The men's 100 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 17 September 1969.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

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Results Heats 16 September

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Valeriy Borzov 10.7 2 Hansruedi Wiedmer 10.8 3 Hans-Jürgen Bombach 10.8 4 Ron Jones 10.9 5 Ivica Karasi 11.0 6 Vasilios Papageorgopoulos 11.0 7 Godwin Zammit 11.8 Wind: -3.2 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hermann Burde 10.7 2 René Metz 10.8 3 Barrie Kelly 10.8 4 Ossi Karttunen 10.8 5 Tadeusz Cuch 10.9 6 Ladislav Kříž 11.0 7 Paul Poels 11.0 Wind: -3.3 m/s

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alain Sarteur 10.6 2 Peter Haase 10.7 3 Luděk Bohman 10.8 4 Vladislav Sapeya 10.8 5 Don Halliday 10.8 6 Orhan Aydın 11.0 Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Philippe Clerc 10.7 2 Zenon Nowosz 10.7 3 Gérard Fenouil 10.8 4 Aleksandr Lebedev 10.8 5 Dionýz Szögedi 10.9 6 Axel Nepraunik 10.9 7 Ole Bernt Skarstein 11.0 8 Anders Faager 12.4 Wind: -4.5 m/s

Semi-finals 16 September Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Philippe Clerc 10.5 2 Valeriy Borzov 10.5 3 René Metz 10.5 4 Peter Haase 10.6 5 Luděk Bohman 10.6 6 Hans-Jürgen Bombach 10.7 7 Ossi Karttunen 10.7 8 Ron Jones 10.8 Wind: -2.3 m/s

Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alain Sarteur 10.6 2 Hermann Burde 10.6 3 Gérard Fenouil 10.6 4 Barrie Kelly 10.6 5 Zenon Nowosz 10.6 6 Hansruedi Wiedmer 10.7 7 Aleksandr Lebedev 10.8 8 Vladislav Sapeya 10.8 Wind: -3.1 m/s

Final 17 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Valeriy Borzov 10.49 Alain Sarteur 10.50 Philippe Clerc 10.56 4 Gérard Fenouil 10.71 5 Hermann Burde 10.72 6 Barrie Kelly 10.77 7 Peter Haase 10.84 René Metz DNS Wind: -2.7 m/s

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