NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 2006 European Championships in Athletics

The 19th European Championships in Athletics were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between August 7 and August 13, 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 Championships in Athletics. Image File history File links GÃ¶teborg_2006_logo. ... Image File history File links GÃ¶teborg_2006_logo. ... The European Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. ... Gothenburg (Swedish: ) ) is a city and municipality in the province VÃ¤stergÃ¶tland on the west-coast of Sweden. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The empty west stand of Ullevi during a friendly between IFK GÃ¶teborg and Hammarby IF. Ullevi or Ullevi Stadium, formerly named Nya Ullevi, meaning New Ullevi, to distinguish it from Gamla Ullevi, is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ... Stockholm panorama from the City Hall is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... The 6th European Championships in Athletics were held in 1958. ...

1 Men's Results
- 1.1 Track
- 1.2 Field
2 Women's Results
- 2.1 Track
- 2.2 Field
3 Medal Table
4 Participants
5 Trivia
6 External links
7 References

Men's Results

Track

1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. ... The 18th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Munich a city in Germany. ...

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Francis Obikwelu Portugal	9.99 CR	Andrey Yepishin Russia	10.10 NR	Matic Osovnikar Slovenia	10.14 NR
100 m	August 8: Portugal's Francis Obikwelu added the European title to his Olympic Games silver medal in Gothenburg. The 27-year-old was all but last out of the blocks but showed his class with a brilliant surge of pace to finish in 9.99 seconds - the first time the European title has been won with a sub-10 time. Poland's Dariusz Kuć delayed the drama with a nervy false start.
200 m	Francis Obikwelu Portugal	20.01 NR	Johan Wissman Sweden	20.38 =NR	Marlon Devonish United Kingdom	20.54
200 m	August 10: Obikwelu completed the sprinters' double, leading comfortably out of the last curve and continuing all the way to the finish. Wissman took silver in a time level with the national record, which he had set in the semi-final heat. Devonish faded in the end and just managed to hold on to third in front of Belgian Kristof Beyens.
400 m	Marc Raquil France	45.02	Vladislav Frolov Russia	45.09 PB	Leslie Djhone France	45.40
400 m	August 9: Raquil proved the stronger in the final sprint, taking over the race in the final 50 metres.
800 m	Bram Som Netherlands	1:46.56	David Fiegen Luxembourg	1:46.59	Sam Ellis United Kingdom	1:46.64
800 m	August 13: Originally, the Latvian delegation, representing Dmitrijs Milkevics (4th), issued a complaint because Bram Som stepped out of the track twice. Som and Ellis both also complained that Milkevics had blocked their way and pushed them. However after long considerations by the jury, the result stood.
1500 m	Mehdi Baala France	3:39.02	Ivan Heshko Ukraine	3:39.50	Juan Carlos Higuero Spain	3:39.62
1500 m	August 9: Baala successfully defended his 2002 title, while Heshko pipped Higuero on the final stretch.^[1]
5000 m	Jesús España Spain	13:44.70	Mohammed Farah United Kingdom	13:44.79	Juan Carlos Higuero Spain	13:46.48
5000 m	August 13: Farah took the lead with 1000m to go and stretched the field. A sprint to line resulted in España over taking Farah metres from the line. A quick finish by Higuero moved him into third over Turkey's Halil Akkas.
10 000 m	Jan Fitschen Germany	28:10.94 PB	José Manuel Martínez Spain	28:12.06 SB	Juan Carlos de la Ossa Spain	28:13.73
10 000 m	August 8: After an attempted breakaway started by Swiss Christian Belz with one and a half laps to go, Martínez and de la Ossa caught up with him, with German Fitschen falling away but catching up again before the final curve. He then outsprinted the two Spaniards to take a "shock" gold.^[2]
Marathon	Stefano Baldini Italy	2h 11'32"	Viktor Röthlin Switzerland	2h 11'50"	Julio Rey Spain	2h 12'37"
Marathon	August 13: 2002 winner Janne Holmén finished in seventh place.
110 m H	Stanislav Olijars Latvia	13.24	Thomas Blaschek Germany	13.46	Andy Turner United Kingdom	13.56
110 m H	August 12: The world champion Ladji Doucoure was knocked out in the semi finals.
400 m H	Periklis Iakovakis Greece	48.46	Marek Plawgo Poland	48.71 SB	Rhys Williams United Kingdom	49.12
400 m H	August 10: Iakovákis and Plawgo were well ahead of the field, while Williams surged towards the finish line and pipped Frenchman Naman Keita by a hundredth.
3000 m St.	Jukka Keskisalo Finland	8:24.89	José Luis Blanco Spain	8:26.22	Bouabdellah Tahri France	8:27.15
3000 m St.	August 11: Finland's Keskisalo takes surprise gold after two injury-filled years. He ran behind the whole pack until the last lap, during which he sprinted on the back straight to take the win ahead of Spain's José Luis Blanco and France's Bouabdellah Tahri.
20 km Walk	Francisco Javier Fernández Spain	1h 19'09"	Valeriy Borchin Russia	1h 20'00"	João Vieira Portugal	1h 20'09"
20 km Walk	August 8: Francisco Fernandez of Spain successfully defended the title he won in Munich with another dominant display in Gothenburg. Fernandez led the race at all the crucial stages and came into the stadium alone to win in one hour, 19.09 minutes. Russian Valeriy Borchin recorded a new personal best of 1.20:00 to take the silver while Portugal's Joao Vieira completed the podium places.
50 km Walk	Yohan Diniz France	3h 41'39" PB	Jesús Ángel García Spain	3h 42'48" SB	Yuriy Andronov Russia	3h 43'26"
50 km Walk	August 10: Trond Nymark (Norway) led most of the race only to finish fourth.
4 X 100 m	United Kingdom	38.91	Poland	39.05	France	39.07
4 X 100 m	August 13
4 X 400 m	France	3:01.10	United Kingdom	3:01.63	Poland	3:01.73
4 X 400 m	August 13: France and Great Britain & Northern Ireland both overtook the Polish team in the home strait to finish 1st and 2nd respectively.
