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Español2006 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS
The '19th European Championships in Athletics' were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between August 7 and August 13, 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, and Stockholm, Sweden's capital, hosted 1958 European Championships in Athletics.
| Contents |
| Men's Results |
| Track |
| Field |
| Women's Results |
| Track |
| Field |
| Medal Table |
| Participants |
| Trivia |
| External links |
| References |
Men's Results
Track
1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 |
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Francis Obikwelu | 9.99 ''CR'' | Andrey Yepishin | 10.10 ''NR'' | Matic Osovnikar | 10.14 ''NR'' |
| August 8: Portugal's Francis Obikwelu added the European title to his Olympic Games silver medal in Gothenburg. The 27-year-old was all but last out of the blocks but showed his class with a brilliant surge of pace to finish in 9.99 seconds - the first time the European title has been won with a sub-10 time. Poland's Dariusz Kuć delayed the drama with a nervy false start. | ||||||
| 200 m | Francis Obikwelu | 20.01 ''NR'' | Johan Wissman | 20.38 ''=NR'' | Marlon Devonish | 20.54 |
| August 10: Obikwelu completed the sprinters' double, leading comfortably out of the last curve and continuing all the way to the finish. Wissman took silver in a time level with the national record, which he had set in the semi-final heat, which even so is far away from his personal best of 19.86 which he set while still competing for Nigeria. Devonish faded in the end and just managed to hold on to third in front of Belgian Kristof Beyens. | ||||||
| 400 m | Marc Raquil | 45.02 | Vladislav Frolov | 45.09 ''PB'' | Leslie Djhone | 45.40 |
| August 9: Raquil proved the stronger in the final sprint, taking over the race in the final 50 metres. | ||||||
| 800 m | Bram Som | 1:46.56 | David Fiegen | 1:46.59 | Sam Ellis | 1:46.64 |
| August 13: Originally, the Latvian delegation, representing Dmitrijs Milkevics (4th), issued a complaint because Bram Som stepped out of the track twice. Som and Ellis both also complained that Milkevics had blocked their way and pushed them. However after long considerations by the jury, the result stood. | ||||||
| 1500 m | Mehdi Baala | 3:39.02 | Ivan Heshko | 3:39.50 | Juan Carlos Higuero | 3:39.62 |
| August 9: Baala successfully defended his 2002 title, while Heshko pipped Higuero on the final stretch.[1] | ||||||
| 5000 m | Jesús España | 13:44.70 | Mohammed Farah | 13:44.79 | Juan Carlos Higuero | 13:46.48 |
| August 13: Farah took the lead with 1000m to go and stretched the field. A sprint to line resulted in España over taking Farah metres from the line. A quick finish by Higuero moved him into third over Turkey's Halil Akkas. | ||||||
| 10 000 m | Jan Fitschen | 28:10.94 ''PB'' | José Manuel Martínez | 28:12.06 ''SB'' | Juan Carlos de la Ossa | 28:13.73 |
| August 8: After an attempted breakaway started by Swiss Christian Belz with one and a half laps to go, Martínez and de la Ossa caught up with him, with German Fitschen falling away but catching up again before the final curve. He then outsprinted the two Spaniards to take a "shock" gold.[2] | ||||||
| Marathon | Stefano Baldini | 2h 11'32" | Viktor Röthlin | 2h 11'50" | Julio Rey | 2h 12'37" |
| August 13: 2002 winner Janne Holmén finished in seventh place. | ||||||
| 110 m H | Stanislav Olijars | 13.24 | Thomas Blaschek | 13.46 | Andy Turner | 13.56 |
| August 12: The world champion Ladji Doucoure was knocked out in the semi finals. | ||||||
| 400 m H | Periklís Iakovákis | 48.46 | Marek Plawgo | 48.71 ''SB'' | Rhys Williams | 49.12 |
