2006 European Cup
Logo of the 2006 Superleague
Host cityMálaga, Spain (Super League)
Dates28–29 June 2006
Main venueEstadio Ciudad de Málaga (Super League)

The 2006 Spar European Cup (the 27th) took place in Málaga, Spain and attracted over 2000 athletes from 49 countries. The mascot for the 2006 games was "Manolito" the Octopus, it was chosen from the drawings submitted in a contest aimed at Andalusian schoolchildren, the winner was Eva Simancas Rubio, aged 11 from ‘Julio Caro Baroja’. The top two teams for both men and women qualified for the 2006 IAAF World Cup.

Super League

Stadium

The Athletics Stadium Ciudad de Málaga is located in the city's western area, and is easily accessible by road, not far from the airport and in front of the 'José María Martín Carpena' Sports Hall. It also has 9 lanes on the track which allows a 9th team to be able to compete.

Team standings

Men

Pos Country Pts
1 France 118
2 Russia 116
3 Great Britain 109
4 Poland 107
5 Ukraine 103
6 Spain 99.5
7 Italy 93
8 Germany 86.5
9 Finland 65
  • Finland, Italy & Spain relegated, Germany saved as they were to host the 2007 competition.
  • Belgium & Greece both promoted to the Superleague for 2007 from League 1.

Women

Pos Country Pts
1 Russia 155
2 Poland 115.5
3 Ukraine 99
4 France 98
5 Germany 93
6 Spain 90
7 Great Britain 85
8 Sweden 81
9 Romania 76.5
  • Great Britain & NI, Sweden & Romania all relegated to League 1.
  • Belarus & Greece, both promoted from League 1 for the 2007 cup.
Relegation to 1st League