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record Sprints are races in athletics. ... Francis Obirah Obikwelu, born November 22, 1978 in Nigeria and Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 m and 200 m, who finished second in the 100 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the first medal ever in athletics sprinting events for Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Andrey Yepishin (born June 10, 1981) is a Russian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Matic Osovnikar (born January 19, 1980) is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia_(bordered). ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Francis Obirah Obikwelu, born November 22, 1978 in Nigeria and Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 m and 200 m, who finished second in the 100 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the first medal ever in athletics sprinting events for Portugal. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... Dariusz KuÄ‡ (born April 24, 1986) is a Polish sprint athlete. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Francis Obirah Obikwelu, born November 22, 1978 in Nigeria and Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 m and 200 m, who finished second in the 100 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the first medal ever in athletics sprinting events for Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Johan Wissman (born November 2, 1982) from Helsingborg, is a Swedish athlete specializing in the 200 and 400 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Marlon Devonish (born June 1, 1976 in Coventry, England) is an English sprint athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Kristof Beyens (born July 13, 1983, Herentals) is a Belgian sprint athlete. ... Sprints are races in athletics. ... Marc Raquil (born April 2, 1977 in CrÃ©teil) is a French runner who mainly competes in the 400 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Vladislav Frolov (born January 25, 1980) is a Russian sprint athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Leslie Djhone (born March 18, 1981 in Abidjan, CÃ´te dIvoire) is a French athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Bram Som (born 20 February 1980 in Terborg) is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... David Fiegen (born September 3, 1984) is a Luxembourgish middle distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Luxembourg. ... Sam Ellis, born 23rd June 1982, is a British 800 metres runner from Barnsley. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... Middle distance track events are track races longer than sprints up to (and arguably including) 5000 meters. ... Mehdi Baala (born August 17, 1978 in Strasbourg) is a French middle-distance athlete competing mainly in the 800 m and 1500 m tracks, but his main distance is 1500 m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Ivan Heshko is a Ukrainian athlete specialising in the 1500m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Juan Carlos Higuero (born 3 August 1978) is a Spanish middle distance runner who mostly concentrates on the 1500 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... JesÃºs EspaÃ±a (born 21 August 1978) is a Spanish middle distance runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Mohammed Mo Farah (born 23 March 1983 in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a British international track and field athlete from London. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Juan Carlos Higuero (born 3 August 1978) is a Spanish middle distance runner who mostly concentrates on the 1500 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... Halil Akkas (born July 1, 1983, KÃ¼tahya) is a Turkish middle distance runner. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Jan Fitschen (right) in 2006. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... JosÃ© Manuel Chema MartÃnez (born 22 October 1971) is a Spanish long-distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Juan Carlos de la Ossa (born 25 November 1976 in Cuenca) is a Spanish middle distance runner who mostly concentrates on the 5000 and 10,000 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Christian Belz (born September 11, 1974) is a Swiss long-distance runner. ... Modern day marathon runners The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... Stefano Baldini breaking the winning tape in the mens marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Julio Rey (born 13 January 1972) is a Spanish long-distance runner who mostly concentrates on the marathon race. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... Janne HolmÃ©n (b. ... A 400 metre hurdle race in progress at the Helsinki Grand Prix, July 2005. ... StaÅ†islavs Olijars (born March 22, 1979 in Russia, Chelyabinsk) is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... Thomas Blaschek (born April 5, 1981 in Gera) is a German hurdler. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Andy Turner (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ladji DoucourÃ© (born 1982) is a French athlete who mainly competes in hurdling. ... A 400 metre hurdle race in progress at the Helsinki Grand Prix, July 2005. ... Periklis Iakovakis (Greek: , born 24 March 1979 in Patras) is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Marina Plawgo (born February 25, 1981 in Ruda Slaska) is a Polish athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland_(bordered). ... Rhys Williams (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Naman Keita (born April 9, 1978 in Paris, France) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the France. ... Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. ... Jukka Pekka Sakari Keskisalo (born March 27, 1981 in Varkaus) is a Finnish athlete competing in 3000 m steeplechase and 1500 m. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... JosÃ© Luis Blanco (born 3 June 1975) is a Spanish middle distance runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 metres steeplechase. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Bouabdallah Tahri (born 20 December 1978 in Metz) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Fransisco Javier FernÃ¡ndez (born March 6, 1977 in Guadix) is a Spanish race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... A number of men have the name JoÃ£o Vieira, including: JoÃ£o Bernardo Vieira, a Guinea-Bissau general who served as president of that country from 1980-1999 JoÃ£o P Vieira, a portuguese IT professional that writes books, columns for magazines and journals about new technologies JoÃ£o... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... JesÃºs Ãngel GarcÃa (born October 17, 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Yuriy Andronov (born 6 November 1971) is a Russian race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Trond Nymark (born 28 December 1976 in Bergen) is a Norwegian race walker. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland_(bordered). ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ...

