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 EAA^{[1] [2]}

Hand Timing

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Venue	Date
10.3	Arthur Jonath	Germany	Bochum, Germany	June 5, 1932
10.3	Chris Berger	Netherlands	Amsterdam, Holland	August 26, 1934
10.3	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	Malmo, Sweden	September 26, 1936
10.3	Karl Neckermann	Germany	Berlin, Germany	July 8, 1939
10.2	McDonald Bailey	United Kingdom	Belgrade, Serbia	August 25, 1951
10.2	Heinz Futterer	Germany	Yokohama, Japan	October 31, 1954
10.2	Manfred Germar	Germany	Cologne, Germany	July 31, 1957
10.2	Livio Berruti	Italy	Verona, Italy	May 26, 1960
10.0	Armin Hary	Germany	Zurich, Switzerland	June 21, 1960
10.0	Roger Bambuck	France	Sacramento, USA	June 20, 1968
10.0	Vladislav Sapeya	Soviet Union	Leninakan, Armenia	August 15, 1968
10.0	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	Kiev, Russia	August 18, 1969
10.0	Gert Metz	West Germany	Burg-Gretesch, Germany	September 6, 1970
10.0	Manfred Kokot	East Germany	Erfurt, Germany	May 15, 1971
10.0	Vasilios Papageorgopoulos	Greece	Bratislava, Slovakia	June 3, 1972
10.0	Pietro Mennea	Italy	Milan, Italy	June 16, 1972
10.0	Raimo Vilén	Finland	Vuosaari, Finland	July 27, 1972
10.0	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	Moscow, Russia	July 10, 1973
10.0	Michael Droese	East Germany	Dresden, Germany	July 11, 1973
10.0	Hans-Jurgen Bombach	East Germany	Dresden, Germany	July 20, 1973
10.0	Siegfried Schenke	East Germany	Berlin, Germany	August 29, 1973
10.0	Manfred Ommer	West Germany	Leverkusen, Germany	July 22, 1974

Automatic Timing

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Venue	Date
10.07	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	Munich, Germany	August 31, 1972
10.01	Pietro Mennea	Italy	Mexico City, Mexico	September 14, 1979
10.00	Marian Woronin	Poland	Warsaw, Poland	June 9, 1984
9.97	Linford Christie	United Kingdom	Seoul, South Korea	September 24, 1988
9.92	Linford Christie	United Kingdom	Tokyo, Japan	August 25, 1991
9.87	Linford Christie	United Kingdom	Stuttgart, Germany	August 15, 1993
9.86	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	Athens, Greece	22 August 2004

References

1. ^ Athletix
2. ^ European Athletics