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19th European Championships in Athletics
Host city	Gothenburg, Sweden
Date(s)	7 August – 13 August
Main Stadium	Ullevi
Events	47

The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, and Stockholm, Sweden's capital, hosted 1958 European Athletics Championships.

[edit] Men's results

[edit] Track

1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Francis Obikwelu Portugal	9.99 CR	Andrey Yepishin Russia	10.10 NR	Matic Osovnikar Slovenia	10.14 NR
100 m	8 August: Portugal's Francis Obikwelu added the European title to his Olympic Games silver medal in Gothenburg. The 27-year-old was all but last out of the blocks but showed his class with a brilliant surge of pace to finish in 9.99 seconds - the first time the European title has been won with a sub-10 second time. Poland's Dariusz Kuć delayed the drama with a nervy false start.
200 m	Francis Obikwelu Portugal	20.01 NR	Johan Wissman Sweden	20.38 NR	Marlon Devonish Great Britain	20.54
200 m	10 August: Obikwelu completed the sprinters' double, leading comfortably out of the last curve and continuing all the way to the finish. Wissman took silver in a time level with the national record. Devonish faded in the end and just managed to hold on to third in front of Belgian Kristof Beyens.
400 m	Marc Raquil France	45.02	Vladislav Frolov Russia	45.09 PB	Leslie Djhone France	45.40
400 m	9 August: Raquil proved the stronger in the final sprint, taking over the race in the final 50 metres.
800 m	Bram Som Netherlands	1:46.56	David Fiegen Luxembourg	1:46.59	Sam Ellis Great Britain	1:46.64
800 m	13 August: Originally, the Latvian delegation, representing Dmitrijs Milkevics (4th), issued a complaint because Bram Som stepped out of the track twice. Som and Ellis both also complained that Milkevics had blocked their way and pushed them. However after long considerations by the jury, the result stood.
1500 m	Mehdi Baala France	3:39.02	Ivan Heshko Ukraine	3:39.50	Juan Carlos Higuero Spain	3:39.62
1500 m	9 August: Baala successfully defended his 2002 title, while Heshko pipped Higuero on the final stretch.^[1]
5000 m	Jesús España Spain	13:44.70	Mohammed Farah Great Britain	13:44.79	Juan Carlos Higuero Spain	13:46.48
5000 m	13 August: Farah took the lead with 1000 m to go and stretched the field. A sprint to line resulted in España over taking Farah metres from the line. A quick finish by Higuero moved him into third over Turkey's Halil Akkas.
10 000 m	Jan Fitschen Germany	28:10.94 PB	José Manuel Martínez Spain	28:12.06 SB	Juan Carlos de la Ossa Spain	28:13.73
10 000 m	8 August: After an attempted breakaway started by Swiss Christian Belz with one and a half laps to go, Martínez and de la Ossa caught up with him, with German Fitschen falling away but catching up again before the final curve. He then outsprinted the two Spaniards to take a "shock" gold.^[2]
Marathon	Stefano Baldini Italy	2h 11'32"	Viktor Röthlin Switzerland	2h 11'50"	Julio Rey Spain	2h 12'37"
Marathon	13 August: 2002 winner Janne Holmén finished in seventh place.
110 m H	Stanislav Olijars Latvia	13.24	Thomas Blaschek Germany	13.46	Andy Turner Great Britain	13.56
110 m H	12 August: The world champion Ladji Doucoure was knocked out in the semi finals.
400 m H	Periklís Iakovákis Greece	48.46	Marek Plawgo Poland	48.71 SB	Rhys Williams Great Britain	49.12
400 m H	10 August: Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keita by a hundredth.
3000 m St.	Jukka Keskisalo Finland	8:24.89	José Luis Blanco Spain	8:26.22	Bouabdellah Tahri France	8:27.15
3000 m St.	11 August: Finland's Keskisalo takes surprise gold after two injury-filled years. He ran behind the whole pack until the last lap, during which he sprinted on the back straight to take the win ahead of Spain's José Luis Blanco and France's Bouabdellah Tahri.
20 km walk	Francisco Javier Fernández Spain	1h 19'09"	Valeriy Borchin Russia	1h 20'00"	João Vieira Portugal	1h 20'09" NR
20 km walk	8 August: Francisco Fernandez of Spain successfully defended the title he won in Munich with another dominant display in Gothenburg. Fernandez led the race at all the crucial stages and came into the stadium alone to win in one hour, 19.09 minutes. Russian Valeriy Borchin recorded a new personal best of 1.20:00 to take the silver while Portugal's Joao Vieira completed the podium places.
50 km walk	Yohan Diniz France	3h 41'39" PB	Jesús Ángel García Spain	3h 42'48" SB	Yuriy Andronov Russia	3h 43'26"
50 km walk	10 August: Trond Nymark (Norway) led most of the race only to finish fourth.
4 X 100 m	Great Britain Dwain Chambers Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Mark Lewis-Francis	38.91	Poland Przemysław Rogowski Łukasz Chyła Marcin Jędrusiński Dariusz Kuć	39.05	France Oudère Kankarafou Ronald Pognon Fabrice Calligny David Alerte	39.07
4 X 100 m	13 August
4 X 400 m	France Leslie Djhone Idrissa M'Barke Naman Keïta Marc Raquil	3:01.10	Great Britain Robert Tobin Rhys Williams Graham Hedman Tim Benjamin	3:01.63	Poland Daniel Dąbrowski Piotr Kędzia Piotr Rysiukiewicz Rafał Wieruszewski	3:01.73
4 X 400 m	13 August: France and Great Britain & Northern Ireland both overtook the Polish team in the home straight to finish 1st and 2nd respectively.
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[edit] Field

