15 | Semifinals |
| 28 June 2012 | 19:45 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind:
* Heat 1: +1.4 m/s
* Heat 2: +1.0 m/s
* Heat 3: +0.4 m/s
* Heat 4: 0.0 m/s
* Heat 5: +1.7 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Christophe Lemaitre | France | 10.14 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Jimmy Vicaut | France | 10.18 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Rytis Sakalauskas | Lithuania | 10.23 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway | 10.24 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Lucas Jakubczyk | Germany | 10.26 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Dariusz Kuć | Poland | 10.26 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Great Britain | 10.27 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Ronalds Arājs | Latvia | 10.28 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 5 | 7 | Emmanuel Biron | France | 10.28 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Julian Reus | Germany | 10.31 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Simone Collio | Italy | 10.31 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine | 10.32 | Q, SB |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Stefan Tärnhuvud | Sweden | 10.35 | Q, PB |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Fabio Cerutti | Italy | 10.36 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Reto Schenkel | Switzerland | 10.38 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | 5 | Mark Lewis-Francis | Great Britain | 10.39 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Jacques Riparelli | Italy | 10.42 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Jason Smyth | Ireland | 10.47 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Jan Veleba | Czech Republic | 10.48 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | 6 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 10.49 | q, SB |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Rolf Fongué | Switzerland | 10.53 | q |
| 21 | 5 | 5 | Rostislav Šulc | Czech Republic | 10.53 | q |
| 23 | 4 | 5 | Richard Pulst | Estonia | 10.57 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Ruslan Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 10.58 | q |
| 25 | 3 | 3 | Demitri Barski | Israel | 10.59 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia | 10.60 | =SB |
| 27 | 3 | 6 | Catalin Cîmpeanu | Romania | 10.65 | |
| 28 | 3 | 2 | Panagiotis Ioannou | Cyprus | 10.67 | |
| 29 | 1 | 2 | Eetu Rantala | Finland | 10.73 | |
| 30 | 5 | 6 | Rachid Chouhal | Malta | 10.86 | |
| 31 | 4 | 4 | Mikel de Sa | Andorra | 11.26 | |
| | 2 | 7 | İzzet Safer | Turkey | DNF | |
| | 4 | 2 | Georgi Kirilov Georgiev | Bulgaria | DNF | |
| | 4 | 7 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | DNS | |
| | 5 | 4 | Tobias Unger | Germany | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway | 10.13 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Christophe Lemaitre | France | 10.14 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Jimmy Vicaut | France | 10.22 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Rytis Sakalauskas | Lithuania | 10.23 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine | 10.28 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Ronalds Arājs | Latvia | 10.29 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Great Britain | 10.30 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Simone Collio | Italy | 10.30 | q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Lucas Jakubczyk | Germany | 10.32 | |
| 10 | 3 | 8 | Jacques Riparelli | Italy | 10.33 | |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Mark Lewis-Francis | Great Britain | 10.36 | |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Dariusz Kuć | Poland | 10.38 | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Emmanuel Biron | France | 10.43 | |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Julian Reus | Germany | 10.44 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Stefan Tärnhuvud | Sweden | 10.47 | |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 10.47 | SB |
| 17 | 2 | 8 | Reto Schenkel | Switzerland | 10.48 | |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | Rolf Fongué | Switzerland | 10.50 | |
| 18 | 2 | 7 | Fabio Cerutti | Italy | 10.50 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Jason Smyth | Ireland | 10.52 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Richard Pulst | Estonia | 10.57 | |
| 22 | 1 | 8 | Jan Veleba | Czech Republic | 10.60 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Rostislav Šulc | Czech Republic | 10.60 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Ruslan Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 10.71 | |

### Final

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 5 | Christophe Lemaitre | France | 10.09 | |
| | 6 | Jimmy Vicaut | France | 10.12 | SB |
| | 3 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway | 10.17 | |
| 4 | 7 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Great Britain | 10.31 | |
| 5 | 8 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine | 10.34 | |
| | 2 | Ronalds Arājs | Latvia | DNF | |
| | 4 | Rytis Sakalauskas | Lithuania | DNF | |
| | 1 | Simone Collio | Italy | DQ | FS |