2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Competition:	2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Berlin
Competitors:	48
Nations:	20
Win Value:	9.95
Gold:	Zharnel Hughes
Silver:	Reece Prescod
Bronze:	Jak Ali Harvey
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze Nation:	TUR
Previous:	2016
Next:	~~2020~~^[1] 2022

The men's 100 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 7 August. Churandy Martina of the Netherlands was the defending champion, Jak Ali Harvey of Turkey was the defending silver medalist, and Jimmy Vicaut of France was the defending bronze medalist.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 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	9.88	Des Moines, Iowa, United States	22 June 2018
European Leading	9.91	Kingston, Jamaica	9 June 2018
Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Championship record	9.97	Berlin, Germany	7 August 2018
Championship record	9.95	Berlin, Germany	7 August 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
6 August 2018	18:30	Round 1
7 August 2018	21:30	Semifinals
7 August 2018	23:50	Final

Competition format

The top eight ranked athletes by time during the season who entered the championships were given a BYE into the Semi-Finals. The first round was held on Monday, August 6. The Semi-Finals were held the day after, and the Final just over two hours after that.

Results

Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 5 (q) advance to the Semifinals. 7 fastest entrants awarded bye to Semifinals.^[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -0.3 m/s, Heat 5: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time
1	1	2	10.24
2	5	4	10.28
3	3	1	10.32
4	1	8	10.32
5	2	5	10.33
6	5	8	10.33
7	5	6	10.34
8	3	3	10.35
9	4	7	10.37
10	1	6	10.37
11	2	6	10.37
12	3	4	10.38
13	5	7	10.39
14	3	8	10.39
15	5	2	10.40
16	3	6	10.41
17	4	4	10.41
18	5	5	10.43
19	2	8	10.44
19	3	7	10.44
21	1	4	10.45
22	4	6	10.47
23	4	8	10.51
24	2	1	10.51
25	2	7	10.52
26	4	5	10.52
27	3	2	10.53
28	2	2	10.54
29	4	1	10.54
30	1	7	10.55
31	4	3	10.55
32	4	2	10.56
33	2	3	10.57
34	1	1	10.57
35	2	4	10.62
36	5	3	10.64
37	1	5	10.69
38	3	5	10.75
39	1	3	10.88

Semifinals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Note
1	1	4	Jimmy Vicaut	9.97	,
2	2	5	Zharnel Hughes	10.01
3	2	3	Jak Ali Harvey	10.09
4	1	6	Reece Prescod	10.10
5	3	4	Filippo Tortu	10.12
6	3	5	Chijindu Ujah	10.14
7	1	8		10.18	,
8	1	5	Emre Zafer Barnes	10.21
9	2	2		10.22
10	3	3		10.22
11	2	4	Marcell Jacobs	10.28
12	1	1		10.29
13	2	6		10.31
14	1	3		10.31
15	3	1		10.31
16	2	8		10.32
17	2	7		10.37
18	3	7		10.37
19	2	1		10.38
20	1	2		10.39
21	3	2		10.40
22	3	8		10.45
23	1	7		10.49
24	3	6	Amaury Golitin	10.55

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals^[4]

Final

Wind: 0.0 m/s^[5]

Rank	Lane	Time	Note
	5	9.95
	7	9.96	=
	3	10.01
4	8	10.06
5	6	10.08
6	2	10.16
7	1	10.29
	4

References

100m Men European Athletic Association

Notes and References

cancelled due to COVID-19
Web site: Round 1 results . 2018-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160924033213/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM001900_C74A.pdf . 2016-09-24 . dead .
Web site: Semifinals results . 2018-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180827162001/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM001200_C74A.pdf . 2018-08-27 . dead .
http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/47/61/ECH2018-SprintEvents-ListofqualifiedathletesinSF_English.pdf List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals
Web site: Final results . 2018-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917143352/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM001101_C73A.pdf . 2016-09-17 . dead .