1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High Jump	Andrey Silnov Russia	2.36 CR WL	Tomáš Janků Czech Republic	2.34 PB	Stefan Holm Sweden	2.34 SB
High Jump	9 August
Long Jump	Andrew Howe Italy	8.20	Greg Rutherford Great Britain	8.13	Oleksiy Lukashevych Ukraine	8.12
Long Jump	8 August: Los-Angeles born Italian Andrew Howe won the title with his second-round effort of 8.20m. Greg Rutherford secured silver for Great Britain with his last jump of the competition, just 1 cm beyond the jump of Oleksiy Lukashevych, who landed 8.12m.
Pole Vault	Aleksandr Averbukh Israel	5.70	Tim Lobinger Germany Romain Mesnil France	5.65
Pole Vault	13 August: Lobinger and Mesnil both claimed 2nd place, and therefore both received silver medals.
Triple Jump	Christian Olsson Sweden	17.67 EL	Nathan Douglas Great Britain	17.21	Marian Oprea Romania	17.18
Triple Jump	12 August
Shot Put	Ralf Bartels Germany	21.13	Andrei Mikhnevich Belarus	21.11	Joachim Olsen Denmark	21.09
Shot Put	7 August: Bartels was outside the podium before the final attempt, having managed 20.57 in his first five, whereas Mikhnevich and Olsen had achieved their best attempts in round two. However, Bartels put the shot two centimetres further than Mikhnevich, and despite Olsen coming up with a second 21-metre put with 21.04 in his final attempt, it was not enough to better his previous attempts.
Discus	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania	68.67	Gerd Kanter Estonia	68.03	Aleksander Tammert Estonia	66.14
Discus	12 August
Javelin	Andreas Thorkildsen Norway	88.78	Tero Pitkämäki Finland	86.44	Jan Železný Czech Republic	85.92
Javelin	9 August: Thorkildsen had the three longest throws in the competition , 87.37, 87.35 and 88.78. Pitkämäki couldn't match his arch rival in the competition and took the silver medal. The 40-year-old Železný surprised with another medal performance.
Hammer	Ivan Tikhon Belarus	81.11 SB	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland	80.84 SB	Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus	80.76
Hammer	12 August: Belarus's Ivan Tikhon took the gold medal with his third throw. Finland's Karjalainen threw over 82 metres with his last throw, but stepped over the circle and the red flag rose so he had to settle with silver. Devyatovskiy brought Belarus their second medal in the event by finishing third. The event was originally scheduled August 11 but delayed due to bad weather and Decathlon being behind schedule.
Decathlon	Roman Šebrle Czech Republic	8526 SB	Attila Zsivóczky Hungary	8356	Aleksey Drozdov Russia	8350 PB
Decathlon	10 August & 11 August
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[edit] Women's results

