2026 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2026 European Athletics Championships took place over three rounds at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 11 August 2026."European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026", European Athletics, 21 April 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.

Background

+ Records before the 2026 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior 100 Metres men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2026. 9.58 Berlin, Germany 16 August 2009 European record"All time Top lists – Senior 100 Metres men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2026.9.80Tokyo, Japan1 August 2021 Championship record"European Athletics Championships Best Performances", European Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2026. 9.95 Berlin, Germany 7 August 2018Munich, Germany16 August 2022 World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 100 Metres men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2026.9.79New York City, United States24 July 2026 European leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 100 Metres men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2026. 9.96 Paris, France 28 June 2026

Qualification For the men's 100 metres, the qualification period was from 27 July 2025 to 26 July 2026. Athletes qualified by running the entry standard of 10.15 or faster, by wildcard for the 2024 European Athletics Champion, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event. The target number was 36 athletes"Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026., yet eventually 37 qualified.

+ Qualification standings per 31 July 2026"Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026. QP CP Country Athlete Status Details 1 1 Lamont Marcell Jacobs9.809.96 Qualified by Wild Card Defending European Champion 2 1 Jeremiah Azu9.9710.00 Qualified by Entry Standard 9.97 - London Marathon Community Track, London (GBR) - 17 AUG 2025 3 2 Romell Glave9.979.97 Qualified by Entry Standard 9.97 - Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) - 18 JUL 2026 4 1 Owen Ansah9.989.98 Qualified by Entry Standard 9.98 - Universitätsstadion Am Biopark, Regensburg (GER) - 06 JUN 2026 5 3 Louie Hinchliffe9.9510.01 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.01 - Univ. of Arizona Roy P. Drachman Stadium, Tucson, AZ (USA) - 15 MAY 2026 reserve 4 Elliot Jones10.0410.09 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.04 - London Marathon Community Track, London (GBR) - 17 AUG 2025 6 2 Heiko Gussmann10.0610.06 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.06 - Lohrheidestadion, Wattenscheid, Bochum (GER) - 25 JUL 2026 7 1 Elvis Afrifa10.0610.06 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.06 - FBK Stadium, Hengelo (NED) - 25 JUL 2026 8 1 Israel Olatunde10.0810.41 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.08 - Lee Valley Athletics Centre, London (GBR) - 30 AUG 2025 9 1 Dominik Kopeć10.0510.08 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.08 - Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz (POL) - 29 MAY 2026 10 2 Taymir Burnet10.0810.08 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.08 - FBK Stadium, Hengelo (NED) - 25 JUL 2026 reserve 5 Nicholas Walsh10.0610.09 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.09 - London Marathon Community Track, London (GBR) - 25 MAY 2026 11 1 Anej Čurin Prapotnik10.0910.09 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.09 - Atletski stadion Poljane, Maribor (SLO) - 19 JUN 2026 12 2 Chituru Ali9.9610.09 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.09 - Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA (USA) - 11 JUL 2026 13 1 Abel Jordán10.1010.10 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.10 - John McDonnell Field, Fayetteville, AR (USA) - 29 MAY 2026 14 3 Kameron Horton10.1110.11 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.11 - Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium, Murfreesboro, TN (USA) - 16 MAY 2026 15 1 Delvis Santos10.0710.24 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.12 - Estádio 1º de Maio, Braga (POR) - 02 AUG 2025 reserve 4 Lucas Ansah-Peprah10.0010.15 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.13 - Stadion am Göldner, Sondershausen (GER) - 15 AUG 2025 reserve 5 Yannick Wolf10.0510.13 Qualified by Entry Standard 10.13 - Heinz-Steyer-Stadion, Dresden (GER) - 31 MAY 2026 16 1 Francesco Sansovini10.4110.62 Qualified by Universality Place 17 1 Hristo Iliev10.2210.22 Qualified by World Rankings 12th - 1210 points 18 2 Toluwabori Akinola10.1910.19 Qualified by World Rankings 14th - 1207 points 19 2 Guillem Crespí10.1810.19 Qualified by World Rankings 15th - 1207 points 20 1 Simon Hansen10.1110.19 Qualified by World Rankings 18th - 1201 points 21 1 Henrik Larsson10.0810.26 Qualified by World Rankings 19th - 1197 points 22 1 Simon Verherstraeten10.0610.12 Qualified by World Rankings 21st - 1191 points 23 1 Dominik Illovszky10.2510.33 Qualified by World Rankings 28th - 1175 points reserve 6 Kevin Kranz10.1310.16 Qualified by World Rankings 29th - 1173 points reserve 7 Robin Ganter10.1310.20 Qualified by World Rankings 30th - 1173 points 24 1 Riku Illukka10.2110.21 Qualified by World Rankings 32nd - 1169 points 25 1 Timothé Mumenthaler10.1310.19 Qualified by World Rankings 35th - 1164 points 26 1 Ján Volko10.1310.24 Qualified by World Rankings 39th - 1159 points 27 3 Samuele Ceccarelli10.1310.20 Qualified by World Rankings 40th - 1156 points 28 4 Filippo Randazzo10.2310.30 Qualified by World Rankings 41st - 1154 points 29 1 Adas Dambrauskas10.2610.26 Qualified by World Rankings 42nd - 1154 points 30 2 Emiel Botterman10.2510.25 Qualified by World Rankings 45th - 1150 points 31 3 Antoine Snyders10.2010.20 Qualified by World Rankings 48th - 1148 points 32 1 Ertan Özkan10.2710.29 Qualified by World Rankings 51st - 1145 points 33 1 Per Tinius Fremstad-Waldron10.3210.33 Qualified by World Rankings 52nd - 1145 points 34 2 Kayhan Özer10.1710.28 Qualified by World Rankings 55th - 1141 points 35 3 Jorge Hernández10.2210.22 Qualified by World Rankings 56th - 1140 points reserve 5 Stephen Awuah Baffour10.1710.31 Qualified by World Rankings 61st - 1135 points 36 1 Markus Fuchs10.0810.32 Qualified by World Rankings 64th - 1133 points 37 1 Henri Sai10.3210.32 Qualified by World Rankings 66th - 1132 points reserve 1 Vasileios Myrianthopoulos10.2810.39 Next best by World Rankings 67th - 1130 points reserve 2 Jean-Christian Zirignon10.3110.31 Next best by World Rankings 71st - 1125 points reserve 6 Eric Marek10.2010.20 Next best by World Rankings 72nd - 1125 points reserve 2 Nikola Karamanolov10.3210.35 Next best by World Rankings 74th - 1122 points reserve 2 Jacob Vaula10.3610.61 Next best by World Rankings 85th - 1118 points reserve 2 Lukas Pullnig10.2610.33 Next best by World Rankings 88th - 1116 points reserve 2 Jernej Gumilar10.2310.38 Next best by World Rankings 89th - 1116 points reserve 3 Linus Pihl10.3510.35 Next best by World Rankings 93rd - 1112 points

