The men's 100 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7 and August 8. Portugal's Francis Obikwelu added the European title to his Olympic Games 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's Dariusz Kuć delayed the drama with a nervy false start.

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

Results KEY:QAutomatic qualifiersqNon-automatic qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal 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 10.24 6 Francis Obikwelu 10.25 2 Ronald Pognon 10.26 4 Matic Osovnikar 10.29 1 Tyrone Edgar 10.32 2 Anatoliy Dovhal 10.33 5 Andrey Yepishin 10.36 3 Mark Lewis-Francis 10.37 5 Dariusz Kuć 10.37 10 6 Roland Németh 10.39 11 6 Oudéré Kankarafou 10.40 12 1 Łukasz Chyła 10.42 13 1 Ronny Ostwald 10.42 14 4 Orkatz Beitia 10.43 15 3 Marcin Jędrusiński 10.45 16 3 Jarkko Ruostekivi 10.47 16 6 Mikhail Yegorychev 10.47 18 2 Nghi Tran 10.50 18 3 Jan Žumer 10.50 18 4 Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé 10.50 18 5 Simo Sipilä 10.50 , 22 1 Aleksandr Smirnov 10.51 22 4 Markus Lüthi 10.51 , 22 4 Dimitri Demonière 10.51 25 1 Gergely Németh 10.52 25 3 Martin Rypdal 10.52 27 6 Iván Mocholí 10.53 28 2 Erik Wijmeersch 10.55 28 3 Massimiliano Donati 10.55 30 5 Ángel David Rodríguez 10.57 30 2 Luca Verdecchia 10.57 32 1 Andreas Baumann 10.58 33 5 Neophytos Michael 10.60 34 5 John Ertzgaard 10.62 34 5 Maurizio Checcucci 10.62 36 6 Daniel Persson 10.66 37 6 Vojtěch Šulc 10.67 38 3 İsmail Aslan 10.71 39 3 Darren Gilford 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 1 Kostyantyn Vasyukov

Round 2 Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Ronald Pognon 10.19 3 Francis Obikwelu 10.28 1 Dariusz Kuć 10.32 1 Ángel David Rodríguez 10.32 2 Mark Lewis-Francis 10.33 1 Anatoliy Dovhal 10.37 3 Matic Osovnikar 10.37 1 Dwain Chambers 10.39 4 Andrey Yepishin 10.40 10 2 Łukasz Chyła 10.42 11 4 Oudéré Kankarafou 10.45 12 4 Marcin Jędrusiński 10.47 12 1 Markus Lüthi 10.47 14 2 Ronny Ostwald 10.48 14 4 Jan Žumer 10.48 14 1 Jarkko Ruostekivi 10.48 17 3 Erik Wijmeersch 10.49 18 4 Tyrone Edgar 10.51 19 2 Massimiliano Donati 10.52 20 3 Orkatz Beitia 10.53 21 3 Roland Németh 10.55 22 3 Luca Verdecchia 10.58 23 3 Dimitri Demonière 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 10.67 30 4 Iván Mocholí 10.67 32 3 Simo Sipilä 10.73

Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 1 5 Andrey Yepishin 0.168 10.12 , 2 3 Ronald Pognon 0.152 10.14 3 6 Dariusz Kuć 0.191 10.23 4 1 Dwain Chambers 0.140 10.25 5 7 Anatoliy Dovhal 0.142 10.27 6 2 Łukasz Chyła 0.135 10.30 7 4 Ángel David Rodríguez 0.169 10.33 8 8 Jan Žumer 0.160 10.43

Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes 1 5 Francis Obikwelu 0.205 10.19 2 4 Matic Osovnikar 0.179 10.23 , 3 3 Mark Lewis-Francis 0.149 10.30 4 2 Ronny Ostwald 0.131 10.40 5 7 Marcin Jędrusiński 0.166 10.43 6 6 Oudéré Kankarafou 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 0.183 9.99 , 6 Andrey Yepishin 0.148 10.10 3 Matic Osovnikar 0.167 10.14 4 4 Ronald Pognon 0.184 10.16 5 1 Mark Lewis-Francis 0.142 10.16 6 7 Dariusz Kuć 0.171 10.21 7 8 Dwain Chambers 0.146 10.24 8 2 Ronny Ostwald 0.126 10.38

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