2006 IAAF World Cup
{{Infobox Athletics Championships
|Name = 2006 IAAF World Cup
|Logo = Athens2006logo.png
|Size = 240px
|Colour = #81BEF7
|Optional caption =
|Dates = 16–17 September
|Stadium = Olympic Stadium
|Athletes participating = ?
|Events = 40
|Records set =
|Level =
|Previous = 2002 Madrid
|Next = 2010 Split
}}
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.
Teams
The teams that took part in the competition were:
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| colspan=2|Men
!colspan=2|Women |
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| Team
!Qualification !Team !Qualification |
| {{flag|Greece}}
|Host nation |{{flag|Greece}} |Host nation |
| Africa
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| America
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| Asia
| |Asia | |
| Europe
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| Oceania
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| {{flag|France}}
|{{flag|Poland}} |
| {{flag|Russia}}
|{{flag|Russia}} |
| {{flag|United States}}
| |{{flag|United States}} | |
Overall points table
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=Men=
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| Rank
! Team ! Result |
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| 1 | align="left" | Europe | 140 |
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| 2 | align="left" | {{USA}} | 136 |
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| 3 | align="left" | Africa | 116 |
| 4
| align="left" | Asia | 110 |
| 5
| align="left" | Americas | 104 |
| 6
| align="left" | {{RUS}} | 89 |
| 7
| align="left" | {{FRA}} | 79 |
| 8
| align="left" | Oceania | 78 |
| 9
| align="left" | {{GRE}} | 44 |
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=Women=
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| Rank
! Team ! Result |
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| 1 | align="left" | {{RUS}} | 137 |
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| 2 | align="left" | Europe | 128 |
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| 3 | align="left" | America | 117 |
| 4
| align="left" | {{USA}} | 101.5 |
| 5
| align="left" | {{POL}} | 97 |
| 6
| align="left" | Africa | 96.5 |
| 7
| align="left" | Asia | 85.5 |
| 8
| align="left" | Oceania | 73 |
| 9
| align="left" | {{GRE}} | 60.5 |
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Medal summary
{{main|2006 IAAF World Cup results}}
=Men=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 100 metres
|{{flagathlete|Tyson Gay|USA}} | 9.88
|{{flagathlete|Francis Obikwelu|POR}} | 10.09
|{{flagathlete|Marc Burns|TRI}} | 10.14 |
| 200 metres
|{{flagathlete|Wallace Spearmon|USA}} | 19.87
|{{flagathlete|Usain Bolt|JAM}} | 19.96
|{{flagathlete|Shingo Suetsugu|JPN}} | 20.30 |
| 400 metres
|{{flagathlete|LaShawn Merritt|USA}} | 44.54
|{{flagathlete|Gary Kikaya|COD}} | 44.66
|{{flagathlete|Dimitrios Regas|GRE}} | 45.11 NR |
| 800 metres
|{{flagathlete|Yusuf Saad Kamel|BHR}} | 1:44.98
