European Athletics Championships 2006/200 m women

19th European Athletics Championships
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	28 athletes from 19 countries
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 10th (preliminary) August 11th (semifinals / finals)
Medalists Kim Gevaert ( BEL )   Julia Gushchina ( RUS )   Natalja Russakowa ( RUS )

The 200-meter race of women in the 2006 European Athletics Championships was on 10 and 11 August 2006 at the Ullevi stadium of the city of Gothenburg held.

The Russian sprinters won two medals in this competition, silver and bronze. Like over 100 meters, Belgian Kim Gevaert , who finished second in the European Championship in 2002, became European champion. Yulia Gushchina won the silver medal. Bronze went to Natalja Russakowa .

Existing records

World record	21.34 s	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Olympic Games Seoul , South Korea	September 29, 1988
European record	21.71 s	Marita Koch	Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz ), GDR (now Germany )	June 10, 1979
			Potsdam , GDR (now Germany )	July 21, 1984
		Heike Drechsler	Jena , GDR (now Germany )	June 29, 1986
			EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 9, 1986
EM record	21.71 s	Heike Drechsler	EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 9, 1986

The Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg during the 2006 European Championships

The European Championship record, which had existed since 1986 , remained unchanged at these European championships.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

Štěpánka Klapáčová (far left) was eliminated in sixth place in their preliminary run

August 10, 2006, 6:25 p.m.

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Monika Bejnar	Poland	23.07
2	Jacqueline Poelman	Netherlands	23.35
3	Ekaterina Kondratyeva	Russia	23.41
4th	Eleni Artymata	Cyprus	23.51
5	Kristina Žumer	Slovenia	23.63
6th	Štěpánka Klapáčová	Czech Republic	23.64
7th	Elefthéria Kobídou	Greece	23.92

Forward 2

Sari Keskitalo's sixth place in the second heat was not enough to reach the next round

August 10, 2006, 6:30 p.m.

Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Natalia Russakova	Russia	22.75
2	Olena Chebanu	Ukraine	23.41
3	Olivia Borlée	Belgium	23.48
4th	Sylviane Félix	France	23.50
5	Klodiana Shala	Albania	23.55
6th	Sari Keskitalo	Finland	23.55
7th	Elisabeth Slettum	Norway	23.55

Forward 3

August 10, 2006, 6:35 p.m.

Wind: +1.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	23.14
2	Hanna Mariën	Belgium	23.24
3	Belén Recio	Spain	23.62
4th	Lena Aruhn	Sweden	23.96
5	Monika Gatschewska	Bulgaria	24.53
DNF	Ciara Sheehy	Ireland
DSQ	Fabienne Beret-Martinel	France

Forward 4

Pia Tajnikar did not get past the preliminary round as sixth of her run

August 10, 2006, 6:40 pm

Wind: +1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Julia Gushchina	Russia	22.69
2	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	22.83
3	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	France	23.27
4th	Jala Gangnus	Germany	23.39
5	Anna Boyle	Ireland	23.94
6th	Pia Tajnikar	Slovenia	24.22
7th	Iveta Mazáčová	Czech Republic	24.25

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

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  Muriel Hurtis-Houairi was missing a hundredth of a second to make it to the final

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  For Jala Gangnus, her seventh place in the first semi-final run was not enough to make it to the final

August 11, 2006, 6:45 p.m.

Wind: −2.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	23.07
2	Julia Gushchina	Russia	23.21
3	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	23.60
4th	Olena Chebanu	Ukraine	23.79
5	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	France	23.80
6th	Belén Recio	Spain	24.20
7th	Jala Gangnus	Germany	24.24
8th	Klodiana Shala	Albania	24.64

Run 2

August 11, 2006, 6:54 pm

Wind: −1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Natalia Russakova	Russia	23.02
2	Ekaterina Kondratyeva	Russia	23.32
3	Monika Bejnar	Poland	23.34
4th	Sylviane Félix	France	23.46
5	Hanna Mariën	Belgium	23.59
6th	Olivia Borlée	Belgium	23.90
7th	Eleni Artymata	Cyprus	23.93
8th	Jacqueline Poelman	Netherlands	24.01

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  Hanna Mariën missed the final by one place

• 

  Olivia Borlée finished sixth in her semifinals and was eliminated

• 

  For Eleni Artymata, reaching the semi-finals, in which she was eliminated, was a success

• 

  Jacqueline Poelman had no chance of advancing as eighth of the second semifinals

final

Kim Gevaert - after two silver medals four years earlier now double European champion on the sprint courses

August 11, 2006, 8:45 p.m.

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.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	22.68
2	Julia Gushchina	Russia	22.93
3	Natalia Russakova	Russia	23.09
4th	Monika Bejnar	Poland	23.28
5	Sylviane Félix	France	23.45
6th	Ekaterina Kondratyeva	Russia	23.58
7th	Olena Chebanu	Ukraine	23.63
8th	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	23.66

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  After finishing fifth over 100 meters , Julija Guschtschina won the silver medal on the longer distance

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  Olena Tschebanu came in seventh

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  Angela Moroșanu came in eighth place

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Göteborg 2006 at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 25, 2019
• Women 200m European Championship 2006 Göteborg on todor66.com, accessed November 25, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2006 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on November 25, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 200m European Championship 2006 Göteborg, p. 494 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 25, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2006, 200 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on November 25, 2019
• 19th European Athletics Championships 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on November 25, 2019

Video

• 2006 European Championships Women's 200m on youtube.com (English), accessed November 25, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 200m women , accessed November 25, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 200 m Women , Spanish / English, p. 50 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on November 25, 2019