| August 10: Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keita by a hundredth. | ||||||
| 3000 m St. | Jukka Keskisalo | 8:24.89 | José Luis Blanco | 8:26.22 | Bouabdellah Tahri | 8:27.15 |
| August 11: Finland's Keskisalo takes surprise gold after two injury-filled years. He ran behind the whole pack until the last lap, during which he sprinted on the back straight to take the win ahead of Spain's José Luis Blanco and France's Bouabdellah Tahri. | ||||||
| 20 km Walk | Francisco Javier Fernández | 1h 19'09" | Valeriy Borchin | 1h 20'00" | João Vieira | 1h 20'09" |
| August 8: Francisco Fernandez of Spain successfully defended the title he won in Munich with another dominant display in Gothenburg. Fernandez led the race at all the crucial stages and came into the stadium alone to win in one hour, 19.09 minutes. Russian Valeriy Borchin recorded a new personal best of 1.20:00 to take the silver while Portugal's Joao Vieira completed the podium places. | ||||||
| 50 km Walk | Yohan Diniz | 3h 41'39" ''PB'' | Jesús Ángel García | 3h 42'48" ''SB'' | Yuriy Andronov | 3h 43'26" |
| August 10: Trond Nymark (Norway) led most of the race only to finish fourth. | ||||||
| 4 X 100 m | Dwain Chambers Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis | 38.91 | Przemysław Rogowski Łukasz Chyla Marcin Jędrusiński Dariusz Kuć | 39.05 | Oudère Kankarafou Ronald Pognon Fabrice Calligny David Alerte | 39.07 |
| August 13 | ||||||
| 4 X 400 m | Leslie Djhone Idrissa M'Barke Naman Keïta Marc Raquil | 3:01.10 | Robert Tobin Rhys Williams Graham Hedman Tim Benjamin | 3:01.63 | Daniel Dąbrowski Piotr Kędzia Piotr Rysiukiewicz Rafal Wieruszewski | 3:01.73 |
| August 13: France and Great Britain & Northern Ireland both overtook the Polish team in the home straight to finish 1st and 2nd respectively. | ||||||
Field
1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 |
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Andrey Silnov | 2.36 ''CR WL'' | Tomáš Janků | 2.34 ''PB'' | Stefan Holm | 2.34 ''=SB'' |
| August 9 | ||||||
| Long Jump | Andrew Howe | 8.20 | Greg Rutherford | 8.13 | Oleksiy Lukashevych | 8.12 |
| August 8: Los-Angeles born Italian Andrew Howe won the title with his second-round effort of 8.20m. Greg Rutherford secured silver for Great Britain with his last jump of the competition, just 1cm beyond the jump of Oleksiy Lukashevych, who landed 8.12m. | ||||||
| Pole Vault | Aleksandr Averbukh | 5.70 | Tim Lobinger Romain Mesnil | 5.65 | ||
| August 13: Lobinger and Mesnil both claimed 2nd place, and therefore both received silver medals. | ||||||
| Triple Jump | Christian Olsson | 17.67 ''EL'' | Nathan Douglas | 17.21 | Marian Oprea | 17.18 |
| August 12 | ||||||
| Shot Put | Ralf Bartels | 21.13 | Andrei Mikhnevich | 21.11 | Joachim Olsen | 21.09 |
| August 7: Bartels was outside the podium before the final attempt, having managed 20.57 in his first five, whereas Mikhnevich and Olsen had achieved their best attempts in round two. However, Bartels put the shot two centimetres further than Mikhnevich, and despite Olsen coming up with a second 21-metre put with 21.04 in his final attempt, it was not enough to better his previous attempts. | ||||||
| Discus | Virgilijus Alekna | 68.67 | Gerd Kanter | 68.03 | Aleksander Tammert | 66.14 |
| August 12 | ||||||
| Javelin | Andreas Thorkildsen | 88.78 | Tero Pitkämäki | 86.44 | Jan Železný | 85.92 |
| August 9: Thorkildsen had the three longest throws in the competition , 87.37, 87.35 and 88.78. Pitkämäki couldn't match his arch rival in the competition and took the silver medal. The 40-year-old Železný surprised with another medal performance. | ||||||