|{{flagathlete|Bram Som|NED}} | 1:45.13
|{{flagathlete|Mbulaeni Mulaudzi|RSA}} | 1:45.14 |
| 1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|Alex Kipchirchir|KEN}} | 3:52.60
|{{flagathlete|Ivan Heshko|UKR}} | 3:53.33
|{{flagathlete|Nick Willis|NZL}} | 3:54.76 |
| 3000 metres
|{{flagathlete|Craig Mottram|AUS}} | 7:32.19 CR |{{flagathlete|Kenenisa Bekele|ETH|1996}} | 7:36.25
|{{flagathlete|Driss Maazouzi|FRA}} | 7:47.80 |
| 5000 metres
|{{flagathlete|Saif Saaeed Shaheen|QAT}} | 13:35.30
|{{flagathlete|Mike Kigen|KEN}} | 13:36.19
|{{flagathlete|Matt Tegenkamp|USA}} | 13:36.83 |
| 110 metres hurdles
|{{flagathlete|Allen Johnson|USA}} | 12.96 CR MWR |{{flagathlete|Liu Xiang|CHN}} | 13.03
|{{flagathlete|Dayron Robles|CUB}} | 13.06 |
| 400 metres hurdles
|{{flagathlete|Kerron Clement|USA}} | 48.12
|{{flagathlete|L. J. van Zyl|RSA}} | 48.35
|{{flagathlete|Marek Plawgo|POL}} | 48.76 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase
|{{flagathlete|Saif Saaeed Shaheen|QAT}} | 8:19.09 CR |{{flagathlete|Paul Kipsiele Koech|KEN}} | 8:19.37
|{{flagathlete|Bouabdellah Tahri|FRA}} | 8:29.06 |
| 4×100 metres relay
| United States | 37.59 CR | Europe | 38.45
| Asia | 38.51 |
| 4×400 metres relay
| United States | 3:00.11
| Americas | 3:00.14
| Africa | 3:00.88 |
| High jump
|{{flagathlete|Tomáš Janků|CZE}} | 2.28 m
|{{flagathlete|Andrey Silnov|RUS}} | 2.24 m
|{{flagathlete|Tora Harris|USA}} | 2.24 m |
| Pole vault
|{{flagathlete|Steven Hooker|AUS}} | 5.80 m
|{{flagathlete|Daichi Sawano|JPN}} | 5.70 m
|{{flagathlete|Germán Chiaraviglio|ARG}} | 5.70 m |
| Long jump
|{{flagathlete|Irving Saladino|PAN}} | 8.26 m
|{{flagathlete|Andrew Howe|ITA}} | 8.12 m
|{{flagathlete|Mohamed Salman Al-Khuwalidi|KSA}} | 8.11 m |
| Triple jump
|{{flagathlete|Walter Davis|USA}} | 17.54 m
|{{flagathlete|Jadel Gregório|BRA}} | 17.41 m
|{{flagathlete|Marian Oprea|ROU}} | 17.05 m |
| Shot put
|{{flagathlete|Ralf Bartels|GER}} | 20.67 m
|{{flagathlete|Reese Hoffa|USA}} | 20.60 m
|{{flagathlete|Pavel Sofin|RUS}} | 20.45 m |
| Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|Virgilijus Alekna|LTU}} | 67.19 m
|{{flagathlete|Ehsan Haddadi|IRI}} | 62.60 m
|{{flagathlete|Ian Waltz|USA}} | 62.12 m |
| Hammer throw
|{{flagathlete|Koji Murofushi|JPN}} | 82.01 m
|{{flagathlete|Ivan Tsikhan|BLR}} | 80.00 m
|{{flagathlete|Ilya Konovalov|RUS}} | 77.14 m |
| Javelin throw
|{{flagathlete|Andreas Thorkildsen|NOR}} | 87.17 m
|{{flagathlete|Gerhardus Pienaar|RSA}} | 83.62 m
|{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Ivanov|RUS}} | 81.87 m |
=Women=
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} | |||
| 100 metres
|{{flagathlete|Sherone Simpson|JAM}} | 10.97
|{{flagathlete|Torri Edwards|USA}} | 11.19
|{{flagathlete|Vida Anim|GHA}} | 11.21 |
| 200 metres
|{{flagathlete|Sanya Richards|USA}} | 22.23
|{{flagathlete|Kim Gevaert|BEL}} | 22.72
|{{flagathlete|Vida Anim|GHA}} | 22.81 PB |
| 400 metres
|{{flagathlete|Sanya Richards|USA}} | 48.70 WL |{{flagathlete|Vania Stambolova|BUL}} | 50.09
