2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
| Men's 100 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Ullevi | |||||||||
| Location | Gothenburg | |||||||||
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| Competitors | 44 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 9.99 | |||||||||
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The men's 100 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7 and August 8. Portugal's Francis Obikwelu added the European title to his Olympic Games silver medal in Athens. The 27-year-old was all but last out of the blocks but showed his class with a brilliant surge of pace to finish in 9.99 seconds - the first time the European title has been won with a sub-10 second time. Poland's Dariusz Kuć delayed the drama with a nervy false start.