2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Competition:	2010 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	36
Nations:	24
Win Value:	10.11
Gold:	Christophe Lemaitre
Silver:	Mark Lewis-Francis
Bronze:	Martial Mbandjock
Gold Nation:	FRA
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Previous:	1986
Next:	1994

The men's 100 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 and 28 July.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
European record		9.86	Athens, Greece	22 August 2004
Championship record		9.99	Gothenburg, Sweden	8 August 2006
World Leading		9.82		10 June 2010 8 July 2010
European Leading		9.98	Valence, France	9 July 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 July 2010	19:15	Round 1
28 July 2010	19:50	Semifinals
28 July 2010	21:45	Final

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	2			0.177	10.21
2	6			0.173	10.46
3	8			0.166	10.51
4	4			0.175	10.52
5	7			0.158	10.62
6	3			0.154	10.64
7	5			0.178	10.68
				Wind: -1.5 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	6			0.162	10.26
2	4			0.166	10.31
3	8			0.157	10.36	,
4	2			0.161	10.44
5	7			0.184	10.44	,
6	3			0.189	10.45
7	5			0.174	10.61
				Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	1			0.176	10.27
2	8			0.168	10.35
3	3			0.191	10.43
4	4			0.158	10.49
5	5			0.207	10.58
6	2			0.184	11.09
7	6			0.168	34.89
	7					F^1
				Wind: -0.8 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	3			0.149	10.31
2	2			0.154	10.38
3	7			0.231	10.40
4	4			0.161	10.57
5	6			0.188	10.63
6	5			0.174	10.68
7	8			0.256	11.01
				Wind: -1.6 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	4			0.169	10.19
2	3			0.201	10.23
3	7			0.160	10.38
4	8			0.165	10.43
5	6			0.158	10.53
6	2			0.162	10.62
7	5			0.165	10.68
				Wind: -1.4 m/s

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Note
1	5	4			0.169	10.19
2	1	2			0.177	10.21
3	5	3			0.201	10.23
4	2	6			0.162	10.26
5	3	1			0.176	10.27
6	2	4			0.166	10.31
6	4	3			0.149	10.31
8	3	8			0.168	10.35
9	2	8			0.157	10.36	,
10	5	7			0.160	10.38
10	4	2			0.154	10.38
12	4	7			0.231	10.40
13	3	3			0.191	10.43
13	5	8			0.165	10.43
15	2	2			0.161	10.44
16	2	7			0.184	10.44	,
17	2	3			0.189	10.45
18	1	6			0.173	10.46
19	3	4			0.158	10.49
20	1	8			0.166	10.51
21	1	4			0.175	10.52
22	5	6			0.158	10.53
23	4	4			0.161	10.57
24	3	5			0.207	10.58
25	2	5			0.174	10.61
26	5	2			0.162	10.62
26	1	7			0.158	10.62
28	4	6			0.188	10.63
29	1	3			0.154	10.64
30	4	5			0.174	10.68
30	5	5			0.165	10.68
30	1	5			0.178	10.68
33	4	8			0.256	11.01
34	3	2			0.184	11.09
35	3	6			0.168	34.89
	3	7					F^1

Semifinals

First 2 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5			0.175	10.06
2	6			0.168	10.17	,
3	4			0.176	10.21	, =
4	7			0.159	10.46
5	1			0.153	10.47
6	8			0.158	10.47
7	3			0.158	10.52
8	2			0.178	10.53
				Wind: -1.2 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5			0.163	10.10
2	4			0.179	10.16
3	7			0.164	10.23
4	3			0.161	10.27
5	8			0.170	10.38
6	6			0.147	10.43
7	2			0.193	10.50
8	1			0.208	10.65
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5			0.161	10.19
2	4			0.172	10.25
3	8			0.224	10.31
4	6			0.158	10.33
5	3			0.173	10.51
6	1			0.173	10.51
7	7			0.160	10.55
8	2			0.154	10.69
				Wind: -1.0 m/s

Summary

Rank	Semifinal	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Note
1	1	5				10.06
2	2	5				10.10
3	2	4				10.16
4	1	6				10.17	,
5	3	5				10.19
6	1	4				10.21	, =
7	2	7				10.23
8	3	4				10.25
9	2	3				10.27
10	3	8				10.31
11	3	6				10.33
12	2	8				10.38
13	2	6				10.43
14	1	7				10.46
15	1	1				10.47
16	1	8				10.47
17	2	2				10.50
18	3	3				10.51
19	3	1				10.51
20	1	3				10.52
21	1	2				10.53
22	3	7				10.55
23	2	1				10.65
24	3	2				10.69

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
	6			0.224	10.11
	2			0.164	10.18
	4			0.168	10.18
4	7			0.171	10.18
5	3			0.154	10.18
6	5			0.186	10.31
7	8			0.223	10.34
	1			0.150
				Wind: −1.0 m/s

References

• Results
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