# 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was held in Moscow from March 10 to March 12, 2006 in the Olimpiyski Sport arena.
The announcement by the IAAF in November 2003 was a blow to Madrid, which was also in the running to hold the event but Spain had already held the competition twice. This was the first major senior athletics competition to be held in the country since the highly boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics.
The majority of athletes from Great Britain, Australia and Jamaica, amongst other countries, did not attend the Championships, due to the coinciding 2006 Commonwealth Games.

## Results
### Men

2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010
| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 m details | Leonard Scott United States | 6.50 (WL) | Andrey Yepishin Russia | 6.52 (NR) | Terrence Trammell United States | 6.54 |
| 400 m details | Alleyne Francique Grenada | 45.54 (SB) | California Molefe Botswana | 45.75 | Chris Brown Bahamas | 45.78 (NR) |
| 800 m details | Wilfred Bungei Kenya | 1:47.15 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa | 1:47.16 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia | 1:47.38 |
| 1500 m details | Ivan Heshko Ukraine | 3:42.08 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen Kenya | 3:42.55 | Elkanah Onkware Angwenyi Kenya | 3:42.98 |
| 3000 m details | Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 7:39.32 | Saif Saaeed Shaheen Qatar | 7:41.28 | Eliud Kipchoge Kenya | 7:42.58 |
| 60 m hurdles details | Terrence Trammell United States | 7.43 (WL) | Dayron Robles Cuba | 7.46 (PB) | Dominique Arnold United States | 7.52 |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | United States (USA) Tyree Washington LaShawn Merritt Milton Campbell Wallace Spearmon James Davis* O.J. Hogans* | 3:03.24 | Poland (POL) Daniel Dąbrowski Marcin Marciniszyn Rafał Wieruszewski Piotr Klimczak Paweł Ptak* Piotr Kędzia* | 3:04.67 (SB) | Russia (RUS) Konstantin Svechkar Aleksandr Derevyagin Yevgeniy Lebedev Dmitriy Petrov Andrey Polukeyev* | 3:06.91 (SB) |
| High jump details | Yaroslav Rybakov Russia | 2.37 (WL) | Andrey Tereshin Russia | 2.35 (WL) | Linus Thörnblad Sweden | 2.33 (PB) |
| Pole vault details | Brad Walker United States | 5.80 (SB) | Alhaji Jeng Sweden | 5.70 | Tim Lobinger Germany | 5.60 |
| Long jump details | Ignisious Gaisah Ghana | 8.30 | Irving Saladino Panama | 8.29 (AR) | Andrew Howe Italy | 8.19 (PB) |
| Triple jump details | Walter Davis United States | 17.73 (PB) | Jadel Gregório Brazil | 17.56 (AR) | Yoandri Betanzos Cuba | 17.42 (PB) |
| Shot put details | Reese Hoffa United States | 22.11 (WL) | Joachim Olsen Denmark | 21.16 | Pavel Sofin Russia | 20.68 |
| Heptathlon details | André Niklaus Germany | 6192 (PB) | Bryan Clay United States | 6187 (SB) | Roman Šebrle Czech Republic | 6161 (SB) |
| Heptathlon details | (7.06 - 7.64 - 14.41 - 2.07 - 8.14 - 5.30 - 2:47.80) | (7.06 - 7.64 - 14.41 - 2.07 - 8.14 - 5.30 - 2:47.80) | (6.67 - 7.74 - 13.89 - 2.10 - 7.83 - 4.60 - 2:50.92) | (6.67 - 7.74 - 13.89 - 2.10 - 7.83 - 4.60 - 2:50.92) | (7.10 - 7.76 - 15.74 - 2.10 - 8.08 - 4.80 - 2:49.38) | (7.10 - 7.76 - 15.74 - 2.10 - 8.08 - 4.80 - 2:49.38) |
| 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