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Schedule Date Time Round11 August 2026 11:15 Round 1 20:32 Semi-finals 21:47 Final

Results Round 1 Round 1 was held on 11 August 2026, at 11:15 in the morning. 12 best performers (q) advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 8 Kayhan Özer 10.51 2 4 Lucas Ansah-Peprah 10.52 3 7 Henrik Larsson 10.55 4 6 Riku Illukka 10.57 5 2 Antoine Snyders 10.61 6 3 10.66 7 9 Filippo Randazzo 10.71 8 5 Guillem Crespí 10.74 Wind:

Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2 Toluwabori Akinola 10.39 2 5 Simon Verherstraeten 10.39 3 8 10.57 4 6 Samuele Ceccarelli 10.58 5 4 10.62 6 7 Hristo Iliev 10.66 7 3 Markus Fuchs 10.76 8 9 Dominik Illovszky 10.79 Wind:

Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 1 Emiel Botterman 10.42 2 7 Timothé Mumenthaler 10.44 3 3 Simon Hansen 10.46 4 2 10.50 5 6 Ján Volko 10.53 6 5 Delvis Santos 10.54 7 8 Abel Jordán 10.58 8 4 Ertan Özkan 10.73 Wind:

Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 11 August 2026, at 20:32 in the evening. First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Romell Glave 10.13 2 4 Chituru Ali 10.34 3 5 Heiko Gussmann 10.37 4 3 Toluwabori Akinola 10.38 5 9 Emiel Botterman 10.45 6 2 10.47 7 8 Ján Volko 10.55 8 6 Taymir Burnet 10.55 Wind:

Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Jeremiah Azu 10.17 2 5 Owen Ansah 10.20 3 4 Dominik Kopeć 10.32 4 3 Timothé Mumenthaler 10.36 5 6 10.36 5 2 Henrik Larsson 10.36 7 8 Simon Hansen 10.40 — 9 Kayhan Özer Wind:

Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Marcell Jacobs 10.08 2 7 Elvis Afrifa 10.25 3 5 Simon Verherstraeten 10.27 4 6 Louie Hinchliffe 10.30 5 3 Riku Illukka 10.36 6 2 10.38 7 9 Israel Olatunde 10.49 8 8 Lucas Ansah-Peprah 10.49 Wind:

Final The final was held on 11 August 2026, at 21:47 in the evening.

Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 7 Romell Glave 10.09 4 Jeremiah Azu 10.16 6 Owen Ansah 10.19 4 3 Elvis Afrifa 10.22 5 9 Dominik Kopeć 10.29 6 8 Chituru Ali 10.34 7 5 Marcell Jacobs 12.26 8 2 Simon Verherstraeten 13.12 9 Louie Hinchliffe Wind:

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