2006 IAAF World Cup

Template:Infobox Athletics Championships 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 in Athens, Greece.

Teams

The teams that took part in the competition were:

Men		Women
Team	Qualification	Team	Qualification
Greece	Host nation	Greece	Host nation
Africa		Africa
America		America
Asia		Asia
Europe		Europe
Oceania		Oceania
France	European Cup winner	Poland	European Cup runner up
Russia	European Cup runner up	Russia	European Cup winner
United States		United States

Overall points table

Men

Rank	Team	Result
1	Europe	140
2		136
3	Africa	116
4	Asia	110
5	Americas	104
6		89
7		79
8	Oceania	78
9		44

Women

Rank	Team	Result
1		137
2	Europe	128
3	America	117
4		101.5
5		97
6	Africa	96.5
7	Asia	85.5
8	Oceania	73
9		60.5

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Template:Flagathlete United States	9.88	Template:Flagathlete Europe	10.09	Template:Flagathlete Americas	10.14
200 metres	Template:Flagathlete United States	19.87	Template:Flagathlete Americas	19.96	Template:Flagathlete Asia	20.30
400 metres	Template:Flagathlete United States	44.54	Template:Flagathlete Africa	44.66	Template:Flagathlete Greece	45.11 NR
800 metres	Template:Flagathlete Asia	1:44.98	Template:Flagathlete Europe	1:45.13	Template:Flagathlete Africa	1:45.14
1500 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	3:52.60	Template:Flagathlete Europe	3:53.33	Template:Flagathlete Oceania	3:54.76
3000 metres	Template:Flagathlete Oceania	7:32.19 CR	Template:Flagathlete Africa	7:36.25	Template:Flagathlete France	7:47.80
5000 metres	Template:Flagathlete Asia	13:35.30	Template:Flagathlete Africa	13:36.19	Template:Flagathlete United States	13:36.83
110 metres hurdles	Template:Flagathlete United States	12.96 CR MWR	Template:Flagathlete Asia	13.03	Template:Flagathlete Americas	13.06
400 metres hurdles	Template:Flagathlete United States	48.12	Template:Flagathlete Africa	48.35	Template:Flagathlete Europe	48.76
3000 metres steeplechase	Template:Flagathlete Asia	8:19.09 CR	Template:Flagathlete Africa	8:19.37	Template:Flagathlete France	8:29.06
4×100 metres relay	United States Kaaron Conwright Wallace Spearmon Tyson Gay Jason Smoots	37.59 CR	Europe Dwain Chambers Dwayne Grant Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis	38.45	Asia Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Shigeyuki Kojima	38.51
4×400 metres relay	United States Jamel Ashley Derrick Brew LaShawn Merritt Darold Williamson	3:00.11	Americas Chris Brown Michael Blackwood Carlos Santa Alleyne Francique	3:00.14	Africa Paul Gorries Gary Kikaya Young Talkmore Nyongani Malik Louahla	3:00.88
High jump	Template:Flagathlete Europe	2.28 m	Template:Flagathlete Russia	2.24 m	Template:Flagathlete United States	2.24 m
Pole vault	Template:Flagathlete Oceania	5.80 m	Template:Flagathlete Asia	5.70 m	Template:Flagathlete Americas	5.70 m
Long jump	Template:Flagathlete Americas	8.26 m	Template:Flagathlete Europe	8.12 m	Template:Flagathlete Asia	8.11 m
Triple jump	Template:Flagathlete United States	17.54 m	Template:Flagathlete Americas	17.41 m	Template:Flagathlete Europe	17.05 m
Shot put	Template:Flagathlete Europe	20.67 m	Template:Flagathlete United States	20.60 m	Template:Flagathlete Russia	20.45 m
