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.[1]
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.
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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.
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^Brown, Matthew (2006-03-17). A Gathering of World champions in Melbourne - Commonwealth Games preview. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-04.
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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 1 Athletics at the 18th Commonwealth GamesThe host stadium in MelbourneDates19 25 March 2006Host cityMelbourne AustraliaVenueMelbourne Cricket GroundLevelSeniorEvents47 6 disability Participation748 disabled athletes from 63 nationsRecords set11 Games records 2002 Manchester2010 Delhi 2006 Commonwealth Games 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 Contents 1 Medal summary 1 1 Men 1 1 1 Men s disability events 1 2 Women 1 2 1 Women s disability events 2 Medal table 3 Participating nations 4 References 5 External linksMedal summary editMen edit Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metresdetails Asafa Powell nbsp Jamaica 10 03 s Olusoji Fasuba nbsp Nigeria 10 11 s Marc Burns nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 10 17 s 200 metresdetails Omar Brown nbsp Jamaica 20 47 s Stephan Buckland nbsp Mauritius 20 47 s Chris Williams nbsp Jamaica 20 52 s 400 metresdetails John Steffensen nbsp Australia 44 73 s Alleyne Francique nbsp Grenada 45 09 s Jermaine Gonzales nbsp Jamaica 45 16 s 800 metresdetails Alex Kipchirchir Rono nbsp Kenya 1 45 88 min Achraf Tadili nbsp Canada 1 46 93 min John Litei Nkamasiai nbsp Kenya 1 46 98 min 1500 metresdetails Nicholas Willis nbsp New Zealand 3 38 49 min Nathan Brannen nbsp Canada 3 39 20 min Mark Fountain nbsp Australia 3 39 33 min 5000 metresdetails Augustine Choge nbsp Kenya 12 56 41 min GR Craig Mottram nbsp Australia 12 58 19 min Benjamin Limo nbsp Kenya 13 05 30 min 10 000 metresdetails Boniface Kiprop Toroitich nbsp Uganda 27 50 99 min Geoffrey Kipngeno nbsp Kenya 27 51 16 min Fabiano Joseph Naasi nbsp Tanzania 27 51 99 min 110 metre hurdlesdetails Maurice Wignall nbsp Jamaica 13 26 s Chris Baillie nbsp Scotland 13 61 s Andy Turner nbsp England 13 62 s 400 metre hurdlesdetails L J van Zyl nbsp South Africa 48 05 s GR Alwyn Myburgh nbsp South Africa 48 23 s Kemel Thompson nbsp Jamaica 48 65 s 3000 metre steeplechasedetails Ezekiel Kemboi nbsp Kenya 8 18 17 min Wesley Kiprotich Koech nbsp Kenya 8 19 38 min Reuben Kosgei Seroney nbsp Kenya 8 19 82 min 4 100 metre relaydetails nbsp Jamaica JAM Michael FraterAinsley WaughChris WilliamsAsafa Powell 38 36 s nbsp South Africa RSA Lee Roy NewtonLeigh JuliusSnyman PrinslooSherwin Vries 38 98 s nbsp Canada CAN Charles AllenAnson HenryNathan TaylorEmanuel Parris 39 21 s 4 400 metre relaydetails nbsp Australia AUS John SteffensenChris TroodeMark OrmrodClinton Hill 3 00 93 min nbsp South Africa RSA Jan van der MerweOfentse MogawanePaul GorriesL J van Zyl 3 01 84 min nbsp Jamaica JAM Lancford DaviesDavian ClarkeLansford SpenceJermaine Gonzales 3 01 94 min Marathondetails Samson Ramadhani Nyonyi nbsp Tanzania 2 11 29 h Fred Mogaka Tumbo nbsp Kenya 2 12 03 h Dan Robinson nbsp England 2 14 50 h 20 km walkdetails Nathan Deakes nbsp Australia 1 19 55 GR Luke Adams nbsp Australia 1 21 38 Jared Tallent nbsp Australia 1 23 32 50 km walkdetails Nathan Deakes nbsp Australia 3 42 53 GR Tony Sargisson nbsp New Zealand 3 58 05 Chris Erickson nbsp Australia 3 58 22 High jumpdetails Mark Boswell nbsp Canada 2 26 m Martyn Bernard nbsp England 2 26 m Kyriakos Ioannou nbsp Cyprus 2 23 m Pole vaultdetails Steven Hooker nbsp Australia 5 80 m GR Dmitri Markov nbsp Australia 5 60 m Steven Lewis nbsp England 5 50 m Long jumpdetails Ignisious Gaisah nbsp