Spain at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Sporting event delegation

Spain at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

WA code	ESP
National federation	Real Federación Española de Atletismo
Website	www.rfea.es
in Berlin
Competitors	51 (35 men 16 women)
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
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Spain will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 51 athletes, 36 men and 16 women, was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Included in the squad are 2007 World Championships race walk medallists Paquillo Fernández and María Vasco. Marta Domínguez, a 3000 metres steeplechase specialist, enters the competition as the world leader in her event.^[1]

Team selection

Event	Athletes
Event	Men	Women
100 metres	Ángel David Rodríguez
200 metres	Ángel David Rodríguez
800 metres	Manuel Olmedo Luis Alberto Marco	Mayte Martínez
1500 metres	Reyes Estévez Juan Carlos Higuero Arturo Casado	Natalia Rodríguez Nuria Fernández Iris Fuentes-Pila
5000 metres	Alemayehu Bezabeh Jesús España Sergio Sánchez	Judit Plá
10,000 metres	Carlos Castillejo Ayad Lamdassem Manuel Penas
Marathon	José Manuel Martínez Rafael Iglesias Pedro Nimo	Alessandra Aguilar
100 metres hurdles	Jackson Quiñónez Felipe Vivancos	—
400 metres hurdles		Laia Forcadell
3000 m steeplechase	José Luis Blanco Eliseo Martín Ángel Mullera	Marta Domínguez Eva Arias Diana Martín
20 km race walk	Paquillo Fernández Juan Manuel Molina José Ignacio Díaz	María Vasco Beatriz Pascual
50 km race walk	Jesús Ángel García Bragado Mikel Odriozola Alejandro Cambil	—

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Luis Felipe Méliz	7.87 SB	25	did not advance
Triple jump	Andrés Capellán	15.80	42	did not advance
High jump	Javier Bermejo	2.20	22	did not advance
Shot put	Manuel Martínez	19.80	19	did not advance
Shot put	Borja Vivas	18.38	33	did not advance
Discus throw	Mario Pestano	65.03	7 Q	62.76	10
Discus throw	Frank Casañas	61.10	16	did not advance
Hammer throw	Javier Cienfuegos	72.01	24	did not advance
Decathlon	Agustín Félix	-		7,539	32

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
800 m	Mayte Martínez	2:03.39	18 Q	-		1:59.72 SB	6 q	1:58.81 SB	7
1500 m	Natalia Rodríguez	4:07.84	2 Q	-
	Nuria Fernández	4:08.79	15 Q	-
	Iris Fuentes-Pila	4:09.71	24 q	-
5000 m	Judit Plá	15:54.32	19	-				did not advance
400 m hurdles	Laia Forcadell	58.57	32	did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Marta Domínguez	9:34.78	18 Q	-				9:07.32 WL NR
	Eva Arias	9:25.14 PB	5 q	-				9:33.34	14
	Diana Martín	9:42.39 PB	26	did not advance
Marathon	Alessandra Aguilar	-
20 km walk	María Vasco	-						DNF
20 km walk	Beatriz Pascual	-						1:30:40	6

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
Event	Athletes	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
High jump	Ruth Beitia	1.95	4 Q	1.99	5
Pole vault	Naroa Agirre	4.40 SB	21	did not advance
Javelin throw	Mercedes Chilla	56.68	19	did not advance
Hammer throw	Berta Castells	67.32	22	did not advance