Results summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(Wind: +2.6 m/s)		 Ronald Pognon
 France		10.13w Dwain Chambers
 Great Britain		10.19w Andrey Yepishin
 Russia		10.19w
200 m
(Wind: +1.8 m/s)		 Christian Malcolm
 Great Britain		20.29 Ronald Pognon
 France		20.37 Marcin Urbaś
 Poland		20.55
400 m Marc Raquil
 France		45.89 Vladislav Frolov
 Russia		46.13 Daniel Dąbrowski
 Poland		46.37
800 m Juan de Dios Jurado
 Spain		1:46.00 Ivan Heshko
 Ukraine		1:46.24 Florent Lacasse
 France		1:46.44
1500 m Ivan Heshko
 Ukraine		3:50.34 Juan Carlos Higuero
 Spain		3:50.85 Aleksandr Krivchonkov
 Russia		3:51.96
3000 m Sergio Gallardo
 Spain		8:27.78 Mo Farah
 Great Britain		8:27.91 Driss Maazouzi
 France		8:28.64
5000 m Sergey Lebid
 Ukraine		14:16.83 Juan Carlos de la Ossa
 Spain		14:17.65 Sergey Ivanov
 Russia		14:18.14
3000 m steeplechase Antonio Jiménez
 Spain		8:25.59 Vincent Le Dauphin
 France		8:28.77 Jukka Keskisalo
 Finland		8:30.45
110 m hurdles
(Wind: -1.5 m/s)		 Ladji Doucouré
 France		13.27 Andy Turner
 Great Britain		13.47 Igor Peremota
 Russia		13.50
400 m hurdles Naman Keïta
 France		50.20 Aleksandr Derevyagin
 Russia		50.35 Gianni Carabelli
 Italy		50.45
4 × 100 m  Poland
Dariusz Kuć
Łukasz Chyła
Marcin Jędrusiński
Marcin Urbaś		39.07  Italy
Luca Verdecchia
Stefano Anceschi
Massimiliano Donati
Francesco Scuderi		39.14  Great Britain
Tim Abeyie
Marlon Devonish
Christian Malcolm
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey		39.31
4 × 400 m  France
Leslie Djhone
Brice Panel
Naman Keïta
Marc Raquil		3:03.59  Poland
Rafał Wieruszewski
Piotr Klimczak
Marcin Marciniszyn
Daniel Dąbrowski		3:03.86  Italy
Andrew Howe
Gianni Carabelli
Luca Galletti
Andrea Barberi		3:04.27
High jump Andrey Silnov
 Russia		2.31 Giulio Ciotti
 Italy		2.29 Germaine Mason
 Great Britain		2.27
Pole vault Romain Mesnil
 France		5.70 Giuseppe Gibilisco
 Italy		5.65 Mikko Latvala
 Finland		5.45
Long jump Andrew Howe
 Italy		8.29 Salim Sdiri
 France		8.15 Marcin Starzak
 Poland		8.09
Triple jump Fabrizio Donato
 Italy		16.99 Viktor Yastrebov
 Ukraine		16.91 Julien Kapek
 France		16.80
Shot put Pavel Sofin
 Russia		20.59 Manuel Martínez
 Spain		20.58 Ralf Bartels
 Germany		20.43
Discus throw Piotr Małachowski
 Poland		66.21 Lars Riedel
 Germany		63.47 Mario Pestano
 Spain		62.35
Hammer throw Szymon Ziółkowski
 Poland		79.31 Andrey Skvaruk
 Ukraine		78.71 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen
 Finland		77.08
Javelin throw Tero Pitkämäki
 Finland		85.30 Sergey Makarov
 Russia		82.43 Igor Janik
 Poland		79.30
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
(Wind: +2.4 m/s)		 Yuliya Gushchina
 Russia		11.13w Joice Maduaka
 Great Britain		11.29w Fabienne Beret-Martinel
 France		11.35w
200 m
(Wind: +0.6 m/s)		 Olga Zaytseva
 Russia		22.73 Angela Moroșanu
 Romania		22.91 Monika Bejnar
 Poland		22.97
400 m Svetlana Pospelova
 Russia		50.77 Nicola Sanders
 Great Britain		51.92 Claudia Hoffmann
 Germany		52.81
800 m Svetlana Klyuka
 Russia		2:01.99 Monika Gradzki
 Germany		2:04.13 Mayte Martínez
 Spain		2:04.16
1500 m Yuliya Chizhenko
 Russia		4:14.39 Latifa Essarokh
 France		4:14.76 Natalya Tobias
 Ukraine		4:15.36
3000 m Joanne Pavey
 Great Britain		8:52.54 Olesya Syreva
 Russia		8:58.27 Justyna Lesman
 Poland		9:02.64
5000 m Liliya Shobukhova
 Russia		16:18.23 Marta Domínguez
 Spain		16:25.21 Natalya Berkut
 Ukraine		16:26.12
3000 m steeplechase Yelena Sidorchenkova
 Russia		9:45.73 Rosa María Morató
 Spain		9:49.81 Katarzyna Kowalska
 Poland		9:56.10
100 m hurdles
(Wind: +0.8 m/s)		 Susanna Kallur
 Sweden		12.69 Kirsten Bolm
 Germany		12.74 Adrianna Lamalle
 France		12.90
400 m hurdles Natasha Danvers-Smith
 Great Britain		55.65 Yevgeniya Isakova
 Russia		55.82 Tatyana Tereshchuk
 Ukraine		55.87
4 × 100 m  Russia
Natalya Rusakova
Yuliya Gushchina
Yekaterina Kondratyeva
Larisa Kruglova		43.71  France
Adrianna Lamalle
Fabienne Beret-Martinel
Céline Distel
Carima Louami		43.75  Ukraine
Olena Chebanu
Olena Sinyavina
Iryna Shtanhyeyeva
Oksana Shcherbak		43.86
4 × 400 m  Russia
Yelena Migunova
Olga Zaytseva
Tatyana Veshkurova
Natalya Antyukh		3:23.51  Poland
Zuzanna Radecka
Monika Bejnar
Małgorzata Pskit
Grażyna Prokopek		3:26.60  Great Britain
Helen Karagounis
Nicola Sanders
Melanie Purkiss
Lee McConnell		3:26.98
High jump Kajsa Bergqvist
 Sweden		1.97 Ruth Beitia
 Spain		1.95 Anna Chicherova
 Russia		1.92
Pole vault Monika Pyrek
 Poland		4.75
CR		 Vanessa Boslak
 France		4.70 Nastja Ryshich
 Germany		4.55
Long jump Tatyana Kotova
 Russia		6.67 Eunice Barber
 France		6.61 Daniela Lincoln-Saavedra
 Sweden		6.55
Triple jump Olga Saladukha
 Ukraine		14.10 Viktoriya Gurova
 Russia		14.06 Adelina Gavrilă
 Romania		14.00
Shot put Petra Lammert
 Germany		19.36 Irina Khudoroshkina
 Russia		18.29 Krystyna Zabawska
 Poland		17.78
Discus throw Franka Dietzsch
 Germany		65.54 Darya Pishchalnikova
 Russia		64.24 Nicoleta Grasu
 Romania		61.91
Hammer throw Tatyana Lysenko
 Russia		76.50
CR		 Kamila Skolimowska
 Poland		68.16 Irina Sekachova
 Ukraine		67.96
Javelin throw Barbara Madejczyk
 Poland		64.08 Felicia Moldovan
 Romania		60.49 Mercedes Chilla
 Spain		60.22
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

First League

The First League was held on 17 and 18 June

Men

Women

Second League

The Second League was held on 17 and 18 June

Men

Women

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