Field

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Andrey Silnov Russia	2.36 CR WL	Tomáš Janků Czech Republic	2.34 PB	Stefan Holm Sweden	2.34 =SB
High Jump	August 9
Long Jump	Andrew Howe Italy	8.20	Greg Rutherford United Kingdom	8.13	Oleksiy Lukashevych Ukraine	8.12
Long Jump	August 8: Los-Angeles born Italian Andrew Howe won the title with his second-round effort of 8.20m. Greg Rutherford secured silver for Great Britain with his last jump of the competition, just 1cm beyond the jump of Oleksiy Lukashevych, who landed 8.12m.
Pole Vault	Aleksandr Averbukh Israel	5.70	Tim Lobinger Germany Romain Mesnil France	5.65
Pole Vault	August 13: Lobinger and Mesnil both claimed 2nd place, and therefore both received silver medals.
Triple Jump	Christian Olsson Sweden	17.67 EL	Nathan Douglas United Kingdom	17.21	Marian Oprea Romania	17.18
Triple Jump	August 12
Shot Put	Ralf Bartels Germany	21.13	Andrei Mikhnevich Belarus	21.11	Joachim Olsen Denmark	21.09
Shot Put	August 7: Bartels was outside the podium before the final attempt, having managed 20.57 in his first five, whereas Mikhnevich and Olsen had achieved their best attempts in round two. However, Bartels put the shot two centimetres further than Mikhnevich, and despite Olsen coming up with a second 21-metre put with 21.04 in his final attempt, it was not enough to better his previous attempts.
Discus	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania	68.67	Gerd Kanter Estonia	68.03	Aleksander Tammert Estonia	66.14
Discus	August 12
Javelin	Andreas Thorkildsen Norway	88.78	Tero Pitkämäki Finland	86.44	Jan Železný Czech Republic	85.92
Javelin	August 9: Thorkildsen had the three longest throws in the competition , 87.37, 87.35 and 88.78. Pitkämäki couldn't match his arch rival in the competition and took the silver medal. The 40-year-old Železný surprised with another medal performance.
Hammer	Ivan Tikhon Belarus	81.11 SB	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Finland	80.84 SB	Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus	80.76
Hammer	August 12: Belarus's Ivan Tikhon took the gold medal with his third throw. Finland's Karjalainen threw over 82 metres with his last throw, but stepped over the circle and the red flag rose so he had to settle with silver. Devyatovskiy brought Belarus their second medal in the event by finishing third. The event was originally scheduled August 11 but delayed due to bad weather and Decathlon being behind schedule.
Decathlon	Roman Šebrle Czech Republic	8526 SB	Attila Zsivóczky Hungary	8356	Aleksey Drozdov Russia	8350 PB
Decathlon	August 10 & August 11
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Andrey Silnov (born 9 September 1984) is a Russian track and field athlete specialized in the high jump event. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... TomÃ¡Å¡ Janku (born 27 December 1974) is a Czech high jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic_(bordered). ... Stefan Holm. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Long jumper at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Andrew Howe Besozzi (born 12 May 1985 in Los Angeles, United States) is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Greg Rutherford (b. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Olexiy Lukashevych (born 11 January 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian long jumper, best known for his gold medal at the 2002 European Championships. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Pole vaulting is an athletics event where competitors use a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar, similar to the high jump, but at much greater heights. ... Aleksandr Averbukh (born October 1, 1974 in Irkutsk, Russia) is an Israeli athlete competing in the pole vault. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Tim Lobinger (born September 3, 1972 in Rheinbach) is a German track and field athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Romain Mesnil (born 13 July 1977 in Plessis-Bouchard) is a French pole vaulter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, skip and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Christian Olsson (born January 25, 1980 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is an athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Nathan Douglas (born December 4, 1982 in Oxford) is a British athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Marian Oprea (June 6 1982) is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball, also called the shot, as far as possible. ... Ralf Bartels (born February 21, 1978 in Stavenhagen, Germany, then GDR) is a German shot-putter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Andrei Mikhnevich (born July 12, 1976) is a Belarusian shot putter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Joachim B. Olsen (born May 31, 1977 in Aalborg, Denmark is one of the worlds leading shot putters. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... Statue of discus thrower in Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark, made by the Skladanek brothers For alternate meanings, see Discus. ... Famous Lithuanian Athlete, Born on Sunday, 13th February 1972 in Terpeikiai, Kupiskis, Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Gerd Kanter (born May 6, 1979) is an Estonian discus thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia_(bordered). ... Aleksander Tammert (born February 2, 1973 in Tartu) is an Estonian discus thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia_(bordered). ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A high school athlete throwing the javelin. ... Thorkildsen at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Tero PitkÃ¤mÃ¤ki (born 1982) is a Finnish javelin thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Jan Å½eleznÃ½ â–¶(?) (born June 16, 1966 in MladÃ¡ Boleslav) is a Czech athlete, former world and Olympic champion and world record holder in javelin throw. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic_(bordered). ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum 4 ft (1. ... Ivan Tikhon (Belarusian Ð†Ð²Ð°Ð½ Ð¦Ñ–Ñ…Ð°Ð½ / Ivan Cichan; Russian Ð†Ð²Ð°Ð½ Ð¢Ð¸Ñ…Ð¾Ð½) (born July 24, 1976) - Belarusian athlete, hammer thrower, two times world champion, silver olympic medalist (Athens 2004). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (born 7 March 1980 in TÃ¶ysÃ¤) is a Finnish hammer thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland_(bordered). ... Vadim Devyatovskiy (born March 20, 1977 in Novopolotsk) is a Belarusian hammer thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A decathlon is a sportive contest made up of 10 events. ... Roman Å ebrle (born 26 November 1974 in LanÅ¡kroun) is an athlete from the Czech Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic_(bordered). ... Attila ZsivÃ³czky (born 29 April 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian track and field athlete, competing in decathlon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Women's Results

