European Athletics Championships 2006

19th European Athletics Championships
city	Gothenburg
Stadion	Ullevi Stadium
participating countries	48
Participating athletes	1370
Competitions	47
opening	August 6, 2006
Closing ceremony	August 13, 2006
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Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Russia	12	12	11	35
2	Germany	4th	5	2	11
3	France	4th	1	2	7th
4th	Spain	3	3	5	11
5	Belarus	3	2	1	6th
6th	Sweden	3	1	2	6th
7th	Belgium	3	-	-	3
8th	Portugal	2	1	1	4th
9	Finland	2	1	-	3
10	Italy	2	-	1	3
Complete medal table

The 19th European Athletics Championships were held between August 6th and 13th, 2006 in the Swedish city ​​of Gothenburg . The competitions took place in the Ullevi Stadium, which was the site of the 5th World Athletics Championships in 1995 . Gothenburg's candidacy prevailed against Barcelona on October 6, 2001 at the EAA Congress , after Amsterdam had previously withdrawn its application.

The marathon took place on a ten-kilometer circuit in the city center that had to be run four times. As in 1995, the walking competitions were held on a two-kilometer circuit on Skånegatan, a street in front of the stadium. The start and finish of all races was in the Ullevi Stadium.

The official European Championship song was "Heroes" by Elena Paparizou .

Ceremonies

Opening ceremony

The Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg

The opening was celebrated on the evening of August 6, 2006 in front of 100,000 spectators on Götaplatsen in downtown Gothenburg . Their motto was "Sweden meets Europe". It was the first opening ceremony of the European Athletics Championships that did not take place in the stadium . This step should highlight the close connection between the event and the venue.

The celebration lasted two hours and was moderated by the former triple jumper Jonathan Edwards together with a Swedish TV presenter. When marching in, the German flag was carried by the 19-year-old German champion over 200 meters Jala Gangnus .

During the show, the tap group "Jeerk" performed several times , which took up various athletic disciplines in their performances. In addition, a large musical program was offered. The city's symphony orchestra played alongside a guitarist from the Hammerfall band . This then appeared in full line-up with Swedish athletes and presented the song "The Fire Burns Forever", dedicated to the Swedish team, on which some athletes from Sweden had also contributed. In addition, the Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø appeared, who can also be heard in the music for the film Titanic . There was also an appearance by the Greek Elena Paparizou . Irishman Ronan Keating sang with Jessica Anderson. A fireworks display was held at the end of the celebrations .

Attendees

48 of the 50 member associations of the European Athletic Association sent a delegation to Gothenburg for the competitions. Only the associations from Armenia and Liechtenstein did not participate ( the number of participants from the country concerned is given in brackets ).

Participants (total: 1370)
Albania (4)  Andorra (1)  Azerbaijan (1)  Belgium (35)  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Denmark Germany (77)  Estonia Finland (56)  France  Georgia	Gibraltar (1)  Greece  Great Britain Ireland (29)  Iceland  Israel  Italy Croatia (14)  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg (2)  Malta	Macedonia  Moldova  Monaco  Montenegro  Netherlands  Norway Austria (11)  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia  San Marino	Sweden (69) Switzerland (19) Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Czech Republic  Turkey  Ukraine  Hungary  Belarus  Cyprus

Competitions

At the European Athletics Championships, competitions were held in five different competition groups: running, jumping, throwing, walking and all-around. The range of competitions has been expanded again for women. Then there was also the 3000 meter obstacle course . The EM program for women and men was now almost identical. There were deviations in the length of the short hurdles, in the weights of the throwing devices and in the number of all-around disciplines. Only the 50 km walk was reserved for men.

doping

There were eight official doping-related disqualifications:

• Andrej Michnewitsch ( Belarus ), shot put , initially runner-up - all his results have been canceled since August 2005 due to recurring doping offenses. 
• Jurij Bilonoh ( Ukraine ), shot put, initially sixth - He was suspended from August 18, 2004 to August 17, 2006. All results including the Olympic victory in 2004 and the EM result have been deleted. 
• Ville Tiisanoja ( Finland ), shot put, initially eleventh - he admitted to taking testosterone , was banned for two years and fined 50,000 euros. 
• Roland Varga ( Hungary ), discus throw , initially eleventh - He was convicted of a doping rule violation in 2007 on the basis of a trial on July 22, 2006. He was banned for two years and his results since the sampling were canceled. 

• Iwan Zichan ( Belarus ), hammer throw , initially first - in 2014 the athlete, who had already been convicted of doping several times, was subsequently disqualified due to another doping offense. All his results between August 22, 2004 and August 21, 2006 were canceled. 
• Andrei Varantsou ( Belarus ), hammer throw, initially twelfth - He was tested positive for the first time in 2005 and, as a multiple offender, received a lifelong ban in 2013 after numerous violations of the doping regulations. Many of his achieved results, including the result of these European Championships, have been deleted. 
• Nadseja Astaptschuk ( Belarus ), shot put, initially runner-up - she was convicted of doping fraud several times in her career with corresponding consequences in the form of, among other things, the withdrawal of results. This included her title at the 2005 World Championships , her second place at the 2006 European Championships and her 2012 Olympic victory . 
• Iryna Jattschanka ( Belarus ), discus throw, initially tenth - her result, as well as her third place at the 2004 Olympic Games, was canceled. 

Five of these eight doped athletes came from Belarus, one each from Finland, Ukraine and Hungary.

Athletic performance

The medal scoring was once again very clearly led by Russia . Twelve European Championship titles went to Russia alone, the Russian athletes collected a total of 35 medals. Germany and France each had four gold medals in their accounts. The German team had five silver medals against one for France. Four nations each had three European champions. In terms of the number of silver medals, Spain was ahead of Belarus , Sweden and Belgium . Portugal , Finland and Italy each had two European champions in their ranks, with Portugal ahead of Finland and Italy in the number of other medals.

For the individual athletes, the following services are particularly worth mentioning.

• Three athletes won two gold medals each at these championships:
  • Francis Obikwelu ( Portugal ) - 100 meters , 200 meters
  • Kim Gevaert ( Belgium ) - 100 meters, 200 meters
  • Marc Raquil ( France ) - 400 meters , 4 × 400 m
• The following European champions from 2006 had already won European titles:
  • Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) - 100 meters, repetition of his 2002 success
  • Mehdi Baala (France) - 1500 meters , repetition of his 2002 success
  • Francisco Javier Fernández ( Spain ) - 20 km walk , repeating his 2002 success
  • Alexander Awerbuch ( Israel ) - pole vault , repetition of his 2002 success
  • Christian Olsson ( Sweden ) - triple jump , repeating his success from 2002
  • Roman Šebrle ( Czech Republic ) - decathlon , repetition of his 2002 success
  • Marta Domínguez (Spain) - 5000 meters , repetition of her success from 2002

Results men

100 m

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Francis Obikwelu, double European champion on the sprint courses

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Francis Obikwelu	POR	09.99 CR
2	Andrei Yepishin	RUS	10.10 NO
3	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	10.14
4th	Ronald Pognon	FRA	10.16
5	Mark Lewis-Francis	GBR	10.16
6th	Dariusz Kuć	POLE	10.21
7th	Dwain Chambers	GBR	10.24
8th	Ronny Ostwald	GER	10.38

Final: August 8th, 7:40 pm

Wind: +1.3 m / s

Francis Obikwelu, who was subsequently declared European Champion 2002 in 2006 , did not have to give everything in any of the four races in order to still win each time with aplomb. In the finals he was the first runner to stay under ten seconds at the European Championships.

