2006 European Athletics Championships

Template:Infobox Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 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 Athletics Championships.

Men's results

Track

1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m Template:DetailsLink	Francis Obikwelu Template:Flagcountry	9.99 CR	Andrey Yepishin Template:Flagcountry	10.10 NR	Matic Osovnikar Template:Flagcountry	10.14 NR
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Francis Obikwelu Template:Flagcountry	20.01 NR	Johan Wissman Template:Flagcountry	20.38 NR	Marlon Devonish Template:GBR2	20.54
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Marc Raquil Template:Flagcountry	45.02	Vladislav Frolov Template:Flagcountry	45.09 PB	Leslie Djhone Template:Flagcountry	45.40
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Bram Som Template:Flagcountry	1:46.56	David Fiegen Template:Flagcountry	1:46.59	Sam Ellis Template:GBR2	1:46.64
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Mehdi Baala Template:Flagcountry	3:39.02	Ivan Heshko Template:Flagcountry	3:39.50	Juan Carlos Higuero Template:Flagcountry	3:39.62
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Jesús España Template:Flagcountry	13:44.70	Mo Farah Template:GBR2	13:44.79	Juan Carlos Higuero Template:Flagcountry	13:46.48
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Jan Fitschen Template:Flagcountry	28:10.94 PB	José Manuel Martínez Template:Flagcountry	28:12.06 SB	Juan Carlos de la Ossa Template:Flagcountry	28:13.73
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Stefano Baldini Template:Flagcountry	2:11:32	Viktor Röthlin Template:Flagcountry	2:11:50	Julio Rey Template:Flagcountry	2:12:37
110 metres hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Staņislavs Olijars Template:Flagcountry	13.24	Thomas Blaschek Template:Flagcountry	13.46	Andy Turner Template:GBR2	13.56
400 metres hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Periklis Iakovakis Template:Flagcountry	48.46	Marek Plawgo Template:Flagcountry	48.71 SB	Rhys Williams Template:GBR2	49.12
3000 metres steeplechase Template:DetailsLink	Jukka Keskisalo Template:Flagcountry	8:24.89	José Luis Blanco Template:Flagcountry	8:26.22	Bouabdellah Tahri Template:Flagcountry	8:27.15
20 kilometres walk Template:DetailsLink	Paquillo Fernández Template:Flagcountry	1:19:09	Valeriy Borchin Template:Flagcountry	1:20:00	João Vieira Template:Flagcountry	1:20:09 NR
50 kilometres walk Template:DetailsLink	Yohann Diniz Template:Flagcountry	3:41:39 PB	Jesús Ángel García Template:Flagcountry	3:42:48 SB	Yuriy Andronov Template:Flagcountry	3:43:26
4 × 100 metres relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:GBR2 Dwain Chambers Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis	38.91	Template:Flagcountry Przemysław Rogowski Łukasz Chyła Marcin Jędrusiński Dariusz Kuć	39.05	Template:Flagcountry Oudéré Kankarafou Ronald Pognon Fabrice Calligny David Alerte	39.07
4 × 400 metres relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagcountry Leslie Djhone Idrissa M'Barke Naman Keïta Marc Raquil	3:01.10	Template:GBR2 Robert Tobin Rhys Williams Graham Hedman Tim Benjamin	3:01.63	Template:Flagcountry Daniel Dąbrowski Piotr Kędzia Piotr Rysiukiewicz Rafał Wieruszewski	3:01.73
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump Template:DetailsLink	Andrey Silnov Template:Flagcountry	2.36 CR WL	Tomáš Janků Template:Flagcountry	2.34 PB	Stefan Holm Template:Flagcountry	2.34 SB
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Andrew Howe Template:Flagcountry	8.20	Greg Rutherford Template:GBR2	8.13	Olexiy Lukashevych Template:Flagcountry	8.12
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Aleksandr Averbukh Template:Flagcountry	5.70	Tim Lobinger Template:Flagcountry Romain Mesnil Template:Flagcountry	5.65
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Christian Olsson Template:Flagcountry	17.67 EL	Nathan Douglas Template:GBR2	17.21	Marian Oprea Template:Flagcountry	17.18
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Ralf Bartels Template:Flagcountry	21.13	Joachim Olsen Template:Flagcountry	21.09	Rutger Smith Template:Flagcountry	20.90
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Virgilijus Alekna Template:Flagcountry	68.67	Gerd Kanter Template:Flagcountry	68.03	Aleksander Tammert Template:Flagcountry	66.14
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Andreas Thorkildsen Template:Flagcountry	88.78	Tero Pitkämäki Template:Flagcountry	86.44	Jan Železný Template:Flagcountry	85.92
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Template:Flagcountry	80.84 SB	Vadim Devyatovskiy Template:Flagcountry	80.76	Markus Esser Template:Flagcountry	79.19
Decathlon Template:DetailsLink	Roman Šebrle Template:Flagcountry	8526 SB	Attila Zsivoczky Template:Flagcountry	8356	Aleksey Drozdov Template:Flagcountry	8350 PB
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's results

