# Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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.
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.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Asafa Powell Jamaica | 10.03 s | Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria | 10.11 s | Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago | 10.17 s |
| 200 metres details | Omar Brown Jamaica | 20.47 s | Stéphan Buckland Mauritius | 20.47 s | Chris Williams Jamaica | 20.52 s |
| 400 metres details | John Steffensen Australia | 44.73 s | Alleyne Francique Grenada | 45.09 s | Jermaine Gonzales Jamaica | 45.16 s |
| 800 metres details | Alex Kipchirchir Rono Kenya | 1:45.88 min | Achraf Tadili Canada | 1:46.93 min | John Litei Nkamasiai Kenya | 1:46.98 min |
| 1500 metres details | Nicholas Willis New Zealand | 3:38.49 min | Nathan Brannen Canada | 3:39.20 min | Mark Fountain Australia | 3:39.33 min |
| 5000 metres details | Augustine Choge Kenya | 12:56.41 min GR | Craig Mottram Australia | 12:58.19 min | Benjamin Limo Kenya | 13:05.30 min |
| 10,000 metres details | Boniface Kiprop Toroitich Uganda | 27:50.99 min | Geoffrey Kipngeno Kenya | 27:51.16 min | Fabiano Joseph Naasi Tanzania | 27:51.99 min |
| 110 metre hurdles details | Maurice Wignall Jamaica | 13.26 s | Chris Baillie Scotland | 13.61 s | Andy Turner England | 13.62 s |
| 400 metre hurdles details | L.J. van Zyl South Africa | 48.05 s GR | Alwyn Myburgh South Africa | 48.23 s | Kemel Thompson Jamaica | 48.65 s |
| 3000 metre steeplechase details | Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya | 8:18.17 min | Wesley Kiprotich Koech Kenya | 8:19.38 min | Reuben Kosgei Seroney Kenya | 8:19.82 min |
| 4×100 metre relay details | Jamaica (JAM) Michael Frater Ainsley Waugh Chris Williams Asafa Powell | 38.36 s | South Africa (RSA) Lee-Roy Newton Leigh Julius Snyman Prinsloo Sherwin Vries | 38.98 s | Canada (CAN) Charles Allen Anson Henry Nathan Taylor Emanuel Parris | 39.21 s |
| 4×400 metre relay details | Australia (AUS) John Steffensen Chris Troode Mark Ormrod Clinton Hill | 3:00.93 min | South Africa (RSA) Jan van der Merwe Ofentse Mogawane Paul Gorries L. J. van Zyl | 3:01.84 min | Jamaica (JAM) Lancford Davies Davian Clarke Lansford Spence Jermaine Gonzales | 3:01.94 min |
| Marathon details | Samson Ramadhani Nyonyi Tanzania | 2:11:29 h | Fred Mogaka Tumbo Kenya | 2:12:03 h | Dan Robinson England | 2:14:50 h |
| 20 km walk details | Nathan Deakes Australia | 1:19:55 GR | Luke Adams Australia | 1:21:38 | Jared Tallent Australia | 1:23:32 |
| 50 km walk details | Nathan Deakes Australia | 3:42.53 GR | Tony Sargisson New Zealand | 3:58.05 | Chris Erickson Australia | 3:58.22 |
| High jump details | Mark Boswell Canada | 2.26 m | Martyn Bernard England | 2.26 m | Kyriakos Ioannou Cyprus | 2.23 m |
| Pole vault details | Steven Hooker Australia | 5.80 m GR | Dmitri Markov Australia | 5.60 m | Steven Lewis England | 5.50 m |
| Long jump details | Ignisious Gaisah Ghana | 8.20 m | Gable Garenamotse Botswana | 8.17 m | Fabrice Lapierre Australia | 8.10 m |
| Triple jump details | Phillips Idowu England | 17.45 m | Khotso Mokoena South Africa | 16.95 m | Alwyn Jones Australia | 16.75 m |
| Shot put details | Janus Robberts South Africa | 19.76 m | Dorian Scott Jamaica | 19.75 m | Scott Martin Australia | 19.48 m |
| Discus throw details | Scott Martin Australia | 63.48 m | Jason Tunks Canada | 63.07 m | Dariusz Slowik Canada | 61.49 m |