200 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Francis Obikwelu	POR	20.01 NO
2	Johan Wissman	SWE	20.38 NO
3	Marlon Devonish	GBR	20.54
4th	Kristof Beyens	BEL	20.57
5	Ivan Tyoplych	RUS	20.76
6th	Eddy De Lépine	FRA	20.77
7th	David Alerte	FRA	20.93
8th	Anastásios Goúsis	GRE	20.94

Final: August 10, 8:45 p.m.

Wind: +1.6 m / s

Francis Obikwelu was the first sprinter in 28 years to become European champion both over 100 and 200 meters . Pietro Mennea was last successful in 1978 in Prague . While the Swede Johan Wissman surpassed himself in front of a home crowd and twice improved the national record, Marlon Devonish succeeded in repeating his third place from 2002 in Munich .

400 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marc Raquil	FRA	45.02
2	Vladislav Frolov	RUS	45.09
3	Leslie Djhone	FRA	45.40
4th	Daniel Dąbrowski	POLE	45.56
5	Andrea Barberi	ITA	45.70
6th	Timothy Benjamin	GBR	45.89
7th	Rafał Wieruszewski	POLE	45.97
8th	Dimítrios Régas	GRE	46.23

Final: August 9, 8:45 p.m.

Fifty meters from the finish, the Russian Vladislav Frolov looked like the sure winner. But Marc Raquil had significantly better stamina on the home straight, so that he could pass the Russians shortly before the finish. The 400-meter run was the first decision at the 2006 European Championships, in which not a single participant in the 2002 finals made it to the 2006 finals .

800 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bram Som	NED	1: 46.56
2	David Fiegen	LUX	1: 46.59
3	Sam Ellis	GBR	1: 46.64
4th	Dmitrijs Miļkevičs	LAT	1: 46.70
5	Miguel Quesada	ESP	1: 46.91
6th	Florent Lacasse	FRA	1: 46.95
7th	Andrea Longo	ITA	1: 47.11
8th	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1: 47.66

Final: August 13, 3:10 p.m.

The announcement of the result was delayed because a protest had been lodged against the result because of jostling in the final spurt. However, this was rejected. Bram Som won the first runner's gold for a Dutchman since 1982 . David Fiegen won the first ever European Championship medal for Luxembourg.

Mehdi Baala won the 1500 meter run with his strong sprint

1500 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mehdi Baala	FRA	3: 39.02
2	Ivan Heschko	UKR	3: 39.50
3	Juan Carlos Higuero	ESP	3: 39.62
4th	Arturo Casado	ESP	3: 40.86
5	Sergio Gallardo	ESP	3: 41.24
6th	Andrew Baddeley	GBR	3: 42.31
7th	Christian Obrist	ITA	3: 42.59
8th	Liam Reale	IRL	3: 42.65

Final: August 9th, 7:20 pm

Mehdi Baala was able to defeat the Ukrainian Iwan Heschko and his three Spanish rivals with a long sprint, all other finalists were already behind at the beginning of the last round. Baala managed to successfully defend his title, this time having a significantly larger lead at the finish than at the photo finish in 2002 .

5000 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jesús España	ESP	13: 44.70
2	Mohammed Farah	GBR	13: 44.79
3	Juan Carlos Higuero	ESP	13: 46.48
4th	Halil Akkaş	DOOR	13: 46.53
5	Khalid Zoubaa	FRA	13: 55.09
6th	Henrik Skoog	SWE	13: 56.34
7th	Pablo Villalobos	ESP	13: 58.25
8th	Gert-Jan Liefers	NED	13: 58.70

Final: August 13, 4:40 p.m.

There was no runner in the finals who was in the final in 2002 . As in all running decisions for the men from 800 meters upwards, there was also a sprint decision in the last race before the season finale after a cautious initial pace. In contrast to the other races, one of the favored Spaniards won after co-favorite Alistair Ian Cragg from Ireland was injured.

Jan Fitschen surprisingly won the 10,000 meter race

10,000 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jan Fitschen	GER	28: 10.94
2	José Manuel Martínez	ESP	28: 12.06
3	Juan Carlos de la Ossa	ESP	28: 13.73
4th	Christian Belz	SUI	28: 16.93
5	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	28: 19.14
6th	Dmitri Maximov	RUS	28: 20.43
7th	André Pollmächer	GER	28: 22.56
8th	Driss El Himer	FRA	28: 30.09

Date: August 8th, 8:20 pm

The German 10,000 meter runner Jan Fitschen surprisingly became European champion and relegated the favored Spaniards José Manuel Martínez and Juan Carlos de la Ossa to second and third place. The Swiss Christian Belz took fourth place. As a German runner, Fitschen even surpassed Dieter Baumann , who had finished second on this long distance at the last European Championships in Munich in 2002 and in Budapest in 1998 .

marathon

→ Main article : 2006 European Athletics Championships / men's marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Stefano Baldini	ITA	2:11:31
2	Viktor Röthlin	SUI	2:11:49
3	Julio Rey	ESP	2:12:36
4th	Luc Krotwaar	NED	2:12:44
5	Francesco Ingargiolo	ITA	2:13:04
6th	Dmitry Semyonov	RUS	2:13:09
7th	Janne Holmén	FIN	2:13:10
8th	Alberto Chaíça	POR	2:13:14

Date: August 13, 12:10 p.m.

A group of four emerged from a tightening of pace after thirty kilometers, consisting of the Italians Stefano Baldini and Francesco Ingargiolo as well as the Swiss Viktor Röthlin and the Spaniard Julio Rey. Defending champion Janne Holmén from Finland could not follow either. Ingargiolo and Rey were also left behind up to kilometer 35, and the Dutchman Luc Krotwaar caught up with them from behind. Baldini and Röthlin stayed together up to forty kilometers. Finally, the Italian distanced the Swiss by increasing the tempo. For the bronze medal there was a duel between Rey and Krotwaar, which the Spaniard won.