2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 60 m details | Me'Lisa Barber United States | 7.01 (WL) | Lauryn Williams United States | 7.01 (WL) | Kim Gevaert Belgium | 7.11 (NR) |
| 400 m details | Olesya Krasnomovets Russia | 50.04 (CR) | Vania Stambolova Bulgaria | 50.21 (NR) | Christine Amertil Bahamas | 50.34 (AR) |
| 800 m details | Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique | 1:58.90 (SB) | Kenia Sinclair Jamaica | 1:59.54 (NR) | Hasna Benhassi Morocco | 2:00.34 (SB) |
| 1500 m details | Yuliya Chizhenko Russia | 4:04.70 | Yelena Soboleva Russia | 4:05.21 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal Bahrain | 4:05.53 |
| 3000 m details | Meseret Defar Ethiopia | 8:38.80 | Liliya Shobukhova Russia | 8:42.18 | Lidia Chojecka Poland | 8:42.59 (SB) |
| 60 m hurdles details | Derval O'Rourke Ireland | 7.84 (NR) | Glory Alozie Spain | 7.86 (SB) | Susanna Kallur Sweden | 7.87 |
| 4 × 400 m relay details | Russia (RUS) Tatyana Levina Natalya Nazarova Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Antyukh Yulia Gushchina* Tatyana Veshkurova* | 3:24.91 | United States (USA) Debbie Dunn Tiffany Williams Monica Hargrove Mary Danner Kia Davis* | 3:28.63 (SB) | Belarus (BLR) Natallia Solohub Anna Kozak Yulyana Zhalniaruk Ilona Usovich | 3:28.65 |
| High jump details | Yelena Slesarenko Russia | 2.02 (SB) | Blanka Vlašić Croatia | 2.00 | Ruth Beitia Spain | 1.98 (SB) |
| Pole vault details | Yelena Isinbayeva Russia | 4.80 | Anna Rogowska Poland | 4.75 | Svetlana Feofanova Russia | 4.70 (SB) |
| Long jump details | Tianna Madison United States † | 6.80 (PB) | Naide Gomes Portugal | 6.76 | Concepción Montaner Spain | 6.76 |
| Triple jump details | Tatyana Lebedeva Russia | 14.95 (WL) | Anna Pyatykh Russia | 14.93 (PB) | Yamilé Aldama Sudan | 14.86 (SB) |
| Shot put details | Natallia Kharaneka Belarus | 19.84 (PB) | Nadine Kleinert Germany | 19.64 (PB) | Olga Ryabinkina Russia | 19.24 (SB) |
| Pentathlon details (60 m H, HJ, SP, LJ, 800 m) | Lyudmila Blonska Ukraine | 4685 (PB) | Karin Ruckstuhl Netherlands | 4607 | Olga Levenkova Russia | 4579 |
| Pentathlon details (60 m H, HJ, SP, LJ, 800 m) | (8.29 - 1.84 - 13.43 - 6.50 - 2:19.62) | (8.29 - 1.84 - 13.43 - 6.50 - 2:19.62) | (8.47 - 1.81 - 13.64 - 6.33 - 2:16.72) | (8.47 - 1.81 - 13.64 - 6.33 - 2:16.72) | (8.55 - 1.78 - 13.20 - 6.44 - 2:15.12) | (8.55 - 1.78 - 13.20 - 6.44 - 2:15.12) |
| 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) |||||| |
† Tatyana Kotova was the original winner with 7.00m, but was stripped of the title in 2013 after retested samples from the 2005 World Championships found her to have been doping. All her results from August 2005 to July 2007 were subsequently annulled.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Grenada (GRN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Bahrain (BHR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (33 entries) | Totals (33 entries) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |

## Participating nations

* Albania (2)
* Algeria (2)
* Andorra (1)
* Armenia (1)
* Aruba (1)
* Austria (3)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bahamas (7)
* Bahrain (4)
* Belarus (9)
* Belgium (3)
* Bolivia (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (14)
* Bulgaria (9)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* China (11)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Colombia (2)
* Comoros (1)
* Ivory Coast (2)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (11)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (7)
* Denmark (3)
* Dominica (1)
* Dominican Republic (6)
* Estonia (1)
* Ethiopia (6)
* Finland (4)
* France (25)
* French Polynesia (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (16)
* Ghana (2)
* Great Britain (14)
* Greece (3)
* Grenada (1)
* Guam (1)
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* Haiti (3)
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* Hungary (3)
* Iceland (1)
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* India (1)
* Iran (1)
* Ireland (9)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (14)
* Jamaica (18)
* Japan (3)
* Jordan (1)
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* Kenya (6)
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* Laos (1)
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* Mexico (1)
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* Morocco (8)
* Mozambique (1)
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* Nigeria (4)
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* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (21)
* Portugal (3)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Qatar (5)
* Republic of the Congo (1)
* Romania (15)
* Russia (57)
* Rwanda (1)
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* Slovenia (4)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (4)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (19)
* Sudan (1)
* Sweden (13)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tajikistan (1)
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* Thailand (1)
* Togo (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Turkey (3)
* Turkmenistan (1)
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* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (27)
* United States (51)
* United States Virgin Islands (1)
* Uruguay (1)
* Uzbekistan (2)
* Yemen (1)
* Zambia (1)