2006 European Championships in Athletics

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Track

100 m	Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert is a former Belgium Sprint Athletics .Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics....   Belgium Belgium * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....	11.06	Yekaterina Grigoryeva Yekaterina Grigoryeva Yekaterina Grigoryeva is a Russia sprint athlete.AchievementsExternal links...	11.22 (SB)	Irina Khabarova Irina Khabarova Irina Sergeyevna Khabarova is a Russian Sprint .She won the silver medal in Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the same event at both the 2002 European Championships in Athletics and 2006 European Championships in Athletics....	11.22
	August 9: 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	Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert is a former Belgium Sprint Athletics .Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics....   Belgium Belgium * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....	22.68	Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Aleksandrovna Gushchina is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Gushchina represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay, together with Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya and Yevgeniya Polyakova....	22.93	Natalya Rusakova Natalya Rusakova Natalya Rusakova, n?e Kresova is a Russia sprint athlete and hurdler.She won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....	23.09
	August 11: Within five minutes after her compatriot Tia Hellebaut won the high jump Gevaert won her second gold medal.
400 m	Vanya Stambolova	49.85	Tatyana Veshkurova Tatyana Veshkurova Tatyana Leonidovna Veshkurova is a Russian sprint athlete.She won the silver medal in the 400m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay....	50.15	Olga Zaytseva Olga Zaytseva Olga Zaytseva is a Russia sprint athlete.She won the bronze medal in the 400m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay....	50.28
	August 10
800 m	Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay race. She is also a world champion in this event....	1:57.38	Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Vasiliyevna Klyuka is a Russian middle distance runner. Klyuka ran the 6th fastest women's 800m time in the world in 2006, a 1:57:21. She was the winner of the 2006 European Cup....	1:57.48	Rebecca Lyne Becky Lyne Rebecca "Becky" Lyne , is an up-and-coming England Middle distance runner, specialising in 800 and 1,500 metre races.Lyne attended Tapton School in Sheffield ....	1:58.45
	August 10 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 Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south.... . Lyne started sprinting and overtook the Ukrainian Ukrainians Ukrainians are an East Slavs ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly?citizens of Ukraine . Some 200 years ago and times prior to that, Ukrainians were usually referred to and known as Rusyny ....  athlete, just pipping her into 3rd place.
1,500 m	Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova is a Russian middle distance runner. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she competed in 5000 metres, but she has participated in shorter races since, now competing mainly in the 1500 metres....	3:56.91 (CR)	Yuliya Chizhenko Yuliya Chizhenko For the Russian backstroke swimmer with the same name see Yuliya Fomenko Yuliya Nikolaevna Chizhenko-Fomenko is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres....	3:57.61	Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June, 2008....	3:59.37 (SB)
	August 13
5,000 m	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Dom?nguez Azpeleta is a Spain runner who currently mainly competes in 5000 metres and 10000 metres. In 2002 she won these events at the European indoor and outdoor championships, and won her second straight title in 2006 in the 5000 metres at the European outdoor championship ....	14:56.18 (CR)	Liliya Shobukhova Liliya Shobukhova Liliya Shobukhova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres. She is a two-time National_champions_5000_metres_%28women%29#Russia....	14:56.57 (SB)	Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse is a Turkish Middle distance track event and Long-distance track event sportsperson, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m, 2 miles and Cross country running....	14:59.29 (SB)
	August 12
10,000 m	Inga Abitova Inga Abitova Inga Eduardovna Abitova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.As a junior athlete she finished eleventh in the 3000 metres at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics....	30:31.42	Susanne Wigene Susanne Wigene Susanne Wigene is a Norway middle and long distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She also competes over the 1500, 3000 and 3000 m steeplechase distances....	30:32.36	Lidiya Grigoryeva	30:32.72
	August 7: All three medallists set personal bests, with Norway's Wigene bettering her time by more than two minutes. Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat is a Netherlands Long-distance track event Running. She was born in Kabiemit, Kenyaand came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has run for the Netherlands since....  of the Netherlands finished fifth after leading for most of the race, while Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse is a Turkish Middle distance track event and Long-distance track event sportsperson, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m, 2 miles and Cross country running....  of Turkey, world season best holder, did not finish.
Marathon	Ulrike Maisch Ulrike Maisch Ulrike Maisch is a long-distance Running from Germany, who won the women's marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden....	2:30:01 (PB)	Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtic is a Serbian distance Running and is the most successful in the country. She is based in her native city of U?ice, Serbia. Olivera's coach is Slavko Kuzmanovic, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"....	2:30:27	Irina Permitina Irina Permitina Irina Permitina is a Russian long distance runner, who won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....	2:30:83
	August 12
