Spain at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Spain at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	ESP
National federation	Real Federación Española de Atletismo
Website	www.rfea.es
in Daegu
Competitors	43
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1

Spain competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation announced a squad of 49 athletes to compete at the event.^[1][2] The team will be led by medal hopefuls Manuel Olmedo, the reigning European indoor 1500m champion, and Mario Pestano, who is in 4th position on this year’s Discus Throw world list.

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,^[2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,^[3] resulting in a total number of 43 competitors:

Medalists

The following competitors from South Africa won medals at the Championships

Natalia Rodríguez won a bronze medal in the Women's 1500 metres event (archived from 2010) Medal Athlete Event 03 ! Bronze Natalia Rodríguez 1500 metres Results Men Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Ángel David Rodríguez 100 metres 10.37 22 Q 10.49 22 Did not advance Kevin López 800 metres 1:46.79 19 1:46.86 19 Did not advance Luis Alberto Marco 800 metres 1:46.19 8 1:47.45 21 Did not advance Antonio Reina 800 metres 1:46.66 16 1:48.45 23 Did not advance Manuel Olmedo 1500 metres 3:41.78 24 3:36.91 2 3:36.33 4 Juan Carlos Higuero 1500 metres 3:40.71 15 3:37.92 10 Did not advance Diego Ruiz 1500 metres 3:39.33 4 3:49.26 23 Did not advance Jesús España 5000 metres 13:40.38 15 13:33.99 12 Francisco Javier Alves 5000 metres DNF Did not advance José Manuel Martínez Marathon 2:17:44 25 Rafael Iglesias Marathon 2:17:45 SB 26 Pablo Villalobos Marathon 2:18:12 30 Víctor García 3000 metres steeplechase 8:28.97 17 Did not advance Ángel Mullera 3000 metres steeplechase 8:31.83 22 Did not advance Tomás Tajadura 3000 metres steeplechase 8:36.23 25 Did not advance Miguel Ángel López 20 kilometres walk 1:23:41 17 Paquillo Fernández 20 kilometres walk DNF Jesús Ángel García 50 kilometres walk DSQ Mikel Odriozola 50 kilometres walk DSQ José Ignacio Díaz 50 kilometres walk DNF Eusebio Cáceres Long jump 7.91 18 Did not advance Luis Felipe Méliz Long jump 7.82 23 Did not advance Igor Bychkov Pole vault 5.50 12 q NM Borja Vivas Shot put 18.37 26 Did not advance Mario Pestano Discus throw 65.13 3 63.00 11 Frank Casañas Discus throw DNS Did not advance Javier Cienfuegos Hammer throw 67.49 33 Did not advance Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Natalia Rodríguez 1500 metres 4:10.76 15 4:07.88 2 4:05.87 03 ! Nuria Fernández 1500 metres 4:07.29 2 4:09.53 15 Did not advance Isabel Macías 1500 metres 4:14.75 30 Did not advance Did not advance Alessandra Aguilar Marathon DNF Diana Martín 3000 metres steeplechase 10:04.59 25 Did not advance Placida A. Martínez Amparo Cotán Concepción Montaner Ruth Beitia 4 x 100 metres relay 46.24 17 Did not advance Beatriz Pascual 20 kilometres walk 1:31:46 9 María Vasco 20 kilometres walk 1:32:42 13 María José Poves 20 kilometres walk DSQ Concepción Montaner Long jump NM Did not advance Patricia Sarrapio Triple jump 13.12 34 Did not advance Ruth Beitia High jump 1.92 16 Did not advance Ana Pinero Pole vault NM Did not advance Berta Castells Hammer throw 67.74 18 Did not advance Mercedes Chilla Javelin throw 58.34 17 Did not advance References ↑ RFEA (August 12, 2011), Spain selects squad of 48 for Daegu - IAAF World Championships, IAAF, retrieved August 12, 2011  1 2 IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011  ↑ IAAF, Athletes participating per day, retrieved September 12, 2011  External links Official local organising committee website Official IAAF competition website Nations at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics Africa Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Congo DR Ivory Coast Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Asia Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kazakhstan Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen Europe Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar Great Britain and Northern Ireland Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine North America Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States of America U.S. Virgin Islands Oceania American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu South America Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela