2006 IAAF World Cup

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2006 IAAF World Cup
Athens2006logo.png
Dates16–17 September
Host city Athens, Greece
Venue Olympic Stadium
Events40
Participation? athletes

The 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event, held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which took place on 16 and 17 September 2006 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.

Contents

Teams

The teams that took part in the competition were:

MenWomen
TeamQualificationTeamQualification
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Host nationFlag of Greece.svg Greece Host nation
Africa Africa
America America
Asia Asia
Europe Europe
Oceania Oceania
Flag of France.svg France European Cup winner Flag of Poland.svg Poland European Cup runner up
Flag of Russia.svg Russia European Cup runner up Flag of Russia.svg Russia European Cup winner
Flag of the United States.svg United States Flag of the United States.svg United States

Overall points table

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of the United States.svg  Tyson Gay  (USA)
United States		9.88Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Francis Obikwelu  (POR)
Europe		10.09Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Marc Burns  (TRI)
Americas		10.14
200 metresFlag of the United States.svg  Wallace Spearmon  (USA)
United States		19.87Flag of Jamaica.svg  Usain Bolt  (JAM)
Americas		19.96Flag of Japan.svg  Shingo Suetsugu  (JPN)
Asia		20.30
400 metresFlag of the United States.svg  LaShawn Merritt  (USA)
United States		44.54Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Gary Kikaya  (COD)
Africa		44.66Flag of Greece.svg  Dimitrios Regas  (GRE)
Greece		45.11
NR
800 metresFlag of Bahrain.svg  Yusuf Saad Kamel  (BHR)
Asia		1:44.98Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bram Som  (NED)
Europe		1:45.13Flag of South Africa.svg  Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  (RSA)
Africa		1:45.14
1500 metresFlag of Kenya.svg  Alex Kipchirchir  (KEN)
Africa		3:52.60Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ivan Heshko  (UKR)
Europe		3:53.33Flag of New Zealand.svg  Nick Willis  (NZL)
Oceania		3:54.76
3000 metresFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Craig Mottram  (AUS)
Oceania		7:32.19
CR		Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)
Africa		7:36.25Flag of France.svg  Driss Maazouzi  (FRA)
France		7:47.80
5000 metresFlag of Qatar.svg  Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)
Asia		13:35.30Flag of Kenya.svg  Mike Kigen  (KEN)
Africa		13:36.19Flag of the United States.svg  Matt Tegenkamp  (USA)
United States		13:36.83
110 metres hurdlesFlag of the United States.svg  Allen Johnson  (USA)
United States		12.96
