Men's 100 metres European record progression

The following table shows the European record progression in the men's 100 metres, as ratified by the European Athletic Association.[1][2]

Hand timing

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Time Athlete Nationality Venue Date
10.3 Arthur Jonath   Germany Bochum, Germany 5 June 1932
10.3 Chris Berger   Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands 26 August 1934
10.3 Lennart Strandberg   Sweden Malmö, Sweden 26 September 1936
10.3 Karl Neckermann   Germany Berlin, Germany 8 July 1939
10.2 McDonald Bailey   United Kingdom Belgrade, Yugoslavia 25 August 1951
10.2 Heinz Futterer   West Germany Yokohama, Japan 31 October 1954
10.2 Manfred Germar   West Germany Cologne, West Germany 31 July 1957
10.2 Livio Berruti   Italy Verona, Italy 26 May 1960
10.0 Armin Hary   West Germany Zürich, Switzerland 21 June 1960
10.0 Roger Bambuck   France Sacramento, United States 20 June 1968
10.0 Vladislav Sapeya   Soviet Union Leninakan, Soviet Union 15 August 1968
10.0 Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union Kyiv, Soviet Union 18 August 1969
10.0 Gert Metz   West Germany Burg-Gretesch, West Germany 6 September 1970
10.0 Manfred Kokot   East Germany Erfurt, East Germany 15 May 1971
10.0 Vasilios Papageorgopoulos   Greece Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 3 June 1972
10.0 Pietro Mennea   Italy Milan, Italy 16 June 1972
10.0 Raimo Vilén   Finland Vuosaari, Finland 27 July 1972
10.0 Aleksandr Kornelyuk   Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 10 July 1973
10.0 Michael Droese   East Germany Dresden, East Germany 11 July 1973
10.0 Hans-Jurgen Bombach   East Germany Dresden, East Germany 20 July 1973
10.0 Siegfried Schenke   East Germany Berlin, Germany 29 August 1973
10.0 Manfred Ommer   West Germany Leverkusen, West Germany 22 July 1974

Automatic timing

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Time Athlete Nationality Venue Date
10.07 Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union Munich, West Germany 31 August 1972
10.01 Pietro Mennea   Italy Mexico City, Mexico 14 September 1979
10.00 Marian Woronin   Poland Warsaw, Poland 9 June 1984
9.97 Linford Christie   United Kingdom Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988
9.92 Linford Christie   United Kingdom Tokyo, Japan 25 August 1991
9.87 Linford Christie   United Kingdom Stuttgart, Germany 15 August 1993
9.86 Francis Obikwelu   Portugal Athens, Greece 22 August 2004
Jimmy Vicaut   France Paris, France 4 July 2015
Jimmy Vicaut   France Montreuil, France 7 June 2016
9.84 Marcell Jacobs   Italy Tokyo, Japan 1 August 2021
9.80 Marcell Jacobs   Italy Tokyo, Japan 1 August 2021

References

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