Marathon cup

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space	country	Athletes	Time (h)
1	Italy	Stefano Baldini Francesco Ingargiola Danilo Goffi	6:39:21
2	Portugal	Alberto Chaíça Luís Jesús Hélder Ornelas	6:43:32
3	Netherlands	Luc Krotwaar Kamiel Maase Sander Schutgens	6:43:41
4th	Russia	Dmitri Semjonow Dmitri Burmakin Grigory Andreyev	6:45:18
5	Great Britain	Dan Robinson Huw Lobb Tomas Abyu	6:54:08
6th	Israel	Ayele Setegne Asaf Bimro Wodage Zvadya	7:01:36
7th	Finland	Janne Holmén Francis Kirwa Jaakko Kero	7:02:00
8th	Sweden	Said Regraugui Kristoffer Österlund Kristian Algers	7:13:26

Date: August 13, 12:10 p.m.

In the marathon there was also a team classification, for which the times of the three best runners per nation were added. However, the evaluation was not part of the official medal table.

110 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Staņislavs Olijars	LAT	13.24
2	Thomas Blaschek	GER	13.46
3	Andrew Turner	GBR	13.52
4th	Igor Peremota	RUS	13.55
5	Robert Kronberg	SWE	13.57
6th	Jens Werrmann	GER	13.73
7th	Dániel Kiss	HUN	13.77
8th	Serhiy Demydyuk	UKR	13.96

Final: August 12, 5:40 p.m.

Wind: −1.0 m / s

At the first European championships in 1934 , the Latvian walker Jānis Daliņš became European champion. The Olijars gold medal was the second gold for Latvia at European championships after 72 years. Olijars also succeeded four-time European champion Colin Jackson through his victory . The final was held with a headwind of 1.0 m / s. For the only 21-year-old German Jens Werrmann, the entry into this final was already a success after he had run the personal best with 13.60 s in the run-up and was able to repeat the same time in the semifinals.

400 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Periklís Iakovákis	GRE	48.46
2	Marek Plawgo	POLE	48.71
3	Rhys Williams	GBR	49.12
4th	Naman Keïta	FRA	49.13
5	Sébastien Maillard	FRA	49.54
6th	Gianni Carabelli	ITA	49.60
7th	Minás Alozídis	GRE	49.61
8th	Alexandr Derevyagin	RUS	50.31

Final: August 9th, 8:10 pm

The result of this race showed no surprises, Periklis Iakovákis had set the best time in advance, Marek Plawgo and Naman Keïta were among the favorites because of their experience, Rhys Williams had a fast best time from the Commonwealth Games. The course of the race, however, was quite a surprise, as Williams was still well behind after the last hurdle. Nevertheless, he was able to just overtake Keïta, who was experienced both as a hurdler and as a relay runner, in the run-out.

3000 m obstacle

Jukka Keskisalo won over 3000 meters obstacle

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jukka Keskisalo	FIN	8: 24.89
2	José Luis Blanco	ESP	8: 26.22
3	Bouabdellah Tahri	FRA	8: 27.15
4th	Mustafa Mohamed	SWE	8: 27.79
5	Antonio David Jimenez	ESP	8: 28.78
6th	Radosław Popławski	POLE	8: 29.33
7th	Günther Weidlinger	AUT	8: 29.54
8th	César Pérez	ESP	8: 30.40

Final: August 11, 7:25 p.m.

The European record holder Simon Vroemen did not make the final because of an upset stomach. The Spaniards around the defending champion Antonio David Jiménez slowed down the pace to defeat the supposedly fastest in the field, the Frenchman Bouabdellah Tahri, in a sprint. As in the 10,000-meter run , this tactic meant that an outsider with great sprint force won the race. Jukka Keskisalo is the first Finnish European champion in this discipline, because this competition had not yet been held at the first European championships in 1934 . There the two-time Finnish Olympic champion Volmari Iso-Hollo would have started as a high favorite, but the obstacle course was only included in the program at the second European championships in 1938 . Iso-Hollo's big days were over.

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 2006/4 × 100 m men

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Great Britain	Dwain Chambers Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis	38.91
2	Poland	Przemysław Rogowski Łukasz Chyła Marcin Jędrusiński Dariusz Kuć	39.05
3	France	Oudéré Kankarafou Ronald Pognon Fabrice Calligny David Alerte	39.07
4th	Russia	Maxim Mokroussow ( final ) Mikhail Jegorischew Roman Smirnow Alexander Smirnow ( final ) in the preliminary run also: Iwan Tjoplych Andrei Jepischin	39.29
5	Germany	Alexander Kosenkow Marius Broening Sebastian Ernst Ronny Ostwald	39.38
6th	Italy	Luca Verdecchia Stefano Anceschi Massimiliano Donati Francesco Scuderi	39.42
7th	Ukraine	Roman Bublyk Kostjantyn Wassjukow Anatoly Dowhal Dmytro Hlushchenko	39.54
8th	Netherlands	Timothy Beck Caimin Douglas Guus Hoogmoed Patrick van Luijk	39.64

Final: August 13th, 3:30 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 2006/4 × 400 men

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	France	Leslie Djhone ( final ) Ydrissa M'Barke Naman Keïta Marc Raquil ( final ) in the preliminary run also: Brice Panel Abderahim El Haouzy	3: 01.10
2	Great Britain	Robert Tobin Rhys Williams Graham Hedman Timothy Benjamin	3: 01.63
3	Poland	Daniel Dąbrowski Piotr Kędzia Piotr Rysiukiewicz Rafał Wieruszewski ( final ) in the preliminary run also: Marcin Marciniszyn	3: 01.73
4th	Germany	Kamghe Gaba Florian Seitz Ruwen Faller Bastian Swillims	3: 02.83
5	Ukraine	Olexij Ratschkowskyj Andrij Twerdostup Vitalij Dubonossow Jewhen Sjukow	3: 04.33
6th	Romania	Vasile Boboş Florin Suciu Cătălin Câmpeanu Ioan Vieru	3: 04.53
7th	Russia	Konstantin Swetschkar Evgeni Lebedew Alexander Larin Wladislaw Frolow ( final ) in the prelim also: Ivan Busolin	3: 04.73
8th	Spain	David Melo David Testa Salvador Rodríguez Santiago Ezquerro	3: 04.98

Final: August 13, 5:10 p.m.

Leslie Djhone and Naman Keïta were already part of the French bronze relay at the time in 2002 . Marc Raquil became world champions with Djhone and Naman Keïta the following year . Raquil and Djhone had won individual medals in the 400-meter run here in Gothenburg . Given this starting point, the biggest surprise was that the victory for the French was no clearer. Raquil fought a thrilling duel with the Pole Rafał Wieruszewski for almost the entire final lap before the Frenchman was able to break away on the home straight. Shortly before the finish line, Timothy Benjamin passed the Pole. His compatriot Piotr Rysiukiewicz was already in the season finals of the European Championships for the fourth time. After silver in 1998 he was able to win his second medal.

Francisco Javier Fernández - European champion with a strong performance

20 km walking

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Francisco Javier Fernández	ESP	1:19:09
2	Valery Borchin	RUS	1:20:00
3	João Vieira	POR	1:20:09 NO
4th	Viktor Burayev	RUS	1:20:12
5	Sergei Bakulin	RUS	1:20:50
6th	Matej Tóth	SVK	1:21:39
7th	Erik Tysse	NOR	1:22:13
8th	Giorgio Rubino	ITA	1:22:34

Date: August 8, 5:15 p.m.

