# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 and 28 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 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 | Asafa Powell (JAM) Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.82 | Rome, Italy Lausanne, Switzerland | 10 June 2010 8 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) | 9.98 | Valence, France | 9 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 July 2010 | 19:15 | Round 1 |
| 28 July 2010 | 19:50 | Semifinals |
| 28 July 2010 | 21:45 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.177 | 10.21 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Ronald Pognon | France (FRA) | 0.173 | 10.46 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Robert Kubaczyk | Poland (POL) | 0.166 | 10.51 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Ronalds Arājs | Latvia (LAT) | 0.175 | 10.52 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Jesper Simonsen | Denmark (DEN) | 0.158 | 10.62 | |
| 6 | 3 | Tom Kling-Baptiste | Sweden (SWE) | 0.154 | 10.64 | |
| 7 | 5 | Jan Veleba | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.178 | 10.68 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.5 m/s | Wind: -1.5 m/s | Wind: -1.5 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 0.162 | 10.26 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Emanuele Di Gregorio | Italy (ITA) | 0.166 | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.157 | 10.36 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Alexander Kosenkow | Germany (GER) | 0.161 | 10.44 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Dmitriy Glushchenko | Israel (ISR) | 0.184 | 10.44 | q, SB |
| 6 | 3 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain (ESP) | 0.189 | 10.45 | q |
| 7 | 5 | Panayiotis Ioannou | Cyprus (CYP) | 0.174 | 10.61 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal (POR) | 0.176 | 10.27 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Tobias Unger | Germany (GER) | 0.168 | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Simone Collio | Italy (ITA) | 0.191 | 10.43 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Hannu Hämäläinen | Finland (FIN) | 0.158 | 10.49 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Paweł Stempel | Poland (POL) | 0.207 | 10.58 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Mario Bonello | Malta (MLT) | 0.184 | 11.09 | |
| 7 | 6 | Nedim Čović | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0.168 | 34.89 | |
| | 7 | Dominic Carroll | Gibraltar (GIB) | | DQ | F$^1$ |
| | | | | Wind: -0.8 m/s | Wind: -0.8 m/s | Wind: -0.8 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 0.149 | 10.31 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ryan Moseley | Austria (AUT) | 0.154 | 10.38 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.231 | 10.40 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Christian Blum | Germany (GER) | 0.161 | 10.57 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Joni Rautanen | Finland (FIN) | 0.188 | 10.63 | |
| 6 | 5 | Gregor Kokalovič | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.174 | 10.68 | |
| 7 | 8 | Arman Andreasyan | Armenia (ARM) | 0.256 | 11.01 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.6 m/s | Wind: -1.6 m/s | Wind: -1.6 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 0.169 | 10.19 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Mark Lewis-Francis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.201 | 10.23 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Fabio Cerutti | Italy (ITA) | 0.160 | 10.38 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Jason Smyth | Ireland (IRL) | 0.165 | 10.43 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Dariusz Kuć | Poland (POL) | 0.158 | 10.53 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Mikhail Idrisov | Russia (RUS) | 0.162 | 10.62 | |
| 7 | 5 | İzzet Safer | Turkey (TUR) | 0.165 | 10.68 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.4 m/s | Wind: -1.4 m/s | Wind: -1.4 m/s |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Note |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 0.169 | 10.19 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.177 | 10.21 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | Mark Lewis-Francis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.201 | 10.23 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 0.162 | 10.26 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal (POR) | 0.176 | 10.27 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Emanuele Di Gregorio | Italy (ITA) | 0.166 | 10.31 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 0.149 | 10.31 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 8 | Tobias Unger | Germany (GER) | 0.168 | 10.35 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.157 | 10.36 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 5 | 7 | Fabio Cerutti | Italy (ITA) | 0.160 | 10.38 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Ryan Moseley | Austria (AUT) | 0.154 | 10.38 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 7 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.231 | 10.40 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Simone Collio | Italy (ITA) | 0.191 | 10.43 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | Jason Smyth | Ireland (IRL) | 0.165 | 10.43 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Alexander Kosenkow | Germany (GER) | 0.161 | 10.44 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Dmitriy Glushchenko | Israel (ISR) | 0.184 | 10.44 | q, SB |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain (ESP) | 0.189 | 10.45 | q |
| 18 | 1 | 6 | Ronald Pognon | France (FRA) | 0.173 | 10.46 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | 4 | Hannu Hämäläinen | Finland (FIN) | 0.158 | 10.49 | Q |
