# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 13 August.
The event was won by Great Britain's James Dasaolu, with defending champion Christophe Lemaitre of France in second, and Dasaolu's team-mate Harry Aikines-Aryeetey edging out fellow Briton Dwain Chambers for bronze. Pre-event favourite Jimmy Vicaut of France withdrew at the semi-finals tage with injury, despite running the fastest time in the heats.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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 | Justin Gatlin (USA) | 9.80 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 3 July 2014 |
| European Leading | Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) | 9.95 | Aix-les-Bains, France | 18 May 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 12 August 2014 | 18:28 | Round 1 |
| 13 August 2014 | 19:23 | Semifinals |
| 13 August 2014 | 21:49 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind:
* Heat 1: +0.4 m/s
* Heat 2: -0.4 m/s
* Heat 3: -0.1 m/s
* Heat 4: -0.1 m/s
* Heat 5: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | Jimmy Vicaut | France | 10.06 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Christophe Lemaitre | France | 10.16 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 10.18 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Great Britain | 10.19 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain | 10.22 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Lucas Jakubczyk | Germany | 10.23 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Yazaldes Nascimento | Portugal | 10.27 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 8 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway | 10.30 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 10.31 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Mikhail Idrisov | Russia | 10.32 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Julian Reus | Germany | 10.32 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Delmas Obou | Italy | 10.32 | Q, SB |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Catalin Cîmpeanu | Romania | 10.34 | Q, =SB |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Eetu Rantala | Finland | 10.36 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | 5 | Sven Knipphals | Germany | 10.37 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Vitaliy Korzh | Ukraine | 10.38 | q |
| 17= | 2 | 6 | Fabio Cerutti | Italy | 10.40 | Q |
| 17= | 1 | 5 | Rytis Sakalauskas | Lithuania | 10.40 | q, =SB |
| 19= | 2 | 3 | Ronalds Arajs | Latvia | 10.41 | q, SB |
| 19= | 3 | 8 | Denis Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 10.41 | Q |
| 19= | 5 | 7 | Jan Veleba | Czech Republic | 10.41 | q |
| 22 | 4 | 7 | Pascal Mancini | Switzerland | 10.43 | Q |
| 23 | 4 | 8 | Giovanni Codrington | Netherlands | 10.43 | Q |
| 24= | 4 | 4 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | 10.44 | Q |
| 24= | 5 | 6 | Reto Schenkel | Switzerland | 10.44 | |
| 26 | 4 | 5 | Robert Kubaczyk | Poland | 10.45 | |
| 27 | 1 | 2 | Efthímios Steryioúlis | Greece | 10.46 | |
| 28 | 5 | 5 | Kevin Moore | Malta | 10.49 | NR |
| 29 | 3 | 6 | Tom Kling-Baptiste | Sweden | 10.50 | |
| 30 | 2 | 8 | Odain Rose | Sweden | 10.53 | |
| 31 | 3 | 3 | Eduard Viles | Spain | 10.57 | |
| 32= | 4 | 3 | Patrik Andersson | Sweden | 10.61 | |
| 32= | 3 | 4 | Diogo Antunes | Portugal | 10.61 | |
| 34 | 5 | 4 | Petar Kremenski | Bulgaria | 10.87 | |
| 35 | 2 | 2 | Jorén Tromp | Netherlands | 11.28 | |
| 36 | 2 | 1 | Thomas Bollati | Monaco | 11.94 | |
| | 4 | 6 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | DQ | |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Wind:
Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: 0.6 m/s, Heat 3: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain | 10.04 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Christophe Lemaitre | France | 10.10 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Great Britain | 10.21 | Q |
| 4= | 3 | 6 | Lucas Jakubczyk | Germany | 10.23 | Q |
| 4= | 2 | 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway | 10.23 | q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 10.25 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | Catalin Cîmpeanu | Romania | 10.29 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Yazaldes Nascimento | Portugal | 10.30 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 10.34 | |
| 10 | 1 | 4 | Julian Reus | Germany | 10.35 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Fabio Cerutti | Italy | 10.36 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Sven Knipphals | Germany | 10.37 | |
| 13= | 3 | 3 | Pascal Mancini | Switzerland | 10.38 | |
| 13= | 1 | 2 | Jan Veleba | Czech Republic | 10.38 | |
| 15 | 3 | 2 | Vitaliy Korzh | Ukraine | 10.39 | |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | Giovanni Codrington | Netherlands | 10.39 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Delmas Obou | Italy | 10.41 | |
| 18 | 3 | 4 | Mikhail Idrisov | Russia | 10.41 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Rytis Sakalauskas | Lithuania | 10.44 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Ronalds Arājs | Latvia | 10.52 | |
| 21 | 2 | 7 | Eetu Rantala | Finland | 10.54 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | 10.76 | |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | Denis Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 10.98 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Jimmy Vicaut | France | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain | 10.06 |
| | 6 | Christophe Lemaitre | France | 10.13 |
| | 5 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Great Britain | 10.22 |
| 4 | 8 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 10.24 |
| 5 | 4 | Lucas Jakubczyk | Germany | 10.25 |
| 6 | 1 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway | 10.35 |
| 7 | 7 | Catalin Cîmpeanu | Romania | 10.44 |
| 8 | 2 | Yazaldes Nascimento | Portugal | 10.46 |