Discus throw	Template:Flagathlete Europe	67.19 m	Template:Flagathlete Asia	62.60 m	Template:Flagathlete United States	62.12 m
Hammer throw	Template:Flagathlete Asia	82.01 m	Template:Flagathlete Europe	80.00 m	Template:Flagathlete Russia	77.14 m
Javelin throw	Template:Flagathlete Europe	87.17 m	Template:Flagathlete Africa	83.62 m	Template:Flagathlete Russia	81.87 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Template:Flagathlete Americas	10.97	Template:Flagathlete United States	11.19	Template:Flagathlete Africa	11.21
200 metres	Template:Flagathlete United States	22.23	Template:Flagathlete Europe	22.72	Template:Flagathlete Africa	22.81 PB
400 metres	Template:Flagathlete United States	48.70 WL	Template:Flagathlete Europe	50.09	Template:Flagathlete Americas	50.24
800 metres	Template:Flagathlete Americas	2:00.06	Template:Flagathlete Africa	2:00.09	Template:Flagathlete Russia	2:00.84
1500 metres	Template:Flagathlete Asia	4:00.84	Template:Flagathlete Russia	4:02.45	Template:Flagathlete Oceania	4:02.82
3000 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	8:33.78 CR	Template:Flagathlete Poland	8:39.69	Template:Flagathlete United States	8:41.42 PB
5000 metres	Template:Flagathlete Africa	14:39.11 CR	Template:Flagathlete Russia	15:05.33	Template:Flagathlete Asia	15:06.69
100 metres hurdles	Template:Flagathlete Americas	12.67	Template:Flagathlete Europe	12.77	Template:Flagathlete United States	12.90
400 metres hurdles	Template:Flagathlete Russia	53.88	Template:Flagathlete United States	54.06	Template:Flagathlete Poland	54.48
3000 metres steeplechase	Template:Flagathlete Europe	9:29.10	Template:Flagathlete Africa	9:31.44	Template:Flagathlete Poland	9:35.08
4×100 metres relay	Americas Aleen Bailey Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Cydonie Mothersille Sherone Simpson	42.26 WL	Russia Yuliya Gushchina Natalia Rusakova Irina Khabarova Yekaterina Grigoryeva	42.36	Africa Ene Franca Idoko Endurance Ojokolo Esther Dankwah Vida Anim	43.61
4×400 metres relay	Americas Shericka Williams Tonique Darling Christine Amertil Novlene Williams	3:19.84 WL	United States DeeDee Trotter Monique Henderson Moushaumi Robinson Lashinda Demus	3:20.69	Russia Svetlana Pospelova Olga Kotlyarova Yuliya Pechonkina Tatyana Veshkurova	3:21.21
High jump	Template:Flagathlete Russia	1.97 m	Template:Flagathlete Europe	1.97 m	Template:Flagathlete Asia Template:Flagathlete United States	1.94 m
Pole vault	Template:Flagathlete Russia	4.60 m CR	Template:Flagathlete Americas	4.55 m	Template:Flagathlete Asia	4.50 m
Long jump	Template:Flagathlete Russia	6.78 m	Template:Flagathlete Europe	6.68 m	Template:Flagathlete Greece	6.64 m
Triple jump	Template:Flagathlete Russia	15.13 m	Template:Flagathlete Greece	15.04 m	Template:Flagathlete Africa	14.78 m
Shot put	Template:Flagathlete Oceania	19.87 m	Template:Flagathlete Russia	19.54 m	Template:Flagathlete Americas	19.12 m
Discus throw	Template:Flagathlete Europe	66.07 m	Template:Flagathlete United States	61.83 m	Template:Flagathlete Asia	61.47 m
Hammer throw	Template:Flagathlete Poland	75.29 m CR	Template:Flagathlete Russia	74.44 m	Template:Flagathlete Americas	73.99 m
Javelin throw	Template:Flagathlete Europe	63.37 m	Template:Flagathlete Americas	61.74 m	Template:Flagathlete Africa	61.38 m

External links

• 2006 IAAF World cup
• IAAF homepage