100 m hurdles	Susanna Kallur Susanna Kallur Susanna Elisabeth Kallur is a Sweden athlete competing mainly in sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals including the gold medal in the 100m hurdles at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics....	12.59	Derval O'Rourke Derval O'Rourke Derval O'Rourke is an Irish Sprint hurdles Athletics . She competes internationally in the 60 metres hurdles and 100 metres hurdles, and is the Irish national record holder in both events....	12.72 (NR Ireland)
			Kirsten Bolm Kirsten Bolm File:Kirsten Bolm.jpgKirsten Bolm is a Germany 100 metres hurdles.Her personal best is 12.59 seconds, achieved in July 2005 in the Crystal Palace Grand Prix at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre....
	August 11: Both O'Rourke and Bolm got silver medal.
400 m hurdles	Yevgeniya Isakova Yevgeniya Isakova Yevgeniya Isakova is a Russia hurdler.She won the gold medal in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....	53.93 (PB)	Fani Halkiá Faní Halkiá Fani Halkia is a Greeks 400 m hurdles.She won the gold medal in the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metres Hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....	54.02	Tatyana Tereshchuk-Antipova	54.55
	August 9
3,000m steeple chase	Alesia Turava Alesia Turava Alesia Turava is a Belarusian middle distance runner. She is a former world record holder in Steeplechase with 9:16.51 minutes, achieved in Gdansk on 27 July 2002....	9:26.05 (SB)	Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Valeriyevna Petrova is a Russian runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She won the silver medals at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and the 2007 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, the latter in a personal best time of 9:09.19 minutes....	9:28.05	Wioletta Janowska Wioletta Janowska Wioletta Frankiewicz is a Poland runner. She competes in the 1500 metres, but she competes also in the 3000 metre steeplechase event, as she did in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland....	9:31.62
	August 12 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.
20km walk	Ryta Turava Ryta Turava Margarita Turava is an athlete from Belarus, competing in race walking. She was born in Vitebsk.Her sister, Alesya Turava, is also a successful athlete, champion of Belarus in track and field ...	1:27:08	Olga Kaniskina Olga Kaniskina Olga Nikolaevna Kaniskina is a Russian race walking.She won the silver medal in the 20 km race at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics and gold medals at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics....	1:28:35	Elisa Rigaudo Elisa Rigaudo Elisa Rigaudo is an Italy race walking from Cuneo. In 2002 she received a public warning for a doping offence....	1:28:37
	August 9
4x100m relay	Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Aleksandrovna Gushchina is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Gushchina represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay, together with Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya and Yevgeniya Polyakova.... Natalya Rusakova Natalya Rusakova Natalya Rusakova, n?e Kresova is a Russia sprint athlete and hurdler.She won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.... Irina Khabarova Irina Khabarova Irina Sergeyevna Khabarova is a Russian Sprint .She won the silver medal in Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in the same event at both the 2002 European Championships in Athletics and 2006 European Championships in Athletics.... Yekaterina Grigoryeva Yekaterina Grigoryeva Yekaterina Grigoryeva is a Russia sprint athlete.AchievementsExternal links...	42.27	Anyika Onuora Emma Ania Emma Ania Emma Ania is a track and field Sprint who competes internationally for Great Britain.Ania represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.... Emily Freeman Emily Freeman Emily Kaye Freeman is a United Kingdom senior female runner. She is currently associated with the Yorkshire / Wakefield Harriers & AC. In 2007, her UK Athletics ranking in the 100m is 6th, with a best time of 11.36 seconds.... Joice Maduaka Joice Maduaka Ahuilka Joy Maduaka is a Great Britain 100 metres and 200 metres running. She has won the most medals by any track athlete at the British Amateur Athletics Association, standing at 18 medals to date....	43.51	Yulia Nestsiarenka Natallia Safronnikava Alena Neumiarzhitskaya Aksana Drahun	43.61
	August 13
4x400m relay	Svetlana Pospelova Svetlana Pospelova Svetlana Pospelova is a Russian sprinter who primarily competes over 400 metres.... Natalya Ivanova Natalya Ivanova Natalya Nikolaevna Ivanova is a Russian hurdler. She finished fifth in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.... Olga Zaytseva Olga Zaytseva Olga Zaytseva is a Russia sprint athlete.She won the bronze medal in the 400m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay.... Tatyana Veshkurova Tatyana Veshkurova Tatyana Leonidovna Veshkurova is a Russian sprint athlete.She won the silver medal in the 400m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay....	3:25.12	Yulianna Zhalniaruk Yulianna Zhalniaruk Yulianna Zhalniaruk is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.In 2006 Zhalniaruk won silver medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics .... Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.AchievementsPersonal bests*400 metres - 50.79 s ... Anna Kozak Anna Kozak Anna Kozak is a Belarusian Sprint .Together with Natallia Solohub, Ilona Usovich and Svetlana Usovich she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.... Ilona Usovich Ilona Usovich Ilona Usovich is a Belarusian Sprint .Together with Natallia Solohub, Anna Kozak and Svetlana Usovich she won a silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships....	3:27.69	Monika Bejnar Monika Bejnar Monika Bejnar is a Poland sprint athlete.She finished 4th in the 200m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.She also competed in the 4 x 400m relay team for Poland in the 2004 Olympics.... Grazyna Prokopek Grazyna Prokopek Grazyna Prokopek is a Poland sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres and 4x400 m relay.... Ewelina Setowska Ewelina Setowska Ewelina Setowska-Dryk is a Poland middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fifth at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, the latter in an indoor personal best indoor time of 2:02.39 minutes.... Anna Jesien Anna Jesien Anna Jesien, nee Anna Olichwierczuk is a Poland hurdler.She won the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich....	3:27.77
	August 13

