The men's 100 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 13 August.
| Men's 100 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Letzigrund | |||||||||
| Location | Zürich | |||||||||
| Dates |
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| Competitors | 37 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 10.06 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 edit
| Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World record |  Usain Bolt (JAM)
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9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| European record |  Francis Obikwelu (POR)
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9.86 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 |
| Championship record | Francis Obikwelu (POR)
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9.99 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 8 August 2006 |
| World Leading |  Justin Gatlin (USA)
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9.80 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 3 July 2014 |
| European Leading |  Jimmy Vicaut (FRA)
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9.95 | Aix-les-Bains, France | 18 May 2014 |
Schedule edit
| 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 edit
Round 1 edit
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
Semifinals edit
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 edit
Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain |
10.06 | |
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6 | Christophe Lemaitre | France |
10.13 | |
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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 |