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Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Field	Value
Name	Athletics at the 18th Commonwealth Games
Logo	MCG Commonwealth Games.jpg
Size	180px
Colour	#F5D0A9
Optional caption	The host stadium in Melbourne
Host city	Melbourne, AustraliaAustralia
Dates	19–25 March 2006
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Nations participating	63
Athletes participating	748 (+disabled)
Events	47 (+6 disability)
Records set	11 Games records
Level	Senior
Previous	2002 Manchester
Next	2010 Delhi
Games	2006 Commonwealth Games

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 25 March 2006. A total of 47 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 23 by female athletes. Furthermore, three men's and three women's disability events were held within the programme. All athletics events took place within the Melbourne Cricket Ground, while the marathon and racewalking events took place on the streets of Melbourne and finished at the main stadium.

The hosts Australia easily won the medals table with 16 golds and 41 medals in total. Jamaica came second with 10 golds and 22 medals, while Kenya and England were the next best performers. A total of eleven Games records were broken over the course of the seven-day competition. Six of the records were broken by Australian athletes.

Medal summary

Men

Decathlon
Dean Macey	8143	Maurice Smith	8074	Jason Dudley	8001

Men's disability events

Discus throw (seated)	Tanto Campbell	34.48 m	Jacques Martin	32.28 m	Ranjith Kumar Jayaseelan	29.88 m

Women

Heptathlon
Kelly Sotherton	6396	Kylie Wheeler	6298	Jessica Ennis	6269

Women's disability events

Shot put (seated)	Njideka Iyiazi	6.78 m	Virginia Ohagwu	6.08 m	Asti Poole	5.33 m

Medal table

Participating nations

(2)
(8)
(103)
(16)
(2)
(3)
(5)
(10)
(2)
(8)
(38)
(6)
(1)
(9)
(3)
(83)
(10)
(7)
(12)
(4)
Guernsey (2)
(3)
Isle of Man (2)
(18)
(40)
Jersey (2)
(38)
(2)
Lesotho (6)
Malawi (4)
(6)
(4)
(13)
(3)
(3)
(2)
(25)
(30)
Niue (1)
(7)
(6)
(11)
Saint Helena (1)
(2)
(6)
(4)
(4)
(18)
(3)
(14)
(2)
(4)
(7)
(50)
Swaziland (2)
(13)
(3)
(16)
(5)
(8)
(19)
(4)
(3)

References

;General

Brown, Matthew (2006-03-19). Marathons kick-off athletics in front of 76,000 crowd - Commonwealth Games, Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Brown, Matthew (2006-03-20). 79,000 witness Powell saunter to 100m gold - Commonwealth Games, Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Brown, Matthew (2006-03-21). Macey defeats injury, and Williams-Darling is beaten - Commonwealth Games, Day Three. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Brown, Matthew (2006-03-22). Wishing to emulate Freeman – Commonwealth Games, Day Four. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Brown, Matthew (2006-03-23). 83,000 spectators applaud Pittman's gold - Commonwealth Games, Day Five. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Brown, Matthew (2006-03-24). Mutola Defeated, Aussies inspired - Commonwealth Games, Day Six . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
Brown, Matthew (2006-03-25). Jamaican sprint dominance continues as Games conclude - Commonwealth Games Day 7. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04. ;Specific

References

Brown, Matthew (2006-03-17). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=33970.html A Gathering of World champions in Melbourne - Commonwealth Games preview]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.

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