# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 August 1994.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Cyprus (2)
* Finland (3)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Greece (3)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (3)
* Latvia (1)
* Malta (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (3)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (3)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (3)

## Results
### Heats

7 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hermann Lomba | France | 10.42 | Q |
| 2 | Aléxandros Terzián | Greece | 10.46 | Q |
| 3 | Yiannios Zisimides | Cyprus | 10.48 | Q |
| 4 | Toby Box | United Kingdom | 10.54 | Q |
| 5 | Dmitriy Vanyaikin | Ukraine | 10.57 | q |
| 6 | Ari Pakarinen | Finland | 10.62 | |
| 7 | Mario Bonello | Malta | 11.16 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.9 m/s | Wind: -0.9 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Geir Moen | Norway | 10.29 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Blume | Germany | 10.36 | Q |
| 3 | Andrey Grigoryev | Russia | 10.37 | Q |
| 4 | Aléxandros Yenovélis | Greece | 10.49 | Q |
| 5 | Pedro Pablo Nolet | Spain | 10.50 | q |
| 6 | Jukka Vähäkangas | Finland | 10.54 | q |
| 7 | Thomas Leandersson | Sweden | 10.59 | q |
| | | | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.39 | Q |
| 2 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.41 | Q |
| 3 | Kennet Kjensli | Norway | 10.44 | Q |
| 4 | Lasse Juusela | Finland | 10.54 | Q |
| 5 | Sergey Kornelyuk | Belarus | 10.56 | q |
| 6 | Pascal Thurnherr | Switzerland | 10.60 | q |
| 7 | Siniša Ergotić | Croatia | 10.80 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alex Porkhomovskiy | Russia | 10.34 | Q |
| 2 | Oleg Kramarenko | Ukraine | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Karlsson | Sweden | 10.44 | Q |
| 4 | Regilio van der Vloot | Netherlands | 10.52 | Q |
| 5 | Ezio Madonia | Italy | 10.62 | q |
| 6 | Marek Zalewski | Poland | 10.69 | |
| 7 | Frutos Feo | Spain | 10.74 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.8 m/s | Wind: -0.8 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 10.40 | Q |
| 2 | Jason John | United Kingdom | 10.41 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Cojocaru | Romania | 10.46 | Q |
| 4 | Éric Perrot | France | 10.53 | Q |
| 5 | Stefan Burkart | Switzerland | 10.53 | q |
| 6 | Domenico Nettis | Italy | 10.63 | |
| 7 | Guntis Zālītis | Latvia | 10.75 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.4 m/s | Wind: -0.4 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Dollé | Switzerland | 10.52 | Q |
| 2 | Sandro Floris | Italy | 10.52 | Q |
| 3 | Aléxios Alexópoulos | Greece | 10.55 | Q |
| 4 | Matias Ghansah | Sweden | 10.61 | Q |
| 5 | Viktor Malchugin | Russia | 10.70 | |
| 6 | Kfir Golan | Israel | 10.72 | |
| | Aham Okeke | Norway | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |

### Second round

7 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.08 | Q |
| 2 | Aléxandros Terzián | Greece | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | David Dollé | Switzerland | 10.35 | Q |
| 4 | Kennet Kjensli | Norway | 10.37 | Q |
| 5 | Éric Perrot | France | 10.55 | |
| 6 | Regilio van der Vloot | Netherlands | 10.56 | |
| 7 | Sergey Kornelyuk | Belarus | 10.57 | |
| 8 | Thomas Leandersson | Sweden | 10.70 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.7 m/s | Wind: +0.7 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alex Porkhomovskiy | Russia | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | Oleg Kramarenko | Ukraine | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | Jason John | United Kingdom | 10.37 | Q |
| 4 | Peter Karlsson | Sweden | 10.40 | Q |
| 5 | Stefan Burkart | Switzerland | 10.41 | |
| 6 | Lasse Juusela | Finland | 10.57 | |
| 7 | Ezio Madonia | Italy | 10.63 | |
| 8 | Aléxios Alexópoulos | Greece | 10.69 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.3 m/s | Wind: -0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Geir Moen | Norway | 10.27 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Blume | Germany | 10.31 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Cojocaru | Romania | 10.31 | Q |
| 4 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.41 | Q |
| 5 | Yiannios Zisimides | Cyprus | 10.51 | |
| 6 | Pedro Pablo Nolet | Spain | 10.54 | |
| 7 | Matias Ghansah | Sweden | 10.55 | |
| 8 | Pascal Thurnherr | Switzerland | 10.71 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.5 m/s | Wind: +0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hermann Lomba | France | 10.34 | Q |
| 2 | Toby Box | United Kingdom | 10.35 | Q |
| 3 | Aléxandros Yenovélis | Greece | 10.35 | Q |
| 4 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 10.40 | Q |
| 5 | Sandro Floris | Italy | 10.41 | |
| 6 | Andrey Grigoryev | Russia | 10.47 | |
| 7 | Dmitriy Vanyaikin | Ukraine | 10.54 | |
| 8 | Jukka Vähäkangas | Finland | 10.63 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.4 m/s | Wind: +1.4 m/s |

### Semi-finals

8 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.19 | Q |
| 2 | Jason John | United Kingdom | 10.39 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Cojocaru | Romania | 10.45 | Q |
| 4 | Aléxandros Terzián | Greece | 10.46 | Q |
| 5 | Hermann Lomba | France | 10.49 | |
| 6 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 10.56 | |
| 7 | David Dollé | Switzerland | 10.59 | |
| 8 | Kennet Kjensli | Norway | 10.62 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.7 m/s | Wind: -0.7 m/s |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Geir Moen | Norway | 10.20 | Q |
| 2 | Alex Porkhomovskiy | Russia | 10.26 | Q |
| 3 | Oleg Kramarenko | Ukraine | 10.34 | Q |
| 4 | Marc Blume | Germany | 10.38 | Q |
| 5 | Peter Karlsson | Sweden | 10.41 | |
| 6 | Toby Box | United Kingdom | 10.46 | |
| 7 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 10.53 | |
| 8 | Aléxandros Yenovélis | Greece | 10.59 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.7 m/s | Wind: +1.7 m/s |

### Final

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.14 | |
| | Geir Moen | Norway | 10.20 | |
| | Alex Porkhomovskiy | Russia | 10.31 | |
| 4 | Oleg Kramarenko | Ukraine | 10.38 | |
| 5 | Daniel Cojocaru | Romania | 10.39 | |
| 6 | Marc Blume | Germany | 10.40 | |
| 7 | Aléxandros Terzián | Greece | 10.42 | |
| 8 | Jason John | United Kingdom | 10.46 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.5 m/s | Wind: -0.5 m/s |