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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 2006 IAAF World Cup
|Logo = Athens2006logo.png
|Size = 240px
|Colour = #81BEF7
|Optional caption = 
|Host city = [[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|Dates = 16–17 September
|Stadium = [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]]
|Athletes participating = ?
|Events = 40
|Records set = 
|Level = 
|Previous = [[2002 IAAF World Cup|2002 Madrid]]
|Next = [[2010 IAAF Continental Cup|2010 Split]]
}}
The '''10th [[IAAF World Cup in Athletics]]''' was an international [[track and field]] sporting event, held under the auspices of the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]], which took place on 16 and 17 September 2006 at the [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]].

==Teams==
The teams that took part in the competition were:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%"
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!colspan=2|Men
!colspan=2|Women
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!Team
!Qualification
!Team
!Qualification
|-
|{{flag|Greece}}
|Host nation
|{{flag|Greece}}
|Host nation
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|[[Africa]]
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|[[Africa]]
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|-
|[[Americas|America]]
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|[[Americas|America]]
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|-
|[[Asia]]
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|[[Asia]]
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|-
|[[Europe]]
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|[[Europe]]
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|-
|[[Oceania]]
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|[[Oceania]]
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|-
|{{flag|France}}
|[[European Cup in Athletics 2006|European Cup winner]]
|{{flag|Poland}}
|[[European Cup in Athletics 2006|European Cup runner up]]
|-
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[European Cup in Athletics 2006|European Cup runner up]]
|{{flag|Russia}}
|[[European Cup in Athletics 2006|European Cup winner]]
|-
|{{flag|United States}}
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|{{flag|United States}}
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|}

==Overall points table==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
<div class="center">

===Men===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:1em auto;" width="300px"
|-
! Rank
! Team
! Result
|-bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| 1
| align="left" | [[Europe]]
| 140
|-bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
| 2
| align="left" | {{USA}}
| 136
|-bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
| 3
| align="left" | [[Africa]]
| 116
|-
| 4
| align="left" | [[Asia]]
| 110
|-
| 5
| align="left" | [[Americas]]
| 104
|-
| 6
| align="left" | {{RUS}}
| 89
|-
| 7
| align="left" | {{FRA}}
| 79
|-
| 8
| align="left" | [[Oceania]]
| 78
|-
| 9
| align="left" | {{GRE}}
| 44
|}
</div>
{{col-2}}
<div class="center">

===Women===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:1em auto;" width="300px"
|-
! Rank
! Team
! Result
|-bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| 1
| align="left" | {{RUS}}
|  137
|-bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
| 2
| align="left" | [[Europe]]
|  128
|-bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
| 3
| align="left" | [[Americas|America]]
|  117
|-
| 4
| align="left" | {{USA}}
|  101.5
|-
| 5
| align="left" | {{POL}}
|   97
|-
| 6
| align="left" | [[Africa]]
|  96.5
|-
| 7
| align="left" | [[Asia]]
|   85.5
|-
| 8
| align="left" | [[Oceania]]
|  73
|-
| 9
| align="left" | {{GRE}}
|  60.5
|}
</div>
{{col-end}}