The defending champion Francisco Javier Fernández pulled away from the rest of the field early on and marched confidently to another win. For a long time the chasing group consisted only of the three participating Russians, but the Portuguese João Vieira was able to catch up with this group and won bronze with a new national record.

50 km of walking

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 2006/50 km men's walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Yohann Diniz	FRA	3:41:39
2	Jesús Ángel García	ESP	3:42:48
3	Yuri Andronov	RUS	3:43:26
4th	Trond Nymark	NOR	3:44:17
5	Mikel Odriozola	ESP	3:46:34
6th	Roman Magdziarczyk	POLE	3:47:37
7th	Marco De Luca	ITA	3:48:08
8th	Peter Korčok	SVK	3:51:16

Date: August 10, 9:40 a.m.

The Norwegian Trond Nymark set a fast pace and the field split up quickly. Nymark was in the lead until a few kilometers from the finish, but was then overtaken one after the other by the three medal winners. With his victory, Yohann Diniz secured the first ever gold medal for a French walker.

high jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 2006 / Men's high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Andrei Silnow	RUS	2.36 CR
2	Tomáš Janků	CZE	2.34
3	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.34
4th	Linus Thornblad	SWE	2.34
5	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.30
6th	Niki Palli	ISR	2.27
	Nicola Ciotti	ITA	2.27
	Svatoslav tone	CZE	2.27

Final: August 9th, 6:10 pm

The Olympic champion Stefan Holm was clearly favored in front of the home crowd. In an exciting final, however, the young Andrei Silnow had the best form of the day and mastered every height in the first attempt. The real surprise was the silver medal for the experienced Tomáš Janků, whose performance was not to be expected. For Holm and his compatriot Linus Thörnblad only the third and fourth place remained.

Pole vault

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Alexander Awerbuch	ISR	5.70
2	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.65
	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.65
4th	Matti Mononen	FIN	5.65
5	Przemysław Czerwiński	POLE	5.65
6th	Oleksandr Kortschmid	UKR	5.60
7th	Giuseppe Gibilisco	ITA	5.50
8th	Laurens Looije	NED	5.50
	Maksym Masuryk	UKR	5.50

Final: August 13, 1:45 p.m.

Twenty jumpers took part in the final after the qualification was canceled due to rain. It was raining in this final too and the great heights were therefore not reached. The Israeli Alexander Awerbuch was able to successfully defend his title from Munich in 2002 . Tim Lobinger won his third medal at the European Championships after silver in 1998 and bronze in 2002. From a German point of view, it was disappointing that the reigning German champion Lars Börgeling failed three times in the final at his starting height of 5.50 m. He produced a so-called Salto Nullo and retired early as an apparently promising medal candidate.

Long jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 2006 / men's long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Andrew Howe	ITA	8.20
2	Greg Rutherford	GBR	8.13
3	Oleksiy Lukashevytsch	UKR	8.12
4th	Viktor Kuznyetsov	UKR	7.96
5	Kafétien Gomis	FRA	7.93
6th	Nelson Évora	POR	7.91
7th	Ruslan Gataullin	RUS	7.91
8th	Loúis Tsátoumas	GRE	7.84

Final: August 8, 5:25 p.m.

Andrew Howe had been favored even before the European Championships and convinced in the qualification with the best distance of 8.33 m. In the final, he didn't have to use all his skills to win over young Briton Greg Rutherford. The defending champion Olexij Lukaschewytsch won the bronze medal. Only these three jumpers were able to surpass the 8-meter mark. In Munich 2002 only two jumpers managed to do this. The two German participants Sebastian Bayer - 7.66 m - and Daniel Koenig - 7.36 m - had already been eliminated in the qualification.

Clear victory for Christian Olsson

Triple jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 2006 / men's triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Christian Olsson	SWE	17.67
2	Nathan Douglas	GBR	17.21
3	Marian Oprea	ROU	17.18
4th	Nelson Évora	POR	17.07
5	Phillips Idowu	GBR	17.02
6th	Daniil Burkenja	RUS	16.98
7th	Viktor Jastrebow	UKR	16.94
8th	Mykola Sawolajnen	UKR	16.84

Final: August 12, 3:50 p.m.

The defending champion Christian Olsson was clearly superior to his competitors. He achieved the victory distance in the second round. His jumps after that were all overstepped. In particular, his third attempt would have been even better than the winning distance. Olsson won the third gold medal for the host country Sweden at these European championships.

Shot put

Ralf Bartels - European champion with his last push

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ralf Bartels	GER	21.13
2	Joachim Olsen	THE	21.09
3	Rutger Smith	NED	20.90
4th	Pavel Sofjin	RUS	20.55
5	Andy Dittmar	GER	19.95
6th	Tomasz Majewski	POLE	19.85
7th	Manuel Martínez	ESP	19.68
8th	Pavel Lyschyn	BLR	19.51

Final: August 7th, 6:45 pm

After a constant series in which all five attempts were valid and were over twenty meters, Ralf Bartels was able to improve his best performance up to then in this competition from 20.57 m to 21.13 m and moved from fourth to first place increase. The Dane Joachim Olsen won the silver medal with a width of 21.09 m. Bronze went to Rutger Smith from the Netherlands. The second German athlete Andy Dittmar took fifth place.

There were three doping cases in this competition:

• Because of repeated doping offenses, all results of the Belarusian Andrej Michnewitsch - here a second place - have been canceled since August 2005.
• The Ukrainian Jurij Bilonoh was initially sixth. He was banned from August 18, 2004 to August 17, 2006. All results including the Olympic victory and the European Championship result have been deleted.
• The third doping offender was the Finn Ville Tiisanoja , who originally came in eleventh. He admitted to taking testosterone , was banned for two years and fined 50,000 euros.

As a result, the participants moved up by corresponding ranks.

Discus throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	68.67
2	Gerd Kanter	EST	68.03
3	Aleksander Tammert	EST	66.14
4th	Mario Pestano	ESP	64.84
5	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	64.82
6th	Piotr Małachowski	POLE	64.57
7th	Rutger Smith	NED	64.46
8th	Lars Riedel	GER	64.11

Final: August 12, 4:30 p.m.

After bronze in 1998 and silver in 2002 , Virgilijus Alekna finally won the first ever gold medal for Lithuania at European Championships in 2006. The two Estonians Gerd Kanter and Aleksander Tammert on the squares and the Latvian Staņislavs Olijars in the hurdles made the penultimate day of the European Championships 2006 the Day of the Balts.

The eleventh-placed Hungarian Roland Varga was convicted of the doping rule violation in 2007 on the basis of a trial on July 22, 2006. He was banned for two years and his results since the sampling were canceled.