Ghana 8 20 m Gable Garenamotse nbsp Botswana 8 17 m Fabrice Lapierre nbsp Australia 8 10 m Triple jumpdetails Phillips Idowu nbsp England 17 45 m Khotso Mokoena nbsp South Africa 16 95 m Alwyn Jones nbsp Australia 16 75 m Shot putdetails Janus Robberts nbsp South Africa 19 76 m Dorian Scott nbsp Jamaica 19 75 m Scott Martin nbsp Australia 19 48 m Discus throwdetails Scott Martin nbsp Australia 63 48 m Jason Tunks nbsp Canada 63 07 m Dariusz Slowik nbsp Canada 61 49 m Hammer throwdetails Stuart Rendell nbsp Australia 77 53 m GR James Steacy nbsp Canada 74 75 m Christiaan Harmse nbsp South Africa 73 81 m Javelin throwdetails Nicholas Nieland nbsp England 80 10 m William Hamlyn Harris nbsp Australia 79 89 m Oliver Dziubak nbsp Australia 79 89 m Decathlondetails Dean Macey nbsp England 8143 Maurice Smith nbsp Jamaica 8074 Jason Dudley nbsp Australia 8001 Men s disability events edit Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres T12 Adekunle Adesoji nbsp Nigeria 11 07 s Hilton Langenhoven nbsp South Africa 11 22 s Eriyo Etinosa nbsp Nigeria 11 43 s 200 metres T46 Heath Francis nbsp Australia 22 96 s David Roos nbsp South Africa 23 12 s Vitalis Lanshima nbsp Nigeria 23 16 s Discus throw seated Tanto Campbell nbsp Jamaica 34 48 m Jacques Martin nbsp Canada 32 28 m Ranjith Kumar Jayaseelan nbsp India 29 88 m Women edit Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metresdetails Sheri Ann Brooks nbsp Jamaica 11 19 s Geraldine Pillay nbsp South Africa 11 31 s Delphine Atangana nbsp Cameroon 11 39 s 200 metresdetails Sherone Simpson nbsp Jamaica 22 59 s Veronica Campbell nbsp Jamaica 22 72 s Geraldine Pillay nbsp South Africa 22 92 s 400 metresdetails Christine Ohuruogu nbsp England 50 28 s Tonique Williams Darling nbsp Bahamas 50 76 s Novlene Williams nbsp Jamaica 51 12 s 800 metresdetails Janeth Jepkosgei nbsp Kenya 1 57 88 min Kenia Sinclair nbsp Jamaica 1 58 16 min Maria de Lurdes Mutola nbsp Mozambique 1 58 77 min 1500 metresdetails Lisa Dobriskey nbsp England 4 06 21 min Sarah Jamieson nbsp Australia 4 06 64 min Hayley Tullett nbsp Wales 4 06 76 min 5000 metresdetails Isabella Ochichi nbsp Kenya 14 57 84 min Joanne Pavey nbsp England 14 59 08 min Lucy Wangui Kabuu nbsp Kenya 15 00 20 min 10 000 metresdetails Lucy Kabuu nbsp Kenya 31 29 66 min Evelyne Wambui Nganga nbsp Kenya 31 30 86 min Mara Yamauchi nbsp England 31 49 40 min 100 metre hurdlesdetails Brigitte Foster Hylton nbsp Jamaica 12 75 s Angela Whyte nbsp Canada 12 94 s Delloreen Ennis London nbsp Jamaica 13 00 s 400 metre hurdlesdetails Jana Pittman nbsp Australia 53 82 s GR Natasha Danvers Smith nbsp England 55 17 s Lee McConnell nbsp Scotland 55 25 s 3000 m steeplechasedetails Dorcus Inzikuru nbsp Uganda 9 19 51 min GR Melissa Rollison nbsp Australia 9 24 29 min Donna MacFarlane nbsp Australia 9 25 05 min 4 100 metre relaydetails nbsp Jamaica JAM Daniele BrowningSheri Ann BrooksPeta Gaye DowdieSherone Simpson 43 10 s nbsp England ENG Anyika OnuoraKimberly WallLaura TurnerEmma Ania 43 43 s nbsp Australia AUS Sally McLellanMelanie KleebergLauren HewittCrystal Attenborough 44 25 s 4 400 metre relaydetails nbsp Australia AUS Jana PittmanCaitlin WillisTamsyn LewisRosemary Hayward 3 28 66 min nbsp India IND Rajwinder KaurChitra SomanManjeet KaurPinki Pramanik 3 29 57 min nbsp Nigeria NGR Kudirat AkhigbeJoy EzeFolashade AbuganChristiana Epukhon 3 31 83 min Marathondetails Kerryn McCann nbsp Australia 2 30 54 Helen Cherono Koskei nbsp Kenya 2 30 56 Liz Yelling nbsp England 2 32 19 20 km walkdetails Jane Saville nbsp Australia 1 32 46 GR Natalie Saville nbsp Australia 1 33 33 Cheryl Webb nbsp Australia 1 36 03 High jumpdetails Anika Smith nbsp South Africa 1 91 m Julie Crane nbsp Wales 1 88 m Karen Beautle nbsp Jamaica 1 83 m Angela McKee nbsp New Zealand Pole vaultdetails Kym Howe nbsp Australia 4 62 m GR Tatiana