# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 7 July. The event consisted of three rounds, Preliminary, semi-final and final, with the top nine ranked athletes automatically entered at the semi-final stage.
The gold and silver medallists clocked the same time in the final (10.07 seconds), the first time this has happened at these championships since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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 | Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) | 9.86 | Montreuil-sous-Bois, France | 7 June 2016 |
| European Leading | Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) | 9.86 | Montreuil-sous-Bois, France | 7 June 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 July 2016 | 12:40 | Round 1 |
| 7 July 2016 | 18:00 | Semifinals |
| 7 July 2016 | 19:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the Semifinals. 9 fastest entrants awarded bye to Semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.9 m/s, Heat 4: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | 10.21 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 8 | Richard Kilty | Great Britain | 10.24 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | Ojie Edoburun | Great Britain | 10.24 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Filippo Tortu | Italy | 10.25 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Solomon Bockarie | Netherlands | 10.26 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Massimiliano Ferraro | Italy | 10.26 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland | 10.30 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Jan Veleba | Czech Republic | 10.30 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Przemysław Słowikowski | Poland | 10.35 | q, PB |
| 9 | 4 | 8 | Lucas Jakubczyk | Germany | 10.35 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Hensley Paulina | Netherlands | 10.36 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Rytis Sakalauskas | Lithuania | 10.37 | q |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | 10.40 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 10.42 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 7 | János Sipos | Hungary | 10.45 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Remigiusz Olszewski | Poland | 10.46 | q |
| 17 | 1 | 6 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 10.48 | |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | Giovanni Galbieri | Italy | 10.48 | |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Jakub Matúš | Slovakia | 10.51 | |
| 19 | 3 | 4 | Diogo Antunes | Portugal | 10.51 | |
| 21 | 1 | 3 | Carlos Nascimento | Portugal | 10.54 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Markus Fuchs | Austria | 10.56 | |
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Denis Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 10.57 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Volodymyr Suprun | Ukraine | 10.58 | |
| 25 | 4 | 2 | Emil Ibrahimov | Ukraine | 10.61 | |
| | 3 | 6 | Vitaliy Korzh | Ukraine | DNF | |
| | 2 | 5 | Kevin Moore | Malta | DQ | R162.7 |
| | 4 | 6 | Reto Schenkel | Switzerland | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: +1.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Jimmy Vicaut* | France | 10.03 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | James Ellington* | Great Britain | 10.04 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Jak Ali Harvey* | Turkey | 10.04 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | 10.07 | q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | Solomon Bockarie | Netherlands | 10.13 | q, PB |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | Richard Kilty | Great Britain | 10.15 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Lucas Jakubczyk | Germany | 10.16 | SB |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Churandy Martina* | Netherlands | 10.16 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Filippo Tortu | Italy | 10.19 | PB |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Ojie Edoburun | Great Britain | 10.20 | |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | Bruno Hortelano* | Spain | 10.22 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Julian Reus* | Germany | 10.22 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Massimiliano Ferraro | Italy | 10.26 | =PB |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Stuart Dutamby* | France | 10.26 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Przemysław Słowikowski | Poland | 10.27 | PB |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Jan Veleba | Czech Republic | 10.28 | =SB |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Emre Zafer Barnes* | Turkey | 10.31 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Hensley Paulina | Netherlands | 10.33 | |
| 19 | 3 | 2 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland | 10.34 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Rytis Sakalauskas | Lithuania | 10.40 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 10.43 | |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | János Sipos | Hungary | 10.47 | |
| 23 | 2 | 8 | Remigiusz Olszewski | Poland | 10.56 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | 12.13 | |
*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals

### Final

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 8 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 10.07 | SB |
| | 5 | Jak Ali Harvey | Turkey | 10.07 | |
| | 6 | Jimmy Vicaut | France | 10.08 | |
| 4 | 9 | Bruno Hortelano | Spain | 10.12 | |
| 5 | 7 | James Ellington | Great Britain | 10.19 | |
| 6 | 3 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | 10.23 | |
| 7 | 2 | Solomon Bockarie | Netherlands | 10.25 | |
| | 4 | Richard Kilty | Great Britain | DQ | R162.7 |