Hammer throw

Olli-Pekka Karjalainen - European hammer throw champion

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen	FIN	80.84
2	Vadsim Dsevyatousky	BLR	80.76
3	Markus Esser	GER	79.19
4th	Szymon Ziółkowski	POLE	78.79
5	Krisztián Pars	HUN	78.34
6th	Primož Kozmus	SLO	78.18
7th	Karsten Kobs	GER	77.93
8th	Nicola Vizzoni	ITA	76.55

Final: Postponed from August 11th to August 12th, 1:45 p.m.

After the competition was postponed by one day due to rain showers and the resulting delays in the decathlon , it began to rain again right on time at the beginning of the finals. As a result, the conditions were difficult and the number of unsuccessful attempts in this final increased.

Two Belarusian throwers were convicted of doping and disqualified:

• In 2014, Iwan Zichan , who had already been convicted of doping several times , was initially the first, and was subsequently disqualified due to another doping offense. All his results between August 22, 2004 and August 21, 2006 were canceled.
• Andrei Varantsou , initially last in the final, was tested positive for the first time in 2005 and, as a multiple offender, received a lifelong ban in 2013 after numerous violations of the doping regulations. Many of his achieved results, including the result of these European Championships, have been deleted.

Javelin throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Andreas Thorkildsen	NOR	88.78
2	Tero Pitkämäki	FIN	86.44
3	Jan Železný	CZE	85.92
4th	Vadim's Vasiļevskis	LAT	83.21
5	Ainārs Kovals	LAT	81.65
6th	Peter Esenwein	GER	81.11
7th	Stefan Müller	SUI	80.87 NO
8th	Alexander Ivanov	RUS	80.09

Final: August 9th, 7:10 pm

After the resignation of four-time European champion Steve Backley , Andreas Thorkildsen, a current Olympic champion, was able to win the javelin throw for the first time since 1971 . Jan Železný took third place again twenty years after his first European Championship participation. The Swiss Stefan Müller again set a national record in the final after he had already surpassed the old record in qualifying.

Decathlon

Favorite victory for Roman Šebrle

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space	athlete	country	Points
1	Roman Šebrle	CZE	8526
2	Attila Zsivóczky	HUN	8356
3	Alexei Drozdov	RUS	8350
4th	Alexander Pogorelow	RUS	8245
5	Pascal Behrenbruch	GER	8209
6th	Alyaksandr Parchomenka	BLR	8136
7th	Stefan Drews	GER	8105
8th	Romain Barras	FRA	8093

Date: August 10th and 11th

The ranking was based on the points table from 1985. The world record holder and Olympic champion Roman Šebrle was able to defend his title from 2002 successfully and largely safely. Behind him, the experienced Hungarian Attila Zsivóczky came in second in an exciting battle for medals, mainly because Alexander Pogorelow once again destroyed all of his chances in the 1,500 meter run that he had previously laboriously built up. Of the three German participants, the youngest, Pascal Behrenbruch, turned out to be the (nerve) strongest. In the final 1500 meter run, however, he stayed 22 seconds above his best time and therefore missed the chance for a medal. So he had to wait six years before winning the title at the 2012 European Championships . The competition was interrupted several times due to heavy rain showers, which significantly impaired the jumping disciplines in particular.

Results women

100 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Kim Gevaert	BEL	11.06
2	Ekaterina Grigoryeva	RUS	11.22
3	Irina Khabarova	RUS	11.22
4th	Joice Maduaka	GBR	11.24
5	Julia Gushchina	RUS	11.31
6th	Julia Neszjarenka	BLR	11.34
7th	Sylviane Félix	FRA	11.40
8th	Daria Onyśko	POLE	11.43

Final: August 9th, 8:25 pm

Wind: +0.8 m / s

Kim Gevaert looked so confident from the preliminary to the semifinals that she went into the final as the clear favorite. She lived up to this role and won superiorly. Kim Gevaert won the first gold medal at European Championships for Belgium since 1971 .

200 m

Kim Gevaert dominated both sprint courses at these European championships

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Kim Gevaert	BEL	22.68
2	Julia Gushchina	RUS	22.93
3	Natalia Russakova	RUS	23.09
4th	Monika Bejnar	POLE	23.28
5	Sylviane Félix	FRA	23.45
6th	Ekaterina Kondratyeva	RUS	23.58
7th	Olena Chebanu	UKR	23.63
8th	Angela Moroșanu	ROU	23.66

Final: August 11th, 8:45 pm

Wind: −0.8 m / s

No Belgian had won gold since the first European Women's Championships in 1938 . Now, two days after her victory over 100 meters , Kim Gevaert also won the 200-meter run with ease. At the finish she was expected by the high jumper Tia Hellebaut , who had won high jump gold immediately before the start of the race . The two Belgians went on the lap of honor together.

400 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Vanya Stambolova	BUL	49.85
2	Tatiana Weschkurowa	RUS	50.15
3	Olga Saizewa	RUS	50.28
4th	Marijana Dimitrova	BUL	50.64
5	Ilona Ussowitsch	BLR	50.69 NO
6th	Nicola Sanders	GBR	50.87
7th	Svetlana Pospelova	RUS	50.90
8th	Joanne Cuddihy	IRL	51.46

Final: August 10, 6:50 p.m.

As with the men, the 400-meter run was the first competition for women in which none of the 2002 finalists reached the final. However, there were experienced relay runners at the start. The winner Vanya Stambolowa had consolidated her role as one of the favorites in the previous rounds. The biggest surprise is that the other favorite, Olga Saizewa, “only” won bronze. The Belarusian Ilona Ussowitsch had already set a new national record with 50.74 seconds in the qualification and was fifth again in the final.

800 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Olga Kotlyarova	RUS	1: 57.38
2	Svetlana Kljuka	RUS	1: 57.48
3	Rebecca Lyne	GBR	1: 58.45
4th	Tetiana Petlyuk	UKR	1: 58.65
5	Brigita Langerholc	SLO	1: 59.30
6th	Teodora Kolarova	BUL	2:00.00
7th	Mayte Martínez	ESP	2: 00.10
8th	Svetlana Cherkassova	RUS	2: 03.43

Final: August 10, 8:05 p.m.

According to the list of the best before the European Championships, the Russians were registered with the fastest times and only had to fear a slow race because then the sprint force of the Spanish Mayte Martínez had to be taken into account. Svetlana Cherkassova sacrificed her own chances and gave the pacemaker. In the end she fell back to last place, but her teammates won gold and silver. The winner Olga Kotlyarova, a member of successful Russian 4 x 400 meter relay teams for years , came to her first major individual title after switching to the 800 meter distance .

1500 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tatiana Tomaschowa	RUS	3: 56.91 CR
2	Julia Chischenko	RUS	3: 57.61
3	Daniela Jordanova	BUL	3: 59.37
4th	Elena Soboleva	RUS	4: 00.36
5	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	4: 01.43
6th	Corina Dumbrăvean	ROU	4: 02.24
7th	Natalija Tobias	UKR	4: 02.71
8th	Iryna Lishchynska	UKR	4: 04.98

Final: August 13, 3:55 p.m.

