# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women'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, 32 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Finland (2)
* France (3)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (3)
* Switzerland (3)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (3)
* Great Britain (3)

## Results
### Heats

7 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 11.40 | Q |
| 2 | Desislava Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 11.43 | Q |
| 3 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.60 | Q |
| 4 | Sara Wüest | Switzerland | 11.65 | Q |
| 5 | Ekaterini Koffa | Greece | 11.71 | |
| 6 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 11.81 | |
| | Maya Azarashvili | Georgia | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | Ukraine | 11.13 | Q |
| 2 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 11.50 | Q |
| 3 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 11.56 | Q |
| 4 | Giada Gallina | Italy | 11.66 | Q |
| 5 | Marcia Richardson | Great Britain | 11.69 | q |
| 6 | Odile Singa | France | 11.74 | |
| 7 | Margret Haug | Switzerland | 11.80 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paula Thomas | Great Britain | 11.37 | Q |
| 2 | Patricia Girard | France | 11.47 | Q |
| 3 | Natalya Anisimova | Russia | 11.47 | Q |
| 4 | Bettina Zipp | Germany | 11.50 | Q |
| 5 | Irina Slyusar | Ukraine | 11.66 | q |
| 6 | Eva Barati | Hungary | 11.72 | |
| 7 | Dagmar Hölbl | Austria | 11.94 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 11.35 | Q |
| 2 | Marina Trandenkova | Russia | 11.40 | Q |
| 3 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 11.41 | Q |
| 4 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.56 | Q |
| 5 | Ekateríni Thánou | Greece | 11.62 | q |
| | Andrea Philipp | Germany | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 11.38 | Q |
| 2 | Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.51 | Q |
| 3 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 11.52 | Q |
| 4 | Stephanie Douglas | Great Britain | 11.60 | Q |
| 5 | Regula Anliker-Aebi | Switzerland | 11.65 | q |
| 6 | Anzhela Kravchenko | Ukraine | 11.78 | |
| 7 | Anu Pirttimaa | Finland | 11.81 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

### Second round

7 August

#### Quarter-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 11.31 | Q |
| 2 | Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 11.41 | Q |
| 3 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 11.44 | Q |
| 4 | Natalya Anisimova | Russia | 11.48 | Q |
| 5 | Patricia Girard | France | 11.52 | q |
| 6 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.57 | |
| 7 | Marcia Richardson | Great Britain | 11.71 | |
| 8 | Giada Gallina | Italy | 11.79 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.2 m/s | Wind: +1.2 m/s |

#### Quarter-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | Ukraine | 11.01 | Q |
| 2 | Marina Trandenkova | Russia | 11.35 | Q |
| 3 | Desislava Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 11.36 | Q |
| 4 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 11.37 | Q |
| 5 | Stephanie Douglas | Great Britain | 11.40 | q |
| 6 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 11.44 | q |
| 7 | Ekateríni Thánou | Greece | 11.68 | |
| 8 | Sara Wüest | Switzerland | 11.70 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.9 m/s | Wind: +0.9 m/s |

#### Quarter-final 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 11.20 | Q |
| 2 | Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.33 | Q |
| 3 | Paula Thomas | Great Britain | 11.42 | Q |
| 4 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 11.44 | Q |
| 5 | Bettina Zipp | Germany | 11.45 | q |
| 6 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.59 | |
| 7 | Irina Slyusar | Ukraine | 11.62 | |
| 8 | Regula Anliker-Aebi | Switzerland | 11.68 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

### Semi-finals

8 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | Ukraine | 11.25 | Q |
| 2 | Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.43 | Q |
| 3 | Marina Trandenkova | Russia | 11.53 | Q |
| 4 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 11.53 | Q |
| 5 | Paula Thomas | Great Britain | 11.58 | |
| 6 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 11.65 | |
| 7 | Bettina Zipp | Germany | 11.69 | |
| 8 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 11.72 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 11.18 | Q |
| 2 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 11.30 | Q |
| 3 | Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 11.38 | Q |
| 4 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 11.56 | Q |
| 5 | Desislava Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 11.56 | |
| 6 | Patricia Girard | France | 11.58 | |
| 7 | Stephanie Douglas | Great Britain | 11.60 | |
| 8 | Natalya Anisimova | Russia | 11.63 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

### Final

8 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Irina Privalova | Russia | 11.02 | |
| | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | Ukraine | 11.10 | |
| | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 11.28 | |
| 4 | Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.40 | |
| 5 | Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 11.40 | |
| 6 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 11.41 | |
| 7 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 11.43 | |
| 8 | Marina Trandenkova | Russia | 11.52 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |