1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 1969 European Athletics Championships
VenueGeorgios Karaiskakis Stadium
LocationAthens
Dates
  • 16 September (heats)
  • 17 September (semifinals & final)
Competitors28 from 16 nations
Winning time10.49
Medalists
gold medal Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union
silver medal Alain Sarteur   France
bronze medal Philippe Clerc    Switzerland
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The men's 100 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 17 September 1969.[1]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

Results

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union 10.7 Q
2 Hansruedi Wiedmer   Switzerland 10.8 Q
3 Hans-Jürgen Bombach  East Germany 10.8 Q
4 Ron Jones  Great Britain 10.9 Q
5 Ivica Karasi  Yugoslavia 11.0
6 Vasilios Papageorgopoulos  Greece 11.0
7 Godwin Zammit  Malta 11.8
Wind: -3.2 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hermann Burde  East Germany 10.7 Q
2 René Metz  France 10.8 Q
3 Barrie Kelly  Great Britain 10.8 Q
4 Ossi Karttunen  Finland 10.8 Q
5 Tadeusz Cuch  Poland 10.9
6 Ladislav Kříž  Czechoslovakia 11.0
7 Paul Poels  Belgium 11.0
Wind: -3.3 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alain Sarteur  France 10.6 Q
2 Peter Haase  East Germany 10.7 Q
3 Luděk Bohman  Czechoslovakia 10.8 Q
4 Vladislav Sapeya  Soviet Union 10.8 Q
5 Don Halliday  Great Britain 10.8
6 Orhan Aydın  Turkey 11.0
Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Philippe Clerc   Switzerland 10.7 Q
2 Zenon Nowosz  Poland 10.7 Q
3 Gérard Fenouil  France 10.8 Q
4 Aleksandr Lebedev  Soviet Union 10.8 Q
5 Dionýz Szögedi  Czechoslovakia 10.9
6 Axel Nepraunik  Austria 10.9
7 Ole Bernt Skarstein  Norway 11.0
8 Anders Faager  Sweden 12.4
Wind: -4.5 m/s

Semi-finals

16 September

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Philippe Clerc   Switzerland 10.5 Q
2 Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union 10.5 Q
3 René Metz  France 10.5 Q
4 Peter Haase  East Germany 10.6 Q
5 Luděk Bohman  Czechoslovakia 10.6
6 Hans-Jürgen Bombach  East Germany 10.7
7 Ossi Karttunen  Finland 10.7
8 Ron Jones  Great Britain 10.8
Wind: -2.3 m/s

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alain Sarteur  France 10.6 Q
2 Hermann Burde  East Germany 10.6 Q
3 Gérard Fenouil  France 10.6 Q
4 Barrie Kelly  Great Britain 10.6 Q
5 Zenon Nowosz  Poland 10.6
6 Hansruedi Wiedmer   Switzerland 10.7
7 Aleksandr Lebedev  Soviet Union 10.8
8 Vladislav Sapeya  Soviet Union 10.8
Wind: -3.1 m/s

Final

17 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union 10.49
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alain Sarteur  France 10.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Philippe Clerc   Switzerland 10.56
4 Gérard Fenouil  France 10.71
5 Hermann Burde  East Germany 10.72
6 Barrie Kelly  Great Britain 10.77
7 Peter Haase  East Germany 10.84
René Metz  France DNS
Wind: -2.7 m/s

References

  1. ^ "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK" (PDF). European Athletics Association. pp. 405–412. Retrieved 13 August 2014.