The men's 100 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 and 3 September 1974.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

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Results Heats 2 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Valeriy Borzov 10.49 2 Dominique Chauvelot 10.56 3 Zenon Nowosz 10.64 4 Michael Droese 10.65 5 Lambert Micha 10.67 6 Juraj Demeč 10.80 7 Lasse Malin 10.85 Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Pietro Mennea 10.46 2 Klaus Ehl 10.54 3 Aleksandr Kornelyuk 10.63 4 Andrzej Świerczyński 10.73 5 Hans-Joachim Zenk 10.82 6 Endre Lepold 10.97 Wind: -2.5 m/s

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christer Garpenborg 10.53 2 Klaus-Dieter Bieler 10.54 3 Raimo Vilén 10.57 4 Juris Silovs 10.62 5 Javier Martínez 10.82 6 Don Halliday 10.86 7 László Korona 10.95 Wind: -0.6 m/s

Heat 4 Wind: -1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Antti Rajamäki 10.58 2 Vasilios Papageorgopoulos 10.59 3 Manfred Ommer 10.59 4 Siegfried Schenke 10.70 5 Lajos Gresa 10.74 6 Marian Woronin 10.77 7 Rolf Trulsson 10.78 8 Luděk Bohman 10.92 Wind: -1.0 m/s

Semi-finals 3 September Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Valeriy Borzov 10.39 2 Manfred Ommer 10.42 3 Christer Garpenborg 10.42 4 Aleksandr Kornelyuk 10.45 5 Klaus Ehl 10.50 6 Raimo Vilén 10.52 7 Lambert Micha 10.55 8 Michael Droese 10.59 Wind: +2.0 m/s

Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dominique Chauvelot 10.28 2 Pietro Mennea 10.29 3 Juris Silovs 10.36 4 Klaus-Dieter Bieler 10.44 5 Vasilios Papageorgopoulos 10.44 6 Antti Rajamäki 10.46 7 Zenon Nowosz 10.61 8 Siegfried Schenke 10.69 Wind: +1.5 m/s

Final 3 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Valeriy Borzov 10.27 Pietro Mennea 10.34 Klaus-Dieter Bieler 10.35 4 Juris Silovs 10.35 5 Dominique Chauvelot 10.35 6 Manfred Ommer 10.36 7 Christer Garpenborg 10.39 8 Aleksandr Kornelyuk 10.43 Wind: -1.0 m/s

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