==Medal summary==
{{main|2006 IAAF World Cup results}}

===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Tyson Gay]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||9.88
|{{flagathlete|[[Francis Obikwelu]]|POR}}<br>''Europe'' ||10.09
|{{flagathlete|[[Marc Burns]]|TRI}}<br>''Americas'' ||10.14
|-
|200 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Wallace Spearmon]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||19.87
|{{flagathlete|[[Usain Bolt]]|JAM}}<br>''Americas'' ||19.96
|{{flagathlete|[[Shingo Suetsugu]]|JPN}}<br>''Asia'' ||20.30
|-
|400 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[LaShawn Merritt]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||44.54
|{{flagathlete|[[Gary Kikaya]]|COD}}<br>''Africa'' ||44.66
|{{flagathlete|[[Dimitrios Regas]]|GRE}}<br>''Greece'' ||45.11 <br />'''[[Greek records in athletics|NR]]'''
|-
|800 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Yusuf Saad Kamel]]|BHR}}<br>''Asia'' ||1:44.98
|{{flagathlete|[[Bram Som]]|NED}}<br>''Europe'' ||1:45.13
|{{flagathlete|[[Mbulaeni Mulaudzi]]|RSA}}<br>''Africa'' ||1:45.14
|-
|1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Alex Kipchirchir]]|KEN}}<br>''Africa'' ||3:52.60
|{{flagathlete|[[Ivan Heshko]]|UKR}}<br>''Europe'' ||3:53.33
|{{flagathlete|[[Nick Willis]]|NZL}}<br>''Oceania'' ||3:54.76
|-
|3000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Craig Mottram]]|AUS}}<br>''Oceania'' ||7:32.19 <br />'''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Kenenisa Bekele]]|ETH|1996}}<br>''Africa'' ||7:36.25
|{{flagathlete|[[Driss Maazouzi]]|FRA}}<br>''France'' ||7:47.80
|-
|5000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Saif Saaeed Shaheen]]|QAT}}<br>''Asia'' ||13:35.30
|{{flagathlete|[[Mike Kigen]]|KEN}}<br>''Africa'' ||13:36.19
|{{flagathlete|[[Matt Tegenkamp]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||13:36.83
|-
|110 metres hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Allen Johnson]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||12.96 <br />'''CR''' '''[[List of world records in masters athletics#110 meters hurdles|MWR]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]]|CHN}}<br>''Asia'' ||13.03
|{{flagathlete|[[Dayron Robles]]|CUB}}<br>''Americas'' ||13.06
|-
|400 metres hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Kerron Clement]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||48.12
|{{flagathlete|[[L. J. van Zyl]]|RSA}}<br>''Africa'' ||48.35
|{{flagathlete|[[Marek Plawgo]]|POL}}<br>''Europe'' ||48.76
|-
|3000 metres steeplechase
|{{flagathlete|[[Saif Saaeed Shaheen]]|QAT}}<br>''Asia'' ||8:19.09<br /> '''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Kipsiele Koech]]|KEN}}<br>''Africa'' ||8:19.37
|{{flagathlete|[[Bouabdellah Tahri]]|FRA}}<br>''France'' ||8:29.06
|-
|4×100 metres relay
| ''United States''<br />  [[Kaaron Conwright]]<br>[[Wallace Spearmon]]<br>[[Tyson Gay]]<br>[[Jason Smoots]]||37.59 <br />'''CR'''
| ''Europe''<br>[[Dwain Chambers]]<br>[[Dwayne Grant]]<br>[[Marlon Devonish]]<br>[[Mark Lewis-Francis]]||38.45 
| ''Asia''<br>[[Naoki Tsukahara]]<br>[[Shingo Suetsugu]]<br>[[Shinji Takahira]]<br>[[Shigeyuki Kojima]]||38.51 
|-
|4×400 metres relay
| ''United States''<br>[[Jamel Ashley]]<br>[[Derrick Brew]]<br>[[LaShawn Merritt]]<br>[[Darold Williamson]]||3:00.11
| ''Americas''<br>[[Chris Brown (athlete)|Chris Brown]]<br>[[Michael Blackwood (athlete)|Michael Blackwood]]<br>[[Carlos Santa]]<br>[[Alleyne Francique]]||3:00.14 
| ''Africa''<br>[[Paul Gorries]]<br>[[Gary Kikaya]]<br>[[Young Talkmore Nyongani]]<br>[[Malik Louahla]]||3:00.88
|-
| High jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Tomáš Janků]]|CZE}}<br>''Europe'' ||2.28 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrey Silnov]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||2.24 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Tora Harris]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||2.24 m
|-
| Pole vault
|{{flagathlete|[[Steven Hooker]]|AUS}}<br>''Oceania'' ||5.80 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Daichi Sawano]]|JPN}}<br>''Asia'' ||5.70 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Germán Chiaraviglio]]|ARG}}<br>''Americas'' ||5.70 m
|-
