European Athletics Championships 2016/100 m men

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	35 athletes from 19 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 6th (preliminary) July 7th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Churandy Martina ( NED )   Jak Ali Harvey ( TUR )   Jimmy Vicaut ( FRA )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The men's 100-meter run at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 6th and 7th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

It was won by the Dutch 200 meter European champion from 2012 Churandy Martina . The second place went to the native Jamaicans and since 2015 for the Turkey -starting Jak Ali Harvey . Bronze went to the French European Championship runner-up in 2012, Jimmy Vicaut .

Existing records

World record	9.58 s	Usain Bolt	WM Berlin , Germany	August 16, 2009
European record	9.86 s	Francis Obikwelu	Athens , Greece	August 22, 2004
		Jimmy Vicaut	Paris , France	4th July 2015
Championship record	9.99 s	Francis Obikwelu	EM Gothenburg , Sweden	August 8, 2006

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

doping

There was a doping case in this discipline:

Kevin Moore , starting for Malta , who was disqualified in the second run and thus eliminated, tested positive for illegal substances. The test was carried out using a sample taken on June 11, 2016. The sprinter received a four-year ban until September 24, 2020. His results, which he had achieved from June 11, 2016, have been canceled.

execution

For this discipline, a new competition mode was used for the first time. The eight strongest athletes on the European annual best list did not yet have to compete in the preliminary round, but only entered the semi-finals.

Preliminary round

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

Forward 1

His fourth place in the first heat was not enough for Marek Niit to advance

July 6, 2016, 12:40 p.m.

Wind: +0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Richard Kilty	Great Britain	10.24
2	Hensley Paulina	Netherlands	10.36
3	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain	10.40
4th	Marek Niit	Estonia	10.48
5	Giovanni Galbieri	Italy	10.48
6th	Jakub Matúš	Slovakia	10.51
7th	Carlos Nascimento	Portugal	10.54

Forward 2

Denis Dimitrov failed in the preliminary round as fifth in his preliminary round

July 6, 2016, 12:46 pm

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Solomon Bockarie	Netherlands	10.26
2	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	10.30
3	Jan Veleba	Czech Republic	10.30
4th	Przemysław Słowikowski	Poland	10.35
5	Denis Dimitrov	Bulgaria	10.57
6th	Volodymyr Suprun	Ukraine	10.58
DOP	Kevin Moore	Malta

Forward 3

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  Diogo Antune's fifth place in his preliminary run was not enough to make it to the semi-finals

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  Markus Fuchs - sixth place in the second heat and thus eliminated

July 6, 2016, 12:52 p.m.

Wind: +1.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	10.21
2	Ojie Edoburun	Great Britain	10.24
3	Massimiliano Ferraro	Italy	10.26
4th	Rytis Sakalauskas	Lithuania	10.37
5	Diogo Antunes	Portugal	10.51
6th	Markus Fuchs	Austria	10.56
DNF	Vitaliy Korzh	Ukraine

Forward 4

July 6, 2016, 12:58 pm

Wind: +1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Filippo Tortu	Italy	10.25
2	Lucas Jakubczyk	Germany	10.35
3	Ján Volko	Slovakia	10.42
4th	Janos Sipos	Hungary	10.45
5	Remigiusz Olszewski	Poland	10.46
6th	Emil Ibrahimov	Ukraine	10.61
DNS	Amaru Reto Schenkel	Switzerland	10.61

Semifinals

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

Lucas Jakubczyk was eliminated in the semifinals in sixth place in his race

July 7, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

Wind: +1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jimmy Vicaut	France	10.03
2	James Ellington	Great Britain	10.04
3	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	10.07
4th	Solomon Bockarie	Netherlands	10.13
5	Massimiliano Ferraro	Italy	10.16
6th	Lucas Jakubczyk	Germany	10.26
7th	Przemysław Słowikowski	Poland	10.27
8th	Jan Veleba	Czech Republic	10.28

Run 2

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  Despite a third place in the second semi-final with an Italian U23 record, Filippo Tortu did not reach the final

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  Remigiusz Olszewski was eliminated as seventh in the second semi-final run

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  For Ángel David Rodríguez the competition was over after his eighth place in the second semifinals

July 7, 2016, 6:06 pm

Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jak Ali Harvey	Turkey	10.04
2	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	10.16
3	Filippo Tortu	Italy	10.19 NU20R
4th	Ojie Edoburun	Great Britain	10.20
5	Stuart Dutamby	France	10.26
6th	Rytis Sakalauskas	Lithuania	10.40
7th	Remigiusz Olszewski	Poland	10.56
8th	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain	12.13

Run 3

July 7, 2016, 6:12 p.m.

Wind: -0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Richard Kilty	Great Britain	10.15
2	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	10.22
3	Julian Reus	Germany	10.22
4th	Emre Zafer Barnes	Turkey	10.31
5	Hensley Paulina	Netherlands	10.33
6th	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	10.34
7th	Ján Volko	Slovakia	10.43
8th	Janos Sipos	Hungary	10.47

Sprinters eliminated in the third semifinals:

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  Julian Reus - in third place in the thousandth of a second range

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  Emre Zafer Barnes (here still as a Jamaican with the name Winston Barnes) - fourth place

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  Hensley Paulina - fifth place

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  Alex Wilson - sixth

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  Ján Volko - seventh place

final

The medal winners

July 7, 2016, 7:50 p.m.

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	10.07
2	Jak Ali Harvey	Turkey	10.07
3	Jimmy Vicaut	France	10.08
4th	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	10.12
5	James Ellington	Great Britain	10.19
6th	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	10.23
7th	Solomon Bockarie	Netherlands	10.25
DSQ	Richard Kilty	Great Britain	IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start

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  European champion Churandy Martina after his victory - in 2012 he had won the 200 meter title

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  Vice European Champion Jak Ali Harvey

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  For Jimmy Vicaut, the vice European champion of 2012, there was bronze this time

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  The fourth placed Bruno Hortelano became the European champion over 200 meters the next day

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  James Ellington came in fourth

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  Ramil Guliyev came in sixth place - the following day vice European champion over 200 meters

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  Solomon Bockarie - seventh over 100 meters , fourth over 200 meters the next day

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  Richard Kilty was disqualified after a false start

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 22, 2020
• Men 100m European Championship 2016 Amsterdam on todor66.com, accessed February 22, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 22, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on February 22, 2020

Video

• 100m Men's Final - European Athletics Championships 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on February 22, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m men , accessed February 22, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 7 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 22, 2020
3. ↑ Moore handed four-year ban , Times Malta, June 22, 2017 (English), accessed February 22, 2020
4. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 71 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on February 22, 2020