European Athletics Championships 1986/100 m men

14th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 100-meter run
city	Stuttgart
Stadion	Neckar Stadium
Attendees	33 athletes from 18 countries
Competition phase	August 26th (preliminary) August 27th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist
gold	Linford Christie ( GBR )
silver	Steffen Bringmann ( GDR )
bronze	Bruno Marie-Rose ( FRA )

The Stuttgart stadium - today the Mercedes-Benz Arena in 2011

The men's 100-meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 1986 was held on August 26th and 27th, 1986 in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart .

The British Linford Christie became European champion . He won ahead of the GDR sprinter Steffen Bringmann . The Frenchman Bruno Marie-Rose won the bronze medal.

Records

Existing records

World record	9.93 s	Calvin Smith	Colorado Springs , USA	3rd July 1983
European record	10.00 s	Marian Voronin	Warsaw , Poland	June 9, 1984
Championship record	10.19 s	Pietro Mennea	EM Prague , Czechoslovakia	August 29, 1978

Record improvement

The existing EM record has been improved twice:

• 10.16 s - Steffen Bringmann , 1st semi-final on August 27th 
• 10.15s - Linford Christie , final on August 27th 

Preliminary round

August 26, 1986, 8:20 pm

The preliminary round was carried out in five runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the fastest runner - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Forward 1

Wind: −1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Allan Wells	Great Britain	10.31
2	Antoine Richard	France	10.38
3	Christian Haas	BR Germany	10.38
4th	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	10.39
5	Einar Sagli	Norway	10.65
6th	Luís Cunha	Portugal	10.74
7th	Aris Cefai	Malta	11.56

Forward 2

Wind: −0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Steffen Bringmann	GDR	10.34
2	Nikolai Yushmanov	Soviet Union	10.38
3	Andreas Berger	Austria	10.50
4th	Antonio Ullo	Italy	10.54
5	István Tatár	Hungary	10.60
6th	Pedro Agostinho	Portugal	10.75

Forward 3

The EM third from 1982 and European record holder Marian Voronin did not reach the finish line in his lead

Wind: −0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Attila Kovács	Hungary	10.32
2	Thomas Schröder	GDR	10.33
3	Jürgen Evers	BR Germany	10.36
4th	Gilles Quenéhervé	France	10.56
5	Lars Pedersen	Denmark	10.85
DNF	Marian Voronin	Poland

Forward 4

Wind: −1.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Wiktor Bryshin	Soviet Union	10.35
2	José Javier Arqués	Spain	10.44
3	Mike McFarlane	Great Britain	10.48
4th	Matthias Schlicht	BR Germany	10.56
5	Christian Mark	Austria	10.66
6th	Odd Erik Kristiansen	Norway	10.80
7th	Phil Snoddy	Ireland	10.88

Forward 5

Wind: −1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.25
2	Bruno Marie-Rose	France	10.29
3	Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	10.41
4th	Kosmas Stratos	Greece	10.57
5	Arnaldo Abrantes	Portugal	10.61
6th	Morten Kjems	Denmark	10.78
7th	Markus Büchel	Liechtenstein	11.03

Semifinals

August 27, 1986, 6:45 p.m.

For the eligibility to participate in the finals, it was determined that the first four athletes from each of the two semi-finals would qualify for the finals. In the second semi-final, two sprinters placed fourth together at the same time. Both were admitted to the final, so that around an hour and a half later, nine participants contested the final. The runners who qualified from the two semi-finals are highlighted in light blue in the following overview of results.

Run 1

Wind: +1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Steffen Bringmann	GDR	10.16 CR
2	Bruno Marie-Rose	France	10.18
3	Allan Wells	Great Britain	10.22
4th	Wiktor Bryshin	Soviet Union	10.23
5	Christian Haas	BR Germany	10.27
6th	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	10.31
7th	Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	10.43
8th	Andreas Berger	Austria	10.45

Run 2

Wind: +2.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.19
2	Attila Kovács	Hungary	10.26
3	Thomas Schröder	GDR	10.28
4th	Antoine Richard	France	10.29
	Mike McFarlane	Great Britain	10.29
6th	Jürgen Evers	BR Germany	10.33
7th	Nikolai Yushmanov	Soviet Union	10.49
8th	José Javier Arqués	Spain	10.54

final

European champion Linford Christie

August 27, 1986, 8:20 pm

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.15 CR
2	Steffen Bringmann	GDR	10.20
3	Bruno Marie-Rose	France	10.21
4th	Thomas Schröder	GDR	10.24
5	Allan Wells	Great Britain	10.25
6th	Mike McFarlane	Great Britain	10.29
7th	Attila Kovács	Hungary	10.31
8th	Antoine Richard	France	10.34
9	Wiktor Bryshin	Soviet Union	10.38

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  Vice European Champion Steffen Bringmann

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  Like two days later, Thomas Schröder came fourth over 200 meters

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  Antoine Richard finished eighth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Stuttgart 1986 at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 27, 2019
• Men 100m European Championship 1986 Stuttgart on todor66.com, accessed on August 27, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1986 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on August 27, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 100m European Championship 1986 Stuttgart, p. 443 (PDF, 13.363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 27, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1986, 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 27, 2019
• 14th European Athletics Championships 1986 in Stuttgart, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on August 27, 2019

Video

• 1986 European Athletics Champs mens 100m Final , published on February 9, 2008 on youtube.com (English), accessed August 31, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100m men , accessed August 27, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 7 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on August 27, 2019