CR MWR 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Xiang  (CHN)
Asia		13.03Flag of Cuba.svg  Dayron Robles  (CUB)
Americas		13.06
400 metres hurdlesFlag of the United States.svg  Kerron Clement  (USA)
United States		48.12Flag of South Africa.svg  L. J. van Zyl  (RSA)
Africa		48.35Flag of Poland.svg  Marek Plawgo  (POL)
Europe		48.76
3000 metres steeplechaseFlag of Qatar.svg  Saif Saaeed Shaheen  (QAT)
Asia		8:19.09
CR		Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Kipsiele Koech  (KEN)
Africa		8:19.37Flag of France.svg  Bouabdellah Tahri  (FRA)
France		8:29.06
4×100 metres relayUnited States
Kaaron Conwright
Wallace Spearmon
Tyson Gay
Jason Smoots 		37.59
CR		Europe
Dwain Chambers
Dwayne Grant
Marlon Devonish
Mark Lewis-Francis 		38.45Asia
Naoki Tsukahara
Shingo Suetsugu
Shinji Takahira
Shigeyuki Kojima 		38.51
4×400 metres relayUnited States
Jamel Ashley
Derrick Brew
LaShawn Merritt
Darold Williamson 		3:00.11Americas
Chris Brown
Michael Blackwood
Carlos Santa
Alleyne Francique 		3:00.14Africa
Paul Gorries
Gary Kikaya
Young Talkmore Nyongani
Malik Louahla 		3:00.88
High jumpFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Tomáš Janků  (CZE)
Europe		2.28 mFlag of Russia.svg  Andrey Silnov  (RUS)
Russia		2.24 mFlag of the United States.svg  Tora Harris  (USA)
United States		2.24 m
Pole vaultFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Steven Hooker  (AUS)
Oceania		5.80 mFlag of Japan.svg  Daichi Sawano  (JPN)
Asia		5.70 mFlag of Argentina.svg  Germán Chiaraviglio  (ARG)
Americas		5.70 m
Long jumpFlag of Panama.svg  Irving Saladino  (PAN)
Americas		8.26 mFlag of Italy.svg  Andrew Howe  (ITA)
Europe		8.12 mFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi  (KSA)
Asia		8.11 m
Triple jumpFlag of the United States.svg  Walter Davis  (USA)
United States		17.54 mFlag of Brazil.svg  Jadel Gregório  (BRA)
Americas		17.41 mFlag of Romania.svg  Marian Oprea  (ROU)
Europe		17.05 m
Shot putFlag of Germany.svg  Ralf Bartels  (GER)
Europe		20.67 mFlag of the United States.svg  Reese Hoffa  (USA)
United States		20.60 mFlag of Russia.svg  Pavel Sofin  (RUS)
Russia		20.45 m
Discus throwFlag of Lithuania.svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)
Europe		67.19 mFlag of Iran.svg  Ehsan Haddadi  (IRI)
Asia		62.60 mFlag of the United States.svg  Ian Waltz  (USA)
United States		62.12 m
Hammer throwFlag of Japan.svg  Koji Murofushi  (JPN)
Asia		82.01 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR)
Europe		80.00 mFlag of Russia.svg  Ilya Konovalov  (RUS)
Russia		77.14 m
Javelin throwFlag of Norway.svg  Andreas Thorkildsen  (NOR)
Europe		87.17 mFlag of South Africa.svg  Gerhardus Pienaar  (RSA)
Africa		83.62 mFlag of Russia.svg  Aleksandr Ivanov  (RUS)
Russia		81.87 m

