European Athletics Championships 1938/100 m men

2. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 100-meter run
city	Paris
Stadion	Stade Olympique
Attendees	20 athletes from 13 countries
Competition phase	September 3 (preliminary / semi-finals / finals)
Medalist
gold	Martinus Osendarp ( NED )
silver	Orazio Mariani ( ITA )
bronze	Lennart Strandberg ( SWE )

Olympic Stadium in Paris 1924

The men's 100-meter run at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held on September 3, 1938 in the Stade Olympique in the French capital, Paris .

European champion was the Dutchman Martinus Osendarp , who won ahead of the Italian Orazio Mariani . Bronze went to Sweden's Lennart Strandberg .

Records

Existing records

World record	10.2 s	Jesse Owens	Chicago , USA	June 20, 1936
Championship record	10.6 s	Paul Hänni	EM Turin , Italy	September 7, 1934
		Christiaan Berger
		József sir

Record improvements

The championship record that existed before these European championships has been improved several times:

• Prelims:
  •  Martinus Osendarp - 10.5 p
  •  Orazio Mariani - 10.5 s (discontinued)
• Semifinals:
  •  Lennart Strandberg - 10.5 s (discontinued; 1st semi-final)
  •  Orazio Mariani - 10.4 s (2nd semifinals, first place)
  •  Wil van Beveren - 10.4 s (2nd semi-final, second at the same time)

The new championship record holders with 10.4 seconds were therefore Vice European Champion Orazio Mariani and Wil van Beveren, who came fourth in the final. In the finals, European champion Martinus Osendarp won with 10.5 seconds, the record from the second semi-final run remained after these European championships.

execution

The entire competition took place in one day. The prelims (3:30 p.m.), semi-finals (4:35 p.m.) and the final (6:05 p.m.) took place on September 3, 1938.

Preliminary round

September 3, 1938, 3:30 p.m.

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes in each run qualified for the semi-finals - highlighted in light blue.

Forward 1

Lennart Lindgren was eliminated fourth in his preliminary run

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.5 CR
2	Julien Saelens	Belgium	10.6 NO
3	Ernest Page	Great Britain	10.7
4th	Lennart Lindgren	Sweden	10.8
5	Jean Jourdian	France	10.9

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	10.6
2	Arthur Sweeney	Great Britain	10.7
3	Erik Sjøvall	Norway	10.7
4th	François Mersch	Luxembourg	10.7
5	Bernard Zaslona	Poland	10.9
6th	Xaver Frick	Liechtenstein	12.5

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Wil van Beveren	Netherlands	10.6
2	Bernard Marchand	Switzerland	10.7
3	Gyula Gyenes	Hungary	10.7
4th	Dieudonne Devrint	Belgium	10.7

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Orazio Mariani	Italy	10.5 CRe
2	József sir	Hungary	10.7
3	Manfred Kersch	German Empire	10.7
4th	Paul Hänni	Switzerland	10.8
5	Jean Fusil	France	11.2

Semifinals

September 3, 1938, 4:35 p.m.

In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	10.5 CRe
2	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.7
3	Bernard Marchand	Switzerland	10.7
4th	Manfred Kersch	German Empire	10.7
5	Ernest Page	Great Britain	10.8
6th	Gyula Gyenes	Hungary	10.8

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Orazio Mariani	Italy	10.4 CR
2	Wil van Beveren	Netherlands	10.4 CR
3	Arthur Sweeney	Great Britain	10.5
4th	Julien Saelens	Belgium	10.6 NRe
5	József sir	Hungary	11.0
6th	Erik Sjøvall	Norway	11.0

final

Finish line over 100 meters ( on the photo from left to right ):
Arthur Sweeney, Orazio Mariani, Wil van Beveren, Lennart Strandberg, Martinus Osendarp, Bernard Marchand

September 3, 1938, 6:05 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.5
2	Orazio Mariani	Italy	10.6
3	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	10.6
4th	Wil van Beveren	Netherlands	10.6
5	Arthur Sweeney	Great Britain	11.0
6th	Bernard Marchand	Switzerland	11.2

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  European champion Martinus Osendarp

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  Vice European Champion Orazio Mariani

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  Bronze medalist Lennart Strandberg

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 7, 2019
• Men 100m European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA) on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2019
• II European Championship, Paris 1938 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 7, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 7, 2019
• 2nd European Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris, France from ifosta.de, accessed on March 7, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100m men , accessed March 7, 2019