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2006 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	2006 in athletics
Major world competitions	World Championships
World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Asafa Powell
Sanya Richards
Previous	2005
Next	2007

World Indoor Championships |No. of world records = |IAAF Athletes of the Year = Asafa Powell Sanya Richards

The following events in the sport of athletics took place in 2006:

Championships

March: 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships (part of the IAAF World Athletics Series)
March: 2006 Commonwealth Games
April: 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (part of the IAAF World Athletics Series)
May: 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup (part of the IAAF World Athletics Series)
July: 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
August: 2006 European Championships in Athletics
August: 2006 African Championships in Athletics
August: 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics (part of the IAAF World Athletics Series)
September: 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final (part of the IAAF World Athletics Series)
September: 2006 IAAF World Cup (part of the IAAF World Athletics Series)
October: 2006 Lusophony Games
October: 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships (part of the IAAF World Athletics Series)

World Athletics Tour

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

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

Senior

Outdoor

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place
100 m	Men	9.77 s	Asafa Powell		June 11, 2006
August 18, 2006	Zürich, Switzerland
100 m	Men	9.77Ratified as a record but later nullified due to Gatlin's failed drug test	Justin Gatlin	USA	May 12, 2006
5000 m	Women	14:24.53	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	June 3, 2006
15 km (road)	Women	46:55	Kayoko Fukushi		February 5, 2006
20 km (road)	Men	55:48	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	January 15, 2006
20 km (road)	Women	1:03:21	Lornah Kiplagat		October 8, 2006
Half marathon	Men	58:55	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	January 15, 2006
110 m hurdles	Men	12.88 s	Liu Xiang		July 11, 2006
50 km walk (road)	Men	3:35:47	Nathan Deakes		December 6, 2006
[4 × 800 m
relay](4-x-800-m-relay)	Men	7:02.43	Joseph Mutua,
William Yiampoy,
Ismael Kombich,
Wilfred Bungei		August 25, 2006
Hammer throw	Women	77.26	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva		June 12, 2006
77.41	Tatyana Lysenko		June 24, 2006	Zhukovsky, Russia
77.80	Tatyana Lysenko		August 15, 2006	Tallinn, Estonia
NOT RATIFIED:
10 km (road)	Men	26:54Not ratified due to excessive downhill slope	Eliud Kipchoge		December 31, 2006
Zersenay Tadese		December 31, 2006	Madrid, Spain
25 km (road)	Men	1:11:37Not ratified due to inadequate drug testing	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	March 12, 2006
25 km (road)	Women	1:21:31Not ratified due to inadequate drug testing	Constantina Tomescu		October 22, 2006
30 km (road)	Women	1:38:30Not ratified due to inadequate drug testing	Constantina Tomescu		October 22, 2006

Indoor

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Place
1500 m	Women	3:58.28	Yelena Soboleva	February 18, 2006
3000 m	Women	8:27.86	Liliya Shobukhova	February 17, 2006
High jump	Women	2.08 m	Kajsa Bergqvist	February 4, 2006
Pole vault	Women	4.91 m	Yelena Isinbayeva	February 12, 2006
[4 × 400 m
relay](4-x-400-m-relay)	Women	3:23.37	Yuliya Gushchina,
Olga Kotlyarova,
Olga Zaytseva,
Olesya Krasnomovets		January 28, 2006
NOT RATIFIED:
[4 × 400 m
relay](4-x-400-m-relay)	Men	3:01.96Not ratified due to inadequate drug testing	Kerron Clement,
Wallace Spearmon,
Darold Williamson,
Jeremy Wariner		February 11, 2006

Notes

Junior

Outdoor

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place
[4 × 100 m
relay](4-x-100-m-relay)	Women	43.29	Bianca Knight,
Jeneba Tarmoh,
Elizabeth Olear,
Gabrielle Mayo	USA	August 8, 2006
Discus throw	Men	66.35	Margus Hunt		August 15, 2006
66.68	Margus Hunt		August 16, 2006	Beijing, China
67.32	Margus Hunt		August 16, 2006	Beijing, China
Hammer throw	Men	82.62	Yevgeniy Aydamirov		July 22, 2006
NOT RATIFIED:
10 km walk	Men	39:45	Sergey Morozov		February 19, 2006
39:00	Chu Yafei		October 21, 2006	Xi'an, China

Awards

Men

2006 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Asafa Powell
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Asafa Powell
European Athlete of the Year Award	Francis Obikwelu
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Justin Gatlin

Women

2006 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Sanya Richards
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Sanya Richards
European Athlete of the Year Award	Carolina Klüft
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Allyson Felix

Awards

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.

Transfers of eligibility

See list of eligibility transfers in athletics

Men's Best Year Performances

100 metres

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Asafa Powell	9.77
2.	Tyson Gay	9.84
3.	Olusoji Fasuba	9.85
4.	Leonard Scott	9.91
5.	Francis Obikwelu	9.99

200 metres

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Xavier Carter	19.63
2.	Wallace Spearmon	19.65
3.	Tyson Gay	19.68
4.	Usain Bolt	19.88
5.	Asafa Powell	19.90

400 metres

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Jeremy Wariner	43.62
2.	Gary Kikaya	44.10
3.	LaShawn Merritt	44.14
4.	Andrew Rock	44.45
5.	Xavier Carter	44.53

800 metres

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1:43.09
2.	Amine Laâlou	1:43.25
3.	Wilfred Bungei	1:43.31
4.	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1:43.42
5.	Bram Som	1:43.45

1500 metres

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	3:29.02
2.	Rachid Ramzi	3:29.14
3.	Bernard Lagat	3:29.68
4.	Ivan Heshko	3:31.08
5.	Adil Kaouch	3:31.10

Mile

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Alex Kipchirchir	3:50.32
2.	Ivan Heshko	3:50.89
3.	Bernard Lagat	3:51.53
4.	Rachid Ramzi	3:52.39
5.	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen	3:52.41

3000 metres

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Isaac Kiprono Songok	7:28.72
2.	Tariku Bekele	7:29.11
3.	Augustine Choge	7:29.74
4.	Eliud Kipchoge	7:30.48
5.	Boniface Songok	7:31.33

5000 metres

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kenenisa Bekele	12:48.09
2.	Isaac Kiprono Songok	12:48.66
3.	Saif Saeed Shaheen	12:51.98
4.	Edwin Cheruiyot	12:52.40
5.	Tariku Bekele	12:53.81

10,000 metres

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Micah Kogo	26:35.63
2.	Zersenay Tadese	26:37.25
3.	Boniface Kiprop Toroitich	26:41.95
4.	Ibrahim Jeylan	27:02.81
5.	Moses Ndiema Masai	27:03.20

Race walking

Main article: 2006 Race Walking Year Ranking

110 m Hurdles

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Liu Xiang	12.88
2.	Dominique Arnold	12.90
3.	Allen Johnson	12.96
4.	Dayron Robles	13.00
5.	Terrence Trammell	13.02

400 m Hurdles

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Kerron Clement	47.39
2.	Bershawn Jackson	47.48
3.	Periklís Iakovákis	47.82
4.	Kenji Narisako	47.93
5.	Louis van Zyl	48.05

3000 m Steeplechase

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Saif Saeed Shaheen	7:56.32
2.	Paul Kipsiele Koech	7:59.94
3.	Richard Matelong	8:07.50
4.	Brimin Kipruto	8:08.32
5.	Abdelkader Hachlaf	8:08.78

Pole Vault

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Brad Walker	6.00 m
2.	Steven Hooker	5.96 m
3.	Paul Burgess	5.92 m
4.	Tim Lobinger	5.90 m
5.	Danny Ecker	5.86 m

Hammer Throw

Main article: 2006 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

Decathlon

Main article: 2006 Decathlon Year Ranking

Women's Best Year Performances

100 metres

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sherone Simpson	10.82
2.	Veronica Campbell	10.99
3.	Kerron Stewart	11.03
Me'Lisa Barber
LaTasha Jenkins

200 metres

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Sherone Simpson	22.00
2.	Allyson Felix	22.11
3.	Sanya Richards	22.17
4.	Kim Gevaert	22.20
5.	Carol Rodriguez	22.23

Half Marathon

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Edith Masai	1:07:16
2.	Kayoko Fukushi	1:07:26
3.	Deena Kastor	1:07:34
4.	Mizuki Noguchi	1:07:43
5.	Constantina Tomescu	1:08:07

Race walking

Main article: 2006 Race Walking Year Ranking

100 m Hurdles

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michelle Perry	12.43
2.	Damu Cherry	12.44
3.	Ginnie Powell	12.48
4.	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	12.49
5.	Susanna Kallur	12.52

400 m Hurdles

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Lashinda Demus	53.02
2.	Yuliya Pechonkina	53.14
3.	Faní Halkiá	53.71
4.	Tiffany Williams	53.79
5.	Jana Rawlinson	53.82

3000 m Steeplechase

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Wioletta Janowska	9:17.15
2.	Dorcus Inzikuru	9:19.51
3.	Alesya Turova	9:20.16
4.	Lyubov Ivanova	9:21.94
5.	Tatyana Petrova	9:22.82

High Jump

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Kajsa Bergqvist	2.05 m
2.	Venelina Veneva	2.04 m
3.	Blanka Vlašić	2.03 m
Tia Hellebaut
5.	Chaunte Howard	2.01 m

Pole Vault

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Yelena Isinbayeva	4.91 m
2.	Monika Pyrek	4.75 m
3.	Anna Rogowska	4.70 m
Svetlana Feofanova
Vanessa Boslak

Hammer Throw

Main article: 2006 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

Heptathlon

RANK	2006 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Carolina Klüft	6740
2.	Yuliya Ignatkina	6463
3.	Lyudmila Blonska	6448
4.	Karin Ruckstuhl	6423
5.	Lilli Schwarzkopf	6420