Field

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 Belarus at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Belarus is represented by 36 athletes at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics. They had surprising success with getting a 3rd place in the medal table, after their neighbours Russia and Germany....	4	3	2	9
4	France	4	1	3	8
5	Spain Spain at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Spain was represented by 78 athletes, 42 men and 36 women...	3	3	5	11
6	Sweden Sweden at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Sweden, as the hosting nation, sent as many as 74 athletes to the 2006 European Championships in Athletics. The squad included three Olympic champions from Sweden at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the heptathlete Carolina Kl?ft, the high jumper Stefan Holm and the triple jumper Christian Olsson....	3	1	2	6
7	Belgium Belgium at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Belgium sent 32 athletes to the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, which is a very big delegation for Belgium, as they only once sent more athletes, 44 to the 1950 European Championships in Athletics....	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 Finland at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Finland sent 56 athletes to the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg....	1	2	0	3
=12	Greece	1	2	0	3
14	Bulgaria	1	1	1	3
=15	Netherlands Netherlands at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics The Netherlands are represented at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics...	1	1	0	2
=15	Norway Norway at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Norway sent a squad of 29 athletes to the 2006 European Championships in Athletics. The squad included one former medallist at an international championship, Andreas Thorkildsen, but it was long-distance runner Susanne Wigene who took Norway's first medal when she ran in to take the silver medal on the 10,000 metres, a second behind the...	1	1	0	2
=17	Israel	1	0	0	1
=17	Latvia Latvia at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Latvia, at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics held in Sweden. In this European Championship will start 16 athletes who will represent 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 Ireland at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Ireland competed at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics held in Sweden. Derval O'Rourke silver medal, combined with a new national record, in the 100 metre hurdles was the highlight of the championship, which also saw a new women's 4 x 100 m relay national record and a national record equalling performance from Deirdre Ryan in the high jum...	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 Turkey at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Turkey sent 15 athletes, among them 8 women, to the 2006 European Championships in Athletics held between August 7 and August 13, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden....	0	0	1	1

