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.European Indoor Cup. GBR Athletics/Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-25.3rd European Athletics Indoor Cup . European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-26. 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. 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.Russia women retain Indoor Cup. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-26. 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.Host nation France win European Athletics Indoor Cup . European Athletics (2006-03-05). Retrieved on 2011-01-26.
The competition venue is also the annual host of the Meeting Pas de Calais.
Results summary
Men
60 metres 6.65 6.70 6.73400 metres 46.62 46.89 47.01800 metres 1:49.50 1:50.05 1:50.061500 metres 3:49.77 3:50.66 3:50.743000 metres 7:58.08 8:03.63 8:04.7860 metres hurdles 7.62 7.69 7.74Swedish relay(800/600/400/200 m) Yuriy KoldinDmitriy BogdanovAleksandr UsovIvan Teplykh4:15.93 Romain MaquinKévin HautcœurBrice PanelIdrissa M'Barke4:16.20 Moritz WaldmannSteffen CoFlorian SeitzSebastian Ernst4:17.39 High jump 2.26 m 2.26 m 2.26 m Long jump 7.88 m 7.85 m 7.82 m Shot put 20.60 m 20.59 m 20.09 m
Women
60 metres 7.16 7.29 7.32400 metres 51.67 52.45 52.69800 metres 2:02.21 2:02.58 2:02.781500 metres 4:10.23 4:13.23 4:15.393000 metres 8:59.70 9:01.07 9:04.8860 metres hurdles 7.95 7.99 8.00Swedish relay(800/600/400/200 m) Irina VashentsevaMariya DryakhlovaTatyana FirovaNatalya Ivanova4:47.48 Mihaela NeacsuIuliana PopescuAngela MoroșanuIonela Tîrlea-Manolache4:49.96 Lidia ChojeckaMałgorzata PskitMarta Chrust-RożejGrażyna Prokopek4:50.96 Pole vault 4.80 m 4.50 m 4.40 m Triple jump 14.08 m 14.04 m 13.97 m
Medal table Key
+MenRankNationPoints totalGoldSilverBronzeMedal total 1 59 2 4 0 6 2 54 1 3 3 7 3 50 2 0 3 5 4 50 2 0 1 3 5 47 1 1 2 4 6 41 2 0 0 2 7 38 0 2 0 2 8 27 0 0 1 1Total 10 10 10 30
+WomenRankNationPoints totalGoldSilverBronzeMedal total 1 69 5 2 1 8 2 53 1 3 2 6 3 46 1 2 1 4 4 41 1 0 1 2 5 38 0 1 2 3 6 32 0 1 0 1 7 29 0 0 2 2 8 22 1 0 0 1Total 9 9 9 27
References
Results European Indoor Cup. GBR Athletics/Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-26. European Athletics Indoor Cup Liévin 2006. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-01-26.
External links Official website (archived) Images from the competition