World Indoor Athletics Championships 2006

11th World Indoor Athletics Championships
Olimpijski Arena (May 2017)
city	Moscow , Russia
Stadion	Olimpijski sports complex
participating countries	129
Participating athletes	635
Competitions	26th
opening	March 10, 2006
Final day	March 12, 2006
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The 11th World Indoor Athletics Championships took place from March 10th to 12th, 2006 in Moscow . The competitions were held in the Olimpijski sports complex . A total of 26 decisions (13 each for men and 13 for women) were on the program.

Moscow was commissioned by the World Athletics Federation in November 2003 to host the event. The candidacy of the Russian capital surprisingly prevailed against Madrid's application . The World Indoor Championships were the first major sporting event in Moscow since the 1980 Olympic Games .

635 athletes from 129 countries took part. The DLV team consisted of seven female and nine female athletes.

There was no longer a 200-meter run. The reason for this was that the outcome of the races became too predictable due to the tight corners. Athletes who had to run on the narrow inner lanes usually had no chance of winning the race.

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Leonard Scott	United States	6.50 (WL)
2	Andrei Yepishin	RUS	6.52 (NR)
3	Terrence Trammell	United States	6.54
4th	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	6.58 (NR)
5	Olusoji Fasuba	NGR	6.58
6th	Ronald Pognon	FRA	6.61
7th	Vicente de Lima	BRA	6.62
8th	Henry Vizcaíno	CUB	6.84

Date: March 10, 7:40 p.m.

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Alleyne Francique	GRN	45.54 (PB)
2	California Molefe	BOT	45.75
3	Chris Brown	BAH	45.78 (NR)
4th	Davian Clarke	JAM	45.93 (PB)
5	Milton Campbell	United States	46.15 (PB)
6th	Dmitri Petrov	RUS	47.33

Date: March 12th, 4:30 p.m.

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1: 47.15
2	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1: 47.16
3	Yuri Borsakovsky	RUS	1: 47.38
4th	Dmitrijs Milkevics	LAT	1: 48.01
5	Juan de Dios Jurado	ESP	1: 48.44
6th	James Watkins	GBR	1: 48.56

Date: March 12, 6:35 p.m.

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ivan Heschko	UKR	3: 42.08
2	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	KEN	3: 42.55
3	Elkanah Onkware Angwenyi	KEN	3: 42.98
4th	Halil Akkas	DOOR	3: 43.61
5	Sergio Gallardo	ESP	3: 43.77
6th	James Nolan	IRL	3: 43.98
7th	Christopher Lukezic	United States	3: 45.09
8th	Yassine Bensghir	MAR	3: 47.20

Date: March 11th, 7:10 pm

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	7: 39.32
2	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	QAT	7: 41.28
3	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	7: 42.58
4th	Alistair Ian Cragg	IRL	7: 46.43
5	Shadrack Korir	KEN	7: 47.11
6th	Tariku Bekele	ETH	7: 47.67
7th	Adil Kaouch	MAR	7: 48.01
8th	Moukheld Al-Outaibi	KSA	7: 52.91

Date: March 12, 5:40 p.m.

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Terrence Trammell	United States	7.43 (WL)
2	Dayron Robles	CUB	7.46 (PB)
3	Dominique Arnold	United States	7.52
4th	Maurice Wignall	JAM	7.52
	Staņislavs Olijars	LAT	7.52
6th	Thomas Blaschek	GER	7.57 (PB)
7th	Paulo Villar	COL	7.61 (NR)
8th	Yoel Hernández	CUB	7.62

Date: March 11th, 7:50 pm

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Tyree Washington LaShawn Merritt Milton Campbell Wallace Spearmon	3: 03.24
2	Poland	Daniel Dąbrowski Marcin Marciniszyn Rafał Wieruszewski Piotr Klimczak	3: 04.67
3	Russia	Konstantin Swetschkar Alexandr Derevyagin Evgeny Lebedew Dmitri Petrov	3: 06.91
4th	Sweden	Joni Jaako Johan Wissman Andreas Mokdasi Mathias Claesson	3: 07.32
5	Dominican Republic	Arismendy Peguero Danis García Juan Betances Carlos Santa	3: 08.47
6th	France	Brice Panel Sébastien Maillard Teddy Venel Fadil Bellaabouss	3: 09.55

Date: March 12, 5:55 p.m.