[edit] Track

1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Kim Gevaert Belgium	11.06	Yekaterina Grigoryeva Russia	11.22 (SB)	Irina Khabarova Russia	11.22
100 m details	9 August: Gevaert lead from the start, and was an obvious winner, with a few other athletes in contention however Grigoryeva and the 40 year old Khabarova claimed the silver and bronze medals repectively.
200 m details	Kim Gevaert Belgium	22.68	Yuliya Gushchina Russia	22.93	Natalya Rusakova Russia	23.09
200 m details	11 August: Within five minutes after her compatriot Tia Hellebaut won the high jump Gevaert won her second gold medal.
400 m details	Vanya Stambolova Bulgaria	49.85	Tatyana Veshkurova Russia	50.15	Olga Zaytseva Russia	50.28
400 m details	10 August
800 m details	Olga Kotlyarova Russia	1:57.38	Svetlana Klyuka Russia	1:57.48	Rebecca Lyne Great Britain	1:58.45
800 m details	10 August Klyuka was ahead with another athlete already in a medal position, but on the final bend Kotlyarova found herself boxed in. Lyne had already made a dash for home, and Kotlyarova had to push her out the way to start her sprint. Kotlyarova made a great dash and went in front of the other two Russians and an athlete from Ukraine. Lyne started sprinting and overtook the Ukrainian athlete, just pipping her into 3rd place.
1,500 m details	Tatyana Tomashova Russia	3:56.91 (CR)	Yuliya Chizhenko Russia	3:57.61	Daniela Yordanova Bulgaria	3:59.37 (SB)
1,500 m details	13 August
5,000 m details	Marta Domínguez Spain	14:56.18 (CR)	Liliya Shobukhova Russia	14:56.57 (SB)	Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey	14:59.29 (SB)
5,000 m details	12 August
10,000 m details	Inga Abitova Russia	30:31.42	Susanne Wigene Norway	30:32.36	Lidiya Grigoryeva Russia	30:32.72
10,000 m details	7 August: All three medallists set personal bests, with Norway's Wigene bettering her time by more than two minutes. Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands finished fifth after leading for most of the race, while Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey, world season best holder, did not finish.
Marathon details	Ulrike Maisch Germany	2:30:01 (PB)	Olivera Jevtić Serbia	2:30:27	Irina Permitina Russia	2:30:83
Marathon details	12 August
100 m hurdles details	Susanna Kallur Sweden	12.59	Derval O'Rourke Ireland	12.72 (NR Ireland)
	Susanna Kallur Sweden	12.59	Kirsten Bolm Germany	12.72 (NR Ireland)
	11 August: Both O'Rourke and Bolm got silver medal.^[3]
400 m hurdles details	Yevgeniya Isakova Russia	53.93 (PB)	Fani Halkiá Greece	54.02	Tatyana Tereshchuk-Antipova Ukraine	54.55
400 m hurdles details	9 August
3,000m steeple chase details	Alesia Turava Belarus	9:26.05 (SB)	Tatyana Petrova Russia	9:28.05	Wioletta Janowska Poland	9:31.62
3,000m steeple chase details	12 August First women's steeplechase event in European Athletics Championships. Alesia Turava takes the win three days after her sister had won 20 km walking competition.
20 km walk details	Ryta Turava Belarus	1:27:08	Olga Kaniskina Russia	1:28:35	Elisa Rigaudo Italy	1:28:37
20 km walk details	9 August
4x100m relay details	Russia Yuliya Gushchina Natalya Rusakova Irina Khabarova Yekaterina Grigoryeva	42.27	Great Britain Anyika Onuora Emma Ania Emily Freeman Joice Maduaka	43.51	Belarus Yulia Nestsiarenka Natallia Safronnikava Alena Neumiarzhitskaya Aksana Drahun	43.61
4x100m relay details	13 August
4x400m relay details	Russia Svetlana Pospelova Natalya Ivanova Olga Zaytseva Tatyana Veshkurova	3:25.12	Belarus Yulianna Zhalniaruk Sviatlana Usovich Anna Kozak Ilona Usovich	3:27.69	Poland Monika Bejnar Grażyna Prokopek Ewelina Sętowska Anna Jesień	3:27.77
4x400m relay details	13 August
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[edit] Field

