European Athletics Championships 2012/100 m men
21st European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 100 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 33 athletes from 25 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | June 27th (preliminary) June 28th (semifinals / finals) |
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The men's 100-meter run at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held on June 27 and 28, 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .
In this competition there was a French double victory. European champion was defending champion Christophe Lemaitre . Jimmy Vicaut took second place . Bronze went to the Norwegian Jaysuma Saidy Ndure .
As in 2010 , Irishman Jason Smyth , who had Stargardt's disease , was there again in the 100-meter run . In 2010 he took part in the European Athletics Championships as a disabled athlete for the first time, where he made it through to the semi-finals. Smyth is almost blind from his illness. With a time of 10.47 s he reached the semi-finals again here in Helsinki , where he was eliminated as a barrel sieve with 10.52 s.
Existing records
World record | 9.58 s |
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WM Berlin , Germany | August 16, 2009 |
European record | 9.86 s |
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Athens , Greece | August 22, 2004 |
Championship record | 9.99 s | EM Gothenburg , Sweden | August 8, 2006 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved. There were no times under ten seconds.
Preliminary round
June 27, 2012
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 semifinals.
Forward 1
Wind: +1.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Jimmy Vicaut |
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10.18 |
2 | Serhiy Smelyk |
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10.32 |
3 | Fabio Cerutti |
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10.36 |
4th | Mark Lewis-Francis |
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10.39 |
5 | Rolf Fongué |
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10.53 |
6th | Matic Osovnikar |
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10.60 |
7th | Eetu Rantala |
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10.73 |
Forward 2
Wind: +1.0 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Rytis Sakalauskas |
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10.23 |
2 | Ronalds Arājs |
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10.28 |
3 | Amaru Reto Schenkel |
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10.38 |
4th | Jason Smyth |
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10.47 |
5 | Arnaldo Abrantes |
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10.49 |
6th | Ruslan Abbasov |
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10.58 |
DNF | İzzet Safer |
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Forward 3
Wind: +0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Christophe Lemaitre |
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10.14 |
2 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey |
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10.27 |
3 | Julian Reus |
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10.31 |
4th | Jacques Riparelli |
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10.42 |
5 | Dmitriy Barskiy |
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10.59 |
6th | Catalin Campeanu |
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10.65 |
7th | Panayiotis Ioannou |
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10.67 |
Forward 4
Wind: ± 0.0 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Lucas Jakubczyk |
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10.26 |
2 | Simone Collio |
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10.31 |
3 | Jan Veleba |
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10.48 |
4th | Richard Pulst |
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10.57 |
5 | Mikel De Sa |
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11.26 |
DNF | Georgi Kirilov Georgiev |
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Forward 5
Wind: +1.7 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure |
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10.24 |
2 | Dariusz Kuć |
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10.26 |
3 | Emmanuel Biron |
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10.28 |
4th | Stefan Tärnhuvud |
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10.35 |
5 | Rostislav Šulc |
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10.56 |
6th | Rachid Chouhal |
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10.86 |
Semifinals
June 28, 2012
From each of the three semi-finals, the first two athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Run 1
Wind: +1.1 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure |
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10.13 |
2 | Rytis Sakalauskas |
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10.23 |
3 | Simone Collio |
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10.30 |
4th | Emmanuel Biron |
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10.43 |
5 | Stefan Tärnhuvud |
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10.47 |
6th | Arnaldo Abrantes |
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10.47 |
7th | Rolf Fongué |
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10.50 |
8th | Jan Veleba |
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10.60 |
Run 2
Wind: +0.1 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Christophe Lemaitre |
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10.14 |
2 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey |
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10.30 |
3 | Dariusz Kuć |
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10.38 |
4th | Julian Reus |
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10.44 |
5 | Amaru Reto Schenkel |
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10.48 |
6th | Fabio Cerutti |
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10.50 |
7th | Jason Smyth |
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10.52 |
8th | Ruslan Abbasov |
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10.71 |
Run 3
Mark Lewis-Francis, 2010 Vice European Champion, failed this time in the semi-finals
Wind: +0.8 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Jimmy Vicaut |
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10.22 |
2 | Serhiy Smelyk |
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10.28 |
3 | Ronalds Arājs |
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10.29 |
4th | Lucas Jakubczyk |
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10.32 |
5 | Jacques Riparelli |
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10.33 |
6th | Mark Lewis-Francis |
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10.36 |
7th | Richard Pulst |
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10.57 |
8th | Rostislav Šulc |
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10.60 |
final
June 28, 2012, 7:45 p.m.
Wind: −0.7 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Christophe Lemaitre |
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10.09 |
2 | Jimmy Vicaut |
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10.12 |
3 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure |
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10.17 |
4th | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey |
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10.31 |
5 | Serhiy Smelyk |
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10.34 |
DNF | Ronalds Arājs |
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Rytis Sakalauskas |
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IAAF Rule 162.5a - Aborted start | |
DSQ | Simone Collio |
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IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 at european-athletics.org, accessed January 7, 2020
- Men 100m European Championship 2012 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed January 7, 2020
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2012 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 7, 2020
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 100m European Championship 2012 Helsinki, p. 510 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 7, 2020
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2012, 100 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on January 7, 2020
- 21st European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on January 7, 2020
Video
- 100m Final Helsinki 2012 European Athletics Championships on youtube.com (English), accessed January 7, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ Tyson Gay: "Jason Smyth is technically better than me" on t-online.de/sport, August 18, 2011, accessed on January 7, 2020
- ↑ IAAF world records. 100m men , accessed January 7, 2020
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 7 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on January 7, 2020
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 69 (PDF), accessed on January 7, 2020
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 71 (PDF), accessed on January 7, 2020