1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August 1971.[1]

Men's 100 metres
at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
LocationHelsinki
Dates
  • 10 August (heats)
  • 11 August (semifinals & final)
Competitors29 from 18 nations
Winning time10.27
Medalists
gold medal    Soviet Union
silver medal    West Germany
bronze medal    Greece
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Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

Results edit

Heats edit

10 August

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dominique Chauvelot   France 10.57 Q
2 Zenon Nowosz   Poland 10.62 Q
3 Karl-Heinz Klotz   West Germany 10.75 Q
4 Raimo Vilén   Finland 10.84 Q
5 Thorsten Johansson   Sweden 10.95
6 Ole Egil Reitan   Norway 11.14
Wind: -1.6 m/s

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union 10.56 Q
2 Hans-Jürgen Bombach   East Germany 10.75 Q
3 Eckart Brieger   West Germany 10.77 Q
4 Norberto Oliosi   Italy 10.82 Q
5 José Luis Sánchez Paraíso   Spain 10.87
6 Petr Utekal   Czechoslovakia 10.98
7 Alexandru Munteaunu   Romania 10.99
8 Ertün Erdöl   Turkey 11.22
Wind: -1.3 m/s

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gerhard Wucherer   West Germany 10.33 CR, Q
2 Gilles Échevin   France 10.44 Q
3 Aleksandr Kornelyuk   Soviet Union 10.44 Q
4 Brian Green   Great Britain 10.45 Q
5 Wiesław Maniak   Poland 10.74
6 Juraj Demeč   Czechoslovakia 10.77
7 Manfred Kokot   East Germany 10.78
8 Bjarni Stefánsson   Iceland 11.00
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vasilios Papageorgopoulos   Greece 10.46 Q
2 Siegfried Schenke   East Germany 10.56 Q
3 Luděk Bohman   Czechoslovakia 10.69 Q
4 Philippe Clerc    Switzerland 10.73 Q
5 Tadeusz Cuch   Poland 10.75
6 Søren Viggo Pedersen   Denmark 10.83
7 René Metz   France 11.27
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semi-finals edit

11 August

Semi-final 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gilles Échevin   France 10.44 Q
2 Vasilios Papageorgopoulos   Greece 10.51 Q
3 Aleksandr Kornelyuk   Soviet Union 10.52 Q
4 Siegfried Schenke   East Germany 10.54 Q
5 Norberto Oliosi   Italy 10.68
6 Karl-Heinz Klotz   West Germany 10.69
7 Philippe Clerc    Switzerland 10.70
Raimo Vilén   Finland DNS
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semi-final 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union 10.36 Q
2 Gerhard Wucherer   West Germany 10.44 Q
3 Zenon Nowosz   Poland 10.59 Q
4 Dominique Chauvelot   France 10.60 Q
5 Brian Green   Great Britain 10.62
6 Hans-Jürgen Bombach   East Germany 10.75
7 Eckart Brieger   West Germany 10.77
8 Luděk Bohman   Czechoslovakia 10.84
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Final edit

11 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union 10.27 CR
  Gerhard Wucherer   West Germany 10.49
  Vasilios Papageorgopoulos   Greece 10.56
4 Siegfried Schenke   East Germany 10.63
5 Zenon Nowosz   Poland 10.66
6 Aleksandr Kornelyuk   Soviet Union 10.66
7 Dominique Chauvelot   France 10.67
8 Gilles Échevin   France 11.4
Wind: -1.3 m/s

References edit

  1. ^ "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK" (PDF). European Athletics Association. pp. 412–420. Retrieved 13 August 2014.