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Yaroslav Rybakov	RUS	2.37 (WL)
2	Andrei Tereschin	RUS	2.35
3	Linus Thornblad	SWE	2.33
4th	Víctor Moya	CUB	2.30 (PB)
5	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.30
6th	Andrij Sokolowskyj	UKR	2.26
7th	Giulio Ciotti	ITA	2.25
8th	Robert Wolski	POLE	2.22

Date: March 11th, 4:25 pm

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Brad Walker	United States	5.80 (PB)
2	Alhaji Jeng	SWE	5.70
3	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.60
4th	Fabian Schulze	GER	5.50
	Aleksandr Averbukh	ISR	5.50
	Giovanni Lanaro	MEX	5.50
	Denys Yurchenko	UKR	NM
	Jeff Hartwig	United States	NM

Date: March 12, 4:00 p.m.

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ignisious Gaisah	GHA	8.30
2	Irving Saladino	PAN	8.29 (AR)
3	Andrew Howe	ITA	8.19 (PB)
4th	Louis Tsatoumas	GRE	8.10
5	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	RSA	8.01 (NR)
6th	Erivaldo Vieira	BRA	7.97 (NR)
7th	Brian Johnson	United States	7.90
8th	Issam Nima	ALG	7.84 (NR)

Date: March 11th, 6:25 pm

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Walter Davis	United States	17.73 (PB)
2	Jadel Gregório	BRA	17.56 (AR)
3	Yoandri Betanzos	CUB	17.42 (PB)
4th	Marian Oprea	ROU	17.34
5	Igor Spasovchodski	RUS	17.25
6th	Nelson Évora	POR	17.14
7th	Nathan Douglas	GBR	17.05 (PB)
8th	Dimitris Tsiamis	GRE	16.94

Date: March 12, 5:35 p.m.

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Reese Hoffa	United States	22.11 WL
2	Joachim Olsen	THE	21.16
3	Pavel Sofjin	RUS	20.68 PB
4th	Gheorghe Guşet	ROU	20.60
5	Manuel Martínez	ESP	20.43
6th	Tomasz Majewski	POLE	20.07
7th	Anton Lyuboslawski	RUS	19.93
-	Andrei Michnewitsch	BLR	DQ

Date: March 10, 6:35 p.m.

Michnewitsch, who had finished second with 21.37 m, was subsequently disqualified for doping .

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	André Niklaus	GER	6192 (PB)
2	Bryan Clay	United States	6187
3	Roman Šebrle	CZE	6161
4th	Kristjan Rahnu	EST	6062 (PB)
5	Alexei Drozdov	RUS	6052
6th	Alexander Pogorelow	RUS	5910
7th	Konstantin Smirnov	RUS	5795

Date: 11./12. March

The heptathlon consisted of a 60-meter run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdle run, pole vault and 1000-meter run.

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Me'Lisa Barber	United States	7.01 WL
2	Lauryn Williams	United States	7.01 WL
3	Kim Gevaert	BEL	7.11 NO
4th	Christine Arron	FRA	7.13
5	Maria Bolikova	RUS	7.17
6th	Larissa Kruglowa	RUS	7.23
7th	Sylvie Mballa Éloundou	CMR	7.30
	Schanna block	UKR	DQ

Date: March 10th, 7:20 pm

Block, who came sixth in 7.19 s, was subsequently disqualified for doping offenses .

