title: 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
text: # 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
  
  The men's 100 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Jack Archer Great Britain |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Haakon Tranberg Norway |
  | Bronze | Carlo Monti Italy |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  23 August
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 10.6 |
  | | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 10.7 |
  | | Carlo Monti | Italy | 10.8 |
  | 4 | Étienne Bally | France | 10.8 |
  | 5 | Stig Håkansson | Sweden | 10.8 |
  | 6 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 10.9 |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  23 August
  
  **Semi-final 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 10.6 | Q |
  | 2 | Stig Håkansson | Sweden | 10.7 | Q |
  | 3 | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 10.7 | |
  | 4 | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 10.8 | |
  | 5 | Giusto Cattoni | Italy | 11.0 | |
  
  **Semi-final 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Étienne Bally | France | 10.6 | Q |
  | 2 | Carlo Monti | Italy | 10.7 | Q |
  | 3 | Pol Braekman | Belgium | 10.8 | |
  | 4 | Jiří David | Czechoslovakia | 10.9 | |
  | 5 | Jo Zwaan | Netherlands | 10.9 | |
  
  **Semi-final 3**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 10.7 | Q |
  | 2 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 10.8 | NR, Q |
  | 3 | René Valmy | France | 10.8 | |
  | 4 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 10.9 | |
  | 5 | Mirko Paráček | Czechoslovakia | 11.0 | |
  
  ### Heats
  
  23 August
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 10.8 | NR, Q |
  | 2 | Carlo Monti | Italy | 10.9 | Q |
  | 3 | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 10.9 | Q |
  | 4 | Józef Rutkowski | Poland | 11.0 | |
  | 5 | Fernand Bourgaux | Belgium | 11.2 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Stig Håkansson | Sweden | 10.8 | Q |
  | 2 | Giusto Cattoni | Italy | 11.0 | Q |
  | 3 | Jiří David | Czechoslovakia | 11.1 | Q |
  | 4 | Kalevi Huttunen | Finland | 11.2 | |
  | | Marko Račič | Yugoslavia | DQ | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Pol Braekman | Belgium | 10.7 | Q |
  | 2 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 10.8 | Q |
  | 3 | Jo Zwaan | Netherlands | 10.9 | Q |
  | 4 | Bert Liffen | Great Britain | 10.9 | |
  | 5 | Marijan Slanac | Yugoslavia | 11.0 | |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 10.6 | Q |
  | 2 | Étienne Bally | France | 10.8 | Q |
  | 3 | Mirko Paráček | Czechoslovakia | 10.9 | Q |
  | 4 | Arne Thisted | Denmark | 11.0 | |
  | 5 | Kjell Mangseth | Norway | 11.2 | |
  
  **Heat 5**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 10.8 | Q |
  | 2 | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 10.8 | Q |
  | 3 | René Valmy | France | 10.9 | Q |
  | 4 | Tage Egemose | Denmark | 11.0 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Belgium (2)
  * Czechoslovakia (2)
  * Denmark (2)
  * Finland (1)
  * France (2)
  * Iceland (1)
  * Italy (2)
  * Netherlands (2)
  * Norway (2)
  * Poland (1)
  * Soviet Union (1)
  * Sweden (2)
  * Great Britain (2)
  * Yugoslavia (2)
  