2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 100 metres

Last updated September 27, 2019

The men's 100 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 19 July.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women.

The 4th European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Bydgoszcz, Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 17–20 July 2003.

Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers. With a city population of 350,178, and an urban agglomeration with more than 470,000 inhabitants, Bydgoszcz is the eighth-largest city in Poland. It has been the seat of Bydgoszcz County and the co-capital, with Toruń, of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. Prior to this, between 1947 and 1998, it was the capital of the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship, and before that, of the Pomeranian Voivodeship between 1945 and 1947.

Medalists

Gold	Ronald Pognon France
Silver	Argo Golberg Estonia
Bronze	Fabrice Calligny France

Results

Final

19 July
Wind: 1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ronald Pognon	France	10.19	CR
	Argo Golberg	Estonia	10.28
	Fabrice Calligny	France	10.34
4	Łukasz Chyła	Poland	10.35
5	Tyrone Edgar	Great Britain	10.35
6	Nick Smith	Great Britain	10.40
7	Gergely Németh	Hungary	10.49
8	Ricardo Alves	Portugal	10.52

Heats

17 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Wind: 0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tyrone Edgar	Great Britain	10.36	Q
2	Argo Golberg	Estonia	10.36	Q
3	Tal Mor	Israel	10.60
4	Adrian Stefan	Romania	10.60
5	Zoran Josifovski	North Macedonia	11.36
	Admir Bregu	Albania	DNS

Heat 2

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ronald Pognon	France	10.30	Q
2	Łukasz Chyła	Poland	10.32	Q
3	Egoitz de Dios	Spain	10.63
4	Darren Gilford	Malta	10.70
5	Marius Broening	Germany	10.77
6	Pontus Nilsson	Sweden	10.80

Heat 3

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Fabrice Calligny	France	10.40	Q
2	Nick Smith	Great Britain	10.47	Q
3	Gergely Németh	Hungary	10.49	q
4	Ricardo Alves	Portugal	10.52	q
5	Neophytos Michael	Cyprus	10.61
6	Rasgawa Pinnock	Germany	10.83

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

Cyprus (1)
Estonia (1)
France (2)
Germany (2)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the north-western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state, the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland. The United Kingdom's 242,500 square kilometres (93,600 sq mi) were home to an estimated 66.0 million inhabitants in 2017.

Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin, it borders Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world, and among the few non-Indo-European languages to be widely spoken in Europe. Hungary's capital and largest city is Budapest; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr.

Israel, also known as the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel's economic and technological center is Tel Aviv, while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although the state's sovereignty over Jerusalem has only partial recognition.

Malta (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (1)

Romania (1)
Spain (1)
Sweden (1)

References

↑ European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014
↑ European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-05, retrieved 4 November 2014
↑ European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 17/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 17 July 2003, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014
↑ European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 19/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 19 July 2003, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014

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[eaa_00-1] European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014

[pytal_01-2] European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-05, retrieved 4 November 2014

[eaa_01-3] European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 17/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 17 July 2003, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014

[eaa_03-4] European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 19/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 19 July 2003, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014

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