The men's 100 metres event at the 1975 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 18 and 19 September.Results at Tilastopaja
The winning margin was 0.19 seconds which as of 2024 remains the greatest winning margin for the men's 100 metres at these championships since the introduction of fully automatic timing.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzePietro MenneaCharles HopkinsToma Petrescu
Results Heats Wind:Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Pietro Mennea 10.41 Q 2 1 Charles Hopkins 10.50 Q 3 3 René Metz 10.56 QFrench results 4 3 Nikolay Kolesnikov 10.58 QSoviet results (p29) 5 1 Toma Petrescu 10.59 Q 5 3 Marvin Nash 10.59 5 4 Klaus Ehl 10.59 Q 8 3 Suchart Chairsuvaparb 10.61 9 2 Lucien Sainte-Rose 10.62 Q 10 4 Claudiu Suselescu 10.63 Q 11 1 Juris Silovs 10.67 12 4 Thorsten Johansson 10.68 13 1 Robert Martin 10.74 13 3 Roland Bombardella 10.74 15 3 Jan Alończyk 10.75 16 1 Jorge Mathias 10.77 17 1 Andrzej Świerczyński 10.82 18 2 Klaus-Dieter Bieler 10.83 19 3 Pasqualino Abeti 10.84 20 4 Franco Fähndrich 10.87 21 3 Arturo Godoy 10.93 22 2 Juan Jesús Sarrasqueta 10.96 23 2 Abdulaziz Al-Hadba 10.99 24 4 Babak Mahmoudian 11.11 25 2 Philippe Étienne 11.14 26 1 Chaiyasit Vejchpong 11.16 27 2 José Cartas 11.34 28 2 Mohamed Kamal 11.58
Final Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Pietro Mennea 10.28 GR Charles Hopkins 10.47 Toma Petrescu 10.66 4 Nikolay Kolesnikov 10.66 5 René Metz 10.67 6 Claudiu Suselescu 10.67 7 Klaus Ehl 10.72 8 Lucien Sainte-Rose 10.74
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