2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Ullevi
Location	Gothenburg
Dates	7 August (heats & quarterfinals) 8 August (semifinals & final)
Competitors	44 from 23 nations
Winning time	9.99
Medalists
Francis Obikwelu   Portugal   Andrey Yepishin   Russia   Matic Osovnikar   Slovenia

The men's 100 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7 and August 8. Portugal's Francis Obikwelu added the European title to his Olympic Games silver medal in Athens. The 27-year-old was all but last out of the blocks but showed his class with a brilliant surge of pace to finish in 9.99 seconds - the first time the European title has been won with a sub-10 second time. Poland's Dariusz Kuć delayed the drama with a nervy false start.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 7, 2006	10:40	Round 1
August 7, 2006	18:35	Round 2
August 8, 2006	18:10	Semifinals
August 8, 2006	19:40	Final

Results

KEY:

Q

Automatic qualifiers

q

Non-automatic qualifiers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Dwain Chambers	United Kingdom	10.24	Q
2	6	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	10.25	Q
3	2	Ronald Pognon	France	10.26	Q
4	4	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	10.29	Q
5	1	Tyrone Edgar	United Kingdom	10.32	Q
6	2	Anatoliy Dovhal	Ukraine	10.33	Q
7	5	Andrey Yepishin	Russia	10.36	Q
8	3	Mark Lewis-Francis	United Kingdom	10.37	Q
8	5	Dariusz Kuć	Poland	10.37	Q
10	6	Roland Németh	Hungary	10.39	Q
11	6	Oudéré Kankarafou	France	10.40	Q
12	1	Łukasz Chyła	Poland	10.42	Q
13	1	Ronny Ostwald	Germany	10.42	Q
14	4	Orkatz Beitia	Spain	10.43	Q
15	3	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	10.45	Q
16	3	Jarkko Ruostekivi	Finland	10.47	Q
16	6	Mikhail Yegorychev	Russia	10.47	Q
18	2	Nghi Tran	Finland	10.50	Q
18	3	Jan Žumer	Slovenia	10.50	Q
18	4	Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé	Luxembourg	10.50	Q
18	5	Simo Sipilä	Finland	10.50	Q, PB
22	1	Aleksandr Smirnov	Russia	10.51	Q
22	4	Markus Lüthi	Switzerland	10.51	q, SB
22	4	Dimitri Demonière	France	10.51	q
25	1	Gergely Németh	Hungary	10.52	q
25	3	Martin Rypdal	Norway	10.52	q
27	6	Iván Mocholí	Spain	10.53	q
28	2	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	10.55	Q
28	3	Massimiliano Donati	Italy	10.55	q
30	5	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain	10.57	Q
30	2	Luca Verdecchia	Italy	10.57	q
32	1	Andreas Baumann	Switzerland	10.58	q
33	5	Neophytos Michael	Cyprus	10.60
34	5	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.62
34	5	Maurizio Checcucci	Italy	10.62
36	6	Daniel Persson	Sweden	10.66
37	6	Vojtěch Šulc	Czech Republic	10.67
38	3	İsmail Aslan	Turkey	10.71
39	3	Darren Gilford	Malta	10.73
40	2	Matjaž Borovina	Slovenia	10.74
41	2	Tal Mor	Israel	10.78
42	1	Naum Mitreski	Macedonia	11.12
43	4	Valentinos Athanasiou	Cyprus	11.25
	1	Kostyantyn Vasyukov	Ukraine	DQ

Round 2

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Ronald Pognon	France	10.19	Q
2	3	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	10.28	Q
3	1	Dariusz Kuć	Poland	10.32	Q
4	1	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain	10.32	Q
5	2	Mark Lewis-Francis	United Kingdom	10.33	Q
6	1	Anatoliy Dovhal	Ukraine	10.37	Q
6	3	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	10.37	Q
8	1	Dwain Chambers	United Kingdom	10.39	Q
9	4	Andrey Yepishin	Russia	10.40	Q
10	2	Łukasz Chyła	Poland	10.42	Q
11	4	Oudéré Kankarafou	France	10.45	Q
12	4	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	10.47	Q
12	1	Markus Lüthi	Switzerland	10.47	SB
14	2	Ronny Ostwald	Germany	10.48	Q
14	4	Jan Žumer	Slovenia	10.48	Q
14	1	Jarkko Ruostekivi	Finland	10.48
17	3	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	10.49	Q
18	4	Tyrone Edgar	United Kingdom	10.51
19	2	Massimiliano Donati	Italy	10.52
20	3	Orkatz Beitia	Spain	10.53	Q
21	3	Roland Németh	Hungary	10.55
22	3	Luca Verdecchia	Italy	10.58
23	3	Dimitri Demonière	France	10.59
23	4	Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé	Luxembourg	10.59
25	1	Mikhail Yegorychev	Russia	10.62
26	2	Gergely Németh	Hungary	10.63
27	2	Aleksandr Smirnov	Russia	10.65
27	4	Andreas Baumann	Switzerland	10.65
29	1	Martin Rypdal	Norway	10.66
30	2	Nghi Tran	Finland	10.67
30	4	Iván Mocholí	Spain	10.67
32	3	Simo Sipilä	Finland	10.73

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5	Andrey Yepishin	Russia	0.168	10.12	Q, PB
2	3	Ronald Pognon	France	0.152	10.14	Q
3	6	Dariusz Kuć	Poland	0.191	10.23	Q
4	1	Dwain Chambers	United Kingdom	0.140	10.25	Q
5	7	Anatoliy Dovhal	Ukraine	0.142	10.27	SB
6	2	Łukasz Chyła	Poland	0.135	10.30	SB
7	4	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain	0.169	10.33
8	8	Jan Žumer	Slovenia	0.160	10.43

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	0.205	10.19	Q
2	4	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	0.179	10.23	Q, SB
3	3	Mark Lewis-Francis	United Kingdom	0.149	10.30	Q
4	2	Ronny Ostwald	Germany	0.131	10.40	Q
5	7	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	0.166	10.43
6	6	Oudéré Kankarafou	France	0.169	10.43
7	1	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	0.144	10.47
8	8	Orkatz Beitia	Spain	0.167	10.52

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
	5	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	0.183	9.99	CR, EL
	6	Andrey Yepishin	Russia	0.148	10.10	NR
	3	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	0.167	10.14	NR
4	4	Ronald Pognon	France	0.184	10.16
5	1	Mark Lewis-Francis	United Kingdom	0.142	10.16	SB
6	7	Dariusz Kuć	Poland	0.171	10.21
7	8	Dwain Chambers	United Kingdom	0.146	10.24
8	2	Ronny Ostwald	Germany	0.126	10.38

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