| Long jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Irving Saladino]]|PAN}}<br>''Americas'' ||8.26 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrew Howe]]|ITA}}<br>''Europe'' ||8.12 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi]]|KSA}}<br>''Asia'' ||8.11 m
|-
| Triple jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Walter Davis (athlete)|Walter Davis]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||17.54 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Jadel Gregório]]|BRA}}<br>''Americas'' ||17.41 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Marian Oprea]]|ROU}}<br>''Europe'' ||17.05 m
|-
| Shot put
|{{flagathlete|[[Ralf Bartels]]|GER}}<br>''Europe'' ||20.67 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Reese Hoffa]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||20.60 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Sofin]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||20.45 m
|-
| Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Virgilijus Alekna]]|LTU}}<br>''Europe'' ||67.19 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Ehsan Haddadi]]|IRI}}<br>''Asia'' ||62.60 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Ian Waltz]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||62.12 m
|-
| Hammer throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Koji Murofushi]]|JPN}}<br>''Asia'' ||82.01 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Ivan Tsikhan]]|BLR}}<br>''Europe'' ||80.00 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Ilya Konovalov (hammer thrower)|Ilya Konovalov]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||77.14 m
|-
| Javelin throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Andreas Thorkildsen]]|NOR}}<br>''Europe'' ||87.17 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Gerhardus Pienaar]]|RSA}}<br>''Africa'' ||83.62 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Alexandr Ivanov (athlete)|Aleksandr Ivanov]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||81.87 m
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
|-
|100 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Sherone Simpson]]|JAM}}<br>''Americas'' ||10.97
|{{flagathlete|[[Torri Edwards]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||11.19
|{{flagathlete|[[Vida Anim]]|GHA}}<br>''Africa'' ||11.21
|-
|200 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Sanya Richards]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||22.23
|{{flagathlete|[[Kim Gevaert]]|BEL}}<br>''Europe'' ||22.72
|{{flagathlete|[[Vida Anim]]|GHA}}<br>''Africa'' ||22.81 <br />'''PB'''
|-
|400 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Sanya Richards]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||48.70 <br />'''WL'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Vania Stambolova]]|BUL}}<br>''Europe'' ||50.09
|{{flagathlete|[[Novlene Williams-Mills|Novlene Williams]]|JAM}}<br>''Americas'' ||50.24
|-
|800 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Zulia Calatayud]]|CUB}}<br>''Americas'' ||2:00.06
|{{flagathlete|[[Janeth Jepkosgei]]|KEN}}<br>''Africa'' ||2:00.09
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Kotlyarova]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||2:00.84
|-
|1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Maryam Yusuf Jamal]]|BHR}}<br>''Asia'' ||4:00.84
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Tomashova]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||4:02.45
|{{flagathlete|[[Sarah Jamieson]]|AUS}}<br>''Oceania'' ||4:02.82
|-
|3000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Tirunesh Dibaba]]|ETH|1996}}<br>''Africa'' ||8:33.78 <br />'''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Lidia Chojecka]]|POL}}<br>''Poland'' ||8:39.69
|{{flagathlete|[[Kara Goucher]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||8:41.42 <br />'''PB'''
|-
|5000 metres
|{{flagathlete|[[Meseret Defar]]|ETH|1996}}<br>''Africa'' ||14:39.11 <br />'''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Liliya Shobukhova]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||15:05.33
|{{flagathlete|[[Kayoko Fukushi]]|JPN}}<br>''Asia'' ||15:06.69
|-
|100 metres hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Brigitte Foster-Hylton]]|JAM}}<br>''Americas'' ||12.67
|{{flagathlete|[[Susanna Kallur]]|SWE}}<br>''Europe'' ||12.77
|{{flagathlete|[[Ginnie Crawford|Ginnie Powell]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||12.90