| Hammer | Ivan Tikhon | 81.11 SB | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen | 80.84 SB | Vadim Devyatovskiy | 80.76 |
| August 12: Belarus's Ivan Tikhon took the gold medal with his third throw. Finland's Karjalainen threw over 82 metres with his last throw, but stepped over the circle and the red flag rose so he had to settle with silver. Devyatovskiy brought Belarus their second medal in the event by finishing third. The event was originally scheduled August 11 but delayed due to bad weather and Decathlon being behind schedule. | ||||||
| Decathlon | Roman Šebrle | 8526 SB | Attila Zsivóczky | 8356 | Aleksey Drozdov | 8350 PB |
| August 10 & August 11 | ||||||
Women's Results
Track
1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 |2014 |
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | Kim Gevaert Belgium | 11.06 | Yekaterina Grigoryeva | 11.22 ''SB'' | Irina Khabarova | 11.22 |
| August 9: Gevaert lead from the start, and was an obvious winner, with a few other athletes in contention however Grigoryeva and the 40 year old Khabarova claimed the silver and bronze medals repectively. | ||||||
| 200 m | Kim Gevaert Belgium | 22.68 | Yuliya Gushchina | 22.93 | Natalya Rusakova | 23.09 |
| August 11: Within five minutes after her compatriot Tia Hellebaut won the high jump Gevaert won her second gold medal. | ||||||
| 400 m | Vanya Stambolova | 49.85 | Tatyana Veshkurova | 50.15 | Olga Zaytseva | 50.28 |
| August 10 | ||||||
| 800 m | Olga Kotlyarova | 1:57.38 | Svetlana Klyuka | 1:57.48 | Rebecca Lyne | 1:58.45 |
| August 10 Klyuka was ahead with another athlete already in a medal position, but on the final bend Kotlyarova found herself boxed in. Lyne had already made a dash for home, and Kotlyarova had to push her out the way to start her sprint. Kotlyarova made a great dash and went in front of the other two Russians and an athlete from Ukraine. Lyne started sprinting and overtook the Ukrainian athlete, just pipping her into 3rd place. | ||||||
| 1500 m | Tatyana Tomashova | 3:56.91 'CR' | Yuliya Chizhenko | 3:57.61 | Daniela Yordanova | 3:59.37 'SB' |
| August 13 | ||||||
| 5000 m | Marta Domínguez | 14:56.18 ''CR'' | Liliya Shobukhova | 14:56.57 ''SB'' | Elvan Abeylegesse | 14:59.29 ''SB'' |
| August 12 | ||||||
| 10 000 m | Inga Abitova | 30:31.42 | Susanne Wigene | 30:32.36 | Lidiya Grigoryeva | 30:32.72 |
| August 7: All three medallists set personal bests, with Norway's Wigene bettering her time by more than two minutes. Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands finished fifth after leading for most of the race, while Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey, world season best holder, did not finish. | ||||||
| Marathon | Ulrike Maisch | 2h 30'01" PB | Olivera Jevtić | 2h 30'27" | Irina Permitina | 2h 30'83" |
| August 12 | ||||||
| 100 m H | Susanna Kallur | 12.59 | Derval O'Rourke Republic of Ireland Kirsten Bolm | 12.72 NR 12.72 | ||
| August 11: Both O'Rourke and Bolm got silver medal.[3] | ||||||
| 400 m H | Yevgeniya Isakova | 53.93 ''PB'' | Fani Halkiá | 54.02 | Tatyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | 54.55 |
| August 9 | ||||||
| 3000 m St. | Alesia Turava | 9:26.05 ''SB'' | Tatyana Petrova | 9:28.05 | Wioletta Janowska | 9:31.62 |
| August 12 First women's steeplechase event in European Athletics Championships. Alesia Turava takes the win three days after her sister had won 20 km walking competition. | ||||||
| 20 km Walk | Ryta Turava | 1h 27'08" | Olga Kaniskina | 1h 28'35" | Elisa Rigaudo | 1h 28'37" |
| August 9 | ||||||
| 4 X 100 m | Yuliya Gushchina Natalya Rusakova Irina Khabarova Yekaterina Grigoryeva | 42.27 | Anyika Onuora Emma Ania Emily Freeman Joice Maduaka | 43.51 | Yulia Nestsiarenka Natallia Safronnikava Alena Neumiarzhitskaya Aksana Drahun | 43.61 |