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metresFlag of Jamaica.svg  Sherone Simpson  (JAM)
Americas		10.97Flag of the United States.svg  Torri Edwards  (USA)
United States		11.19Flag of Ghana.svg  Vida Anim  (GHA)
Africa		11.21
200 metresFlag of the United States.svg  Sanya Richards  (USA)
United States		22.23Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kim Gevaert  (BEL)
Europe		22.72Flag of Ghana.svg  Vida Anim  (GHA)
Africa		22.81
PB
400 metresFlag of the United States.svg  Sanya Richards  (USA)
United States		48.70
WL		Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Vania Stambolova  (BUL)
Europe		50.09Flag of Jamaica.svg  Novlene Williams  (JAM)
Americas		50.24
800 metresFlag of Cuba.svg  Zulia Calatayud  (CUB)
Americas		2:00.06Flag of Kenya.svg  Janeth Jepkosgei  (KEN)
Africa		2:00.09Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Kotlyarova  (RUS)
Russia		2:00.84
1500 metresFlag of Bahrain.svg  Maryam Yusuf Jamal  (BHR)
Asia		4:00.84Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Tomashova  (RUS)
Russia		4:02.45Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Sarah Jamieson  (AUS)
Oceania		4:02.82
3000 metresFlag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)
Africa		8:33.78
CR		Flag of Poland.svg  Lidia Chojecka  (POL)
Poland		8:39.69Flag of the United States.svg  Kara Goucher  (USA)
United States		8:41.42
PB
5000 metresFlag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Meseret Defar  (ETH)
Africa		14:39.11
CR		Flag of Russia.svg  Liliya Shobukhova  (RUS)
Russia		15:05.33Flag of Japan.svg  Kayoko Fukushi  (JPN)
Asia		15:06.69
100 metres hurdlesFlag of Jamaica.svg  Brigitte Foster-Hylton  (JAM)
Americas		12.67Flag of Sweden.svg  Susanna Kallur  (SWE)
Europe		12.77Flag of the United States.svg  Ginnie Powell  (USA)
United States		12.90
400 metres hurdlesFlag of Russia.svg  Yuliya Pechonkina  (RUS)
Russia		53.88Flag of the United States.svg  Lashinda Demus  (USA)
United States		54.06Flag of Poland.svg  Anna Jesień  (POL)
Poland		54.48
3000 metres steeplechaseFlag of Belarus.svg  Alesia Turava  (BLR)
Europe		9:29.10Flag of Kenya.svg  Jeruto Kiptum  (KEN)
Africa		9:31.44Flag of Poland.svg  Wioletta Janowska  (POL)
Poland		9:35.08
4×100 metres relayAmericas
Aleen Bailey
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie
Cydonie Mothersille
Sherone Simpson 		42.26
WL		Russia
Yuliya Gushchina
Natalia Rusakova
Irina Khabarova
Yekaterina Grigoryeva 		42.36Africa
Ene Franca Idoko
Endurance Ojokolo
Esther Dankwah
Vida Anim 		43.61
4×400 metres relayAmericas
Shericka Williams
Tonique Darling
Christine Amertil
Novlene Williams 		3:19.84
WL		United States
DeeDee Trotter
Monique Henderson
Moushaumi Robinson
Lashinda Demus 		3:20.69Russia
Svetlana Pospelova
Olga Kotlyarova
Yuliya Pechonkina
Tatyana Veshkurova 		3:21.21
High jumpFlag of Russia.svg  Yelena Slesarenko  (RUS)
Russia		1.97 mFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tia Hellebaut  (BEL)
Europe		1.97 mFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Marina Aitova  (KAZ)
Asia
Flag of the United States.svg  Amy Acuff  (USA)
United States		1.94 m
Pole vaultFlag of Russia.svg  Yelena Isinbayeva  (RUS)
Russia		4.60 m
CR		Flag of Brazil.svg  Fabiana Murer  (BRA)
Americas		4.55 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gao Shuying  (CHN)
Asia		4.50 m
Long jumpFlag of Russia.svg  Lyudmila Kolchanova  (RUS)
Russia		6.78 mFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Naide Gomes  (POR)
Europe		6.68 mFlag of Greece.svg  Hrysopiyi Devetzi  (GRE)
Greece		6.64 m
Triple jumpFlag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Lebedeva  (RUS)
Russia		15.13 mFlag of Greece.svg  Hrysopiyi Devetzi  (GRE)
Greece		15.04 mFlag of Sudan.svg  Yamilé Aldama  (SUD)
Africa		14.78 m
Shot putFlag of New Zealand.svg  Valerie Vili  (NZL)
Oceania		19.87 mFlag of Russia.svg  Olga Ryabinkina  (RUS)
Russia		19.54 mFlag of Cuba.svg  Yumileidi Cumbá  (CUB)
Americas		19.12 m
Discus throwFlag of Germany.svg  Franka Dietzsch  (GER)
Europe		66.07 mFlag of the United States.svg  Aretha Thurmond  (USA)
United States		61.83 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Song Aimin  (CHN)
Asia		61.47 m
Hammer throwFlag of Poland.svg  Kamila Skolimowska  (POL)
Poland		75.29 m
CR		Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Lysenko  (RUS)
Russia		74.44 mFlag of Cuba.svg  Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)
Americas		73.99 m
Javelin throwFlag of Germany.svg  Steffi Nerius  (GER)
Europe		63.37 mFlag of Cuba.svg  Sonia Bisset  (CUB)
Americas		61.74 mFlag of South Africa.svg  Justine Robbeson  (RSA)
Africa		61.38 m
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