2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships were held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 28 June.

Medalists

Gold	Ivet Lalova Bulgaria
Silver	Olesya Povh Ukraine
Bronze	Lina Grinčikaitė Lithuania

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
European record	Christine Arron (FRA)	10.73	Budapest, Hungary	19 August 1998
Championship record	Christine Arron (FRA)	10.73	Budapest, Hungary	19 August 1998
World Leading	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	10.81	Kingston, Jamaica	5 May 2012
European Leading	Olesya Povh (UKR)	11.08	Yalta, Ukraine	4 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	Ivet Lalova (BUL)	11.06	Helsinki, Finland	27 June 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 June 2012	10:00	Round 1
27 June 2012	20:05	Semifinals
28 June 2012	18:30	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: −0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +1.7 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	4	Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria	11.06	Q, EL
2	4	5	Verena Sailer	Germany	11.14	Q, SB
3	2	3	Olga Belkina	Russia	11.26	Q, PB
4	2	7	Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	11.27	Q
5	1	1	Olesya Povh	Ukraine	11.30	Q
6	3	2	Lina Grinčikaitė	Lithuania	11.38	Q
7	4	3	Yuliya Balykina	Belarus	11.39	Q
8	1	5	Anne Cibis	Germany	11.40	Q, SB
9	3	8	Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto	Germany	11.41	Q
10	4	8	Ashleigh Nelson	Great Britain	11.43	Q, SB
11	3	4	Daria Korczyńska	Poland	11.46	Q
12	1	3	Nimet Karakuş	Turkey	11.48	Q
13	4	6	Nataliya Pohrebnyak	Ukraine	11.50	q
14	3	1	Yulia Nestsiarenka	Belarus	11.52	q
15	1	4	Kateřina Čechová	Czech Republic	11.53	q
15	2	8	Audrey Alloh	Italy	11.53	q
17	1	7	Christine Arron	France	11.55
17	2	5	Andreea Ograzeanu	Romania	11.55	SB
17	4	2	Yevgeniya Polyakova	Russia	11.55
20	2	1	María Belibasáki	Greece	11.56
21	2	6	Amy Foster	Ireland	11.58
22	1	2	Martina Amidei	Italy	11.60
23	4	1	Folake Akinyemi	Norway	11.62
24	1	8	Eleni Artymata	Cyprus	11.64
25	1	6	Sónia Tavares	Portugal	11.65
26	3	6	Hanna-Maari Latvala	Finland	11.67
27	4	7	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	11.68
28	3	3	Gabriela Laleva	Bulgaria	11.79
29	3	5	Jeanette Kwakye	Great Britain	11.98
30	4	4	Diane Borg	Malta	12.14	SB
31	3	7	Ivana Rožman	Macedonia	12.86
32	2	2	Cristina Llovera	Andorra	13.01

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	6	Olesya Povh	Ukraine	11.13	Q
2	2	4	Verena Sailer	Germany	11.17	Q
3	1	6	Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria	11.23	Q
4	1	3	Olga Belkina	Russia	11.30	Q
5	1	5	Lina Grinčikaitė	Lithuania	11.34	Q, SB
6	2	5	Anne Cibis	Germany	11.36	Q, SB
7	1	7	Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	11.39	q
8	1	4	Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto	Germany	11.39	q
9	2	3	Yuliya Balykina	Belarus	11.42
10	2	7	Daria Korczyńska	Poland	11.43
11	2	8	Ashleigh Nelson	Great Britain	11.43	=SB
12	2	2	Kateřina Čechová	Czech Republic	11.45
13	2	1	Audrey Alloh	Italy	11.51
14	1	1	Nataliya Pohrebnyak	Ukraine	11.52
15	1	8	Nimet Karakuş	Turkey	11.61
	1	2	Yulia Nestsiarenka	Belarus	DNS

Final

Wind: −0.7 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	4	Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria	11.28
	3	Olesya Povh	Ukraine	11.32
	8	Lina Grinčikaitė	Lithuania	11.32	SB
4	2	Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	11.39
5	5	Olga Belkina	Russia	11.42
6	6	Verena Sailer	Germany	11.42
7	7	Anne Cibis	Germany	11.54
8	1	Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto	Germany	11.62

References

• Round 1 Results
• Semifinal Results
• Final Results