European Athletics Championships 2002/100 m men

18th European Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	45 athletes from 24 countries
venue	Munich
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 6th (preliminary / intermediate round) August 7th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Francis Obikwelu ( POR )   Darren Campbell ( GBR )   Roland Németh ( HUN )

Munich Olympic Stadium

The men's 100-meter run at the 2002 European Athletics Championships was held on August 6th and 7th, 2002 in Munich's Olympic Stadium.

European champion was the Portuguese Francis Obikwelu , who two days later took second place over 200 meters . He won ahead of the defending champion Darren Campbell . Bronze went to the Hungarian Roland Németh .

Existing records

World record	9.79 s	Maurice Greene	Athens , Greece	June 16, 1999
European record	9.87 s	Linford Christie	WM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 15, 1993
Championship record	10.04 s	Darren Campbell	EM Budapest , Hungary	August 19, 1998

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

doping

The original winner, Dwain Chambers , was stripped of the gold medal after a positive doping test in 2003 according to a decision of the IAAF in 2006. The athlete was also banned for two years.The athletes placed below moved up one rank, several sprinters were disadvantaged here:

• The Portuguese Francis Obikwelu was only allowed to receive the well-deserved gold medal four years after completing the competitions.
• The Hungarian Roland Németh also received his bronze medal four years late.
• Troy Douglas , who was eliminated in the semifinals, would have been eligible to start in the final.
• The Italian Maurizio Checcucci , who was eliminated in the interim, would have been eligible to start in the semi-finals.
• The Swede Patrik Lövgren , who was eliminated in the preliminary run, would have been eligible to start in the intermediate round .

Preliminary round

August 6, 2002

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: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marc Blume	Germany	10.33
2	Markus Pöyhönen	Finland	10.35
3	Geir Moen	Norway	10.39
4th	Piotr Balcerzak	Poland	10.51
5	Jiří Vojtík	Czech Republic	10.54
6th	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Israel	10.61
DOP	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	admitted for the intermediate round

Forward 2

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	10.38
2	Anatoly Dowhal	Ukraine	10.39
3	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.43
4th	Fabrice Calligny	France	10.47
5	Patrik Lövgren	Sweden	10.56 actually qualified for the intermediate round
6th	Sergei Bychkov	Russia	10.58
7th	Slobodan Spasić	Yugoslavia	10.81

Forward 3

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Georgios Theodoridis	Greece	10.24
2	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	10.36
3	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany	10.44
4th	Rok Predanič	Slovenia	10.45
5	Aham Okeke	Norway	10.49
6th	Stefan Koivikko	Finland	10.55
7th	Kostyantyn Vasyukov	Ukraine	10.57
8th	Sergejs Inšakovs	Latvia	10.62

Forward 4

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Aimé-Issa Nthépé	France	10.35
2	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	10.46
3	Aristotélis Gavélas	Greece	10.47
4th	Maurizio Checcucci	Italy	10.48
5	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	10.50
6th	Orkatz Beitia	Spain	10.58
7th	Boštjan Fridrih	Slovenia	10.59

Forward 5

Wind: +1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Roland Németh	Hungary	10.24
2	Jason Gardener	Great Britain	10.29
3	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	10.43
4th	Luca Simoni	Italy	10.48
5	Alexander Smirnov	Russia	10.50
6th	Marc Kochan	Germany	10.50
7th	Gian Nicola Berardi	San Marino	10.73
8th	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	10.80

Forward 6

Wind: -0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Konstantin Rurak	Ukraine	10.37
2	Francesco Scuderi	Italy	10.39
3	Panayiótis Sarrís	Greece	10.39
4th	Dejan Vojnović	Croatia	10.39
5	Alexander Ryabov	Russia	10.55
6th	Ryszard Pilarczyk	Poland	10.61
7th	Sébastien Gattuso	Monaco	10.70
8th	Gideon Jablonka	Israel	10.74

Intermediate round

August 6, 2002

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

Intermediate run 1

Wind: -0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Georgios Theodoridis	Greece	10.25
2	Jason Gardener	Great Britain	10.28
3	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	10.35
4th	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.42
5	Francesco Scuderi	Italy	10.42
6th	Alexander Ryabov	Russia	10.51
7th	Dejan Vojnović	Croatia	k. A.
8th	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany	10.53

Panayiótis Sarrís missed the semi-finals by two places

Intermediate run 2

Wind: +0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Aimé-Issa Nthépé	France	10.31
2	Markus Pöyhönen	Finland	10.32
3	Rok Predanič	Slovenia	10.33
4th	Konstantin Rurak	Ukraine	10.36
5	Geir Moen	Norway	10.41
6th	Panayiótis Sarrís	Greece	10.46
7th	Alexander Smirnov	Russia	10.48
8th	Piotr Balcerzak	Poland	10.50

Intermediate run 3

With rank eight in his intermediate run, Jiří Vojtík did not reach the next round

Wind: -0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	10.29
2	Roland Németh	Hungary	10.32
3	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	10.33
4th	Aristotélis Gavélas	Greece	10.35
5	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	10.42
6th	Marc Kochan	Germany	10.62
7th	Luca Simoni	Italy	10.63
8th	Jiří Vojtík	Czech Republic	10.70

Intermediate run 4

Wind: -0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marc Blume	Germany	10.29
2	Anatoly Dowhal	Ukraine	10.30
3	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	10.38
4th	Maurizio Checcucci	Italy	10.39 actually qualified for the semifinals
5	Fabrice Calligny	France	10.46
6th	Stefan Koivikko	Finland	10.49
7th	Aham Okeke	Norway	10.50
DOP	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	admitted to the semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place in his semi-final race was not enough for Matic Osovnikar to reach the final

August 7, 2002

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

Semi-final run 1

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Aimé-Issa Nthépé	France	10.31
2	Aristotélis Gavélas	Greece	10.34
3	Markus Pöyhönen	Finland	10.35
4th	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	10.36 actually qualified for the final
5	Jason Gardener	Great Britain	10.36
6th	Anatoly Dowhal	Ukraine	10.40
7th	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	10.49
DOP	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	admitted to the finals

Semi-final run 2

John Ertzgaard (here in 2017) was eliminated as eighth of his run in the semifinals

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	10.12
2	Georgios Theodoridis	Greece	10.24
3	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	10.30
4th	Roland Németh	Hungary	10.32
5	Rok Predanič	Slovenia	10.33
6th	Konstantin Rurak	Ukraine	10.38
7th	Marc Blume	Germany	10.38
8th	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.45

final

European champion Francis Obikwelu, two days later second over 200 meters - he was still active as a successful sprinter for a few years

August 7, 2002

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	10.06 NO
2	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	10.15
3	Roland Németh	Hungary	10.27
4th	Markus Pöyhönen	Finland	10.31
5	Aimé-Issa Nthépé	France	10.32
6th	Aristotélis Gavélas	Greece	10.36
DSQ	Georgios Theodoridis	Greece
DOP	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain

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  Defending champion Darren Campbell won the silver medal this time

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  Dwain Chambers was considered European champion for two years before he was stripped of the title for doping fraud

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Munich 2002 at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 18, 2019
• Men 100m European Championship 2002 Munich on todor66.com, accessed October 26, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2002 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 26, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 100m European Championship 2002 Munich, p. 480 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 26, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2002, 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on October 26, 2019
• 18th European Athletics Championships 2002 in Munich, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on October 26, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100m men , accessed October 26, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 7 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on October 26, 2019
3. ↑ ^{a b} European Champion Dwain Chambers banned for two years Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 24, 2004, accessed on October 26, 2019