Track

1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 |2014 | The 17th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Budapest a city in Hungary. ... The 18th European Championships in Athletics were in held in Munich a city in Germany. ...

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Kim Gevaert Belgium	11.06	Yekaterina Grigoryeva Russia	11.22 SB	Irina Khabarova Russia	11.22
100 m	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 Belgium	22.68	Yuliya Gushchina Russia	22.93	Natalya Rusakova Russia	23.09
200 m	August 11: Within five minutes after her compatriot Tia Hellebaut won the high jump Gevaert won her second gold medal.
400 m	Vanya Stambolova Bulgaria	49.85	Tatyana Veshkurova Russia	50.15	Olga Zaytseva Russia	50.28
400 m	August 10
800 m	Olga Kotlyarova Russia	1:57.38	Svetlana Klyuka Russia	1:57.48	Rebecca Lyne United Kingdom	1:58.45
800 m	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 infront of the other two russians and an athlete from Ukraine. Lyne started sprinting and overtook the Ukrainian athlete, just pipping her into 3rd place.
1500 m	Tatyana Tomashova Russia	3:56.91 CR	Yuliya Chizhenko Russia	3:57.61	Daniela Yordanova Bulgaria	3:59.37 SB
1500 m	August 13
5000 m	Marta Domínguez Spain	14:56.18 CR	Liliya Shobukhova Russia	14:56.57 SB	Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey	14:59.29 SB
5000 m	August 12
10 000 m	Inga Abitova Russia	30:31.42	Susanne Wigene Norway	30:32.36	Lidiya Grigoryeva Russia	30:32.72
10 000 m	August 7: All three medallists set personal bests, with Norway's Wigene bettering her time by more than two minutes. Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands finished fifth after leading for most of the race, while Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey, world season best holder, did not finish.
Marathon	Ulrike Maisch Germany	2h 30'01" PB	Olivera Jevtic Serbia	2h 30'27"	Irina Permitina Russia	2h 30'83"
Marathon	August 12
100 m H	Susanna Kallur Sweden	12.59	Derval O'Rourke Ireland Kirsten Bolm Germany	12.72 NR 12.72
100 m H	August 11: Both O'Rourke and Bolm got silver medal.^[3]
400 m H	Yevgeniya Isakova Russia	53.93 PB	Fani Halkia Greece	54.02	Tatyana Tereshchuk-Antipova

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