| Hammer throw details | Stuart Rendell Australia | 77.53 m GR | James Steacy Canada | 74.75 m | Christiaan Harmse South Africa | 73.81 m |
| Javelin throw details | Nicholas Nieland England | 80.10 m | William Hamlyn Harris Australia | 79.89 m | Oliver Dziubak Australia | 79.89 m |
| Decathlon details | Dean Macey England | 8143 | Maurice Smith Jamaica | 8074 | Jason Dudley Australia | 8001 |

#### Men's disability events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres T12 | Adekunle Adesoji Nigeria | 11.07 s | Hilton Langenhoven South Africa | 11.22 s | Eriyo Etinosa Nigeria | 11.43 s |
| 200 metres T46 | Heath Francis Australia | 22.96 s | David Roos South Africa | 23.12 s | Vitalis Lanshima Nigeria | 23.16 s |
| Discus throw (seated) | Tanto Campbell Jamaica | 34.48 m | Jacques Martin Canada | 32.28 m | Ranjith Kumar Jayaseelan India | 29.88 m |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Sheri-Ann Brooks Jamaica | 11.19 s | Geraldine Pillay South Africa | 11.31 s | Delphine Atangana Cameroon | 11.39 s |
| 200 metres details | Sherone Simpson Jamaica | 22.59 s | Veronica Campbell Jamaica | 22.72 s | Geraldine Pillay South Africa | 22.92 s |
| 400 metres details | Christine Ohuruogu England | 50.28 s | Tonique Williams-Darling Bahamas | 50.76 s | Novlene Williams Jamaica | 51.12 s |
| 800 metres details | Janeth Jepkosgei Kenya | 1:57.88 min | Kenia Sinclair Jamaica | 1:58.16 min | Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique | 1:58.77 min |
| 1500 metres details | Lisa Dobriskey England | 4:06.21 min | Sarah Jamieson Australia | 4:06.64 min | Hayley Tullett Wales | 4:06.76 min |
| 5000 metres details | Isabella Ochichi Kenya | 14:57.84 min | Joanne Pavey England | 14:59.08 min | Lucy Wangui Kabuu Kenya | 15:00.20 min |
| 10,000 metres details | Lucy Kabuu Kenya | 31:29.66 min | Evelyne Wambui Nganga Kenya | 31:30.86 min | Mara Yamauchi England | 31:49.40 min |
| 100 metre hurdles details | Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica | 12.75 s | Angela Whyte Canada | 12.94 s | Delloreen Ennis-London Jamaica | 13.00 s |
| 400 metre hurdles details | Jana Pittman Australia | 53.82 s GR | Natasha Danvers Smith England | 55.17 s | Lee McConnell Scotland | 55.25 s |
| 3000 m steeplechase details | Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda | 9:19.51 min GR | Melissa Rollison Australia | 9:24.29 min | Donna MacFarlane Australia | 9:25.05 min |
| 4×100 metre relay details | Jamaica (JAM) Daniele Browning Sheri-Ann Brooks Peta-Gaye Dowdie Sherone Simpson | 43.10 s | England (ENG) Anyika Onuora Kimberly Wall Laura Turner Emma Ania | 43.43 s | Australia (AUS) Sally McLellan Melanie Kleeberg Lauren Hewitt Crystal Attenborough | 44.25 s |
| 4×400 metre relay details | Australia (AUS) Jana Pittman Caitlin Willis Tamsyn Lewis Rosemary Hayward | 3:28.66 min | India (IND) Rajwinder Kaur Chitra Soman Manjeet Kaur Pinki Pramanik | 3:29.57 min | Nigeria (NGR) Kudirat Akhigbe Joy Eze Folashade Abugan Christiana Epukhon | 3:31.83 min |
| Marathon details | Kerryn McCann Australia | 2:30:54 | Helen Cherono Koskei Kenya | 2:30:56 | Liz Yelling England | 2:32:19 |
| 20 km walk details | Jane Saville Australia | 1:32:46 GR | Natalie Saville Australia | 1:33:33 | Cheryl Webb Australia | 1:36:03 |
| High jump details | Anika Smith South Africa | 1.91 m | Julie Crane Wales | 1.88 m | Karen Beautle Jamaica | 1.83 m |
| High jump details | Anika Smith South Africa | 1.91 m | Julie Crane Wales | 1.88 m | Angela McKee New Zealand | 1.83 m |
| Pole vault details | Kym Howe Australia | 4.62 m GR | Tatiana Grigorieva Australia | 4.35 m | Stephanie McCann Canada | 4.25 m |
