The men's 100 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi

Ullevi

Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

 on August 7 and August 8.
Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

's Francis Obikwelu

Francis Obikwelu

Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...

 added the European title to his Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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 silver medal in Athens. The 27-year-old was all but last out of the blocks but showed his class with a brilliant surge of pace to finish in 9.99 seconds - the first time the European title has been won with a sub-10 second time. Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

's Dariusz Kuć

Dariusz Kuc

Dariusz Kuć is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków....

 delayed the drama with a nervy false start.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...	Andrey Yepishin Andrey Yepishin Andrey Sergeyevich Yepishin |Zhukovsky]]) is a Russian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 Summer Universiade. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fifth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to...	Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 7, 2006	10:40	Round 1
August 7, 2006	18:35	Round 2
August 8, 2006	18:10	Semifinals
August 8, 2006	19:40	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...		10.24	Q
	6	Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...		10.25	Q
	2	Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances...		10.26	Q
	4	Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...		10.29	Q
	1	Tyrone Edgar Tyrone Edgar Tyrone Damien Edgar is a sprinter from Great Britain who specializes in the 100 metres.Edgar went to junior college in Kansas, USA in 2003 where he ran an impressive wind assisted 10.04 at the Junior College Championships...		10.32	Q
	2	Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal is a Ukrainian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres....		10.33	Q
	5	Andrey Yepishin Andrey Yepishin Andrey Sergeyevich Yepishin |Zhukovsky]]) is a Russian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 Summer Universiade. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fifth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to...		10.36	Q
	3	Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...		10.37	Q
	5	Dariusz Kuć Dariusz Kuc Dariusz Kuć is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków....		10.37	Q
10	6	Roland Németh Roland Nemeth Roland Németh is a Hungarian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making it through to the second round...		10.39	Q
11	6	Oudéré Kankarafou Oudéré Kankarafou Oudéré Kankarafou is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.In the 4 x 100 metres relay event he won a bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships and finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup....		10.40	Q
12	1	Łukasz Chyła		10.42	Q
13	1	Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald is a German sprint athlete.He finished 8th in the 100m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....		10.42	Q
14	4	Orkatz Beitia		10.43	Q
15	3	Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Jedrusinski Marcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...		10.45	Q
16	3	Jarkko Ruostekivi		10.47	Q
16	6	Mikhail Yegorychev		10.47	Q
18	2	Nghi Tran Nghi Tran Vinh Nghi Tran is a Finnish sprinter.Tran's personal best at 100 metres, 10.40 seconds, is ranked fifth in Finnish men's alltime-list. On international level he competed in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships.Tran emigrated to Finland in 1988 and he got Finnish citizenship in 1997...		10.50	Q
18	3	Jan Žumer Jan Žumer Jan Žumer is a Slovenian athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and the long jump.In the long jump he competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final round...		10.50	Q
18	4	Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé		10.50	Q
18	5	Simo Sipilä		10.50	Q, PB
22	1	Aleksandr Smirnov		10.51	Q
22	4	Markus Lüthi		10.51	q, SB
22	4	Dimitri Demonière Dimitri Demonière Dimitri Demonière is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.At the 1998 World Junior Championships he finished fourth in the 100 metres and sixth in the 4 x 100 metres relay. He also finished seventh in relay at the 2006 World Cup...		10.51	q
25	1	Gergely Németh		10.52	q
25	3	Martin Rypdal		10.52	q
27	6	Iván Mocholí		10.53	q
28	2	Erik Wijmeersch		10.55	Q
28	3	Massimiliano Donati		10.55	q
30	5	Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez García is a Spanish sprinter. He specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.14 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Salamanca, and 20.61 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Barcelona.Rodríguez finished eighth in 100 m and 4×100...		10.57	Q
30	2	Luca Verdecchia Luca Verdecchia Luca Verdecchia is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres.-External links:...		10.57	q
32	1	Andreas Baumann		10.58	q
33	5	Neophytos Michael		10.60
34	5	John Ertzgaard		10.62
34	5	Maurizio Checcucci Maurizio Checcucci Maurizio Checcucci is an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He finished seventh in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2000 Olympic Games, together with teammates Francesco Scuderi, Alessandro Cavallaro and Andrea Colombo...		10.62
36	6	Daniel Persson		10.66
37	6	Vojtech Šulc		10.67
38	3	İsmail Aslan		10.71
39	3	Darren Gilford Darren Gilford Darren Gilford is a Maltese sprinter specializing in the 100 metres.Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fifth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round....		10.73
40	2	Matjaž Borovina		10.74
41	2	Tal Mor		10.78
42	1	Naum Mitreski		11.12
43	4	Valentinos Athanasiou		11.25

