1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12 and 13 September 1962.

Men's 100 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships
Venue	JNA Stadium
Location	Belgrade
Dates	12 September (heats) 13 September (semifinals & final)
Competitors	29 from 18 nations
Winning time	10.4
Medalists
Claude Piquemal   France   Jocelyn Delecour   France   Peter Gamper   West Germany

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (2)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• France (3)
• Hungary (3)
• Italy (1)
• Malta (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (3)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Sweden (3)
• Switzerland (1)
• Turkey (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (3)

Results

Heats

12 September

Heat 1

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heinz Schumann	West Germany	10.4	Q
2	Nikolay Politiko	Soviet Union	10.5	Q
3	Vilém Mandlík	Czechoslovakia	10.5	Q
4	Jean-Louis Descloux	Switzerland	10.5
5	Gyula Rábai	Hungary	10.6
6	Eucharist Agreach	Malta	11.8
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 2

Wind: 0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marian Foik	Poland	10.3	CR, Q
2	Peter Radford	Great Britain	10.4	Q
3	Guy Lagorce	France	10.6	Q
4	Veselin Valov	Bulgaria	10.7
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Peter Gamper	West Germany	10.3	CR, Q
2	Jerzy Juskowiak	Poland	10.4	Q
3	Armin Tuyakov	Soviet Union	10.5	Q
4	László Mihályfi	Hungary	10.6
5	Sven Hortewall	Sweden	10.6
6	Ferruh Oygur	Turkey	11.0
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Hebauf	West Germany	10.3	CR, Q
2	Edvin Ozolin	Soviet Union	10.5	Q
3	Andrzej Zieliński	Poland	10.6	Q
4	Sven-Åke Lövgren	Sweden	10.7
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jocelyn Delecour	France	10.5	Q
2	Mikhail Bachvarov	Bulgaria	10.6	Q
3	Alf Meakin	Great Britain	10.6	Q
4	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	Norway	10.7
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claude Piquemal	France	10.5	Q
2	Livio Berruti	Italy	10.5	Q
3	Berwyn Jones	Great Britain	10.5	Q
4	Owe Jonsson	Sweden	10.5
5	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	10.6
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semi-finals

12 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Hebauf	West Germany	10.4	Q
2	Claude Piquemal	France	10.4	Q
3	Livio Berruti	Italy	10.5
4	Peter Radford	Great Britain	10.5
5	Mikhail Bachvarov	Bulgaria	10.5
6	Nikolay Politiko	Soviet Union	23.4
			Wind: -0.6 m/s

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Peter Gamper	West Germany	10.3	CR, Q
2	Marian Foik	Poland	10.4	Q
3	Guy Lagorce	France	10.5
4	Andrzej Zieliński	Poland	10.6
5	Armin Tuyakov	Soviet Union	10.6
6	Alf Meakin	Great Britain	10.7
			Wind: -0.3 m/s

Semi-final 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jerzy Juskowiak	Poland	10.4	Q
2	Jocelyn Delecour	France	10.4	Q
3	Heinz Schumann	West Germany	10.4
4	Edvin Ozolin	Soviet Union	10.5
5	Berwyn Jones	Great Britain	10.5
6	Vilém Mandlík	Czechoslovakia	10.6
			Wind: -0.4 m/s

Final

13 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Claude Piquemal	France	10.4
	Jocelyn Delecour	France	10.4
	Peter Gamper	West Germany	10.4
4	Alfred Hebauf	West Germany	10.4
5	Jerzy Juskowiak	Poland	10.4
6	Marian Foik	Poland	10.5
			Wind: -0.6 m/s