Men's 100 metres European record progression

The following table shows the European record progression in the men's 100 metres, as ratified by the European Athletic Association.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130226015829/http://athletix.org/?p=1822 Athletix]}}[http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=171&Itemid=64 European Athletics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016205443/http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=171&Itemid=64 |date=16 October 2007 }}

Hand timing

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! Time

! Athlete

! Nationality

! Venue

! Date

10.3

| Arthur Jonath

| {{Flag|Weimar Republic|name=Germany}}

| Bochum, Germany

| 5 June 1932

10.3

| Chris Berger

| {{NED}}

| Amsterdam, Netherlands

| 26 August 1934

10.3

| Lennart Strandberg

| {{SWE}}

| Malmö, Sweden

| 26 September 1936

10.3

| Karl Neckermann

| {{flag|Germany|Nazi}}

| Berlin, Germany

| 8 July 1939

10.2

| McDonald Bailey

| {{GBR}}

| Belgrade, Yugoslavia

| 25 August 1951

10.2

| Heinz Futterer

| {{FRG}}

| Yokohama, Japan

| 31 October 1954

10.2

| Manfred Germar

| {{FRG}}

| Cologne, West Germany

| 31 July 1957

10.2

| Livio Berruti

| {{ITA}}

| Verona, Italy

| 26 May 1960

10.0

| Armin Hary

| {{FRG}}

| Zürich, Switzerland

| 21 June 1960

10.0

| Roger Bambuck

| {{FRA}}

| Sacramento, United States

| 20 June 1968

10.0

| Vladislav Sapeya

| {{URS}}

| Leninakan, Soviet Union

| 15 August 1968

10.0

| Valeriy Borzov

| {{URS}}

| Kyiv, Soviet Union

| 18 August 1969

10.0

| Gert Metz

| {{FRG}}

| Burg-Gretesch, West Germany

| 6 September 1970

10.0

| Manfred Kokot

| {{GDR}}

| Erfurt, East Germany

| 15 May 1971

10.0

| Vasilios Papageorgopoulos

| {{Flag|Greece|old}}

| Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

| 3 June 1972

10.0

| Pietro Mennea

| {{ITA}}

| Milan, Italy

| 16 June 1972

10.0

| Raimo Vilén

| {{FIN}}

| Vuosaari, Finland

| 27 July 1972

10.0

| Aleksandr Kornelyuk

| {{URS}}

| Moscow, Soviet Union

| 10 July 1973

10.0

| Michael Droese

| {{DDR}}

| Dresden, East Germany

| 11 July 1973

10.0

| Hans-Jurgen Bombach

| {{DDR}}

| Dresden, East Germany

| 20 July 1973

10.0

| Siegfried Schenke

| {{DDR}}

| Berlin, Germany

| 29 August 1973

10.0

| Manfred Ommer

| {{FRG}}

| Leverkusen, West Germany

| 22 July 1974

Automatic timing

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Time ! Athlete ! Nationality ! Venue ! Date
10.07 \| Valeriy Borzov \| {{URS}} \| Munich, West Germany \| 31 August 1972
10.01 \| Pietro Mennea \| {{ITA}} \| Mexico City, Mexico \| 14 September 1979
10.00 \| Marian Woronin \| {{POL}} \| Warsaw, Poland \| 9 June 1984
9.97 \| Linford Christie \| {{GBR}} \| Seoul, South Korea \| 24 September 1988
9.92 \| Linford Christie \| {{GBR}} \| Tokyo, Japan \| 25 August 1991
9.87 \| Linford Christie \| {{GBR}} \| Stuttgart, Germany \| 15 August 1993
rowspan=3\| 9.86 \| Francis Obikwelu \| {{POR}} \| Athens, Greece \| 22 August 2004
Jimmy Vicaut \| {{FRA}} \| Paris, France \| 4 July 2015
Jimmy Vicaut \| {{FRA}} \| Montreuil, France \| 7 June 2016
9.84 \| Marcell Jacobs \| {{ITA}} \| Tokyo, Japan \| 1 August 2021
9.80 \| Marcell Jacobs \| {{ITA}} \| Tokyo, Japan \| 1 August 2021

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Time

! Athlete

! Nationality

! Venue

! Date

10.07

| Valeriy Borzov

| {{URS}}

| Munich, West Germany

| 31 August 1972

10.01