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Round 2

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances...		10.19	Q
	3	Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...		10.28	Q
	1	Dariusz Kuć Dariusz Kuc Dariusz Kuć is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków....		10.32	Q
	1	Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez García is a Spanish sprinter. He specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.14 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Salamanca, and 20.61 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Barcelona.Rodríguez finished eighth in 100 m and 4×100...		10.32	Q
	2	Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...		10.33	Q
	1	Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal is a Ukrainian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres....		10.37	Q
	3	Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...		10.37	Q
	1	Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...		10.39	Q
	4	Andrey Yepishin Andrey Yepishin Andrey Sergeyevich Yepishin |Zhukovsky]]) is a Russian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 Summer Universiade. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fifth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to...		10.40	Q
10	2	Łukasz Chyła		10.42	Q
11	4	Oudéré Kankarafou Oudéré Kankarafou Oudéré Kankarafou is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.In the 4 x 100 metres relay event he won a bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships and finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup....		10.45	Q
12	4	Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Jedrusinski Marcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...		10.47	Q
12	1	Markus Lüthi		10.47	SB
14	2	Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald is a German sprint athlete.He finished 8th in the 100m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....		10.48	Q
14	4	Jan Žumer Jan Žumer Jan Žumer is a Slovenian athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and the long jump.In the long jump he competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final round...		10.48	Q
14	1	Jarkko Ruostekivi		10.48
17	3	Erik Wijmeersch		10.49	Q
18	4	Tyrone Edgar Tyrone Edgar Tyrone Damien Edgar is a sprinter from Great Britain who specializes in the 100 metres.Edgar went to junior college in Kansas, USA in 2003 where he ran an impressive wind assisted 10.04 at the Junior College Championships...		10.51
19	2	Massimiliano Donati		10.52
20	3	Orkatz Beitia		10.53	Q
21	3	Roland Németh Roland Nemeth Roland Németh is a Hungarian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making it through to the second round...		10.55
22	3	Luca Verdecchia Luca Verdecchia Luca Verdecchia is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres.-External links:...		10.58
23	3	Dimitri Demonière Dimitri Demonière Dimitri Demonière is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.At the 1998 World Junior Championships he finished fourth in the 100 metres and sixth in the 4 x 100 metres relay. He also finished seventh in relay at the 2006 World Cup...		10.59
23	4	Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé		10.59
25	1	Mikhail Yegorychev		10.62
26	2	Gergely Németh		10.63
27	2	Aleksandr Smirnov		10.65
27	4	Andreas Baumann		10.65
29	1	Martin Rypdal		10.66
30	2	Nghi Tran Nghi Tran Vinh Nghi Tran is a Finnish sprinter.Tran's personal best at 100 metres, 10.40 seconds, is ranked fifth in Finnish men's alltime-list. On international level he competed in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships.Tran emigrated to Finland in 1988 and he got Finnish citizenship in 1997...		10.67
30	4	Iván Mocholí		10.67
32	3	Simo Sipilä		10.73

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5	Andrey Yepishin Andrey Yepishin Andrey Sergeyevich Yepishin |Zhukovsky]]) is a Russian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 Summer Universiade. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fifth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to...		0.168	10.12	Q, PB
2	3	Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances...		0.152	10.14	Q
3	6	Dariusz Kuć Dariusz Kuc Dariusz Kuć is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków....		0.191	10.23	Q
4	1	Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...		0.140	10.25	Q
5	7	Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal Anatoliy Dovhal is a Ukrainian sprinter, who specializes in the 100 metres....		0.142	10.27	SB
6	2	Łukasz Chyła		0.135	10.30	SB
7	4	Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez García is a Spanish sprinter. He specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.14 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Salamanca, and 20.61 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Barcelona.Rodríguez finished eighth in 100 m and 4×100...		0.169	10.33
8	8	Jan Žumer Jan Žumer Jan Žumer is a Slovenian athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and the long jump.In the long jump he competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, the 2005 European Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the final round...		0.160	10.43

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	5	Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...		0.205	10.19	Q
2	4	Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...		0.179	10.23	Q, SB
3	3	Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...		0.149	10.30	Q
4	2	Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald is a German sprint athlete.He finished 8th in the 100m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....		0.131	10.40	Q
5	7	Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Jedrusinski Marcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...		0.166	10.43
6	6	Oudéré Kankarafou Oudéré Kankarafou Oudéré Kankarafou is a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.In the 4 x 100 metres relay event he won a bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships and finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup....		0.169	10.43
7	1	Erik Wijmeersch		0.144	10.47
8	8	Orkatz Beitia		0.167	10.52

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
	5	Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...		0.183	9.99	CR, EL
	6	Andrey Yepishin Andrey Yepishin Andrey Sergeyevich Yepishin |Zhukovsky]]) is a Russian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 Summer Universiade. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fifth place in his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to...		0.148	10.10	NR Russian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Russia maintained by All-Russia Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceht = hand timingX = unratified due to no doping control-External links:...
	3	Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...		0.167	10.14	NR
4	4	Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances...		0.184	10.16
5	1	Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold...		0.142	10.16	SB
6	7	Dariusz Kuć Dariusz Kuc Dariusz Kuć is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków....		0.171	10.21
7	8	Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...		0.146	10.24
8	2	Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald Ronny Ostwald is a German sprint athlete.He finished 8th in the 100m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....		0.126	10.38

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