1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres

Events at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 100 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29 and 30 July 1999.

Medalists

Gold	Christoforos Choidis Greece
Silver	Marcin Nowak Poland
Silver	Christian Malcolm Great Britain

Results

Final

30 July
Wind: 2.8m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christoforos Choidis	Greece	10.19 w
	Marcin Nowak	Poland	10.28 w
	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	10.28 w
4	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.29 w
5	Jérôme Éyana	France	10.41 w
6	Frédéric Krantz	France	10.46 w
7	Adam Forgheim	Poland	10.47 w
8	David Patros	France	10.55 w

Semifinals

29 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

Wind: 0.7m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	10.22	Q, CR
2	Christoforos Choidis	Greece	10.25	Q
3	Jérôme Éyana	France	10.30	Q
4	Adam Forgheim	Poland	10.32	Q
5	Jamie Henthorn	Great Britain	10.39
6	Martijn Ungerer	Netherlands	10.46
7	Yordan Yovchev	Bulgaria	10.62
	Diego Santos	Spain	DNS

Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marcin Nowak	Poland	10.25	Q
2	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.27	Q
3	Frédéric Krantz	France	10.40	Q
4	David Patros	France	10.47	Q
5	Mark Findlay	Great Britain	10.49
6	Leszek Dyja	Poland	10.58
7	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany	10.60
8	José Illán	Spain	10.69

Heats

29 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 1 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1

Wind:-1.8m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marcin Nowak	Poland	10.47	Q
2	Mark Findlay	Great Britain	10.56	Q
3	Yordan Yovchev	Bulgaria	10.64	Q
4	Lenny Martinez	Sweden	10.64
5	Thomas Mellin-Olsen	Norway	10.66
6	Hildberto Almeida	Portugal	10.67
7	Orkatz Beitia	Spain	10.68

Heat 2

Wind: -0.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frédéric Krantz	France	10.51	Q
2	Diego Santos	Spain	10.57	Q
3	Martijn Ungerer	Netherlands	10.60	Q
4	Christofer Ohlsson	Sweden	10.60
5	Attila Farkas	Hungary	10.61
6	Boštjan Fridrih	Slovenia	10.64
7	Vitor Vasconcelos	Portugal	10.85

Heat 3

Wind: 0.4m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.27	Q, CR
2	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	10.31	Q
3	Adam Forgheim	Poland	10.34	Q
4	Luca Verdecchia	Italy	10.50
5	Gideon Jablonka	Israel	10.62
6	Pavel Rada	Czech Republic	10.68
7	Georgíos Skender	Cyprus	11.37

Heat 4

Wind: 1.6m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jérôme Éyana	France	10.40	Q
2	Jamie Henthorn	Great Britain	10.42	Q
3	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany	10.45	Q
4	Leszek Dyja	Poland	10.47	q
5	Aristotelis Gavelas	Greece	10.50
6	Roman Zubek	Czech Republic	10.62
7	Shamil Mamudov	Georgia	11.02

Heat 5

Wind: 0.0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christoforos Choidis	Greece	10.37	Q
2	David Patros	France	10.49	Q
3	José Illán	Spain	10.52	Q
4	Erik Kringeland	Norway	10.55
5	László Babály	Hungary	10.58
6	Francesco Scuderi	Italy	10.59
7	Predrag Momirović	Yugoslavia	10.81

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Cyprus (1)
• Czech Republic (2)
• France (3)
• Georgia (1)

• Germany (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• Greece (2)
• Hungary (2)
• Israel (1)

• Italy (2)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (3)
• Poland (3)
• Portugal (2)

• Slovenia (1)
• Spain (3)
• Sweden (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)