As in almost all women's races, the pace was accelerated from the start in this decision. The two-time world champion Tatjana Tomaschowa was able to win European championship gold after bronze in Munich in 2002 . Bulgarian Daniela Jordanowa, fifth in Munich 2002, took third place in the final sprint and prevented a Russian triple victory.

5000 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Marta Domínguez	ESP	14: 56.18 CR
2	Lilia Shobuchova	RUS	14: 56.57
3	Elvan Abeylegesse	DOOR	14: 59.29
4th	Joanne Pavey	GBR	15: 01.41
5	Wolha Krauzowa	BLR	15: 06.47
6th	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	GER	15: 11.38
7th	Susanne Wigene	NOR	15: 11.79
8th	Krisztina Papp	HUN	15: 16.85

Date: August 12, 5:15 p.m.

Of the eight winners, four had already taken part in the 10,000 meter run five days earlier . The winner Marta Domínguez was able to successfully defend her title from 2002 . Born in Ethiopia, Elvan Abeylegesse had given up exhausted in the 10,000 meter run, but was able to recover sufficiently to win the first medal for Turkey at these European championships. The British Jo Pavey had ensured the decisive increase in pace, but could not run into the medal ranks as fourth.

Inga Abitowa - European champion in a fast race

10,000 m

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Inga Abitowa	RUS	30: 31.42
2	Susanne Wigene	NOR	30: 32.36
3	Lidija Grigoryeva	RUS	30: 32.72
4th	Galina Bogomolova	RUS	30: 35.90
5	Lornah Kiplagat	NED	30: 37.26
6th	Jeļena Prokopčuka	LAT	30: 38.78 NO
7th	Marta Domínguez	ESP	30: 51.69 NO
8th	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	GER	31: 40.28

Date: August 7th, 8:10 pm

All three medal winners - Russian Inga Abitowa, Norwegian Susanne Wigene and Russian Lidija Grigorjewa - achieved personal bests. The fourth-placed Galina Bogomolowa and the Dutchwoman Lornah Kiplagat each achieved new season best times. Jeļena Prokopčuka from Latvia and Marta Domínguez from Spain set national records. The eighth-placed German Sabrina Mockenhaupt and her compatriot Irina Mikitenko achieved personal bests of the season in ninth place. The Swiss Mirja Jenni-Moser finished seventeenth with her personal best.

marathon

European champion Ulrike Maisch had the best division of the race

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space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ulrike Maisch	GER	2:30:01
2	Olivera Jevtić	SER	2:30:27
3	Irina Permitina	RUS	2:30:53
4th	Živilė Balčiūnaitė	LTU	2:31:01
5	Bruna Genovese	ITA	2:31:15
6th	Alevtina Biktimirova	RUS	2:31:23
7th	Deborah Toniolo	ITA	2:31:31
8th	Giovanna Volpato	ITA	2:32:04

Date: August 12, 12:10 p.m.

Ulrike Maisch was eighth in 2002 and was actually only rated as the third strongest German runner. She did not keep up with the pace of the top group during the first accelerations after the half marathon mark, but was able to overtake all runners in the final section and win the first gold medal in the women's marathon for Germany. Olivera Jevtić won the first medal for Serbia at these European championships.

Marathon cup

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space	country	Athletes	Time (h)
1	Italy	Bruna Genovese Deborah Toniolo Giovanna Volpato	7:34:50
2	Russia	Irina Permitina Alewtina Biktimirowa Nailja Julamanowa	7:37:42
3	Germany	Ulrike Maisch Claudia Dreher Susanne Hahn	7:40:11

In the marathon there was also a team ranking, for which the times of the three best runners per nation were added. However, the evaluation was not part of the official medal table.

100 m hurdles

Susanne Kallur provided another Swedish victory over the 100 meter hurdles

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Susanna Kallur	SWE	12.59
2	Kirsten Bolm	GER	12.72
	Derval O'Rourke	IRL	12.72 NO
4th	Glory alozie	ESP	12.86
5	Aurelia Trywiańska	POLE	12.90
6th	Alexandra Antonova	RUS	12.93
7th	Jenny Kallur	SWE	12.94
8th	Adrianna Lamalle	FRA	12.99

Final: August 11, 7:50 p.m.

Wind: +0.5 m / s

Susanna Kallur won the first gold for a Swedish runner since Ann-Louise Skoglund won the 400 meter hurdles in 1982 . Since Susanna Kallur's twin sister Jenny was only seventh, the Kallur sisters could not repeat the success of the brothers Mirosław Wodzyński and Leszek Wodzyński , who had won two medals as siblings in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1974 European Championships .

First, the Irish Derval O'Rourke was led with a national record as the sole runner-up. After evaluating the two target photos , the German team filed a protest, which was granted. Kirsten Bolm also received silver.

400 m hurdles

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space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Yevgenia Isakova	RUS	53.93
2	Faní Halkiá	GRE	54.02
3	Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antipova	UKR	54.55
4th	Claudia Marx	GER	54.99
5	Natalia Ivanova	RUS	55.04
6th	Anna Jesień	POLE	55.16
7th	Tasha Danvers-Smith	GBR	55.56
8th	Anastasija Rabchenyuk	UKR	55.74

Final: August 9th, 8:10 pm

3000 m obstacle

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space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alessja Turawa	BLR	9: 26.05 CR
2	Tatiana Petrova	RUS	9: 28.05
3	Wioletta Janowska	POLE	9: 31.62
4th	Lyubov Ivanova	RUS	9: 33.53
5	Veerle Dejaeghere	BEL	9: 35.78
6th	Elena Sidortschenkova	RUS	9: 38.05
7th	Ida Nilsson	SWE	9: 39.24 NO
8th	Zulema Fuentes-Pila	ESP	9: 40.36 NO

Final: August 12, 4:15 p.m.

The women's 3000 meter obstacle course was held for the first time as part of the European championships. The winner Alessja Turawa ran a personal best of the season; she is the sister of the walker Ryta Turawa , who won the 20 km walk here in Gothenburg .

In the qualifying competitions, three national records were improved by the Dutchman Miranda Boonstra with 9:45:87 min, the Italian Elena Romagnolo - 9:52:38 min - and by the Greek Iríni Kokkinaríou - 9:53:07 min. Romagnolo and Kokkinaríou could not qualify for the final.