Participants

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belarus at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Belarus is represented by 36 athletes at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics. They had surprising success with getting a 3rd place in the medal table, after their neighbours Russia and Germany.... Belgium Belgium at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Belgium sent 32 athletes to the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, which is a very big delegation for Belgium, as they only once sent more athletes, 44 to the 1950 European Championships in Athletics.... Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Finland at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Finland sent 56 athletes to the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg.... France Georgia

Germany Gibraltar Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed under the shortened name Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics held in Sweden.... Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Ireland at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Ireland competed at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics held in Sweden. Derval O'Rourke silver medal, combined with a new national record, in the 100 metre hurdles was the highlight of the championship, which also saw a new women's 4 x 100 m relay national record and a national record equalling performance from Deirdre Ryan in the high jum... Israel Italy Latvia Latvia at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Latvia, at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics held in Sweden. In this European Championship will start 16 athletes who will represent Latvia.... Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg F.Y.R Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco

Montenegro Netherlands Netherlands at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics The Netherlands are represented at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics... Norway Norway at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Norway sent a squad of 29 athletes to the 2006 European Championships in Athletics. The squad included one former medallist at an international championship, Andreas Thorkildsen, but it was long-distance runner Susanne Wigene who took Norway's first medal when she ran in to take the silver medal on the 10,000 metres, a second behind the... Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Spain at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Spain was represented by 78 athletes, 42 men and 36 women... Sweden Sweden at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Sweden, as the hosting nation, sent as many as 74 athletes to the 2006 European Championships in Athletics. The squad included three Olympic champions from Sweden at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the heptathlete Carolina Kl?ft, the high jumper Stefan Holm and the triple jumper Christian Olsson.... Switzerland Turkey Turkey at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics Turkey sent 15 athletes, among them 8 women, to the 2006 European Championships in Athletics held between August 7 and August 13, 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden.... Ukraine

Trivia

• The official song of the contest is Heroes
  Heroes (Elena Paparizou song)
  
  "Heroes" is a single by the Greece-Sweden singer and Eurovision Song Contest winner, Helena Paparizou. The song was specially written to be the official theme song of the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, held in Paparizou's home town Gothenburg....
   by Helena Paparizou.
• The BBC have chosen to use Carola Häggkvist
  Carola Häggkvist
  
  Carola Maria H?ggkvist , better known as simply Carola, is a Swedish people singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop music and disco music to hymns and folk music....
  's 2006 Eurovision Song Contest
  Eurovision Song Contest
  
  The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
   entry Invincible
  Invincible (Eurovision song)
  
  "Invincible" is the name of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest entry from Sweden, sung by Carola H?ggkvist. Being one of the favourites to win, it ended up finishing 5th out of 24....
   in instrumental form as the title music for their coverage. They have also used various pop
  Pop music
  
  Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
   songs including Lena Philipsson
  Lena Philipsson
  
  Lena Philipsson is a Sweden singer and media personality....
  's "Lena Anthem" and Liv Livet by Magnus Carlsson
  Magnus Carlsson
  
  Lars Magnus Carlsson is a Sweden singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados ....
   also in instrumental form.
• Merlene Ottey
  Merlene Ottey
  
  Merlene Joyce Ottey is a Jamaican-born, Slovenian track and field Athletics . Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides....
  , at the age of 46 and representing Slovenia
  Slovenia
  
  Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
  , is fifth in the 100 m semifinals, failing to qualify for the finals.

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