| 20 | 1 | 8 | Robert Kubaczyk | Poland (POL) | 0.166 | 10.51 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Ronalds Arājs | Latvia (LAT) | 0.175 | 10.52 | Q |
| 22 | 5 | 6 | Dariusz Kuć | Poland (POL) | 0.158 | 10.53 | q |
| 23 | 4 | 4 | Christian Blum | Germany (GER) | 0.161 | 10.57 | Q |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | Paweł Stempel | Poland (POL) | 0.207 | 10.58 | q |
| 25 | 2 | 5 | Panayiotis Ioannou | Cyprus (CYP) | 0.174 | 10.61 | |
| 26 | 5 | 2 | Mikhail Idrisov | Russia (RUS) | 0.162 | 10.62 | |
| 26 | 1 | 7 | Jesper Simonsen | Denmark (DEN) | 0.158 | 10.62 | |
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Joni Rautanen | Finland (FIN) | 0.188 | 10.63 | |
| 29 | 1 | 3 | Tom Kling-Baptiste | Sweden (SWE) | 0.154 | 10.64 | |
| 30 | 4 | 5 | Gregor Kokalovič | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.174 | 10.68 | |
| 30 | 5 | 5 | İzzet Safer | Turkey (TUR) | 0.165 | 10.68 | |
| 30 | 1 | 5 | Jan Veleba | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.178 | 10.68 | |
| 33 | 4 | 8 | Arman Andreasyan | Armenia (ARM) | 0.256 | 11.01 | |
| 34 | 3 | 2 | Mario Bonello | Malta (MLT) | 0.184 | 11.09 | |
| 35 | 3 | 6 | Nedim Čović | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0.168 | 34.89 | |
| | 3 | 7 | Dominic Carroll | Gibraltar (GIB) | | DQ | F$^1$ |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 0.175 | 10.06 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Emanuele Di Gregorio | Italy (ITA) | 0.168 | 10.17 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Mark Lewis-Francis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.176 | 10.21 | q, =SB |
| 4 | 7 | Jason Smyth | Ireland (IRL) | 0.159 | 10.46 | |
| 5 | 1 | Ronalds Arājs | Latvia (LAT) | 0.153 | 10.47 | |
| 6 | 8 | Hannu Hämäläinen | Finland (FIN) | 0.158 | 10.47 | |
| 7 | 3 | Tobias Unger | Germany (GER) | 0.158 | 10.52 | |
| 8 | 2 | Paweł Stempel | Poland (POL) | 0.178 | 10.53 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.163 | 10.10 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 0.179 | 10.16 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Simone Collio | Italy (ITA) | 0.164 | 10.23 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Ryan Moseley | Austria (AUT) | 0.161 | 10.27 | |
| 5 | 8 | Alexander Kosenkow | Germany (GER) | 0.170 | 10.38 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ronald Pognon | France (FRA) | 0.147 | 10.43 | |
| 7 | 2 | Dmitriy Glushchenko | Israel (ISR) | 0.193 | 10.50 | |
| 8 | 1 | Dariusz Kuć | Poland (POL) | 0.208 | 10.65 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 0.161 | 10.19 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal (POR) | 0.172 | 10.25 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.224 | 10.31 | |
| 4 | 6 | Fabio Cerutti | Italy (ITA) | 0.158 | 10.33 | |
| 5 | 3 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.173 | 10.51 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain (ESP) | 0.173 | 10.51 | |
| 7 | 7 | Robert Kubaczyk | Poland (POL) | 0.160 | 10.55 | |
| 8 | 2 | Christian Blum | Germany (GER) | 0.154 | 10.69 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.0 m/s | Wind: -1.0 m/s | Wind: -1.0 m/s |

#### Summary

| Rank | Semifinal | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 10.06 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.10 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 10.16 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Emanuele Di Gregorio | Italy (ITA) | 10.17 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 10.19 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Mark Lewis-Francis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.21 | q, =SB |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Simone Collio | Italy (ITA) | 10.23 | q |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal (POR) | 10.25 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Ryan Moseley | Austria (AUT) | 10.27 | |
| 10 | 3 | 8 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.31 | |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Fabio Cerutti | Italy (ITA) | 10.33 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Alexander Kosenkow | Germany (GER) | 10.38 | |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Ronald Pognon | France (FRA) | 10.43 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Jason Smyth | Ireland (IRL) | 10.46 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Ronalds Arājs | Latvia (LAT) | 10.47 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Hannu Hämäläinen | Finland (FIN) | 10.47 | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Dmitriy Glushchenko | Israel (ISR) | 10.50 | |
| 18 | 3 | 3 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia (SLO) | 10.51 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain (ESP) | 10.51 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Tobias Unger | Germany (GER) | 10.52 | |
| 21 | 1 | 2 | Paweł Stempel | Poland (POL) | 10.53 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Robert Kubaczyk | Poland (POL) | 10.55 | |
| 23 | 2 | 1 | Dariusz Kuć | Poland (POL) | 10.65 | |
| 24 | 3 | 2 | Christian Blum | Germany (GER) | 10.69 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 0.224 | 10.11 | |
| | 2 | Mark Lewis-Francis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.164 | 10.18 | SB |
| | 4 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 0.168 | 10.18 | |
| 4 | 7 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal (POR) | 0.171 | 10.18 | SB |
| 5 | 3 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.154 | 10.18 | |
| 6 | 5 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 0.186 | 10.31 | |
| 7 | 8 | Emanuele Di Gregorio | Italy (ITA) | 0.223 | 10.34 | |
| | 1 | Simone Collio | Italy (ITA) | 0.150 | DNF | |
| | | | | Wind: −1.0 m/s | Wind: −1.0 m/s | Wind: −1.0 m/s |