2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

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.

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

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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