1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
# 1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 24 August 1950.

## Medalists

| Gold | Étienne Bally France |
| - | - |
| Silver | Franco Leccese Italy |
| Bronze | Vladimir Sukharev Soviet Union |

## Results

### Final

24 August Wind: 0.7 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Étienne Bally | France | 10.7 |
| | Franco Leccese | Italy | 10.7 |
| | Vladimir Sukharev | Soviet Union | 10.7 |
| 4 | Emil Kiszka | Poland | 10.7 |
| 5 | Haukur Clausen | Iceland | 10.8 |
| 6 | Petar Pecelj | Yugoslavia | 10.8 |

### Semi-finals

24 August

**Semi-final 1**

Wind: -0.2 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Franco Leccese | Italy | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Emil Kiszka | Poland | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Petar Pecelj | Yugoslavia | 11.0 | Q |
| 4 | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 11.1 | |
| 5 | Knud Schibsbye | Denmark | 11.1 | |
| 6 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 11.1 | |

**Semi-final 2**

Wind: 0.4 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Étienne Bally | France | 10.6 | Q |
| 2 | Vladimir Sukharev | Soviet Union | 10.7 | Q |
| 3 | Haukur Clausen | Iceland | 11.0 | Q |
| 4 | Alan Grieve | Great Britain | 11.0 | |
| 5 | Gesualdo Penna | Italy | 11.0 | |
| 6 | Hans Peter Pedersen | Norway | 11.2 | |

### Heats

23 August

**Heat 1**

Wind: 0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 11.1 | Q |
| 2 | Hans Peter Pedersen | Norway | 11.2 | Q |

**Heat 2**

Wind: -0.1 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Petar Pecelj | Yugoslavia | 11.0 | Q |
| 2 | Emil Kiszka | Poland | 11.1 | Q |
| 3 | Tomas Paquete | Portugal | 11.1 | |
| 4 | Hans Wehrli | Switzerland | 11.1 | |
| 5 | Fred Hammer | Luxembourg | 11.2 | |

**Heat 3**

Wind: -0.1 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Franco Leccese | Italy | 10.6 | Q |
| 2 | Alan Grieve | Great Britain | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Henry Johansen | Norway | 11.0 | |
| 4 | Christian Brac | France | 11.2 | |
| 5 | Leif Christersson | Sweden | 11.2 | |

**Heat 4**

Wind: -0.1 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Knud Schibsbye | Denmark | 11.1 | Q |
| 2 | Gesualdo Penna | Italy | 11.2 | Q |
| 3 | Austin Pinnington | Great Britain | 11.2 | |
| 4 | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 11.3 | |
| 5 | Hans Rydén | Sweden | 11.3 | |

**Heat 5**

Wind: -1.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Étienne Bally | France | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 11.1 | Q |
| 3 | Roland Vercruysse | Belgium | 11.1 | |
| 4 | Michail Tsokalis | Greece | 11.4 | |
| 5 | Willy Eichenberger | Switzerland | 11.6 | |

**Heat 6**

Wind: -0.4 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vladimir Sukharev | Soviet Union | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Haukur Clausen | Iceland | 11.0 | Q |
| 3 | Isidoor Vandewiele | Belgium | 11.1 | |
| 4 | Jean-Petit Hammer | Luxembourg | 11.3 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (2)
* Denmark (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Iceland (2)
* Italy (2)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)