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Olesya Krasnomovets	RUS	50.04 (WMR)
2	Vanya Stambolova	BUL	50.21 (NR)
3	Christine Amertil	BAH	50.34 (AR)
4th	Natalia Nazarova	RUS	50.60
5	Novlene Williams	JAM	51.82
6th	Marijana Dimitrova	BUL	52.66

Date: March 12, 4:50 p.m.

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 58.90
2	Kenya Sinclair	JAM	1: 59.54 (NR)
3	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2: 00.34
4th	Elisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2: 00.74
5	Olga Kotlyarova	RUS	2: 01.26
6th	Ewelina Sętowska	POLE	2: 02.39 (PB)

Date: March 12th, 5:10 pm

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Julia Chischenko	RUS	4: 04.70
2	Elena Soboleva	RUS	4: 05.21
3	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	BRN	4: 05.53
4th	Hind Dehiba Chahyd	FRA	4: 05.67 (NR)
5	Iryna Lishchynska	UKR	4: 07.82
6th	Corina Dumbrăvean	ROU	4: 08.29
7th	Separate Clement	United States	4: 11.21
8th	Maria Martins	FRA	4:15, 17

Date: March 12th, 6:15 pm

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meseret Defar	ETH	8: 38.80
2	Lilia Shobuchova	RUS	8: 42.18
3	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	8: 42.59
4th	Sentayehu Ejigu	ETH	8: 43.38 (PB)
5	Olesya Syreva	RUS	8: 44.10
6th	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	MAR	8: 55.97
7th	Carrie Tollefson	United States	8: 59.13
8th	Anália Rosa	POR	8: 59.99 (PB)

Date: March 11, 4:15 p.m.

60 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Derval O'Rourke	IRL	7.84 (NR)
2	Glory alozie	ESP	7.86
3	Susanna Kallur	SWE	7.87
4th	Danielle Carruthers	United States	7.88 (PB)
5	Kirsten Bolm	GER	7.93
6th	Lacena Golding-Clarke	JAM	7.94
7th	Damu Cherry	United States	7.95 (PB)
8th	Jenny Kallur	SWE	7.98

Date: March 11th, 7:30 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Russia	Tatiana Levina Natalia Nazarowa Olesja Krasnomowez Natalia Antjuch	3: 24.91
2	United States	Debbie Dunn Tiffany Ross-Williams Monica Hargrove Mary Danner	3: 28.63
3	Belarus	Natallja Salahub Hanna Kosak Juljana Schalnjaruk Ilona Ussowitsch	3: 28.65
4th	Poland	Grażyna Prokopek Monika Bejnar Marta Chrust-Rożej Małgorzata Pskit	3: 28.95 (NR)
5	Jamaica	Shellene Williams Novlene Williams Moya Thompson Allison Beckford	3: 29.54 (NR)
6th	United Kingdom	Melanie Purkiss Jennifer Meadows Emma Duck Helen Karagounis	3: 29.70

Date: March 12, 6:55 p.m.

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jelena Slessarenko	RUS	2.02
2	Blanka Vlašić	CRO	2.00
3	Ruth Beitia	ESP	1.98
4th	Ekaterina Savchenko	RUS	1.98
5	Antonietta Di Martino	ITA	1.96
6th	Tia Hellebaut	BEL	1.96
7th	Wita Stjopina	UKR	1.96
8th	Chaunté Howard Lowe	United States	1.94

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

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Elena Isinbayeva	RUS	4.80
2	Anna Rogowska	POLE	4.75
3	Svetlana Feofanova	RUS	4.70
4th	Monika Pyrek	POLE	4.65
5	Vanessa Boslak	FRA	4.65 (NR)
6th	Naroa Agirre	ESP	4.50 (NR)
7th	Kellie Suttle	United States	4.40
8th	Silke Spiegelburg	GER	4.30

Date: March 11, 6:00 p.m.

