2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres explained

Event:	Women's 10,000 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7.

All three medallists set personal bests, with Norway's Wigene bettering her time by more than two minutes. Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands finished fifth after leading for most of the race, while Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey, world season best holder, did not finish.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Inga Abitova	Susanne Wigene	Lidiya Grigoryeva

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			30:31.42	PB
			30:32.36	PB
			30:32.72	PB
4			30:35.90	SB
5			30:37.26	SB
6			30:38.78	NR
7			30:51.69	NR
8			31:40.28	SB
9			31:44.82	SB
10			31:45.94	PB
11			31:49.47	PB
12			32:01.04	SB
13			32:07.90
14			32:09.26	PB
15			32:12.50	SB
16			32:15.54	SB
17			32:37.66	PB
18			32:38.17	PB
19			32:41.12	PB
20			32:53.33	PB
21			32:55.10
22			33:05.48
23			34:47.46
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF

References

• Results