1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
# 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jack Archer Great Britain |
| - | - |
| Silver | Haakon Tranberg Norway |
| Bronze | Carlo Monti Italy |

## Results

### Final

23 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 10.6 |
| | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 10.7 |
| | Carlo Monti | Italy | 10.8 |
| 4 | Étienne Bally | France | 10.8 |
| 5 | Stig Håkansson | Sweden | 10.8 |
| 6 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 10.9 |

### Semi-finals

23 August

**Semi-final 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 10.6 | Q |
| 2 | Stig Håkansson | Sweden | 10.7 | Q |
| 3 | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 10.7 | |
| 4 | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 10.8 | |
| 5 | Giusto Cattoni | Italy | 11.0 | |

**Semi-final 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Étienne Bally | France | 10.6 | Q |
| 2 | Carlo Monti | Italy | 10.7 | Q |
| 3 | Pol Braekman | Belgium | 10.8 | |
| 4 | Jiří David | Czechoslovakia | 10.9 | |
| 5 | Jo Zwaan | Netherlands | 10.9 | |

**Semi-final 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 10.8 | NR, Q |
| 3 | René Valmy | France | 10.8 | |
| 4 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 10.9 | |
| 5 | Mirko Paráček | Czechoslovakia | 11.0 | |

### Heats

23 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 10.8 | NR, Q |
| 2 | Carlo Monti | Italy | 10.9 | Q |
| 3 | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 10.9 | Q |
| 4 | Józef Rutkowski | Poland | 11.0 | |
| 5 | Fernand Bourgaux | Belgium | 11.2 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stig Håkansson | Sweden | 10.8 | Q |
| 2 | Giusto Cattoni | Italy | 11.0 | Q |
| 3 | Jiří David | Czechoslovakia | 11.1 | Q |
| 4 | Kalevi Huttunen | Finland | 11.2 | |
| | Marko Račič | Yugoslavia | DQ | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pol Braekman | Belgium | 10.7 | Q |
| 2 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Jo Zwaan | Netherlands | 10.9 | Q |
| 4 | Bert Liffen | Great Britain | 10.9 | |
| 5 | Marijan Slanac | Yugoslavia | 11.0 | |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 10.6 | Q |
| 2 | Étienne Bally | France | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Mirko Paráček | Czechoslovakia | 10.9 | Q |
| 4 | Arne Thisted | Denmark | 11.0 | |
| 5 | Kjell Mangseth | Norway | 11.2 | |

**Heat 5**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 10.8 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 10.8 | Q |
| 3 | René Valmy | France | 10.9 | Q |
| 4 | Tage Egemose | Denmark | 11.0 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (2)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Denmark (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Yugoslavia (2)
