1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 and 3 September 1974.

Men's 100 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Location	Rome
Dates	2 September (heats) 3 September (semifinals & final)
Competitors	28 from 14 nations
Winning time	10.27
Medalists
Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union   Pietro Mennea   Italy   Klaus-Dieter Bieler   West Germany

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (3)
• France (1)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (3)
• Italy (1)
• Poland (3)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Great Britain (1)
• West Germany (3)

Results

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	10.49	Q
2	Dominique Chauvelot	France	10.56	Q
3	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	10.64	Q
4	Michael Droese	East Germany	10.65	q
5	Lambert Micha	Belgium	10.67	q
6	Juraj Demeč	Czechoslovakia	10.80
7	Lasse Malin	Finland	10.85
			Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pietro Mennea	Italy	10.46	Q
2	Klaus Ehl	West Germany	10.54	Q
3	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	10.63	q
4	Andrzej Świerczyński	Poland	10.73
5	Hans-Joachim Zenk	East Germany	10.82
6	Endre Lepold	Hungary	10.97
			Wind: -2.5 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christer Garpenborg	Sweden	10.53	Q
2	Klaus-Dieter Bieler	West Germany	10.54	Q
3	Raimo Vilén	Finland	10.57	Q
4	Juris Silovs	Soviet Union	10.62	q
5	Javier Martínez	Spain	10.82
6	Don Halliday	Great Britain	10.86
7	László Korona	Hungary	10.95
			Wind: -0.6 m/s

Heat 4

Wind: -1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antti Rajamäki	Finland	10.58	Q
2	Vasilios Papageorgopoulos	Greece	10.59	Q
3	Manfred Ommer	West Germany	10.59	Q
4	Siegfried Schenke	East Germany	10.70	q
5	Lajos Gresa	Hungary	10.74
6	Marian Woronin	Poland	10.77
7	Rolf Trulsson	Sweden	10.78
8	Luděk Bohman	Czechoslovakia	10.92
			Wind: -1.0 m/s

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	10.39	Q
2	Manfred Ommer	West Germany	10.42	Q
3	Christer Garpenborg	Sweden	10.42	Q
4	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	10.45	Q
5	Klaus Ehl	West Germany	10.50
6	Raimo Vilén	Finland	10.52
7	Lambert Micha	Belgium	10.55
8	Michael Droese	East Germany	10.59
			Wind: +2.0 m/s

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dominique Chauvelot	France	10.28	Q
2	Pietro Mennea	Italy	10.29	Q
3	Juris Silovs	Soviet Union	10.36	Q
4	Klaus-Dieter Bieler	West Germany	10.44	Q
5	Vasilios Papageorgopoulos	Greece	10.44
6	Antti Rajamäki	Finland	10.46
7	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	10.61
8	Siegfried Schenke	East Germany	10.69
			Wind: +1.5 m/s

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	10.27
	Pietro Mennea	Italy	10.34
	Klaus-Dieter Bieler	West Germany	10.35
4	Juris Silovs	Soviet Union	10.35
5	Dominique Chauvelot	France	10.35
6	Manfred Ommer	West Germany	10.36
7	Christer Garpenborg	Sweden	10.39
8	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	10.43
			Wind: -1.0 m/s