European Athletics Championships 1994/100 m women

16th European Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	33 athletes from 15 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (preliminary / intermediate runs) August 8th (semifinals / finals)
Medalists Irina Priwalowa ( RUS )   Shanna Tarnopolskaya ( UKR )   Melanie Paschke ( GER )

Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The 100-meter run for women at the European Athletics Championships in 1994 was held on August 7 and 8, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

The European champion was the Russian Olympic third in 1992 and the holder of the European record , Irina Priwalowa , who three days later also won the 200 meters . She won ahead of the Ukrainian Shanna Tarnopolskaja , later Shanna Pintusewitsch or Shanna Block. Shanna Tarnopolskaya also came second over 200 meters. Bronze went to the German Melanie Paschke .

Existing records

World record	10.49 s	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Indianapolis , USA	July 16, 1988
European record	10.77 s	Irina Privaleova	Lausanne , Switzerland	July 6, 1994
EM record	10.89 s	Katrin Krabbe	EM Split , Yugoslavia	August 28, 1990

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

Preliminary round

August 7, 1994

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

Forward 1

Wind: -0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Melanie Paschke	Germany	11.40
2	Dessislawa Dimitrova	Bulgaria	11.43
3	Odiah Sidibé	France	11.60
4th	Sara Wüest	Switzerland	11.64
5	Ekaterini Koffa	Greece	11.71
6th	Aksel Gurcan	Turkey	11.81
DNS	Maya Azarashvili	Georgia

Forward 2

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shanna Tarnopolskaya	Ukraine	11.13
2	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	11.50
3	Sabine Tröger	Austria	11.56
4th	Giada Gallina	Italy	11.66
5	Marcia Richardson	Great Britain	11.69
6th	Odile Singa	France	11.74
7th	Margret Haug	Switzerland	11.80

Forward 3

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Paula Thomas	Great Britain	11.37
2	Patricia Girard	France	11.47
3	Natalia Anissimova	Russia	11.47
4th	Bettina Zipp	Germany	11.50
5	Iryna Slyussar	Ukraine	11.66
6th	Eva Barati	Hungary	11.72
7th	Dagmar Holbl	Austria	11.94

Forward 4

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Nelli Cooman	Netherlands	11.35
2	Marina Trandenkowa	Russia	11.40
3	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	11.41
4th	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	11.56
5	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.62
DNS	Andrea Philipp	Germany

Forward 5

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Privaleova	Russia	11.38
2	Anelija Nunewa	Bulgaria	11.51
3	Jacqueline Poelman	Netherlands	11.52
4th	Stephanie Douglas	Great Britain	11.60
5	Regula Anliker-Aebi	Switzerland	11.65
6th	Anshela Kravchenko	Ukraine	11.78
7th	Anu Pirttimaa	Finland	11.81

Intermediate round

August 7, 1994

From each of the three intermediate runs, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Intermediate run 1

Wind: +1.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Melanie Paschke	Germany	11.31
2	Nelli Cooman	Netherlands	11.41
3	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	11.44
4th	Natalia Anissimova	Russia	11.48
5	Patricia Girard	France	11.52
6th	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	11.57
7th	Marcia Richardson	Great Britain	11.71
8th	Giada Gallina	Italy	11.79

Intermediate run 2

Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shanna Tarnopolskaya	Ukraine	11.01
2	Marina Trandenkowa	Russia	11.35
3	Dessislawa Dimitrova	Bulgaria	11.36
4th	Jacqueline Poelman	Netherlands	11.37
5	Stephanie Douglas	Great Britain	11.40
6th	Sabine Tröger	Austria	11.44
7th	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.68
8th	Sara Wüest	Switzerland	11.70

Intermediate run 3

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Privaleova	Russia	11.20
2	Anelija Nunewa	Bulgaria	11.33
3	Paula Thomas	Great Britain	11.42
4th	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	11.44
5	Bettina Zipp	Germany	11.45
6th	Odiah Sidibé	France	11.59
7th	Iryna Slyussar	Ukraine	11.62
8th	Regula Anliker-Aebi	Switzerland	11.68

Semifinals

August 8, 1994

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

Jacqueline Poelman was eliminated in sixth place in her semi-final run

Wind: +0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shanna Tarnopolskaya	Ukraine	11.25
2	Anelija Nunewa	Bulgaria	11.43
3	Marina Trandenkowa	Russia	11.53
4th	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	11.53
5	Paula Thomas	Great Britain	11.58
6th	Jacqueline Poelman	Netherlands	11.65
7th	Bettina Zipp	Germany	11.69
8th	Sabine Tröger	Austria	11.72

Semi-final run 2

Wind: +1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Privaleova	Russia	11.18
2	Melanie Paschke	Germany	11.30
3	Nelli Cooman	Netherlands	11.38
4th	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	11.56
5	Dessislawa Dimitrova	Bulgaria	11.56
6th	Patricia Girard	France	11.58
7th	Stephanie Douglas	Great Britain	11.60
8th	Natalia Anissimova	Russia	11.63

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  Silver medalist Shanna Tarnopolskaya

• 

  Nelli Cooman finished fourth

final

August 8, 1994

Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Privaleova	Russia	11.02
2	Shanna Tarnopolskaya	Ukraine	11.10
3	Melanie Paschke	Germany	11.28
4th	Anelija Nunewa	Bulgaria	11.40
5	Nelli Cooman	Netherlands	11.40
6th	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	11.41
7th	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	11.43
8th	Marina Trandenkowa	Russia	11.52

Web links

• Women 100m European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed September 30, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed September 30, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 100m European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 465 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 30, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 100 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on September 30, 2019
• 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on September 30, 2019

Video

• Women's 100m Final European Champs Helsinki 1994 on youtube.com, accessed September 30, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100m women , accessed September 29, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Women , Spanish / English, p. 48 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on September 16, 2019