# 1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 26 and 27 August 1986.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 33 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Belgium (1)
* Denmark (2)
* East Germany (2)
* France (3)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Malta (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (3)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (3)

## Results
### Heats

26 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Allan Wells | United Kingdom | 10.31 | Q |
| 2 | Antoine Richard | France | 10.38 | Q |
| 3 | Christian Haas | West Germany | 10.38 | Q |
| 4 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 10.39 | q |
| 5 | Einar Sagli | Norway | 10.65 | |
| 6 | Luís Cunha | Portugal | 10.74 | |
| 7 | Aris Cefai | Malta | 11.56 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.5 m/s | Wind: -1.5 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steffen Bringmann | East Germany | 10.34 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolay Yushmanov | Soviet Union | 10.38 | Q |
| 3 | Andreas Berger | Austria | 10.50 | Q |
| 4 | Antonio Ullo | Italy | 10.54 | |
| 5 | István Tatár | Hungary | 10.60 | |
| 6 | Pedro Agostinho | Portugal | 10.75 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.7 m/s | Wind: -0.7 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 10.32 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany | 10.33 | Q |
| 3 | Jürgen Evers | West Germany | 10.36 | Q |
| 4 | Gilles Quénéhervé | France | 10.56 | |
| 5 | Lars Pedersen | Denmark | 10.85 | |
| | Marian Woronin | Poland | DNF | |
| | | | Wind: -0.8 m/s | Wind: -0.8 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 10.35 | Q |
| 2 | José Javier Arqués | Spain | 10.44 | Q |
| 3 | Mike McFarlane | United Kingdom | 10.48 | Q |
| 4 | Matthias Schlicht | West Germany | 10.56 | |
| 5 | Christian Mark | Austria | 10.66 | |
| 6 | Odd-Erik Kristiansen | Norway | 10.80 | |
| 7 | Phil Snoddy | Ireland | 10.88 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.6 m/s | Wind: -1.6 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.25 | Q |
| 2 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 10.29 | Q |
| 3 | Ronald Desruelles | Belgium | 10.41 | Q |
| 4 | Kosmas Stratos | Greece | 10.57 | |
| 5 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 10.61 | |
| 6 | Morten Kjems | Denmark | 10.78 | |
| 7 | Markus Büchel | Liechtenstein | 11.03 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.0 m/s | Wind: -1.0 m/s |

### Semifinals

27 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steffen Bringmann | East Germany | 10.16 | Q |
| 2 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 10.18 | Q |
| 3 | Allan Wells | United Kingdom | 10.22 | Q |
| 4 | Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 10.23 | Q |
| 5 | Christian Haas | West Germany | 10.27 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 10.31 | |
| 7 | Ronald Desruelles | Belgium | 10.43 | |
| 8 | Andreas Berger | Austria | 10.45 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.5 m/s | Wind: +1.5 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.19 | Q |
| 2 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 10.26 | Q |
| 3 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany | 10.28 | Q |
| 4 | Antoine Richard | France | 10.29 | Q |
| 5 | Mike McFarlane | United Kingdom | 10.29 | Q |
| 6 | Jürgen Evers | West Germany | 10.33 | |
| 7 | Nikolay Yushmanov | Soviet Union | 10.49 | |
| 8 | José Javier Arqués | Spain | 10.54 | |
| | | | Wind: +2.1 m/s | Wind: +2.1 m/s |

### Final

27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 10.15 | |
| | Steffen Bringmann | East Germany | 10.20 | |
| | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 10.21 | |
| 4 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany | 10.24 | |
| 5 | Allan Wells | United Kingdom | 10.25 | |
| 6 | Mike McFarlane | United Kingdom | 10.29 | |
| 7 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 10.31 | |
| 8 | Antoine Richard | France | 10.34 | |
| 9 | Viktor Bryzgin | Soviet Union | 10.38 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |