Overview of the events of 2006 in the sport of athletics
The following events in thesport of athletics took place in 2006:
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 theIAAF World Athletics Final .
In 2006 the World Athletics Tour consisted of sixIAAF 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 inStuttgart , having been staged in Monaco the three previous years.
In certain events that are not included in the World Athletics Final, currentlyrace walking andcombined events (formerly alsocross-country running ), distinct tournaments, namedchallenges , 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.
SeeIAAF World Race Walking Challenge andIAAF World Combined Events Challenge for the 2006 results.
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place 100 m Men 9.77 s Asafa Powell Jamaica June 11, 2006 Gateshead , United KingdomAugust 18, 2006 Zürich , Switzerland100 m Men 9.77[ Note 1] Justin Gatlin USA May 12, 2006 Doha , Qatar5000 m Women 14:24.53 Meseret Defar Ethiopia June 3, 2006 New York City , USA15 km (road) Women 46:55+ Kayoko Fukushi Japan February 5, 2006 Marugame , Japan20 km (road) Men 55:48+ Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia January 15, 2006 Phoenix , United States20 km (road) Women 1:03:21 Lornah Kiplagat Netherlands October 8, 2006 Debrecen , HungaryHalf marathon Men 58:55 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia January 15, 2006 Phoenix , United States110 m hurdles Men 12.88 s Liu Xiang China July 11, 2006 Lausanne , Switzerland50 km walk (road)Men 3:35:47 Nathan Deakes Australia December 6, 2006 Geelong , Australia4 × 800 m relay Men 7:02.43 Joseph Mutua ,William Yiampoy ,Ismael Kombich ,Wilfred Bungei Kenya August 25, 2006 Brussels , BelgiumHammer throw Women 77.26 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva Russia June 12, 2006 Tula , Russia77.41 Tatyana Lysenko Russia June 24, 2006 Zhukovsky , Russia77.80 Tatyana Lysenko Russia August 15, 2006 Tallinn , EstoniaNOT RATIFIED: 10 km (road) Men 26:54[ Note 2] Eliud Kipchoge Kenya December 31, 2006 Madrid , SpainZersenay Tadese Eritrea December 31, 2006 Madrid , Spain25 km (road) Men 1:11:37[ Note 3] Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia March 12, 2006 Alphen aan den Rijn , Netherlands25 km (road) Women 1:21:31+ [ Note 3] Constantina Tomescu Romania October 22, 2006 Chicago , United States30 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 , Russia3000 m Women 8:27.86 Liliya Shobukhova Russia February 17, 2006 Moscow , RussiaHigh jump Women 2.08 m Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden February 4, 2006 Arnstadt , GermanyPole vault Women 4.91 m Yelena Isinbayeva Russia February 12, 2006 Donetsk , Ukraine4 × 400 m relay Women 3:23.37 Yuliya Gushchina ,Olga Kotlyarova ,Olga Zaytseva ,Olesya Krasnomovets Russia January 28, 2006 Glasgow , United KingdomNOT RATIFIED: 4 × 400 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 Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Place 4 × 100 m relay Women 43.29 Bianca Knight ,Jeneba Tarmoh ,Elizabeth Olear ,Gabrielle Mayo USA August 8, 2006 Eugene , United StatesDiscus throw Men 66.35 Margus Hunt Estonia August 15, 2006 Beijing , China66.68 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 , RussiaNOT RATIFIED: 10 km walk Men 39:45 Sergey Morozov Russia February 19, 2006 Adler , Russia39:00 Chu Yafei China October 21, 2006 Xi'an , China
At the2006 World Athletics Gala in MonacoAsafa Powell andSanya Richards were given theIAAF World Athlete of the Year awards for men and women respectively.
At the same timeLiu Xiang andMeseret Defar were recognized with thePerformance of the Year awards for men and women, for their new world records (see above). The Rising Star Award was given toMargus Hunt for his world junior records, and theCoaches’ Award was given toWoldemeskel Kostre of Ethiopia.Hicham El Guerrouj ,Stefka Kostadinova andJan Železný were presentedDistinguished Career Awards .[ 1]
Transfers of eligibility [ edit ] Seelist of eligibility transfers in athletics
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