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

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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Inga Abitova Russia | Susanne Wigene Norway | Lidiya Grigoryeva Russia |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| August 7, 2006 | 20:10 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Inga Abitova | Russia | 30:31.42 | PB |
| | Susanne Wigene | Norway | 30:32.36 | PB |
| | Lidiya Grigoryeva | Russia | 30:32.72 | PB |
| 4 | Galina Bogomolova | Russia | 30:35.90 | SB |
| 5 | Lornah Kiplagat | Netherlands | 30:37.26 | SB |
| 6 | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia | 30:38.78 | NR |
| 7 | Marta Domínguez | Spain | 30:51.69 | NR |
| 8 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | Germany | 31:40.28 | SB |
| 9 | Irina Mikitenko | Germany | 31:44.82 | SB |
| 10 | Nathalie De Vos | Belgium | 31:45.94 | PB |
| 11 | Constantina Tomescu | Romania | 31:49.47 | PB |
| 12 | Kathy Butler | United Kingdom | 32:01.04 | SB |
| 13 | Mara Yamauchi | United Kingdom | 32:07.90 | |
| 14 | Silvia Weissteiner | Italy | 32:09.26 | PB |
| 15 | Hayley Yelling | United Kingdom | 32:12.50 | SB |
| 16 | Christelle Daunay | France | 32:15.54 | SB |
| 17 | Mirja Jenni-Moser | Switzerland | 32:37.66 | PB |
| 18 | Renate Rungger | Italy | 32:38.17 | PB |
| 19 | Selma Borst | Netherlands | 32:41.12 | PB |
| 20 | Grażyna Syrek | Poland | 32:53.33 | PB |
| 21 | María Elena Moreno | Spain | 32:55.10 | |
| 22 | Marie Davenport | Ireland | 33:05.48 | |
| 23 | Zahia Dahmani | France | 34:47.46 | |
| | Elvan Abeylegesse | Turkey | | DNF |
| | Fatiha Baouf | Belgium | | DNF |
| | Yesenia Centeno | Spain | | DNF |
| | Susanne Pumper | Austria | | DNF |
| | Anja Smolders | Belgium | | DNF |