|{{flagathlete|Novlene Williams|JAM}} | 50.24 |
| 800 metres
|{{flagathlete|Zulia Calatayud|CUB}} | 2:00.06
|{{flagathlete|Janeth Jepkosgei|KEN}} | 2:00.09
|{{flagathlete|Olga Kotlyarova|RUS}} | 2:00.84 |
| 1500 metres
|{{flagathlete|Maryam Yusuf Jamal|BHR}} | 4:00.84
|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Tomashova|RUS}} | 4:02.45
|{{flagathlete|Sarah Jamieson|AUS}} | 4:02.82 |
| 3000 metres
|{{flagathlete|Tirunesh Dibaba|ETH|1996}} | 8:33.78 CR |{{flagathlete|Lidia Chojecka|POL}} | 8:39.69
|{{flagathlete|Kara Goucher|USA}} | 8:41.42 PB |
| 5000 metres
|{{flagathlete|Meseret Defar|ETH|1996}} | 14:39.11 CR |{{flagathlete|Liliya Shobukhova|RUS}} | 15:05.33
|{{flagathlete|Kayoko Fukushi|JPN}} | 15:06.69 |
| 100 metres hurdles
|{{flagathlete|Brigitte Foster-Hylton|JAM}} | 12.67
|{{flagathlete|Susanna Kallur|SWE}} | 12.77
|{{flagathlete|Ginnie Powell|USA}} | 12.90 |
| 400 metres hurdles
|{{flagathlete|Yuliya Pechonkina|RUS}} | 53.88
|{{flagathlete|Lashinda Demus|USA}} | 54.06
|{{flagathlete|Anna Jesień|POL}} | 54.48 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase
|{{flagathlete|Alesia Turava|BLR}} | 9:29.10
|{{flagathlete|Jeruto Kiptum|KEN}} | 9:31.44
|{{flagathlete|Wioletta Janowska|POL}} | 9:35.08 |
| 4×100 metres relay
| Americas | 42.26 WL | Russia | 42.36
| Africa | 43.61 |
| 4×400 metres relay
| Americas | 3:19.84 WL | United States | 3:20.69
| Russia | 3:21.21 |
| High jump
|{{flagathlete|Yelena Slesarenko|RUS}} | 1.97 m
|{{flagathlete|Tia Hellebaut|BEL}} | 1.97 m
|{{flagathlete|Marina Aitova|KAZ}} | 1.94 m |
| Pole vault
|{{flagathlete|Yelena Isinbayeva|RUS}} | 4.60 m CR |{{flagathlete|Fabiana Murer|BRA}} | 4.55 m
|{{flagathlete|Gao Shuying|CHN}} | 4.50 m |
| Long jump
|{{flagathlete|Lyudmila Kolchanova|RUS}} | 6.78 m
|{{flagathlete|Naide Gomes|POR}} | 6.68 m
|{{flagathlete|Hrysopiyi Devetzi|GRE}} | 6.64 m |
| Triple jump
|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Lebedeva|RUS}} | 15.13 m
|{{flagathlete|Hrysopiyi Devetzi|GRE}} | 15.04 m
|{{flagathlete|Yamilé Aldama|SUD}} | 14.78 m |
| Shot put
|{{flagathlete|Valerie Vili|NZL}} | 19.87 m
|{{flagathlete|Olga Ryabinkina|RUS}} | 19.54 m
|{{flagathlete|Yumileidi Cumbá|CUB}} | 19.12 m |
| Discus throw
|{{flagathlete|Franka Dietzsch|GER}} | 66.07 m
|{{flagathlete|Aretha Thurmond|USA}} | 61.83 m
|{{flagathlete|Song Aimin|CHN}} | 61.47 m |
| Hammer throw
|{{flagathlete|Kamila Skolimowska|POL}} | 75.29 m CR |{{flagathlete|Tatyana Lysenko|RUS}} | 74.44 m
|{{flagathlete|Yipsi Moreno|CUB}} | 73.99 m |
| Javelin throw
|{{flagathlete|Steffi Nerius|GER}} | 63.37 m
|{{flagathlete|Sonia Bisset|CUB}} | 61.74 m
|{{flagathlete|Justine Robbeson|RSA}} | 61.38 m |
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060825022418/http://www.athensworldcup2006.gr/ 2006 IAAF World cup]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061003164149/http://www.iaaf.org/WCP06/index.html IAAF homepage]
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