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.

Men's results

Track 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 100 m Francis Obikwelu 9.99 CR Andrey Yepishin 10.10 NR Matic Osovnikar 10.14 NR200 m Francis Obikwelu 20.01 NR Johan Wissman 20.38 NR Marlon Devonish 20.54400 m Marc Raquil 45.02 Vladislav Frolov 45.09 PB Leslie Djhone 45.40800 m Bram Som 1:46.56 David Fiegen 1:46.59 Sam Ellis 1:46.641500 m Mehdi Baala 3:39.02 Ivan Heshko 3:39.50 Juan Carlos Higuero 3:39.625000 m Jesús España 13:44.70 Mo Farah 13:44.79 Juan Carlos Higuero 13:46.4810,000 m Jan Fitschen 28:10.94 PB José Manuel Martínez 28:12.06 SB Juan Carlos de la Ossa 28:13.73Marathon Stefano Baldini 2:11:32 Viktor Röthlin 2:11:50 Julio Rey 2:12:37110 metres hurdles Staņislavs Olijars 13.24 Thomas Blaschek 13.46 Andy Turner 13.56400 metres hurdles Periklis Iakovakis 48.46 Marek Plawgo 48.71 SB Rhys Williams 49.123000 metres steeplechase Jukka Keskisalo 8:24.89 José Luis Blanco 8:26.22 Bouabdellah Tahri 8:27.1520 kilometres walk Paquillo Fernández 1:19:09 Valeriy Borchin 1:20:00 João Vieira 1:20:09 NR50 kilometres walk Yohann Diniz 3:41:39 PB Jesús Ángel García 3:42:48 SB Yuriy Andronov 3:43:264 × 100 metres relay Dwain ChambersDarren CampbellMarlon DevonishMark Lewis-Francis 38.91 Przemysław RogowskiŁukasz ChyłaMarcin JędrusińskiDariusz Kuć 39.05 Oudéré KankarafouRonald PognonFabrice CallignyDavid Alerte 39.074 × 400 metres relay Leslie DjhoneIdrissa M'BarkeNaman KeïtaMarc Raquil 3:01.10 Robert TobinRhys WilliamsGraham HedmanTim Benjamin 3:01.63 Daniel DąbrowskiPiotr KędziaPiotr RysiukiewiczRafał Wieruszewski 3:01.73

Field 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 High jump Andrey Silnov 2.36 CR WL Tomáš Janků 2.34 PB Stefan Holm 2.34 SBLong jump Andrew Howe 8.20 Greg Rutherford 8.13 Olexiy Lukashevych 8.12Pole vault Aleksandr Averbukh 5.70 Tim Lobinger Romain Mesnil 5.65 Triple jump Christian Olsson 17.67 EL Nathan Douglas 17.21 Marian Oprea 17.18Shot putAndrei Mikhnevich had originally won the silver medal but all his results from August 2005 were annulled due to a doping offense. Ralf Bartels 21.13 Joachim Olsen 21.09 Rutger Smith 20.90Discus throw Virgilijus Alekna 68.67 Gerd Kanter 68.03 Aleksander Tammert 66.14Javelin throw Andreas Thorkildsen 88.78 Tero Pitkämäki 86.44 Jan Železný 85.92Hammer throwIvan Tsikhan had originally won the gold medal but later tested for doping and all his results between 22 August 2004 and 21 August 2006 were annulled. Olli-Pekka Karjalainen 80.84 SB Vadim Devyatovskiy 80.76 Markus Esser 79.19Decathlon Roman Šebrle 8526 SB Attila Zsivoczky 8356 Aleksey Drozdov 8350 PB

