2006 European Cup Winter Throwing

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2006 European Throwing Cup
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The 2006

European Athletics Association. A total of 168 athletes from 28 countries entered the competition.[1]

The competition featured men's and women's contests in shot put, discus throw, javelin throw and hammer throw. Athletes were seeded into "A" and "B" groups in each competition.[2]

Polish and Russian athletes dominated the proceedings. Poland won five of the eight contests while Russia provided the silver medallist in six events. Russia was the winner in the men's and women's team points competition.

Gheorghe Guşet
was promoted to first place in the European Cup field.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Shot put  
Gheorghe Guşet
 (ROM)
20.41 m  Tomasz Majewski (POL) 20.26 m  Pavel Sofin (RUS) 20.19 m
Discus throw  Piotr Małachowski (POL) 65.01 m  Mario Pestano (ESP) 63.40 m  Gerd Kanter (EST) 62.55 m
Javelin throw  Igor Janik (POL) 81.16 m  Vladislav Shkurlatov (RUS) 79.27 m  Ainārs Kovals (LAT) 78.64 m
Hammer throw  Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) 79.04 m  Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) 78.54 m  Dzmitry Shako (BLR) 77.00 m
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)
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women
Shot put  Natallia Mikhnevich (BLR) 19.18 m  Olga Ryabinkina (RUS) 18.55 m  Nadine Kleinert (GER) 18.30 m
Discus throw  Wioletta Potępa (POL) 61.89 m  Oksana Esipchuk (RUS) 61.70 m  Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) 60.86 m
Javelin throw  Mareike Rittweg (GER) 60.06 m  Lada Chernova (RUS) 59.15 m  Mercedes Chilla (ESP) 57.28 m
Hammer throw  Kamila Skolimowska (POL) 73.32 m  Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) 72.01 m  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) 70.29 m


Medal and points table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
1  Poland 5 1 0 6 7662
2  Russia 0 6 1 7 8531 8178
3=  Belarus 1 0 1 2 5281[a] 6137
3=  Germany 1 0 1 2 7339
5  Romania 1 0 0 1 4980 7732
6  Spain 0 1 1 2 6451
7=  Estonia 0 0 1 1 6533
7=  France 0 0 1 1 5020 7593
7=  Latvia 0 0 1 1
10=  Italy 0 0 0 0 7981 7834
10=  Israel 0 0 0 0 6428 3611
10=  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 5069 4956
  • a Belarus's score in the men's team competition was originally 5373 points. Following Andrei Mikhnevich's disqualification in 2013, his points total of 1157 was replaced by that of his countryman Yury Bialou who was ninth with 1065 points.

References

  1. ^ European Cup Winter Throwing Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. RFEA. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
  2. ^ Butcher, Michael (2006-03-19). Another title for Khoroneko, as Skolimowska shines at European Cup Winter Throwing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
  3. ^ Andrei MIKHNEVICH (BLR) – results annulled from August 2005. IAAF (2013-07-31). Retrieved on 2013-11-16.
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