European Athletics Championships 1994/100 m men

16th European Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	41 athletes from 22 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (preliminary / intermediate runs) August 8th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Linford Christie ( GBR )   Geir Moen ( NOR )   Alexandr Porchomowski ( RUS )

Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

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

The British defending champion, Olympic champion in 1992 , world champion in 1993 and European record holder Linford Christie became European champions . Second place went to the Norwegian Geir Moen , who won the 200-meter run three days later . Bronze went to Alexandr Porchomowski from the Soviet Union.

Records

Existing records

World record	9.85 s	Leroy Burrell	Lausanne , Switzerland	July 6, 1994
European record	9.87 s	Linford Christie	WM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 15, 1993
Championship record	10.09 s		EM Split , Yugoslavia	August 28, 1990

Record improvement

European champion Linford Christie improved his own championship record in the first intermediate run on August 7th by a hundredth of a second to 10.08 seconds.  

Preliminary round

August 7, 1994

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

Forward 1

Wind: −0.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hermann Lomba	France	10.42
2	Aléxandros Terzián	Greece	10.46
3	Yiannis Zisimides	Cyprus	10.48
4th	Toby box	Great Britain	10.54
5	Dmitriy Vanyaikin	Ukraine	10.57
6th	Ari Pakarinen	Finland	10.62
7th	Mario Bonello	Malta	11.16

Forward 2

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Geir Moen	Norway	10.29
2	Marc Blume	Germany	10.36
3	Andrei Grigoryev	Russia	10.37
4th	Aléxandros Yenovélis	Greece	10.49
5	Pedro Pablo Nolet	Spain	10.50
6th	Jukka Vähäkangas	Finland	10.54
7th	Thomas Leandersson	Sweden	10.59

Forward 3

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.39
2	Patrick Stevens	Belgium	10.41
3	Kennet Kjensli	Norway	10.44
4th	Leave Juusela	Finland	10.54
5	Sergei Korneljuk	Belarus	10.56
6th	Pascal Thurnherr	Switzerland	10.60
7th	Siniša Ergotić	Croatia	10.80

Forward 4

Wind: −0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Russia	10.34
2	Oleg Kramarenko	Ukraine	10.35
3	Peter Karlsson	Sweden	10.44
4th	Regillio van der Vloot	Netherlands	10.52
5	Ezio Madonia	Italy	10.62
6th	Marek Zalewski	Poland	10.69
7th	Frutos Feo	Spain	10.74

Forward 5

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	10.40
2	Jason John	Great Britain	10.41
3	Daniel Cojocaru	Romania	10.46
4th	Eric Perrot	France	10.53
5	Stefan Burkart	Switzerland	10.53
6th	Domenico Nettis	Italy	10.63
7th	Guntis Zalitis	Latvia	10.75

Forward 6

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dave Dollé	Switzerland	10.52
2	Sandro Floris	Italy	10.52
3	Aléxios Alexópoulos	Greece	10.55
4th	Matias Ghansah	Sweden	10.61
5	Victor Malchugin	Russia	10.70
6th	Kfir Golan	Israel	10.72

Intermediate round

August 7, 1994

From the four intermediate runs, the first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Intermediate run 1

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.08 CR
2	Aléxandros Terzián	Greece	10.31
3	Dave Dollé	Switzerland	10.35
4th	Kennet Kjensli	Norway	10.37
5	Eric Perrot	France	10.55
6th	Regillio van der Vloot	Netherlands	10.56
7th	Sergei Korneljuk	Belarus	10.57
8th	Thomas Leandersson	Sweden	10.70

Intermediate run 2

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Russia	10.28
2	Oleg Kramarenko	Ukraine	10.31
3	Jason John	Great Britain	10.37
4th	Peter Karlsson	Sweden	10.40
5	Stefan Burkart	Switzerland	10.41
6th	Leave Juusela	Finland	10.57
7th	Ezio Madonia	Italy	10.63
8th	Aléxios Alexópoulos	Greece	10.69

Intermediate run 3

Wind: +0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Geir Moen	Norway	10.27
2	Marc Blume	Germany	10.31
3	Daniel Cojocaru	Romania	10.31
4th	Patrick Stevens	Belgium	10.41
5	Yiannis Zisimides	Cyprus	10.51
6th	Pedro Pablo Nolet	Spain	10.54
7th	Matias Ghansah	Sweden	10.55
8th	Pascal Thurnherr	Switzerland	10.71

Intermediate run 4

Wind: +1.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hermann Lomba	France	10.34
2	Toby box	Great Britain	10.35
3	Aléxandros Yenovélis	Greece	10.35
4th	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	10.40
5	Sandro Floris	Italy	10.41
6th	Andrei Grigoryev	Russia	10.47
7th	Dmitriy Vanyaikin	Ukraine	10.54
8th	Jukka Vähäkangas	Finland	10.63

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

Wind: −0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.19
2	Jason John	Great Britain	10.39
3	Daniel Cojocaru	Romania	10.45
4th	Aléxandros Terzián	Greece	10.46
5	Hermann Lomba	France	10.49
6th	Patrick Stevens	Belgium	10.56
7th	Dave Dollé	Switzerland	10.59
8th	Kennet Kjensli	Norway	10.62

Semi-final run 2

Wind: +1.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Geir Moen	Norway	10.20
2	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Russia	10.26
3	Oleg Kramarenko	Ukraine	10.34
4th	Marc Blume	Germany	10.38
5	Peter Karlsson	Sweden	10.41
6th	Toby box	Great Britain	10.46
7th	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	10.53
8th	Aléxandros Yenovélis	Greece	10.59

Defending champion Linford Christie, among others Olympic champion from 1992 , world champion from 1993 and European record holder , continued his series of successes

final

Wind: −0.5 m / s August 8, 1994

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Linford Christie	Great Britain	10.14
2	Geir Moen	Norway	10.30
3	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Russia	10.31
4th	Oleg Kramarenko	Ukraine	10.38
5	Daniel Cojocaru	Romania	10.39
6th	Marc Blume	Germany	10.40
7th	Aléxandros Terzián	Greece	10.42
8th	Jason John	Great Britain	10.46

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 1994 at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 22, 2019
• Men 100m European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed September 22, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 22, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 100m European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 460 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on September 22, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 22, 2019
• 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on September 22, 2019

Video

• Men's 100m Final European Champs Helsinki 1994 on youtube.com (English), accessed on September 22, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m men , accessed September 22, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 7 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on September 22, 2019