1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High Jump details	Tia Hellebaut Belgium	2.03 (CR/NR)	Venelina Veneva Bulgaria	2.03 (CR)	Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden	2.01
High Jump details	11 August: Hellebaut, former heptathlete, went over 2.03 on first attempt, while Veneva needed two. Pre-competition favourite Bergqvist failed at 2.03 with first attempt and she left two attempts to 2.05, but didn't succeed there either. Croatian Blanka Vlasic was fourth, with 2.01m, the highest mark by a woman at a championship without winning a medal
Pole Vault	Yelena Isinbayeva Russia	4.80 (CR)	Monika Pyrek Poland	4.65	Tatyana Polnova Russia	4.65 (SB)
Pole Vault	12 August: Isinbayeva tried three times to achieve new a world record (5.02) but failed.
Long Jump	Lyudmila Kolchanova Russia	6.93	Naide Gomes Portugal	6.84	Oksana Udmurtova Russia	6.69
Long Jump	13 August
Triple Jump	Tatyana Lebedeva Russia	15.15	Hrysopiyí Devetzí Greece	15.05	Anna Pyatykh Russia	15.02
Triple Jump	9 August: Anna Pyatykh jumped over 15m for the first time in her career.
Shot Put	Natallia Kharaneka Belarus	19.43	Nadzeya Astapchuk Belarus	19.42	Petra Lammert Germany	19.17
Shot Put	12 August
Discus	Darya Pishchalnikova Russia	65.55 (PB)	Franka Dietzsch Germany	64.35	Nicoleta Grasu Romania	63.58
Discus	10 August
Hammer	Tatyana Lysenko Russia	76.67 (CR)	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Russia	74.50	Kamila Skolimowska Poland	72.58
Hammer	8 August
Javelin	Steffi Nerius Germany	65.82 (SB)	Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic	65.64	Mercedes Chilla Spain	61.98 (SB)
Javelin	13 August
Heptathlon	Carolina Klüft Sweden	6740 (CR)	Karin Ruckstuhl Netherlands	6423 (NR)	Lilli Schwarzkopf Germany	6420 (PB)
Heptathlon	7 August & 8 August: Biggest drama occurred on the first day as Eunice Barber, who was leading after high jump, had to stop because of injury. After that no one could challenge Klüft, who took first gold medal for hosts. Battle for silver was exciting to the end. Schwarzkopf was better than Ruckstuhl in 800 metres, but not enough.
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[edit] Medal table

2006 European Championships medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	12	12	10	34
2	Germany	4	4	2	10
3	Belarus	4	3	2	9
4	France	4	1	3	8
5	Spain	3	3	5	11
6	Sweden	3	1	2	6
7	Belgium	3	0	0	3
8	Portugal	2	1	1	4
9	Italy	2	0	1	3
10	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	1	5	5	11
11	Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
=12	Finland	1	2	0	3
=12	Greece	1	2	0	3
14	Bulgaria	1	1	1	3
=15	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
=15	Norway	1	1	0	2
=17	Israel	1	0	0	1
=17	Latvia	1	0	0	1
=17	Lithuania	1	0	0	1
20	Poland	0	3	4	7
21	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
22	Estonia	0	1	1	2
=23	Hungary	0	1	0	1
=23	Ireland	0	1	0	1
=23	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
=23	Serbia	0	1	0	1
=23	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
28	Romania	0	0	2	2
=29	Denmark	0	0	1	1
=29	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
=29	Turkey	0	0	1	1

[edit] Participants

[edit] Trivia

The official song of the contest is Heroes by Helena Paparizou.
The BBC have chosen to use Carola Häggkvist's 2006 Eurovision Song Contest entry Invincible in instrumental form as the title music for their coverage. They have also used various pop songs including Lena Philipsson's "Lena Anthem" and Liv Livet by Magnus Carlsson also in instrumental form.
Merlene Ottey, at the age of 46 and representing Slovenia, is fifth in the 100 m semifinals, failing to qualify for the finals.

[edit] References

^ Superb Baala defends 1500m title, from BBC, retrieved 10 August 2006
^ Fitschen takes shock 10,000m gold, from BBC, retrieved 10 August 2006
^ Kallur focuses to fulfil the dream, retrieved 11 August 2006

[edit] External links

[0] Superb Baala defends 1500m title, from BBC, retrieved 10 August 2006

[1] Fitschen takes shock 10,000m gold, from BBC, retrieved 10 August 2006

[2] Kallur focuses to fulfil the dream, retrieved 11 August 2006

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Contents

[edit] Men's results

[edit] Track

[edit] Field

[edit] Women's results

[edit] Track

[edit] Field

[edit] Medal table

[edit] Participants

[edit] Trivia

[edit] References

[edit] External links