|-
|400 metres hurdles
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuliya Pechonkina]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||53.88
|{{flagathlete|[[Lashinda Demus]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||54.06
|{{flagathlete|[[Anna Jesień]]|POL}}<br>''Poland'' ||54.48
|-
|3000 metres steeplechase
|{{flagathlete|[[Alesia Turava]]|BLR}}<br>''Europe'' ||9:29.10
|{{flagathlete|[[Jeruto Kiptum]]|KEN}}<br>''Africa'' ||9:31.44
|{{flagathlete|[[Wioletta Frankiewicz|Wioletta Janowska]]|POL}}<br>''Poland'' ||9:35.08
|-
|4×100 metres relay
| ''Americas''<br>[[Aleen Bailey]]<br>[[Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie]]<br>[[Cydonie Mothersille]]<br>[[Sherone Simpson]]||42.26<br /> '''WL'''
| ''Russia''<br>[[Yuliya Gushchina]]<br>[[Natalia Rusakova]]<br>[[Irina Khabarova]]<br>[[Yekaterina Grigoryeva]]||42.36 
| ''Africa''<br>[[Ene Franca Idoko]]<br>[[Endurance Ojokolo]]<br>[[Esther Dankwah]]<br>[[Vida Anim]]||43.61 
|-
|4×400 metres relay
| ''Americas''<br>[[Shericka Williams]]<br>[[Tonique Williams-Darling|Tonique Darling]]<br>[[Christine Amertil]]<br>[[Novlene Williams-Mills|Novlene Williams]]||3:19.84 <br />'''WL'''
| ''United States''<br>[[DeeDee Trotter]]<br>[[Monique Henderson]]<br>[[Moushaumi Robinson]]<br>[[Lashinda Demus]]||3:20.69
| ''Russia''<br>[[Svetlana Pospelova]]<br>[[Olga Kotlyarova]]<br>[[Yuliya Pechonkina]]<br>[[Tatyana Veshkurova]]||3:21.21
|-
| High jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Slesarenko]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||1.97 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Tia Hellebaut]]|BEL}}<br>''Europe'' ||1.97 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Marina Aitova]]|KAZ}}<br>''Asia''<br />{{flagathlete|[[Amy Acuff]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||1.94 m
|-
| Pole vault
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Isinbayeva]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||4.60 m <br />'''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Fabiana Murer]]|BRA}}<br>''Americas'' ||4.55 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Gao Shuying]]|CHN}}<br>''Asia'' ||4.50 m
|-
| Long jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Lyudmila Kolchanova]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||6.78 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Naide Gomes]]|POR}}<br>''Europe'' ||6.68 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Hrysopiyi Devetzi]]|GRE}}<br>''Greece'' ||6.64 m
|-
| Triple jump
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Lebedeva]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||15.13 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Hrysopiyi Devetzi]]|GRE}}<br>''Greece'' ||15.04 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Yamilé Aldama]]|SUD}}<br>''Africa'' ||14.78 m
|-
| Shot put
|{{flagathlete|[[Valerie Vili]]|NZL}}<br>''Oceania'' ||19.87 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Ryabinkina]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||19.54 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Yumileidi Cumbá]]|CUB}}<br>''Americas'' ||19.12 m
|-
| Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Franka Dietzsch]]|GER}}<br>''Europe'' ||66.07 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Aretha Thurmond]]|USA}}<br>''United States'' ||61.83 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Song Aimin]]|CHN}}<br>''Asia'' ||61.47 m
|-
| Hammer throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Kamila Skolimowska]]|POL}}<br>''Poland'' ||75.29 m <br />'''CR'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Lysenko]]|RUS}}<br>''Russia'' ||74.44 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Yipsi Moreno]]|CUB}}<br>''Americas'' ||73.99 m
|-
| Javelin throw
|{{flagathlete|[[Steffi Nerius]]|GER}}<br>''Europe'' ||63.37 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Sonia Bisset]]|CUB}}<br>''Americas'' ||61.74 m
|{{flagathlete|[[Justine Robbeson]]|RSA}}<br>''Africa'' ||61.38 m
|}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060825022418/http://www.athensworldcup2006.gr/ 2006 IAAF World cup]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061003164149/http://www.iaaf.org/WCP06/index.html IAAF homepage]

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