2006 AAA Championships

The 2006 AAA Championships was an outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA), held from 15 to 16 July at the Manchester Regional Arena in Manchester, England. It was considered the de facto national championships for the United Kingdom.

2006 AAA Championships
Host city	Manchester, England
Venue	Manchester Regional Arena
Level	Senior
Type	Outdoor
← 2005 2007 British Championships → AAA Championships

It was the final major edition of the long-running competition, as it was replaced by the UK Athletics-organised British Athletics Championships the following year. This signalled a move away from the English AAA-led management of the sport, in favour of a centralised, national and elite-focused championships.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Marlon Devonish	10.19	Tyrone Edgar	10.23	Mark Lewis-Francis	10.28
200 metres	Marlon Devonish	20.69	Rikki Fifton	20.69	Somto Eruchie	20.79
400 metres	Tim Benjamin	46.00	Martyn Rooney	46.20	Robert Tobin	46.35
800 metres	Michael Rimmer	1:47.20	Sam Ellis	1:47.49	Tim Bayley	1:47.98
1500 metres	Andrew Baddeley	3:41.18	Stephen Davies	3:42.52	Neil Speaight	3:43.17
5000 metres	Peter Riley	13:46.68	Mohamed Farah	13:49.15	Nick McCormick	13:52.26
10,000 metres	Dominic Bannister	29:31.26	Dave Mitchinson	29:56.14	Gareth Raven	30:00.25
110 m hurdles (wind: +2.7 m/s)	Andy Turner	13.24 w	William Sharman	13.45 w	Allan Scott	13.73 w
400 m hurdles	Rhys Williams	49.28	Dai Greene	50.00	Matthew Douglas	50.09
3000 metres steeplechase	Jermaine Mays	8:39.95	Adam Bowden	8:40.23	Stuart Stokes	8:42.41
5000 m walk	Colin Griffin (IRL)	19:43.40	Jamie Costin (IRL)	19:54.72	Dominic King	21:21.16
High jump	Martyn Bernard	2.25 m	Germaine Mason	2.22 m	Tom Parsons Nick Stanisavljevic	2.19 m
Pole vault	Steven Lewis	5.40 m	Scott Simpson	5.30 m	Paul Walker	5.15 m
Long jump	Greg Rutherford	8.26 m	Chris Tomlinson	7.87 m	Nathan Morgan	7.84 m
Triple jump	Phillips Idowu	17.50 m	Nathan Douglas	16.99 m	Tosin Oke	16.33 m
Shot put	Carl Myerscough	20.00 m	Chris Gaviglio (AUS)	17.81 m	Chris Gearing	17.12 m
Discus throw	Carl Myerscough	61.04 m	Emeka Udechuku	58.72 m	Chris Gaviglio (AUS)	55.76 m
Hammer throw	Andy Frost	69.15 m	Mike Floyd	68.54 m	Simon Bown	66.77 m
Javelin throw	Nick Nieland	80.56 m	David Parker	72.39 m	Neil McLellan	71.19 m
Decathlon	Dean Showler-Davis	7146 pts	Edward Dunford	6916 pts	James Wright	6906 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Joice Maduaka	11.23	Anyika Onuora	11.39	Montell Douglas	11.57
200 metres	Joice Maduaka	23.24	Emily Freeman	23.53	Joanne Cuddihy (IRL)	23.57
400 metres	Nicola Sanders	50.74	Gemma Nicol	53.46	Lesley Owusu	53.63
800 metres	Rebecca Lyne	2:00.31	Jemma Simpson	2:00.49	Amanda Pritchard	2:00.55
1500 metres	Helen Clitheroe	4:09.64	Lisa Dobriskey	4:10.36	Katrina Wootton	4:12.01
5000 metres	Joanne Pavey	15:07.38	Hayley Yelling	15:30.25	Liz Yelling	15:50.92
10,000 metres	Hayley Yelling	32:38.24	Wendy Jones	34:01.75	Morag McDonnell	34:06.03
100 m hurdles (wind: +2.5 m/s)	Sarah Claxton	13.19 w	Sara McGreavy	13.26 w	Gemma Bennett	13.33 w
400 m hurdles	Natasha Danvers-Smith	55.58	Lee McConnell	55.82	Michelle Carey (IRL)	56.68
3000 metres steeplechase	Hattie Dean	9:52.04	Fionnuala Britton (IRL)	9:53.44	Jo Ankier	9:58.22
5000 m walk	Ann Loughnane (IRL)	22:54.97	Johanna Jackson	23:27.56	Fiona McGorum	28:42.19
High jump	Deirdre Ryan (IRL)	1.92 m	Julie Crane	1.86 m	Jessica Ennis Stephanie Pywell	1.82 m
Pole vault	Ellie Spain	4.21 m	Kate Dennison	3.95 m	Irie Hill	3.80 m
Long jump	Kelly Sotherton	6.51 m	Jade Johnson	6.32 m	Sarah Claxton	6.28 m
Triple jump	Tiombé Hurd (USA)	14.15 m	Ashia Hansen	13.65 m	Nadia Williams	13.27 m
Shot put	Julie Dunkley	16.08 m	Eva Massey	15.59 m	Jo Duncan	15.50 m
Discus throw	Claire Smithson	56.15 m	Kara Sharpe	55.21 m	Emma Carpenter	54.28 m
Hammer throw	Eileen O'Keeffe (IRL)	65.62 m	Shirley Webb	63.57 m	Lesley Brannan	62.45 m
Javelin throw	Goldie Sayers	58.81 m	Jo Blair	50.48 m	Laura Whittingham	50.22 m
Heptathlon	Katia Lannon	5071 pts	Grace Clements	5039 pts	Leanne Buxton	4825 pts