# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

These are the results of the Women's 100 metres event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes.
The final was held on Wednesday August 9, 2006. Gevaert lead from the start, and was an obvious winner, with a few other athletes in contention however Grigoryeva and the 40-year-old Khabarova claimed the silver and bronze medals respectively.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 8, 2006 | 11:50 | Round 1 |
| August 9, 2006 | 18:15 | Semifinals |
| August 9, 2006 | 20:25 | Final |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 10.49 | July 16, 1988 | Indianapolis, United States |
| European Record | Christine Arron (FRA) | 10.73 | August 19, 1998 | Budapest, Hungary |
| Event Record | Christine Arron (FRA) | 10.73 | August 19, 1998 | Budapest, Hungary |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 11.19 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Joice Maduaka | United Kingdom | 11.24 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Sylviane Félix | France | 11.26 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Yekaterina Grigoryeva | Russia | 11.27 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Irina Khabarova | Russia | 11.27 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Alena Neumiarzhitskaya | Belarus | 11.28 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Yuliya Gushchina | Russia | 11.29 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Georgia Kokloni | Greece | 11.29 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 3 | Véronique Mang | France | 11.31 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Yulia Nestsiarenka | Belarus | 11.33 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Anyika Onuora | United Kingdom | 11.38 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Merlene Ottey | Slovenia | 11.41 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 3 | Emma Ania | United Kingdom | 11.41 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Daria Onyśko | Poland | 11.45 | q, SB |
| 14 | 3 | Pia Tajnikar | Slovenia | 11.45 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Verena Sailer | Germany | 11.45 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Ksenija Balta | Estonia | 11.47 | NR |
| 18 | 2 | Carima Louami | France | 11.48 | SB |
| 18 | 4 | Belén Recio | Spain | 11.48 | PB |
| 20 | 2 | Katja Wakan | Germany | 11.54 | |
| 21 | 1 | Anna Boyle | Ireland | 11.60 | |
| 22 | 3 | Bettina Müller-Weissina | Austria | 11.61 | |
| 22 | 4 | Dorota Dydo | Poland | 11.61 | |
| 24 | 1 | Heidi Hannula | Finland | 11.64 | |
| 25 | 1 | Kristina Žumer | Slovenia | 11.69 | |
| 26 | 3 | Audra Dagelytė | Lithuania | 11.74 | |
| 27 | 3 | Emma Rienas | Sweden | 11.76 | |
| 28 | 2 | Aleksandra Vojneska | Macedonia | 12.15 | |
| 29 | 2 | Diane Borg | Malta | 12.42 | |
| | 4 | Emily Maher | Ireland | | DNS |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Joice Maduaka | United Kingdom | 0.129 | 11.32 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Irina Khabarova | Russia | 0.143 | 11.33 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Sylviane Félix | France | 0.160 | 11.38 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Daria Onyśko | Poland | 0.166 | 11.41 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Merlene Ottey | Slovenia | 0.147 | 11.44 | |
| 6 | 5 | Alena Neumiarzhitskaya | Belarus | 0.209 | 11.45 | |
| 7 | 1 | Anyika Onuora | United Kingdom | 0.138 | 11.45 | |
| 8 | 8 | Verena Sailer | Germany | 0.157 | 11.61 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 0.148 | 11.19 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Yuliya Gushchina | Russia | 0.160 | 11.25 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Yulia Nestsiarenka | Belarus | 0.145 | 11.28 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Yekaterina Grigoryeva | Russia | 0.158 | 11.28 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Georgia Kokloni | Greece | 0.157 | 11.29 | PB |
| 6 | 7 | Emma Ania | United Kingdom | 0.178 | 11.49 | |
| 7 | 8 | Véronique Mang | France | 0.159 | 11.49 | |
| 8 | 2 | Pia Tajnikar | Slovenia | 0.150 | 11.61 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 0.144 | 11.06 | |
| | 1 | Yekaterina Grigoryeva | Russia | 0.150 | 11.22 | SB |
| | 5 | Irina Khabarova | Russia | 0.144 | 11.22 | |
| 4 | 4 | Joice Maduaka | United Kingdom | 0.164 | 11.24 | |
| 5 | 6 | Yuliya Gushchina | Russia | 0.146 | 11.31 | |
| 6 | 7 | Yulia Nestsiarenka | Belarus | 0.166 | 11.34 | |
| 7 | 8 | Sylviane Félix | France | 0.190 | 11.40 | |
| 8 | 2 | Daria Onyśko | Poland | 0.173 | 11.43 | |