2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Competition:	2012 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	32
Nations:	23
Win Value:	11.28
Gold:	Ivet Lalova
Silver:	Olesya Povh
Bronze:	Lina Grinčikaitė
Gold Nation:	BUL
Silver Nation:	UKR
Bronze Nation:	LIT
Previous:	2010
Next:	2014

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
European record	10.73	Budapest, Hungary	19 August 1998
Championship record	10.73	Budapest, Hungary	19 August 1998
World Leading	10.81	Kingston, Jamaica	5 May 2012
European Leading	11.08	Yalta, Ukraine	4 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	11.06	Helsinki, Finland	27 June 2012

First 3 in each heat and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: −0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +1.7 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	2	4	11.06	,
2	4	5	11.14	,
3	2	3	11.26	,
4	2	7	11.27
5	1	1	11.30
6	3	2	11.38
7	4	3	11.39
8	1	5	11.40	,
9	3	8	11.41
10	4	8	11.43	,
11	3	4	11.46
12	1	3	11.48
13	4	6	11.50
14	3	1	11.52
15	1	4	11.53
15	2	8	11.53
17	1	7	11.55
17	2	5	11.55
17	4	2	11.55
20	2	1	11.56
21	2	6	11.58
22	1	2	11.60
23	4	1	11.62
24	1	8	11.64
25	1	6	11.65
26	3	6	11.67
27	4	7	11.68
28	3	3	11.79
29	3	5	11.98
30	4	4	12.14	SB
31	3	7	12.86
32	2	2	13.01

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	2	6	11.13
2	2	4	11.17
3	1	6	11.23
4	1	3	11.30
5	1	5	11.34	,
6	2	5	11.36	,
7	1	7	11.39
8	1	4	11.39
9	2	3	11.42
10	2	7	11.43
11	2	8	11.43	=
12	2	2	11.45
13	2	1	11.51
14	1	1	11.52
15	1	8	11.61
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