| Long jump details | Bronwyn Thompson Australia | 6.97 m GR | Kerrie Taurima Australia | 6.57 m | Celine Laporte Seychelles | 6.57 m |
| Triple jump details | Trecia Smith Jamaica | 14.39 m | Otonye Iworima Nigeria | 13.53 m | Nadia Williams England | 13.42 m |
| Shot put details | Valerie Vili New Zealand | 19.66 m GR | Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria | 18.75 m | Cleopatra Borel-Brown Trinidad and Tobago | 17.54 m |
| Discus throw details | Elizna Naude South Africa | 61.55 m | Seema Antil India | 60.56 m | Dani Samuels Australia | 59.44 m |
| Hammer throw details | Brooke Krueger Australia | 67.90 m GR | Jennifer Joyce Canada | 67.29 m | Lorraine Shaw England | 66.00 m |
| Javelin throw details | Sunette Viljoen South Africa | 60.72 m | Laverne Eve Bahamas | 60.54 m | Olivia McKoy Jamaica | 58.27 m |
| Heptathlon details | Kelly Sotherton England | 6396 | Kylie Wheeler Australia | 6298 | Jessica Ennis England | 6269 |

#### Women's disability events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres T37 | Elizabeth McIntosh Australia | 14.38 s | Katrina Webb Australia | 14.51 s | Beverley Jones Wales | 14.81 s |
| 800 metres T54 (wheelchair) | Chantal Petitclerc Canada | 1:48.98 | Eliza Stankovic Australia | 1:49.62 | Diane Roy Canada | 1:53.76 |
| Shot put (seated) | Njideka Iyiazi Nigeria | 6.78 m | Virginia Ohagwu Nigeria | 6.08 m | Asti Poole Australia | 5.33 m |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS)* | 16 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Jamaica (JAM) | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | England (ENG) | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | South Africa (SAF) | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | Nigeria (NGR) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Uganda (UGA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Tanzania (TAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | India (IND) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Wales (WAL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Scotland (SCO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Grenada (GRN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Mauritius (MRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 53 | 53 | 54 | 160 |

## Participating nations

* Anguilla (2)
* Antigua and Barbuda (8)
* Australia (103)
* Bahamas (16)
* Bangladesh (2)
* Belize (3)
* Bermuda (5)
* Botswana (10)
* British Virgin Islands (2)
* Cameroon (8)
* Canada (38)
* Cayman Islands (6)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Cyprus (9)
* Dominica (3)
* England (83)
* Fiji (10)
* Gambia (7)
* Ghana (12)
* Grenada (4)
* Guernsey (2)
* Guyana (3)
* Isle of Man (2)
* India (18)
* Jamaica (40)
* Jersey (2)
* Kenya (38)
* Kiribati (2)
* Lesotho (6)
* Malawi (4)
* Malaysia (6)
* Maldives (4)
* Mauritius (13)
* Montserrat (3)
* Mozambique (3)
* Namibia (2)
* New Zealand (25)
* Nigeria (30)
* Niue (1)
* Northern Ireland (7)
* Pakistan (6)
* Papua New Guinea (11)
* Saint Helena (1)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
* Saint Lucia (6)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4)
* Samoa (4)
* Scotland (18)
* Seychelles (3)
* Sierra Leone (14)
* Singapore (2)
* Solomon Islands (4)
* Sri Lanka (7)
* South Africa (50)
* Swaziland (2)
* Tanzania (13)
* Tonga (3)
* Trinidad and Tobago (16)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (5)
* Uganda (8)
* Wales (19)
* Vanuatu (4)
* Zambia (3)