Overview of the events of 2006 in the sport of athletics
The following events in the sport of athletics took place in 2006:
Championships [ edit ] World Athletics Tour [ edit ] The World Athletics Tour is a tournament where athletes accumulate points from placing in designated meets throughout the season. The top-ranking athletes in each event are then allowed entry in the IAAF World Athletics Final .
In 2006 the World Athletics Tour consisted of six IAAF Golden League meets (Oslo , Paris , Rome , Zürich , Brussels , Berlin ), six Super Grand Prix meets (Doha, Athens, Lausanne, Stockholm, London (Crystal Palace) , Monaco ), twelve Grand Prix meets (Melbourne, Dakar, Osaka, Belém, Eugene, Hengelo, Ostrava , Gateshead, Madrid, Helsinki, Rieti, Zagreb) as well as 26 Area Permit Meetings all over the world. The World Athletics Final was held in Stuttgart , having been staged in Monaco the three previous years.
Challenges [ edit ] In certain events that are not included in the World Athletics Final, currently race walking and combined events (formerly also cross-country running ), distinct tournaments, named challenges , are being held. Similarly to the World Athletics Tour, the participating athletes accumulate points in designated meets, however in this case the final ranking is decided by the points table and not a conclusive meet.
See IAAF World Race Walking Challenge and IAAF World Combined Events Challenge for the 2006 results.
World records [ edit ] Outdoor [ edit ] Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place 100 m Men 9.77 s Asafa Powell Jamaica June 11, 2006 Gateshead , United Kingdom August 18, 2006 Zürich , Switzerland 100 m Men 9.77[Note 1] Justin Gatlin USA May 12, 2006 Doha , Qatar 5000 m Women 14:24.53 Meseret Defar Ethiopia June 3, 2006 New York City , USA 15 km (road) Women 46:55+ Kayoko Fukushi Japan February 5, 2006 Marugame , Japan 20 km (road) Men 55:48+ Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia January 15, 2006 Phoenix , United States 20 km (road) Women 1:03:21 Lornah Kiplagat Netherlands October 8, 2006 Debrecen , Hungary Half marathon Men 58:55 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia January 15, 2006 Phoenix , United States 110 m hurdles Men 12.88 s Liu Xiang China July 11, 2006 Lausanne , Switzerland 50 km walk (road) Men 3:35:47 Nathan Deakes Australia December 6, 2006 Geelong , Australia 4x800 m relay Men 7:02.43 Joseph Mutua ,William Yiampoy ,Ismael Kombich ,Wilfred Bungei Kenya August 25, 2006 Brussels , Belgium Hammer throw Women 77.26 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Russia June 12, 2006 Tula , Russia 77.41 Tatyana Lysenko Russia June 24, 2006 Zhukovsky , Russia 77.80 Tatyana Lysenko Russia August 15, 2006 Tallinn , Estonia NOT RATIFIED: 10 km (road) Men 26:54[Note 2] Eliud Kipchoge Kenya December 31, 2006 Madrid , Spain Zersenay Tadese Eritrea December 31, 2006 Madrid , Spain 25 km (road) Men 1:11:37[Note 3] Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia March 12, 2006 Alphen aan den Rijn , Netherlands 25 km (road) Women 1:21:31+ [Note 3] Constantina Tomescu Romania October 22, 2006 Chicago , United States 30 km (road) Women 1:38:30+ [Note 3] Constantina Tomescu Romania October 22, 2006 Chicago , United States
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place 1500 m Women 3:58.28 Yelena Soboleva Russia February 18, 2006 Moscow , Russia 3000 m Women 8:27.86 Liliya Shobukhova Russia February 17, 2006 Moscow , Russia High jump Women 2.08 m Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden February 4, 2006 Arnstadt , Germany Pole vault Women 4.91 m Yelena Isinbayeva Russia February 12, 2006 Donetsk , Ukraine 4x400 m relay Women 3:23.37 Yuliya Gushchina ,Olga Kotlyarova ,Olga Zaytseva ,Olesya Krasnomovets Russia January 28, 2006 Glasgow , United Kingdom NOT RATIFIED: 4x400 m relay Men 3:01.96[Note 3] Kerron Clement ,Wallace Spearmon ,Darold Williamson ,Jeremy Wariner United States February 11, 2006 Fayetteville , United States
^ Ratified as a record but later nullified due to Gatlin's failed drug test ^ Not ratified due to excessive downhill slope ^ a b c d Not ratified due to inadequate drug testing Outdoor [ edit ] Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place 4x100 m relay Women 43.29 Bianca Knight ,Jeneba Tarmoh ,Elizabeth Olear ,Gabrielle Mayo USA August 8, 2006 Eugene , United States Discus throw Men 66.35 Margus Hunt Estonia August 15, 2006 Beijing , China 66.68 Margus Hunt Estonia August 16, 2006 Beijing, China 67.32 Margus Hunt Estonia August 16, 2006 Beijing, China Hammer throw Men 82.62 Yevgeniy Aydamirov Russia July 22, 2006 Tula , Russia NOT RATIFIED: 10 km walk Men 39:45 Sergey Morozov Russia February 19, 2006 Adler , Russia 39:00 Chu Yafei China October 21, 2006 Xi'an , China
At the 2006 World Athletics Gala in Monaco Asafa Powell and Sanya Richards were given the IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards for men and women respectively.
At the same time Liu Xiang and Meseret Defar were recognized with the Performance of the Year awards for men and women, for their new world records (see above). The Rising Star Award was given to Margus Hunt for his world junior records, and the Coaches’ Award was given to Woldemeskel Kostre of Ethiopia. Hicham El Guerrouj , Stefka Kostadinova and Jan Železný were presented Distinguished Career Awards .[1]
Transfers of eligibility [ edit ] See list of eligibility transfers in athletics
Men's Best Year Performances [ edit ] 100 metres [ edit ] 200 metres [ edit ] 400 metres [ edit ] 800 metres [ edit ] 1,500 metres [ edit ] 3,000 metres [ edit ] 5,000 metres [ edit ] 10,000 metres [ edit ] Race walking [ edit ] 110m Hurdles [ edit ] 400m Hurdles [ edit ] 3,000m Steeplechase [ edit ] Pole Vault [ edit ] Hammer Throw [ edit ] Decathlon [ edit ] Women's Best Year Performances [ edit ] 100 metres [ edit ] 200 metres [ edit ] Half Marathon [ edit ] Race walking [ edit ] 100m Hurdles [ edit ] 400m Hurdles [ edit ] 3,000m Steeplechase [ edit ] High Jump [ edit ] Pole Vault [ edit ] Hammer Throw [ edit ] Heptathlon [ edit ] Marathon [ edit ] Men's competition [ edit ] Commonwealth Games [ edit ] European championships [ edit ] Asian Games [ edit ] Best Year Performances [ edit ] Women's competition [ edit ] Commonwealth Games [ edit ] European championships [ edit ] Asian Games [ edit ] Best Year Performances [ edit ] March 9 – Erik Elmsäter (86), Swedish long-distance runner (b. 1919) August 9 – Chinatsu Mori (26), Japanese shot putter (b. 1980) References [ edit ]
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