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tianna Madison	United States	6.80 PB
2	Naide Gomes	POR	6.76 NO
3	Concepción Montaner	ESP	6.76
4th	Ineta Radēviča	LAT	6.54
5	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	6.51
6th	Oxana Udmurtova	RUS	6.50
7th	Stiliani Pilatou	GRE	6.50
-	Tatiana Kotova	RUS	DQ

Date: March 12, 4:05 p.m.

Kotowa, who originally took first place, was subsequently disqualified for doping offenses .

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Lebedeva	RUS	14.95 (WL)
2	Anna Pyatych	RUS	14.93 (PB)
3	Yamilé Aldama	SOUTH	14.86
4th	Trecia Smith	JAM	14.84 (NR)
5	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	14.72 (PB)
6th	Teresa Marinova	BUL	14.37
7th	Oleksandra Stadnyuk	UKR	14.34 (PB)
8th	Dana Velďáková	SVK	13.76

Date: March 11th, 4:20 pm

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Natallja Charaneka	BLR	19.84 (PB)
2	Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.64 (PB)
3	Olga Ryabinkina	RUS	19.24
4th	Petra Lammert	GER	19.21
5	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	18.28
6th	Nadsey Astaptchuk	BLR	18.13
7th	Jillian Camarena	United States	17.60
8th	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	TRI	17.53

Date: March 12, 4:20 p.m.

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Lyudmyla Blonska	UKR	4685 (PB)
2	Karin Ruckstuhl	NED	4607
3	Olga Levenkova	RUS	4579
4th	Sonja Kesselschläger	GER	4574
5	Julia Ignatkina	RUS	4459
6th	Svetlana Ladochina	RUS	4374
7th	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	4368
8th	Hyleas Fountain	United States	4205

The pentathlon consisted of a 60-meter hurdle, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800-meter run.

Date: March 10th

Explanations

• WR: world record
• WMR: world championship record
• AR: continental record
• NR: national record
• WL: world annual best
• PB: personal best

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	8th	3	2	13
2	Russia	7th	5	6th	18th
3	Ukraine	2	-	-	2
	Ethiopia	2	-	-	2
5	Kenya	1	1	2	4th
6th	Germany	1	1	1	3
7th	Belarus	1	-	1	3
8th	Ghana	1	-	-	1
	Grenada	1	-	-	1
	Ireland	1	-	-	1
	Mozambique	1	-	-	1
12	Poland	-	2	1	3
13	Sweden	-	1	2	3
	Spain	-	1	2	3
15th	Cuba	-	1	1	2
16	Botswana	-	1	-	1
	Brazil	-	1	-	1
	Bulgaria	-	1	-	1
	Jamaica	-	1	-	1
	Qatar	-	1	-	1
	Croatia	-	1	-	1
	Netherlands	-	1	-	1
	Panama	-	1	-	1
	South Africa	-	1	-	1
	Denmark	-	1	-	1
	Portugal	-	1	-	1
27	Bahamas	-	-	2	2
28	Bahrain	-	-	1	1
	Belgium	-	-	1	1
	Italy	-	-	1	1
	Morocco	-	-	1	1
	Sudan	-	-	1	1
	Czech Republic	-	-	1	1

Web links

• 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships on the IAAF website
• Results: 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships on the IAAF website
• Website of the organizer ( Memento of October 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (English version)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Athletes express guarded optimism on eve of championships General News at iaaf.org, March 9, 2006, accessed September 7, 2013
2. ↑ Sensational record gathering of 159 nations makes Valencia by far the biggest ever World Indoor Champs General News on iaaf.org, February 28, 2008, accessed September 8, 2013
3. ↑ The German team  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 117 kB) Team brochure on Leichtathletik.de, accessed September 7, 2013  
4. ↑ 2013: Gay, Powell and Campbell-Brown - The positive sprint elite ( Memento from August 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) sportschau.de, August 7, 2014; accessed on August 13, 2016