| August 13 | ||||||
| 4 X 400 m | Svetlana Pospelova Natalya Ivanova Olga Zaytseva Tatyana Veshkurova | 3:25.12 | Yulianna Zhalniaruk Sviatlana Usovich Anna Kozak Ilona Usovich | 3:27.69 | Monika Bejnar Grażyna Prokopek Ewelina Sętowska Anna Jesień | 3:27.77 |
| August 13 | ||||||
Field
1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 |2014 |
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Tia Hellebaut | 2m03 NR CR | Venelina Veneva | 2m03 CR | Kajsa Bergqvist | 2m01 |
| August 11 Hellebaut, former heptathlete, went over 2.03 on first attempt, while Veneva needed two. Pre-competition favourite Bergqvist failed at 2.03 with first attempt and she left two attempts to 2.05, but didn't succeed there either. Croatian Blanka Vlasic was fourth, with 2.01m, the highest mark by a woman at a championship without winning a medal | ||||||
| Pole Vault | Yelena Isinbayeva | 4m80 CR | Monika Pyrek | 4m65 | Tatyana Polnova | 4m65 SB |
| August 12: Isinbayeva tried three times to achieve new world record 5m02 but failed. | ||||||
| Long Jump | Lyudmila Kolchanova | 6m93 | Naide Gomes | 6m84 | Oksana Udmurtova | 6m69 |
| August 13 | ||||||
| Triple Jump | Tatyana Lebedeva | 15.15 | Hrysopiyí Devetzí | 15.05 | Anna Pyatykh | 15.02 |
| August 9 Anna Pyatykh jumped over 15m for the first time in her career. | ||||||
| Shot Put | Natallia Khoroneko | 19.43 | Nadzeya Ostapchuk | 19.42 | Petra Lammert | 19.17 |
| August 12 | ||||||
| Discus | Darya Pishchalnikova | 65.55 PB | Franka Dietzsch | 64.35 | Nicoleta Grasu | 63.58 |
| August 10 | ||||||
| Hammer | Tatyana Lysenko | 76.67 CR | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva | 74.50 | Kamila Skolimowska | 72.58 |
| August 8 | ||||||
| Javelin | Steffi Nerius | 65.82 SB | Barbora Špotáková | 65.64 | Mercedes Chilla | 61.98 SB |
| August 13 | ||||||
| Heptathlon | Carolina Klüft | 6740 CR | Karin Ruckstuhl | 6423 NR | Lilli Schwarzkopf | 6420 PB |
| August 7 & August 8: Biggest drama occurred on the first day as Eunice Barber, who was leading after high jump, had to stop because of injury. After that no one could challenge Klüft, who took first gold medal for hosts. Battle for silver was exciting to the end. Schwarzkopf was better than Ruckstuhl in 800 metres, but not enough. | ||||||
Medal Table
| 2006 European Championships medal count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Pos' | 'Country' | 'Gold' | 'Silver' | 'Bronze' | 'Total' |
| 1 |  | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 2 |  | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 |  | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 |  | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 |  | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
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Participants
Trivia
★ The official song of the contest is ''Heroes'' by Helena Paparizou.
★ The BBC have chosen to use Carola Häggkvist's 2006 Eurovision Song Contest entry Invincible in instrumental form as the title music for their coverage. They have also used various pop songs including Lena Philipsson's "Lena Anthem", also in instrumental form.
★ Merlene Ottey, at the age of 46 and representing Slovenia, is fifth in the 100 m semifinals, failing to qualify for the finals.
External links
★ Official website of Gothenburg 2006
★ EAA Official Website
References
1. Superb Baala defends 1500m title, from BBC, retrieved 10 August 2006
2. Fitschen takes shock 10,000m gold, from BBC, retrieved 10 August 2006
3. Kallur focuses to fulfil the dream, retrieved 11 August 2006
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