The following table shows the European record progression in the men's 100 metres, as ratified by the European Athletic Association.[1][2] 
 Hand timing
   | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Venue | Date | 
  | 10.3 | Arthur Jonath | .svg.png) Germany | Bochum, Germany | 5 June 1932 | 
  | 10.3 | Chris Berger |  Netherlands | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 26 August 1934 | 
  | 10.3 | Lennart Strandberg |  Sweden | Malmö, Sweden | 26 September 1936 | 
  | 10.3 | Karl Neckermann | .svg.png) Germany | Berlin, Germany | 8 July 1939 | 
  | 10.2 | McDonald Bailey |  United Kingdom | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | 25 August 1951 | 
  | 10.2 | Heinz Futterer |  West Germany | Yokohama, Japan | 31 October 1954 | 
  | 10.2 | Manfred Germar |  West Germany | Cologne, West Germany | 31 July 1957 | 
  | 10.2 | Livio Berruti |  Italy | Verona, Italy | 26 May 1960 | 
  | 10.0 | Armin Hary |  West Germany | Zürich, Switzerland | 21 June 1960 | 
  | 10.0 | Roger Bambuck |  France | Sacramento, United States | 20 June 1968 | 
  | 10.0 | Vladislav Sapeya |  Soviet Union | Leninakan, Soviet Union | 15 August 1968 | 
  | 10.0 | Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union | Kyiv, Soviet Union | 18 August 1969 | 
  | 10.0 | Gert Metz |  West Germany | Burg-Gretesch, West Germany | 6 September 1970 | 
  | 10.0 | Manfred Kokot |  East Germany | Erfurt, East Germany | 15 May 1971 | 
  | 10.0 | Vasilios Papageorgopoulos | .svg.png) Greece | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | 3 June 1972 | 
  | 10.0 | Pietro Mennea |  Italy | Milan, Italy | 16 June 1972 | 
  | 10.0 | Raimo Vilén |  Finland | Vuosaari, Finland | 27 July 1972 | 
  | 10.0 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk |  Soviet Union | Moscow, Soviet Union | 10 July 1973 | 
  | 10.0 | Michael Droese |  East Germany | Dresden, East Germany | 11 July 1973 | 
  | 10.0 | Hans-Jurgen Bombach |  East Germany | Dresden, East Germany | 20 July 1973 | 
  | 10.0 | Siegfried Schenke |  East Germany | Berlin, Germany | 29 August 1973 | 
  | 10.0 | Manfred Ommer |  West Germany | Leverkusen, West Germany | 22 July 1974 | 
 Automatic timing
    | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Venue | Date | 
  | 10.07 | Valeriy Borzov |  Soviet Union | Munich, West Germany | 31 August 1972 | 
  | 10.01 | Pietro Mennea |  Italy | Mexico City, Mexico | 14 September 1979 | 
  | 10.00 | Marian Woronin |  Poland | Warsaw, Poland | 9 June 1984 | 
  | 9.97 | Linford Christie |  United Kingdom | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 | 
  | 9.92 | Linford Christie |  United Kingdom | Tokyo, Japan | 25 August 1991 | 
  | 9.87 | Linford Christie |  United Kingdom | Stuttgart, Germany | 15 August 1993 | 
  | 9.86 | Francis Obikwelu | .svg.png) Portugal | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 | 
  | Jimmy Vicaut |  France | Paris, France | 4 July 2015 | 
  | Jimmy Vicaut |  France | Montreuil, France | 7 June 2016 | 
  | 9.84 | Marcell Jacobs |  Italy | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 | 
  | 9.80 | Marcell Jacobs |  Italy | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 | 
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