2011 European Athletics Junior Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships were held at the Kadrioru Stadium on 21 and 22 July.

Medalists

Gold France Jimmy Vicaut
France (FRA)
Silver United Kingdom Adam Gemili
Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze United Kingdom David Bolarinwa
Great Britain (GBR)

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Darrel Brown (TRI) 10.01 Paris, France 24 August 2003
 Jeff Demps (USA) Eugene, United States 28 June 2008
Championship Record  Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 10.04 Novi Sad, Serbia 24 July 2009
European Junior Record
World Junior Leading  Prezel Hardy (USA) 10.13 Waco, United States 23 April 2011
European Junior Leading  Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) 10.20 Antony, France 25 June 2011

Gold medalist Jimmy Vicaut established a new WJL with 10.07 sec in the final.

Schedule

Date Time Round
21 July 2011 17:15 Semifinals
22 July 2011 17:10 Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: −1.8 m/s, Heat 2: −0.5 m/s, Heat 3: −0.7 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality React Time Notes
1 1 Jimmy Vicaut France 0.148 10.12 Q, WJL, PB
2 3 Adam Gemili Great Britain 0.186 10.49 Q
3 2 David Bolarinwa Great Britain 0.166 10.55 Q
4 3 Dario Horvat Croatia 0.166 10.57 Q
5 1 Sam Watts Great Britain 0.173 10.66 Q
6 3 André Biveti Portugal 0.180 10.69 q
7 1 Giovanni Galbieri Italy 0.171 10.70 q
8 2 Yiğitcan Hekimoglu Turkey 0.215 10.71 Q
8 3 Kamil Supiński Poland 0.164 10.71
10 2 Ken Romain France 0.209 10.75
10 3 Dávid Ónodi Hungary 0.203 10.75
12 2 Odain Rose Sweden 0.216 10.80
13 3 Omri Harush Israel 0.166 10.81 PB
14 2 Kostas Skrabulis Lithuania 0.143 10.84
15 1 David Alejandro Spain 0.172 10.89
16 3 Vladimir Jean Bart France 0.163 10.91
17 2 Mateusz Kołodziej Poland 0.171 10.94
18 1 Diogo Antunes Portugal 0.167 10.98
19 3 Sebastiano Spotti Italy 0.178 10.93
20 2 Tiziano Proietti Italy 0.194 11.03
21 1 Andrew Cavilla Gibraltar 0.230 11.75 PB
1 Rasmus Rooks Estonia 0.180 DNF

Final

Wind: +0.3 m/s [2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Jimmy Vicaut France 0.164 10.07 WJL, PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Adam Gemili Great Britain 0.182 10.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 David Bolarinwa Great Britain 0.153 10.46
4 5 Dario Horvat Croatia 0.173 10.49
5 8 Sam Watts Great Britain 0.176 10.61
6 1 André Biveti Portugal 0.187 10.62 PB
7 2 Giovanni Galbieri Italy 0.195 10.65
8 7 Yiğitcan Hekimoglu Turkey 0.200 10.80

References