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1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

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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
← 1969
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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]

The winning margin was 0.22 seconds which with the conclusion of the 2024 championships remains the only time the men's 100 metres has been won by more than 0.2 seconds at these championships.

Participation

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

Results

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Heats

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10 August

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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11 August

Semi-final 1

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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

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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

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11 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union 10.27 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gerhard Wucherer  West Germany 10.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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