2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

None Men's 10,000 metres 2006 European Athletics Championships Ullevi Stadium Gothenburg, Sweden 8 August 2006 18 12 28:10.94 Jan Fitschen GER José Manuel Martínez ESP Juan Carlos de la Ossa ESP 2002 2010 The men's 10,000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 8. After an attempted breakaway started by Swiss Christian Belz with one and a half laps to go, Martínez and de la Ossa caught up with him, with German Fitschen falling away but catching up again before the final curve. He then outsprinted the two Spaniards to take "shock" gold.Fitschen takes shock 10,000m gold, from BBC, retrieved 10 August 2006 Medalists GoldSilverBronzeJan FitschenJosé Manuel MartínezJuan Carlos de la Ossa Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 8, 2006 20:20 Final Results Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jan Fitschen 28:10.94 PB José Manuel Martínez 28:12.06 SB Juan Carlos de la Ossa 28:13.73 4 Christian Belz 28:16.93 5 Serhiy Lebid 28:19.14 6 Dmitry Maksimov 28:20.43 SB 7 André Pollmächer 28:22.56 PB 8 Driss El Himer 28:30.09 9 Ricardo Serrano 28:38.40 10 Daniele Meucci 28:48.30 11 Martin Fagan 28:54.04 12 José Ramos 28:55.45 13 Mokhtar Benhari 28:56.07 14 Slavko Petrović 28:56.66 SB 15 Willem Van Hoof 28:57.11 16 Jesse Stroobants 28:59.91 17 Monder Rizki 29:13.62 18 Michał Kaczmarek 30:14.37 References External links Results Category:10,000 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Marathons in Sweden Category:Men's events at the 2006 European Athletics Championships