Grigorieva nbsp Australia 4 35 m Stephanie McCann nbsp Canada 4 25 m Long jumpdetails Bronwyn Thompson nbsp Australia 6 97 m GR Kerrie Taurima nbsp Australia 6 57 m Celine Laporte nbsp Seychelles 6 57 m Triple jumpdetails Trecia Smith nbsp Jamaica 14 39 m Otonye Iworima nbsp Nigeria 13 53 m Nadia Williams nbsp England 13 42 m Shot putdetails Valerie Vili nbsp New Zealand 19 66 m GR Vivian Chukwuemeka nbsp Nigeria 18 75 m Cleopatra Borel Brown nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 17 54 m Discus throwdetails Elizna Naude nbsp South Africa 61 55 m Seema Antil nbsp India 60 56 m Dani Samuels nbsp Australia 59 44 m Hammer throwdetails Brooke Krueger nbsp Australia 67 90 m GR Jennifer Joyce nbsp Canada 67 29 m Lorraine Shaw nbsp England 66 00 m Javelin throwdetails Sunette Viljoen nbsp South Africa 60 72 m Laverne Eve nbsp Bahamas 60 54 m Olivia McKoy nbsp Jamaica 58 27 m Heptathlondetails Kelly Sotherton nbsp England 6396 Kylie Wheeler nbsp Australia 6298 Jessica Ennis nbsp England 6269 Women s disability events edit Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres T37 Elizabeth McIntosh nbsp Australia 14 38 s Katrina Webb nbsp Australia 14 51 s Beverley Jones nbsp Wales 14 81 s 800 metres T54 wheelchair Chantal Petitclerc nbsp Canada 1 48 98 Eliza Stankovic nbsp Australia 1 49 62 Diane Roy nbsp Canada 1 53 76 Shot put seated Njideka Iyiazi nbsp Nigeria 6 78 m Virginia Ohagwu nbsp Nigeria 6 08 m Asti Poole nbsp Australia 5 33 mMedal table edit Host nation Australia RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Australia AUS 161213412 nbsp Jamaica JAM 1048223 nbsp Kenya KEN 654154 nbsp England ENG 648185 nbsp South Africa SAF 572146 nbsp Canada CAN 274137 nbsp Nigeria NGR 24398 nbsp New Zealand NZL 21149 nbsp Uganda UGA 200210 nbsp Tanzania TAN 101211 nbsp Ghana GHA 100112 nbsp India IND 021313 nbsp Bahamas BAH 020214 nbsp Wales WAL 012315 nbsp Scotland SCO 011216 nbsp Botswana BOT 0101 nbsp Grenada GRN 0101 nbsp Mauritius MRI 010119 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago TTO 002220 nbsp Cameroon CMR 0011 nbsp Cyprus CYP 0011 nbsp Mozambique MOZ 0011 nbsp Seychelles SEY 0011Totals 23 entries 535354160Participating nations edit nbsp Anguilla 2 nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 8 nbsp Australia 103 nbsp Bahamas 16 nbsp Bangladesh 2 nbsp Belize 3 nbsp Bermuda 5 nbsp Botswana 10 nbsp British Virgin Islands 2 nbsp Cameroon 8 nbsp Canada 38 nbsp Cayman Islands 6 nbsp Cook Islands 1 nbsp Cyprus 9 nbsp Dominica 3 nbsp England 83 nbsp Fiji 10 nbsp Gambia 7 nbsp Ghana 12 nbsp Grenada 4 nbsp Guernsey 2 nbsp Guyana 3 nbsp Isle of Man 2 nbsp India 18 nbsp Jamaica 40 nbsp Jersey 2 nbsp Kenya 38 nbsp Kiribati 2 nbsp Lesotho 6 nbsp Malawi 4 nbsp Malaysia 6 nbsp Maldives 4 nbsp Mauritius 13 nbsp Montserrat 3 nbsp Mozambique 3 nbsp Namibia 2 nbsp New Zealand 25 nbsp Nigeria 30 nbsp Niue 1 nbsp Northern Ireland 7 nbsp Pakistan 6 nbsp Papua New Guinea 11 nbsp Saint Helena 1 nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 nbsp Saint Lucia 6 nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 nbsp Samoa 4 nbsp Scotland 18 nbsp Seychelles 3 nbsp Sierra Leone 14 nbsp Singapore 2 nbsp Solomon Islands 4 nbsp Sri Lanka 7 nbsp South Africa 50 nbsp Swaziland 2 nbsp Tanzania 13 nbsp Tonga 3 nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 16 nbsp Turks and Caicos Islands 5 nbsp Uganda 8 nbsp Wales 19 nbsp Vanuatu 4 nbsp Zambia 3 References editGeneral 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 Brown Matthew 2006 03 17 A Gathering of World champions in Melbourne Commonwealth Games preview IAAF Retrieved on 2010 03 04 External links editOfficial 2006 Commonwealth Games athletics page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games amp oldid 1195586800, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
