2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 13 and 14 July.^[1]

Men's 100 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Leppävaara Stadium
Location	Espoo, Finland
Dates	13 July (heats & semi-finals) 14 July (final)
Competitors	30 from 18 nations
Winning time	10.05
Medalists
Jeremiah Azu    Great Britain   Raphael Bouju    Netherlands   Pablo Matéo    France
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Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record	Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)	9.92	Albi, France	29 July 2011
Championship U23 record	Simeon Williamson (GBR)	10.10	Debrecen, Hungary	13 July 2007

Results

Heats

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) will qualify for the semi-finals.^[2]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pablo Matéo	France	10.43	Q
2	Andrii Vasyliev [de; uk]	Ukraine	10.53	Q
3	Israel Olatunde	Ireland	10.55	Q
4	Anej Čurin Prapotnik [de; no]	Slovenia	10.63
5	Jacob Vaula [no]	Norway	10.78
6	Patrik Bundschu	Hungary	10.80
7	Oğuz Uyar [de]	Turkey	10.97
8	Guillem Arderiu Vilanova	Andorra	11.22
[3]			Wind: (−1.9 m/s)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Raphael Bouju	Netherlands	10.26	Q
2	Guillem Crespí	Spain	10.42	Q
3	Junior Tardioli	Italy	10.48	Q
4	Valtteri Louko [fi]	Finland	10.52	q
5	Felix Frühn	Germany	10.53
6	Noel Waroschitz	Austria	10.66
7	Oliver Swinney	Ireland	10.66
[3]			Wind: (+0.2 m/s)

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Matteo Melluzzo	Italy	10.38	Q
2	Jeremiah Azu	Great Britain	10.44	Q
3	Niilo Mustalahti	Finland	10.63	Q
4	Chidiera Onuoha	Germany	10.70
5	Daniljo Vriendwijk	Netherlands	10.75
6	Beppe Grillo [de; it]	Malta	10.91
—	Robert McDonnell	Ireland	DNS
[3]			Wind: (+0.7 m/s)

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Nsikak Ekpo	Netherlands	10.39	Q
2	Eric Marek	Italy	10.39	Q
3	Robin Ganter	Germany	10.40	Q
4	Adam Łukomski	Poland	10.43	q
5	Eino Vuori	Finland	10.44	q, SB
6	Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak	Denmark	10.44	q
7	Dominik Illovszky	Hungary	10.56
8	Umut Uysal	Turkey	10.69
[3]			Wind: (−0.3 m/s)

Semi-finals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) will qualify for the final.^[4]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jeremiah Azu	Great Britain	10.04	Q, CR
2	Nsikak Ekpo	Netherlands	10.28	Q, PB
3	Guillem Crespí	Spain	10.28	Q, PB
4	Israel Olatunde	Ireland	10.32	q, SB
5	Junior Tardioli	Italy	10.34
6	Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak	Denmark	10.35
7	Matteo Melluzzo	Italy	10.36	=SB
8	Eino Vuori	Finland	10.44
[5]			Wind: (+1.0 m/s)

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Raphael Bouju	Netherlands	10.01	Q
2	Pablo Matéo	France	10.10	Q
3	Andrii Vasyliev [de; uk]	Ukraine	10.24	Q
4	Robin Ganter	Germany	10.25	q
5	Adam Łukomski	Poland	10.35
6	Valtteri Louko [fi]	Finland	10.38
7	Eric Marek	Italy	10.43
—	Niilo Mustalahti	Finland	DNS
[5]			Wind: (+2.5 m/s)

Final

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	6	Jeremiah Azu	Great Britain	10.05
	5	Raphael Bouju	Netherlands	10.17
	4	Pablo Matéo	France	10.18
4	1	Robin Ganter	Germany	10.31
5	7	Guillem Crespí	Spain	10.34
6	3	Nsikak Ekpo	Netherlands	10.39
7	2	Andrii Vasyliev [de; uk]	Ukraine	10.41
8	8	Israel Olatunde	Ireland	10.44
[6]				Wind: (+2.1 m/s)