European Athletics Championships 2006 / Women's marathon

discipline	Women's marathon
city	Gothenburg
place	Round trip through Gothenburg
Participants	34 athletes from 17 countries
Competition phase	August 12, 2006
Medalists
gold	Ulrike Maisch ( GER )
silver	Olivera Jevtić ( SRB )
bronze	Irina Permitina ( RUS )
Marathon Cup (team ranking) without counting in the medal table
Rank 1	Italy
Rank 2	Russia
Rank 3	Germany

The women's marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships took place on August 12, 2006 at 12:10 pm local time in Gothenburg , Sweden .

The German Ulrike Maisch won the race in 2:30:01 hours. The Serbian Olivera Jevtić was vice European champion ahead of the Russian Irina Permitina .

For the third time at the European Championships, there was a team classification, the so-called Marathon Cup. For this, the times of the three best runners per nation were added up. However, the evaluation was not part of the official medal table. The team from Italy won ahead of Russia and Germany, only these three teams were included in the ranking.

Existing records

World record	Paula Radcliffe	2:15:25 h	London marathon	April 13, 2003
European record
Championship record	Maria Guida	2:26:05 h	EM in Munich	August 10, 2002

Split times

brand	time	Leading	5 km time
5 km	18:30 min	Živilė Balčiūnaitė with a large group	18:30 min
10 km	37:04 min	Živilė Balčiūnaitė with a large group	18:34 min
15 km	55:04 min	Irina Permitina with a group of 19	18:00 min
20 km	1:12:52 h	Irina Permitina with a group of 15	17:48 min
25 km	1:30:17 h	Irina Permitina with a group of 12	17:25 min
30 km	1:47:22 h	Permitina, Biktimirowa, Jevtić / Genovese, Rosa 3 s back / Incerti, Balčiūnaitė 7 s back / Mash 18 s back / Toniolo 22 s back	16:16 min
35 km	2:04:28 h	Permitina / Jevtić, Biktimirowa 29 s for. / Mash 41 s for. / Balčiūnaitė 44 s for. / Genovese, Rosa 54 p. / Toniolo, Incerti 1:09 min to.	17:04 min
40 km	2:22:29 h	Permitina / mash 3 s for. / Jevtić 9 s for. / Balčiūnaitė 35 s for. / Biktimirowa, Genovese 49 s for. / Toniolo 55 s for. / Incerti 1:35 min to.	18:01 min

Result

European champion Ulrike Maisch

Silbermedaillen- - Olivera Jevtić, Serbia
winner

Živilė Balčiūnaitė, Lithuania - fourth place

Bruna Genovese, Italy - fifth place

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.

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
	Ulrike Maisch	Germany	2:30:01
	Olivera Jevtić	Serbia	2:30:27
	Irina Permitina	Russia	2:30:53
04th	Živilė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania	2:31:01
05	Bruna Genovese	Italy	2:31:15
06th	Alevtina Biktimirova	Russia	2:31:23
07th	Deborah Toniolo	Italy	2:31:31
08th	Giovanna Volpato	Italy	2:32:04
09	Anna Incerti	Italy	2:32:53
10	Anália Rosa	Portugal	2:32:56
11	Claudia Dreher	Germany	2.33: 53
12	Nailya Julamanova	Russia	2:35:26
13	Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu	Norway	2:35:59
14th	Susanne Hahn	Germany	2:36:17
15th	Anna Rahm	Sweden	2:36:48
16	Tracey Morris	Great Britain	2:37:34
17th	Alina Gherasim	Romania	2:37:57
18th	Maija Oravamäki	Finland	2:39:17
19th	Annemette Aagaard	Denmark	2:39:29
20th	Lena Gavelin	Sweden	2:39:36
21st	Marcella Mancini	Italy	2:40:47
22nd	Nili Abramski	Israel	2:41:23
23	Albina Ivanova	Russia	2:42:02
24	Natalia Volgina	Russia	2:42:23
25th	Carmen Oliveras	France	2:43:25
26th	Magdaliní Gazéa	Greece	2:46:08
27	María José Pueyo	Spain	2:47:27
28	Fatima Yvelain	France	2:48:09
29	Elena Fetizon	France	2:57:48
DNF	Ana Dias	Portugal
	Luminita Zaituc	Germany
	Fatima Silva	Portugal
	Rosaria Console	Italy
	Lisa Blommé	Sweden

Result marathon cup

(only three teams in the rating)

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

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  Alewtina Biktimirowa, Russia - sixth place

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  Anna Incerti, Italy - eighth place

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  Nailja Julamanowa, Russia - twelfth place

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  Susanne Hahn, Germany - fourth place

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  Maija Oravamäki, Finland - 18th place

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  Nili Abramski, Israel - 22nd place

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  Carmen Oliveras, Portugal - 25th place

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  María José Pueyo, Spain - 27th place

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  Rosario Console, Italy - Race not finished

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the European Championship 2006 on the EAA website (English), accessed on February 12, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Göteborg on european-athletics.org, accessed on February 12, 2019

Video

• 2006 European Championships in Athletics - Women's marathon on youtube.com, published March 18, 2009, accessed February 12, 2019