1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The men's 100 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 September 1938.^[1]

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.5	Q, CR
2	Julien Saelens	Belgium	10.6	Q, NR
3	Ernest Page	Great Britain	10.7	Q
4	Lennart Lindgren	Sweden	10.8
5	Jean Jourdian	France	10.9

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	10.6	Q
2	Arthur Sweeney	Great Britain	10.7	Q
3	Erik Sjøvall	Norway	10.7	Q
4	François Mersch	Luxembourg	10.7
5	Bernard Zaslona	Poland	10.9
6	Xaver Frick	Liechtenstein	12.5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wijnand van Beveren	Netherlands	10.6	Q
2	Bernard Marchand	Switzerland	10.7	Q
3	Gyula Gyenes	Hungary	10.7	Q
4	Dieudonné Devrint	Belgium	10.7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Orazio Mariani	Italy	10.5	Q
2	József Sir	Hungary	10.7	Q
3	Manfred Kersch	Germany	10.7	Q
4	Paul Hanni	Switzerland	10.8
5	Jean Fusil	France	11.2

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	10.5	Q, CR
2	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.7	Q
3	Bernard Marchand	Switzerland	10.7	Q
4	Manfred Kersch	Germany	10.7
5	Ernest Page	Great Britain	10.8
6	Gyula Gyenes	Hungary	10.8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Orazio Mariani	Italy	10.4	Q, CR
2	Wijnand van Beveren	Netherlands	10.4	Q, CR
3	Arthur Sweeney	Great Britain	10.5	Q
4	Julien Saelens	Belgium	10.6	NR
5	József Sir	Hungary	11.0
6	Erik Sjøvall	Norway	11.0

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Martinus Osendarp	Netherlands	10.5
	Orazio Mariani	Italy	10.6
	Lennart Strandberg	Sweden	10.6
4	Wijnand van Beveren	Netherlands	10.6
5	Arthur Sweeney	Great Britain	11.0
6	Bernard Marchand	Switzerland	11.2