4 × 100 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Russia	Julija Guschtschina ( final ) Natalja Russakowa Irina Chabarowa Jekaterina Grigorjewa ( final ) in the preliminary run also: Jekaterina Kondratjewa Larissa Kruglowa	42.71
2	Great Britain	Anyika Onuora Emma Ania ( final ) Emily Freeman Joice Maduaka in the preliminary run also: Laura Turner-Alleyne	43.51
3	Belarus	Julija Neszjarenka Natallja Safronnikawa Alena Neumjarschyzkaja Aksana Drahun	43.61
4th	Ukraine	Olena Tschebanu Halyna Tonkowyd Iryna Shtanhjejewa Iryna Schepertjuk	43.97
5	Sweden	Susanna Kallur Carolina Klüft ( final ) Jenny Kallur Emma Green in the preliminary run also: Emma Rienas	44.16
DNF	Germany	Katja Tengel Marion Wagner Cathleen Tschirch Verena Sailer
	France	Véronique Mang Fabienne Beret-Martinel Adrianna Lamalle Muriel Hurtis-Houairi
	Belgium	Hanna Mariën Frauke Penen Olivia Borlée Kim Gevaert

Final: August 13, 2:50 p.m.

The finish in this race was very clear, after three relays did not reach the finish due to substitution errors. The Russian team was clearly superior to all other teams; In the final it consisted exclusively of runners who had won medals at these European championships in the 100 or 200-meter run . The Swedish relay, consisting of two hurdlers, a high jumper and a heptathlete, had the most prominent line-up, but the changes were not certain and so the team only reached the goal with luck.

The Irish season, which could not qualify for the final, ran in the run-up with 44.38 s national record.

4 × 400 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Russia	Svetlana Pospelowa Natalja Iwanowa Olga Saizewa ( final ) Tatiana Weschkurowa ( final ) in the preliminary also: Jelena Migunowa Tatjana Firowa	3: 25.12
2	Belarus	Juljana Schalnjaruk ( final ) Swjatlana Ussowitsch Hanna Kosak Ilona Ussowitsch ( final ) in addition: Kaziarina Bobrik Irina Chliustawa	3: 27.69
3	Poland	Monika Bejnar ( final ) Grażyna Prokopek Ewelina Sętowska Anna Jesień in the preliminary run also: Marta Chrust-Rożej	3: 27.77
4th	Great Britain	Lee McConnell Emma Duck Marilyn Okoro Nicola Sanders ( final ) in the preliminary run also: Jenny Meadows	3: 28.17
5	Germany	Korinna Fink Claudia Hoffmann Anja Pollmächer Claudia Marx	3: 28.18
6th	Ukraine	Ksenija Karandjuk Oksana Ilyushkina Oksana Shcherbak Natalija Pyhyda	3: 30.95
7th	France	Phara Anacharsis Thélia Sigère Anita Mormand Solène Désert	3: 32.38
8th	Bulgaria	Monika Gatschewska Marijana Dimitrova Teodora Kolarowa Nedjalka Nedkowa	3: 33.75

Final: August 13, 4:15 p.m.

20 km walking

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space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ryta Turawa	BLR	1:27:08
2	Olga Kaniskina	RUS	1:28:35
3	Elisa Rigaudo	ITA	1:28:37
4th	Kjersti places	NOR	1:28:45
5	Claudia Ștef	ROU	1:29:27
6th	Sabine Zimmer	GER	1:29:56
7th	Sylwia Korzeniowska	POLE	1:30:31 NO
8th	Vera Santos	POR	1:30:41

Date: August 9, 5:15 p.m.

Immediately after the start, Ryta Turawa set himself apart from all pursuers in the stadium and went to a start-finish victory that was not endangered in any phase of the competition. Ryta Turawa is the sister of Alesja Turawa , who won the 3000 meter obstacle course in Gothenburg . Seventh-placed Polish Sylwia Korzeniowska set a new national record. She is the younger sister of the successful walker Robert Korzeniowski , who won the 50 km walk at the European Championships in 1998 and 2002 .

high jump

Tia Hellebaut, surprise winner in a high-class competition

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 2006 / Women's high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Tia Hellebaut	BEL	2.03 NR / CR
2	Wenelina Wenewa	BUL	2.03 CR
3	Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE	2.01
4th	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	2.01
5	Jelena Slessarenko	RUS	1.99
6th	Iryna Mychaltchenko	UKR	1.95
7th	Ekaterina Savchenko	RUS	1.95
	Anna Chicherova	RUS	1.95

Final: August 11th, 6:30 p.m.

In front of the home crowd, the defending champion Kajsa Bergqvist was considered a high favorite, but in a high-class competition with four jumpers over 2.01 m, like her compatriot Stefan Holm , she had to be satisfied with bronze in the men's high jump . The winner was the heptathlete Tia Hellebaut, who was able to set two national records in the final. In the last jump of the competition, the Bulgarian Wenelina Wenewa failed just 2.05 m and thus missed the first high jump gold at the European Championships after Stefka Kostadinowa in 1986 for Bulgaria.

Deirdre Ryan jumped the Irish national record with 1.92 m in qualifying, but did not get into these areas in the final and was thirteenth.

Pole vault

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space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Elena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.80 CR
2	Monika Pyrek	POLE	4.65
3	Tatiana Polnova	RUS	4.65
4th	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.50
5	Martina Strutz	GER	4.50
6th	Silke Spiegelburg	GER	4.50
7th	Naroa Agirre	ESP	4.45
8th	Róza Kasprzak	POLE	4.40

Final: August 12, 3:00 p.m.

The defending champion Svetlana Feofanowa had her first failed attempt at 4.60 m and then played poker. But she could no longer achieve a valid jump and remained medalless. The second from 2002 and world record holder Jelena Isinbayeva only started at 4.60 m. After she had secured gold with a jump of 4.80 m, she tried three times without a chance at the new world record height of 5.02 m. Whether she really counted on a chance to set the record in the face of the rain or whether she just wanted to do the audience a favor remained unclear.

Long jump

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 2006 / women's long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lyudmila Kolchanova	RUS	6.93
2	Naide Gomes	POR	6.84
3	Oxana Udmurtova	RUS	6.69
4th	Viktoria Rybalko	UKR	6.62
5	Adina Anton	ROU	6.54
6th	Carolina Klüft	SWE	6.54
7th	Niurka Montalvo	ESP	6.50
8th	Natalia Lebusova	RUS	6.49

Final: August 13, 3:15 p.m.

In the final there was only one jumper, Hungarian Tünde Vaszi , who had reached the final at the European Championships in 2002 . However, she was eliminated in ninth place in the preliminary fight. The two favored Russians reached the medal ranks in the end, but were harassed by the Portuguese Naide Gomes. Gomes had already won medals in the hall, but won the first ever medal in a jumping competition for Portugal at the European Open Air Championships with silver.

Triple jump

Tatiana Lebedewa won with a new championship record

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 2006 / women's triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Lebedeva	RUS	15.15 CR
2	Hrisopiyí Devetzí	GRE	15.05
3	Anna Pyatych	RUS	15.02
4th	Olha Saladucha	UKR	14.38
5	Olesya Bufalova	RUS	14.23
6th	Teresa Marinova	BUL	14.20
7th	Adelina Gavrilă	ROU	14.19
8th	Natallja Safronawa	BLR	14.13

Final: August 9, 5:45 p.m.