Women's results

Track 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 100 metresKim Gevaert 11.06Yekaterina Grigoryeva 11.22(SB)Irina Khabarova 11.22200 metresKim Gevaert 22.68Yuliya Gushchina 22.93Natalya Rusakova 23.09400 metresVanya Stambolova 49.85Tatyana Veshkurova 50.15Olga Zaytseva 50.28800 metresOlga Kotlyarova 1:57.38Svetlana Klyuka 1:57.48Rebecca Lyne 1:58.451500 metresTatyana Tomashova 3:56.91(CR)Yuliya Chizhenko 3:57.61Daniela Yordanova 3:59.37(SB)5000 metres Marta Domínguez 14:56.18(CR) Liliya Shobukhova 14:56.57(SB) Elvan Abeylegesse 14:59.29(SB)10,000 metres Inga Abitova 30:31.42 Susanne Wigene 30:32.36 Lidiya Grigoryeva 30:32.72Marathon Ulrike Maisch 2:30:01(PB) Olivera Jevtić 2:30:27 Irina Permitina 2:30:53100 metres hurdlesSusanna Kallur 12.59Derval O'Rourke Kirsten Bolm 12.72(NR Ireland) 400 metres hurdles Yevgeniya Isakova 53.93(PB) Fani Chalkia 54.02 Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova 54.553000 metres steeplechase Alesia Turava 9:26.05(SB) Tatyana Petrova 9:28.05 Wioletta Janowska 9:31.6220 kilometres walk Ryta Turava 1:27:08 Olga Kaniskina 1:28:35 Elisa Rigaudo 1:28:374 × 100 metres relay Yuliya GushchinaNatalya RusakovaIrina KhabarovaYekaterina Grigoryeva 42.71 Anyika OnuoraEmma AniaEmily FreemanJoice Maduaka 43.51 Yulia NestsiarenkaNatallia SafronnikavaAlena NeumiarzhitskayaAksana Drahun 43.614 × 400 metres relay Svetlana PospelovaNatalya IvanovaOlga ZaytsevaTatyana Veshkurova 3:25.12 Yulyana ZhalniarukSviatlana UsovichAnna KozakIlona Usovich 3:27.69 Monika BejnarGrażyna ProkopekEwelina SętowskaAnna Jesień 3:27.77

Field 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 High jumpTia Hellebaut 2.03(CR/NR)Venelina Veneva 2.03(CR)Kajsa Bergqvist 2.01Pole vaultYelena Isinbayeva 4.80(CR)Monika Pyrek 4.65Tatyana Polnova 4.65(SB)Long jumpLyudmila Kolchanova 6.93Naide Gomes 6.84Oksana Udmurtova 6.69Triple jumpTatyana Lebedeva 15.15Hrysopiyi Devetzi 15.05Anna Pyatykh 15.02Shot putNadzeya Astapchuk had originally won the silver medal but later tested for doping and all her results between 13 August 2005 and 12 August 2007 were annulled. Natallia Kharaneka 19.43Petra Lammert 19.17Olga Ryabinkina 19.02Discus throw Darya Pishchalnikova 65.55(PB)Franka Dietzsch 64.35Nicoleta Grasu 63.58Hammer throw Tatyana Lysenko 76.67(CR) Gulfiya Khanafeyeva 74.50 Kamila Skolimowska 72.58Javelin throw Steffi Nerius 65.82(SB) Barbora Špotáková 65.64 Mercedes Chilla 61.98(SB)Heptathlon Carolina Klüft 6740(CR) Karin Ruckstuhl 6423(NR) Lilli Schwarzkopf 6420(PB)

Medal table

Participants

Albania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain and Northern Ireland Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg F.Y.R Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Trivia The official song of the contest is Heroes by Helena Paparizou - winner Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with song „My number one" in Kyiv, Ukraine. Song „Heroes" used in opening ceremony (performed by Helena Paparizou and in an instrumental form during an artistic and pyrotechnic show) and tv intro that event make by public broadcaster SVT. The intro of the event, prepared by the Swedish public broadcaster, presented ice cubes with the logo of the organizing broadcaster, the names of the participating countries and a map of Europe with a focus on the locations of the city of Gothenburg. The dice appeared on the background of athletic competitors and the background itself was gray. The following part presents the organizing city, its inhabitants and the arena of the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. At the end of the intro, the event logo was formed. The musical setting of the intro was a melody from the official anthem of the event, recorded as an instrumental. 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 Lev 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. Olivera Jevtić won Serbia's first athletics medal as an independent country, a silver in women's marathon.

References

External links

EAA Official Website