The men's 100 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 and 30 August 1978.
Participation According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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Results Heats 29 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Allan Wells 10.40 2 Valeriy Borzov 10.50 3 Joseph Arame 10.59 4 Lambert Micha 10.63 5 Franco Fähndrich 10.64 6 Ladislav Latocha 10.73 7 Ivaylo Karanyotov 10.78 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Pietro Mennea 10.19 , 2 Leszek Dunecki 10.31 3 Vladimir Ignatenko 10.38 4 Dragan Zarić 10.59 5 Ronald Desruelles 10.60 6 Stefan Nilsson 10.62 7 Otakar Wild 10.73 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Eugen Ray 10.30 2 Marian Woronin 10.50 3 Stefano Curini 10.58 4 Kenth Rönn 10.58 5 Pierrick Thessard 10.79 6 Gernot Massing 10.86 7 Veselin Panov 10.90 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Petar Petrov 10.44 2 Nikolay Kolesnikov 10.49 3 Lambros Kefalas 10.53 4 Giovanni Grazioli 10.55 5 Alexander Thieme 10.55 6 Zdeněk Mazur 10.73 7 Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson 10.76 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Semi-finals 30 August Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Pietro Mennea 10.26 2 Vladimir Ignatenko 10.45 3 Petar Petrov 10.46 4 Valeriy Borzov 10.53 5 Marian Woronin 10.54 6 Kenth Rönn 10.63 7 Stefano Curini 10.72 8 Lambert Micha 10.74 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Eugen Ray 10.30 2 Leszek Dunecki 10.38 3 Allan Wells 10.38 4 Nikolay Kolesnikov 10.43 5 Giovanni Grazioli 10.58 6 Lambros Kefalas 10.60 7 Joseph Arame 10.64 8 Dragan Zarić 10.69 Wind: -0.8 m/s
Final 30 August Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 7 Pietro Mennea 10.27 6 Eugen Ray 10.36 1 Vladimir Ignatenko 10.37 4 4 Petar Petrov 10.41 5 8 Leszek Dunecki 10.43 6 3 Allan Wells 10.45 7 2 Nikolay Kolesnikov 10.46 8 5 Valeriy Borzov 10.55 Wind: 0.0 m/s
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