Marathon

Men's competition

Commonwealth Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
[[File:Med 1.png]]	Samson Ramadhani	2:11:29
[[File:Med 2.png]]	Fred Tumbo	2:12:03
[[File:Med 3.png]]	Dan Robinson	2:14:50
4.	Scott Westcott	2:16:32
5.	Andrew Letherby	2:17:10
6.	Jacob Yator	2:17:31
7.	Shane Nankervis	2:19:15
8.	Francis Naali	2:19:39
9.	Lebenya Nkoka	2:19:40
10.	Teboho Sello	2:19:57

European championships

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
[[File:Med 1.png]]	Stefano Baldini	2:11:32
[[File:Med 2.png]]	Viktor Röthlin	2:11:50
[[File:Med 3.png]]	Julio Rey	2:12:37
4.	Luc Krotwaar	2:12:44
5.	Francesco Ingargiola	2:13:04
6.	Dmitriy Semyonov	2:13:09
7.	Janne Holmén	2:13:10
8.	Alberto Chaíça	2:13:14
9.	Kamiel Maase	2:13:46
10.	Luís Jesus	2:14:15

Asian Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
[[File:Med 1.png]]	Mubarak Hassan Shami	2:12:44
[[File:Med 2.png]]	Khalid Kamal Yaseen	2:15:36
[[File:Med 3.png]]	Satoshi Osaki	2:15:36
4.	Satoshi Irifune	2:17:24
5.	Ahmed Jumah Jaber	2:17:43
6.	Wei Su	2:18:55
7.	Ji Young-Jun	2:19:35
8.	Ri Kum-Song	2:20:19
9.	Ri Kyong-Chol	2:23:46
10.	Chia Chang	2:23:50

Best Year Performances

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Haile Gebrselassie	2:05:56	Berlin Marathon
2.	Sammy Korir	2:06:37	Rotterdam Marathon
3.	Felix Limo	2:06:39	London Marathon
4.	Martin Lel	2:06:41	London Marathon
5.	Paul Kirui	2:06:43	Rotterdam Marathon
6.	Charles Kibiwott	2:06:51	London Marathon
7.	Julio Rey	2:06:52	Hamburg Marathon
—	Haile Gebrselassie	2:06:52	Fukuoka Marathon
9.	Hendrick Ramaala	2:06:55	London Marathon
10.	Khalid Khannouchi	2:07:04	London Marathon

Women's competition

Commonwealth Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
[[File:Med 1.png]]	Kerryn McCann	2:30:54
[[File:Med 2.png]]	Hellen Cherono Koskei	2:30:56
[[File:Med 3.png]]	Elizabeth Yelling	2:32:19
4.	Tracey Morris	2:33:13
5.	Josephine Deemay	2:36:27
6.	Lioudmila Kortchaguina	2:36:43
7.	Kate Smythe	2:38:31
8.	Lauren Shelley	2:39:13
9.	Hayley Haining	2:39:39
10.	Susan Partridge	2:39:54

European championships

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
[[File:Med 1.png]]	Ulrike Maisch	2:30:01
[[File:Med 2.png]]	Olivera Jevtić	2:30:27
[[File:Med 3.png]]	Irina Permitina	2:30:53
4.	Zivile Balciunaite	2:31:01
5.	Bruna Genovese	2:31:15
6.	Alevtina Biktimirova	2:31:23
7.	Deborah Toniolo	2:31:31
8.	Giovanna Volpato	2:32:04
9.	Anna Incerti	2:32:53
10.	Anália Rosa	2:32:56

Asian Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
[[File:Med 1.png]]	Zhou Chunxiu	2:27:03
[[File:Med 2.png]]	Kiyoko Shimahara	2:30:34
[[File:Med 3.png]]	Kayako Obata	2:30:38
4.	Jo Pun-Hui	2:42:34
5.	Choi Kyong-Hee	2:44:20
6.	Jong Yong-Ok	2:48:49
7.	Kim Eun-jung	2:54:33
8.	Otgonbayar Luvsanlkhundeg	2:59:55
9.	Wang Ci	3:08:10
—	Maria Pia Nehme	DNF

Best Year Performances

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Deena Kastor	2:19:36	London Marathon
2.	Zhou Chunxiu	2:19:51	Seoul International Marathon
3.	Berhane Adere	2:20:42	Chicago Marathon
4.	Galina Bogomolova	2:20:47	Chicago Marathon
5.	Lyudmila Petrova	2:21:29	London Marathon
6.	Getenesh Wami	2:21:34	Berlin Marathon
7.	Susan Chepkemei	2:21:46	Chicago Marathon
8.	Berhane Adere	2:21:52	London Marathon
9.	Galina Bogomolova	2:21:58	London Marathon
10.	Benita Johnson	2:22:36	Chicago Marathon

Deaths

March 9 – Erik Elmsäter (86), Swedish long-distance runner (b. 1919)
August 9 – Chinatsu Mori (26), Japanese shot putter (b. 1980)

References

World Athletics Tour 2006 – official IAAF site
World Combined Events Challenge 2006 – official IAAF site
- World records.
ARRS
- Marathon results.

References

IAAF. (December 2006). "IAAF News". [[International Association of Athletics Federations]].

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