In the first attempt of the competition Chrysopigi Devetzi achieved a personal best of the season with 15.05 m. The two favorite Russians Anna Pjatych and Tatjana Lebedewa got closer with each round. With her last jump Lebedewa managed to overtake the Greek and become European champion.

Shot put

→ Main article : 2006 European Athletics Championships / women's shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Natallja Charaneka	BLR	19.43
2	Petra Lammert	GER	19.17
3	Olga Ryabinkina	RUS	19.02
4th	Assunta Legnante	ITA	18.83
5	Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.47
6th	Irina Khudoroschkina	RUS	18.44
7th	Chiara Rosa	ITA	18.23
8th	Krystyna Zabawska	POLE	17.99

Final: August 12, 1:35 p.m.

In the first attempt, Nadine Kleinert took the lead, but could not improve afterwards. Petra Lammert took the lead with 19.06 m in the second round. In the final battle she was overtaken by the reigning indoor world champion Natallja Charaneka from Belarus, but she maintained silver until the end. Nadine Kleinert finally came in fifth. In a competition with few highlights - which was certainly also due to the weather - only the fourth-placed Italian Assunta Legnante exceeded her personal best of the year.

With the Russian Nadseja Astaptschuk there was a doping case in this discipline. The athlete was convicted of doping fraud several times in her career, with corresponding consequences, including the withdrawal of results. This included her title at the 2005 World Championships , her second place at the 2006 European Championships and her 2012 Olympic victory .

Discus throw

→ Main article : European Athletics Championships 2006 / Women's discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Darja Pishchalnikova	RUS	65.55
2	Franka Dietzsch	GER	64.35
3	Nicoleta Grasu	ROU	63.58
4th	Kateryna Karsak	UKR	62.45
5	Wioletta Potępa	POLE	61.78
6th	Elina Swerava	BLR	61.72
7th	Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová	CZE	60.71
8th	Dragana Tomašević	SER	60.20

Final: August 10, 7:30 p.m.

The list of participants showed some female throwers with years of experience. The tenth-placed Belarusian Iryna Jattschanka (40 years old) and the sixth-placed Belarusian Elina Swerava (45 years old) had both been in the ring at the 1990 European Championships for the Soviet Union. The German Franka Dietzsch (38 years old) and the Romanian Nicoleta Grasu (34 years old) reached the winners' podium as in 1998 . Franka Dietzsch went into the competition as the world's best of the year, but did not quite live up to her role. The 21-year-old winner Darja Pishchalnikova - she achieved a personal best - has been successful since 2001 when she became European youth champion and vice world champion.

The eighth-placed Serbian Dragana Tomašević set a new national record in qualification with 63.63 m. In the final she was more than three meters behind this distance and came in eighth place.

An athlete was also convicted of doping abuse in the discus . The result of Belarusian Iryna Jattschanka , who was initially ninth , was canceled , as was her third place at the 2004 Olympic Games .

Hammer throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Lysenko	RUS	76.67 CR
2	Gulfija Hanafejewa	RUS	74.50
3	Kamila Skolimowska	POLE	72.58
4th	Maryna Smalyachkova	BLR	71.87
5	Betty Heidler	GER	70.89
6th	Kathrin Klaas	GER	70.59
7th	Clarissa Claretti	ITA	69.78
8th	Iryna Sekacheva	UKR	69.08

Final: August 8th, 7:30 p.m.

The first major international title for Steffi Nerius

Javelin throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Steffi Nerius	GER	65.82
2	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	65.64
3	Mercedes Chilla	ESP	61.98
4th	Christina Obergföll	GER	61.89
5	Christina Scherwin	THE	61.81
6th	Rumiana Karapetrova	BUL	61.78
7th	Barbara Madejczyk	POLE	59.92
8th	Annika Suthe	GER	58.25

Final: August 13, 2:35 p.m.

Barbora Špotáková and Steffi Nerius were already clearly superior to all other participants in the qualification. The Czech had even set a new national record with 66.12 m. In the final, the Czech took the lead straight away, but couldn't improve. Nerius took the lead in the fifth round and won her first gold medal with her season best in her third final. The battle for the bronze medal was just as exciting, surprisingly won by the Spaniard Mercedes Chilla. She also threw her season best and was the first Spanish woman ever to win a medal in a throwing discipline.

Heptathlon

Carolina Klüft - after Olympic victory and World Cup title, now also European champion

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space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Carolina Klüft	SWE	6740 CR
2	Karin Ruckstuhl	NED	6423 NO
3	Lilli Schwarzkopf	GER	6420
4th	Jennifer Oeser	GER	6376
5	Lyudmyla Blonska	UKR	6357
6th	Natalia Dobrynska	UKR	6356
7th	Kelly Sotherton	GBR	6290
8th	Jessica Ennis	GBR	6287

Date: August 7th and 8th

The points table from 1985 was used for scoring.

The first all-around competition at these European Championships, the heptathlon women, began on the first day of competition. The big favorite for gold was the Swedish Olympic and world champion Carolina Klüft, who set a new personal best of the season in the end. The French Eunice Barber , who was rated as the strongest competitor, had to end the competition apparently due to an injury after two disciplines in which she had achieved very good results. In a dramatic finish in the last discipline, the 800-meter run , the German Lilli Schwarzkopf missed the silver medal against the Dutch Karin Ruckstuhl by just two tenths of a second. Both finished the competition with personal bests. The Dutch woman also improved her own national record. The second German Jennifer Oeser improved her best performances in four disciplines and thus also her own best mark in the overall result by 125 points. The sixth-placed Ukrainian Natalja Dobrynska and the British Jessica Ennis in eighth achieved personal bests of the season.

Video

• Highlights of the EM 2006 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on June 28, 2017

Web links

Commons : European Athletics Championships 2006  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• European Athletics Championships - Göteborg 2006 on european-athletics.org, accessed on June 28, 2017
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2006 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 28, 2017
• 19th European Athletics Championships 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on June 28, 2017
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2006 on sportschau.de, accessed on June 28, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR) - results annulled from August 2005 on iaaf.org, July 31, 2013 (English), accessed on February 7, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b} IOC disqualifies four medallists from Athens 2004 following further analysis of stored samples on olympic.org, December 5, 2012, accessed on February 7, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ville Tiisanoja admits testosterone intake on Leichtathletik.de, August 31, 2006, accessed on February 7, 2019.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Revision of results following sanctions of Tsikhan and Ostapchuk at iaaf.org (English), accessed on July 25, 2015
5. ↑ ^{a b} Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation ( Memento from October 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) English (PDF, 228 kB), accessed on July 25, 2015
6. ↑ ^{a b} Olympics 2012: Nadzeya Ostapchuk Loses Gold Medal Following Failed Doping Test on bleacherreport.com, August 13, 2012 (English), accessed on February 7, 2019
7. ↑ ^{a b} Doping-Four Athens Games athletes stripped of medals on reuters.com, December 5, 2012 (English), accessed on February 7, 2019