2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup

2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup
Host cityLiévin, France
Events19
Dates5 March
Main venueStade Couvert Régional

The 2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 5 March 2006 at the Stade Couvert Régional in Liévin, France. It was the third edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the six top performing nations from the 2005 European Cup and the top two from the European Cup First League. Great Britain's women's team withdrew due to the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, while the Italian women also withdrew as the dates coincided with their indoor national championships.[1][2] The event was held a week prior to the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow.

The competition featured nineteen athletics events ten for men and nine for women. The 400 metres race were held in a dual final format due to size constraints, with athletes' being assigned final positions through their finishing times.[1] The international team points totals were decided by their athletes' finishing positions, with each representative's performance contributing towards their national overall score. The Russian women won the competition for a third consecutive time, holding a sixteen-point margin over runners-up Poland.[3] The French men's team also repeated as champions, having won in 2004. Germany were the men's second placed team, while Spain just edged Poland into the third place spot.[4]

The competition venue is also the annual host of the Meeting Pas de Calais.

Results summary

Main article: 2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup – results

Men

Reigning world champion Ladji Doucouré won the hurdles.
Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres  Ronald Pognon (FRA) 6.65  Anatoliy Dovhal (UKR) 6.70  Dariusz Kuć (POL) 6.73
400 metres  Daniel Dąbrowski (POL) 46.62  Ruwen Faller (GER) 46.89  Aleksey Rachkovskiy (UKR) 47.01
800 metres  Juan de Dios Jurado (ESP) 1:49.50  Maurizio Bobbato (ITA) 1:50.05  René Herms (GER) 1:50.06
1500 metres  Sergio Gallardo (ESP) 3:49.77  Guillaume Éraud (FRA) 3:50.66  Vasiliy Tsikalo (UKR) 3:50.74
3000 metres  Jan Fitschen (GER) 7:58.08  Badre Din Zioini (FRA) 8:03.63  Francisco Javier Alves (ESP) 8:04.78
60 metres hurdles  Ladji Doucouré (FRA) 7.62  Mike Fenner (GER) 7.69  Olli Talsi (FIN) 7.74
Swedish relay
(800/600/400/200 m) 		 Russia (RUS)
Yuriy Koldin
Dmitriy Bogdanov
Aleksandr Usov
Ivan Teplykh		 4:15.93  France (FRA)
Romain Maquin
Kévin Hautcœur
Brice Panel
Idrissa M'Barke		 4:16.20  Germany (GER)
Moritz Waldmann
Steffen Co
Florian Seitz
Sebastian Ernst		 4:17.39
High jump  Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2.26 m  Andrea Bettinelli (ITA) 2.26 m  Javier Bermejo (ESP) 2.26 m
Long jump  Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) 7.88 m  Salim Sdiri (FRA) 7.85 m  Peter Rapp (GER) 7.82 m
Shot put  Tomasz Majewski (POL) 20.60 m  Ralf Bartels (GER) 20.59 m  Manuel Martínez (ESP) 20.09 m

Women

Russia's Yekaterina Volkova won the 3000 m.
Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 metres  Christine Arron (FRA) 7.16  Olga Khalandyreva (RUS) 7.29  Angela Moroșanu (ROM) 7.32
400 metres  Tatyana Veshkurova (RUS) 51.67  Monika Bejnar (POL) 52.45  Claudia Hoffmann (GER) 52.69
800 metres  Maria Cioncan (ROM) 2:02.21  Ewelina Sętowska (POL) 2:02.58  Svetlana Cherkasova (RUS) 2:02.78
1500 metres  Olga Komyagina (RUS) 4:10.23  Anna Jakubczak (POL) 4:13.23  Nataliya Tobias (UKR) 4:15.39
3000 metres  Yekaterina Volkova (RUS) 8:59.70  Antje Möldner (GER) 9:01.07  Tetyana Holovchenko (UKR) 9:04.88
60 metres hurdles  Susanna Kallur (SWE) 7.95  Glory Alozie (ESP) 7.99  Aurelia Trywiańska (POL) 8.00
Swedish relay
(800/600/400/200 m) 		 Russia (RUS)
Irina Vashentseva
Mariya Dryakhlova
Tatyana Firova
Natalya Ivanova		 4:47.48  Romania (ROM)
Mihaela Neacsu
Iuliana Popescu
Angela Moroșanu
Ionela Tîrlea-Manolache		 4:49.96  Poland (POL)
Lidia Chojecka
Małgorzata Pskit
Marta Chrust-Rożej
Grażyna Prokopek		 4:50.96
Pole vault  Anna Rogowska (POL) 4.80 m  Tatyana Polnova (RUS) 4.50 m  Martina Strutz (GER) 4.40 m
Triple jump  Oksana Rogova (RUS) 14.08 m  Mariana Solomon (ROM) 14.04 m  Theresa N'Zola (FRA) 13.97 m

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

References

  1. ^ a b European Indoor Cup. GBR Athletics/Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.
  2. ^ 3rd European Athletics Indoor Cup Archived 2012-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-26.
  3. ^ Russia women retain Indoor Cup[permanent dead link‍]. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-26.
  4. ^ Host nation France win European Athletics Indoor Cup Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2006-03-05). Retrieved on 2011-01-26.
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