Track

1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres Template:DetailsLink	Kim Gevaert Template:Flagcountry	11.06	Yekaterina Grigoryeva Template:Flagcountry	11.22 (SB)	Irina Khabarova Template:Flagcountry	11.22
200 metres Template:DetailsLink	Kim Gevaert Template:Flagcountry	22.68	Yuliya Gushchina Template:Flagcountry	22.93	Natalya Rusakova Template:Flagcountry	23.09
400 metres Template:DetailsLink	Vanya Stambolova Template:Flagcountry	49.85	Tatyana Veshkurova Template:Flagcountry	50.15	Olga Zaytseva Template:Flagcountry	50.28
800 metres Template:DetailsLink	Olga Kotlyarova Template:Flagcountry	1:57.38	Svetlana Klyuka Template:Flagcountry	1:57.48	Rebecca Lyne Template:GBR2	1:58.45
1500 metres Template:DetailsLink	Tatyana Tomashova Template:Flagcountry	3:56.91 (CR)	Yuliya Chizhenko Template:Flagcountry	3:57.61	Daniela Yordanova Template:Flagcountry	3:59.37 (SB)
5000 metres Template:DetailsLink	Marta Domínguez Template:Flagcountry	14:56.18 (CR)	Liliya Shobukhova Template:Flagcountry	14:56.57 (SB)	Elvan Abeylegesse Template:Flagcountry	14:59.29 (SB)
10,000 metres Template:DetailsLink	Inga Abitova Template:Flagcountry	30:31.42	Susanne Wigene Template:Flagcountry	30:32.36	Lidiya Grigoryeva Template:Flagcountry	30:32.72
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Ulrike Maisch Template:Flagcountry	2:30:01 (PB)	Olivera Jevtić Template:Flagcountry	2:30:27	Irina Permitina Template:Flagcountry	2:30:53
100 metres hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Susanna Kallur Template:Flagcountry	12.59	Derval O'Rourke Ireland Kirsten Bolm Template:Flagcountry	12.72 (NR Ireland)
400 metres hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Yevgeniya Isakova Template:Flagcountry	53.93 (PB)	Fani Chalkia Template:Flagcountry	54.02	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova Template:Flagcountry	54.55
3000 metres steeplechase Template:DetailsLink	Alesia Turava Template:Flagcountry	9:26.05 (SB)	Tatyana Petrova Template:Flagcountry	9:28.05	Wioletta Janowska Template:Flagcountry	9:31.62
20 kilometres walk Template:DetailsLink	Ryta Turava Template:Flagcountry	1:27:08	Olga Kaniskina Template:Flagcountry	1:28:35	Elisa Rigaudo Template:Flagcountry	1:28:37
4 × 100 metres relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagcountry Yuliya Gushchina Natalya Rusakova Irina Khabarova Yekaterina Grigoryeva	42.71	Template:GBR2 Anyika Onuora Emma Ania Emily Freeman Joice Maduaka	43.51	Template:Flagcountry Yulia Nestsiarenka Natallia Safronnikava Alena Neumiarzhitskaya Aksana Drahun	43.61
4 × 400 metres relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagcountry Svetlana Pospelova Natalya Ivanova Olga Zaytseva Tatyana Veshkurova	3:25.12	Template:Flagcountry Yulyana Zhalniaruk Sviatlana Usovich Anna Kozak Ilona Usovich	3:27.69	Template:Flagcountry Monika Bejnar Grażyna Prokopek Ewelina Sętowska Anna Jesień	3:27.77
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump Template:DetailsLink	Tia Hellebaut Template:Flagcountry	2.03 (CR/NR)	Venelina Veneva Template:Flagcountry	2.03 (CR)	Kajsa Bergqvist Template:Flagcountry	2.01
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Yelena Isinbayeva Template:Flagcountry	4.80 (CR)	Monika Pyrek Template:Flagcountry	4.65	Tatyana Polnova Template:Flagcountry	4.65 (SB)
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Lyudmila Kolchanova Template:Flagcountry	6.93	Naide Gomes Template:Flagcountry	6.84	Oksana Udmurtova Template:Flagcountry	6.69
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Tatyana Lebedeva Template:Flagcountry	15.15	Hrysopiyi Devetzi Template:Flagcountry	15.05	Anna Pyatykh Template:Flagcountry	15.02
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Natallia Kharaneka Template:Flagcountry	19.43	Petra Lammert Template:Flagcountry	19.17	Olga Ryabinkina Template:Flagcountry	19.02
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Darya Pishchalnikova Template:Flagcountry	65.55 (PB)	Franka Dietzsch Template:Flagcountry	64.35	Nicoleta Grasu Template:Flagcountry	63.58
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Tatyana Lysenko Template:Flagcountry	76.67 (CR)	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Template:Flagcountry	74.50	Kamila Skolimowska Template:Flagcountry	72.58
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Steffi Nerius Template:Flagcountry	65.82 (SB)	Barbora Špotáková Template:Flagcountry	65.64	Mercedes Chilla Template:Flagcountry	61.98 (SB)
Heptathlon Template:DetailsLink	Carolina Klüft Template:Flagcountry	6740 (CR)	Karin Ruckstuhl Template:Flagcountry	6423 (NR)	Lilli Schwarzkopf Template:Flagcountry	6420 (PB)
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Participants

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Trivia

• The official song of the contest is Heroes by Helena Paparizou - winner Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with song „My number one" in Kyiv, Ukraine. Song „Heroes" used in opening ceremony (performed by Helena Paparizou and in an instrumental form during an artistic and pyrotechnic show) and tv intro that event make by public broadcaster SVT. The intro of the event, prepared by the Swedish public broadcaster, presented ice cubes with the logo of the organizing broadcaster, the names of the participating countries and a map of Europe with a focus on the locations of the city of Gothenburg. The dice appeared on the background of athletic competitors and the background itself was gray. The following part presents the organizing city, its inhabitants and the arena of the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. At the end of the intro, the event logo was formed. The musical setting of the intro was a melody from the official anthem of the event, recorded as an instrumental.
• 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" and Lev livet by Magnus Carlsson 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.
• Olivera Jevtić won Serbia's first athletics medal as an independent country, a silver in women's marathon.

External links

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• EAA Official Website