European Athletics Championships 2010/100 m women

20th European Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	32 athletes from 20 countries
venue	Barcelona
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	July 28th (preliminary) July 29th (semifinals / final)
Medalists Verena Sailer ( GER )   Véronique Mang ( FRA )   Myriam Soumaré ( FRA )

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona in 2007

The women's 100 meter run at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on July 28 and 29, 2010 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the city of Barcelona .

In this competition, the French sprinters won two medals, silver and bronze. The German Verena Sailer became European champion . She won ahead of Véronique Mang . Bronze went to Myriam Soumaré .

Existing records

World record	10.49 s	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Indianapolis , USA	July 16, 1988
European record	10.73 s	Christine Arron	EM Budapest , Hungary	August 18, 1998
EM record

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

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

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  Alena Daniljuk-Neumjarschyzkaja did not reach the semi-finals as fifth of the first heat

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  Andreea Ogrăzeanu was seventh in her preliminary run and was eliminated

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  Manuela Levorato failed as eighth of her race in the preliminary round

July 28, 2010, 10:40 am

Wind: −0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	11.35
2	Myriam Soumaré	France	11.35
3	Yuna Mekhti-Zade	Russia	11.52
4th	Ailis McSweeney	Ireland	11.52
5	Alena Daniljuk-Neumjarschyzkaja	Belarus	11.63
6th	Tina Murn	Slovenia	11.70
7th	Andreea Ogrăzeanu	Romania	11.78
8th	Manuela Levorato	Italy	11.80

Forward 2

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  As fourth of her preliminary run, Yasmin Kwadwo missed the semifinals by one place

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  Kateřina Čechová's fifth place in the second run was not enough for the next round

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  Marika Popowicz failed as seventh of her race in the prelim

July 28, 2010, 10:48 am

Wind: −1.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Véronique Mang	France	11.35
2	Yeoryía Koklóni	Greece	11.50
3	Olessja Powch	Ukraine	11.58
4th	Yasmin Kwadwo	Germany	11.68
5	Kateřina Čechová	Czech Republic	11.69
6th	Inna Eftimova	Bulgaria	11.79
7th	Marika Popowicz	Poland	11.80
8th	Ivana Rožman	Macedonia	12.90

Forward 3

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  The upcoming European champion Iwet Lalowa did not reach the next round as sixth of her heat

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  The 2004 Olympic champion Julija Neszjarenka failed here as the seventh of her race in the preliminary round

July 28, 2010, 10:56 am

Wind: −1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Verena Sailer	Germany	11.27
2	Marija Rjemjen	Ukraine	11.38
3	Christine Arron	France	11.45
4th	Digna Luz Murillo	Spain	11.52
5	Julia Kazura	Russia	11.57
6th	Ivet Lalowa	Bulgaria	11.58
7th	Julia Neszjarenka	Belarus	11.58
8th	Lena Berntsson	Sweden	11.84

Forward 4

Julija Balykina was eliminated as fourth in her run

July 28, 2010, 11:04 am

Wind: −0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anna Gurowa	Russia	11.42
2	Laura Turner	Great Britain	11.45
3	Lina Grinčikaitė	Lithuania	11.48
4th	Anne Möllinger	Germany	11.51
5	Natalija Pohrebnjak	Ukraine	11.53
6th	Julia Balykina	Belarus	11.55
7th	Sara Maroncelli	San Marino	12.64
DNF	Folake Akinyemi	Norway

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

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  Lina Grinčikaitė missed the final by one place as fourth of her semi-finals

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  Anne Möllinger was eighth in her semi-finals and had no chance of reaching the final

July 29, 2010, 8:20 pm

Wind: +1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Véronique Mang	France	11.12
2	Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	11.23
3	Marija Rjemjen	Ukraine	11.25
4th	Lina Grinčikaitė	Lithuania	11.35
5	Laura Turner	Great Britain	11.41
6th	Yuna Mekhti-Zade	Russia	11.43
7th	Digna Luz Murillo	Spain	11.44
8th	Anne Möllinger	Germany	11.60

Run 2

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  Seventh place in her semifinals was not enough for Olessja Powch to take part in the final

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  Natalija Pohrebnjak was eighth in the second semifinals and was eliminated

July 29, 2010, 8:28 pm

Wind: +2.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Verena Sailer	Germany	11.06
2	Myriam Soumaré	France	11.13
3	Christine Arron	France	11.24
4th	Yeoryía Koklóni	Greece	11.26
5	Anna Gurowa	Russia	11.31
6th	Ailis McSweeney	Ireland	11.32
7th	Olessja Powch	Ukraine	11.33
8th	Natalija Pohrebnjak	Ukraine	11.34

final

It was enough for Verena Sailer's razor-thin victory

July 29, 2010, 9:45 p.m.

Wind: −0.6 m / s

With her personal best of the season, Verena Sailer won the first German 100-meter European Championship medal in sixteen years with her victory in 11.10 seconds. Véronique Mang and Myriam Soumaré also achieved second and third place with their respective personal bests.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Verena Sailer	Germany	11.10
2	Véronique Mang	France	11.11
3	Myriam Soumaré	France	11.18
4th	Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	11.23 NO
5	Marija Rjemjen	Ukraine	11.31
6th	Anna Gurowa	Russia	11.36
7th	Yeoryía Koklóni	Greece	11.36
8th	Christine Arron	France	11.37

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  Vice European Champion Véronique Mang, beaten by a hundredth of a second

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  Bronze medalist Myriam Soumaré

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  Ezinne Okparaebo - fourth with a Norwegian record

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  Marija Rjemjen finished fifth

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  Christine Arron, 1998 European champion and winner of numerous Olympic and World Cup medals, finished eighth in this final

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Barcelona 2010 at european-athletics.org, accessed on December 28, 2019
• Women 100m European Championship 2010 Barcelona on todor66.com, accessed December 28, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2010 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on December 28, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 100m European Championship 2010 Barcelona, ​​p. 505 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on December 28, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2010, 100 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on December 28, 2019
• 20th European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona, ​​Spain from ifosta.de, accessed on December 28, 2019

Video

• Verena Sailer - Gold 100m Sprint (EM 2010) on youtube.com, accessed on December 28, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100m women , accessed December 28, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Women , Spanish / English, p. 48 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on December 28, 2019