European Athletics Championships 1950/100 m men

4. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 100-meter run
city	Brussels
Stadion	Heysel Stadium
Attendees	26 athletes from 14 countries
Competition phase	August 23 (preliminary) August 24 (semi-finals / finals)
Medalist
gold	Étienne Bally ( FRA )
silver	Franco Leccese ( ITA )
bronze	Vladimir Sukharev ( URS )

The Heysel Stadium in Brussels in an aerial photo from 1935

The men's 100-meter run at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held on 23 and 24 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium in the Belgian capital, Brussels .

European champion was the Frenchman Étienne Bally . He won ahead of the Italian Franco Leccese . Bronze went to the Soviet runner Vladimir Sukharev .

Existing records

World record	10.2 s	Jesse Owens	Chicago , USA	June 20, 1936
		Harold Davis	Compton , USA	June 6, 1941
		Lloyd LaBeach	Fresno , USA	May 15, 1948
		Barney Ewell	Evanston , USA	July 9, 1948
European record	10.3 s	Arthur Jonath	Bochum , Germany	June 5, 1932
		Christiaan Berger	Amsterdam , Netherlands	August 26, 1934
		Lennart Strandberg	Malmo , Sweden	September 26, 1936
		Karl Neckermann	Berlin , Germany	July 8, 1939
Championship record	10.4 s	Orazio Mariani	EM Paris , France	September 3, 1938
		Wil van Beveren

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

Jan Lammers could not qualify for the semifinals as fourth of his preliminary run, but won the bronze medal over 200 meters

23 August 1950, 5:55 p.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in six runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals. As with previous European championships, the unequal division of the preliminary runs is to be criticized. Races two to five were filled with five participants each, the sixth with four runners. In the first race, on the other hand, only two athletes started who only had to reach the finish in order to be in the next lap.

Forward 1

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Nikolai Karakulov	Soviet Union	11.1
2	Hans Peter Pedersen	Norway	11.2

Forward 2

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Petar Pecelj	Yugoslavia	11.0
2	Emil Kiszka	Poland	11.1
3	Tomas Paquete	Portugal	11.1
4th	Hans Wehrli-Frei	Switzerland	11.1
5	Fred Hammer	Luxembourg	11.2

Forward 3

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Franco Leccese	Italy	10.6
2	Alan Grieve	Great Britain	10.8
3	Henry Johansen	Norway	11.0
4th	Christian Brac	France	11.2
5	Leif Christersson	Sweden	11.2

Forward 4

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Knud Schibsbye	Denmark	11.1
2	Gesualdo Penna	Italy	11.2
3	Austin Pinnington	Great Britain	11.2
4th	Jan Lammers	Netherlands	11.3
5	Hans Rydén	Sweden	11.3

Forward 5

Wind: −1.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Étienne Bally	France	10.9
2	Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson	Iceland	11.1
3	Roland Vercruysse	Belgium	11.1
4th	Mikhail Tsokalis	Greece	11.4
5	Willy Eichenberger	Switzerland	11.6

Forward 6

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Vladimir Sukharev	Soviet Union	10.7
2	Haukur Clausen	Iceland	11.0
3	Isidoor Vandewiele	Belgium	11.1
4th	Jean-Petit Hammer	Luxembourg	11.3

Semifinals

August 24, 1950, 4:55 p.m.

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

Run 1

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Franco Leccese	Italy	10.7
2	Emil Kiszka	Poland	10.8
3	Petar Pecelj	Yugoslavia	11.0
4th	Nikolai Karakulov	Soviet Union	11.1
5	Knud Schibsbye	Denmark	11.1
6th	Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson	Iceland	11.1

Run 2

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Étienne Bally	France	10.6
2	Vladimir Sukharev	Soviet Union	10.7
3	Haukur Clausen	Iceland	11.0
4th	Alan Grieve	Great Britain	11.0
5	Gesualdo Penna	Italy	11.0
6th	Hans Peter Pedersen	Norway	11.2

final

European champion Étienne Bally in a cartoon representation

August 24, 1950, 6:30 p.m.

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Étienne Bally	France	10.7
2	Franco Leccese	Italy	10.7
3	Vladimir Sukharev	Soviet Union	10.7
4th	Emil Kiszka	Poland	10.7
5	Haukur Clausen	Iceland	10.8
6th	Petar Pecelj	Yugoslavia	10.8

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Brussels 1950 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on March 26, 2019
• Men 100m European Championship 1950 Brussels on todor66.com, accessed March 26, 2019
• IV European Championship, Brussels 1950 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 26, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1950, 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 26, 2019
• 4th European Athletics Championships 1950 in Brussels, Belgium from ifosta.de, accessed on March 26, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ Progression Official World Records, page 546 (PDF), accessed on March 26, 2019