The 1st
IAAF World Road Running Championships
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were held in
Debrecen
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, Hungary on 8 October 2006, the women's race starting at 11:00 and the men's race at 13:00. This was the first time the title of World Road Running Champion had been competed for, with this competition replacing the
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
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in the international sporting calendar. 140 athletes from 39 nations took part in the two races.
As well as individual honours, there is also a team event where the times of the first three runners home from each country are added together to produce the team standings. Only nations with at least three competitors entered in the race are eligible for this competition.
The race was notable for having the first
disabled
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athlete to take part in a world championship athletics event.
Mark Brown, who was competing for
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, lost his left arm in a traffic accident in 1981.
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Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both
for the men's race[
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The course
The total race distance was 20 kilometres, and consisted of four laps around a 5000-metre course. The race started and finished in front of the main building of the University of Debrecen
ThUniversity of Debrecen( hu, Debreceni Egyetem) is a university located in Debrecen, Hungary. It is the oldest continuously operating institution of higher education in Hungary ever since its establishment in 1538 by Suleiman the Magnificent f ...
(pictured left) on the northern edge of the city, and travelled in a clockwise
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direction around nearby parkland.
The runners started on Egyetem Square, outside the university, before heading around the circular Nagyerdei Avenue. Most of the course followed Nagyerdei Avenue, with two detours onto the roads inside the circle, passing the thermal baths and the Aquaticum Thermal & Wellness Hotel, before rounding the boating lake, passing the Nagyerdõ Stadium and the Hunguest Nagyerdõ Hotel. The race then headed back to Egyetem Square to complete the lap.
Medallists
Race results
Complete results were published[
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Men's
Women's
Team results
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Participation
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See also
*2006 in athletics (track and field)
The following events in the sport of athletics took place in 2006:
Championships
* March: 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships (part of the IAAF World Athletics Series)
* March: 2006 Commonwealth Games
* April: 2006 IAAF World Cross Country ...
*IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...
*Road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain.
These events are usually classified as long-distance ac ...
References
External links
IAAF World Road Running Championships - Debrecen 2006 - Historydebrecen2006.hu, website of the race organisers
{{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Iaaf World Road Running Championships
World Road Running Championships
The World Athletics Road Running Championships is a biennial international road running competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It wa ...
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World Athletics Half Marathon Championships
International athletics competitions hosted by Hungary