Spain at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

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]

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
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Team selection

Track and road events Event Athletes 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 —

Field and combined events Event Athletes Men Women Pole vault Naroa Agirre High jump Javier Bermejo Ruth Beitia Long jump Luis Felipe Méliz Triple jump Andrés Capellán Shot put Manuel Martínez Borja Vivas Discus throw Mario Pestano Frank Casañas Hammer throw Javier Cienfuegos Berta Castells Javelin throw Mercedes Chilla Decathlon Agustín Félix —

Results

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Ángel Rodríguez	10.39 SB	34 q	10.39	32	did not advance
200 m	Ángel Rodríguez	21.37	45	did not advance
800 m	Manuel Olmedo	DNF		did not advance
	Luis Alberto Marco	1:48.47	39	did not advance
1500 m	Reyes Estévez	3:38.23SB	6 q	-		3:37.55SB	15	did not advance
	Juan Carlos Higuero	3:41.77	13 Q	-		3:37.33	14	did not advance
	Arturo Casado	3:43.21	25	did not advance
5000 m	Alemayehu Bezabeh	13:33.52	22	-				did not advance
	Jesús España	13:20.40	5 Q	-
	Sergio Sánchez	13:53.51	30	-				did not advance
10,000 m	Carlos Castillejo	-						28:09.89	15
	Ayad Lamdassem	-						DNF
	Manuel Penas	-						DNF
110 m hurdles	Jackson Quiñónez	13.63	21 Q	-		13.54	18	did not advance
	Felipe Vivancos	13.72	30	-		did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	José Luis Blanco	8:24.07	14	-				did not advance
	Eliseo Martín	8:24.29	16 Q	-				8:16.51 SB	9
	Ángel Mullera	8:47.40	33	-				did not advance
Marathon	José Manuel Martínez	-
	Rafael Iglesias	-
	Pedro Nimo	-
20 km walk	Paquillo Fernández	-						DNF
	Juan Manuel Molina	-						1:24.00	24
	José Ignacio Díaz	-						1:22.12 SB	16
50 km walk	Jesús Ángel García Bragado	-						3:41.37 SB
	Mikel Odriozola	-						4:00.54	26
	Alejandro Cambil	-						4:13.14	29

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		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
	Borja Vivas	18.38	33	did not advance
Discus throw	Mario Pestano	65.03	7 Q	62.76	10
	Frank Casañas	61.10	16	did not advance
Hammer throw	Javier Cienfuegos	72.01	24	did not advance
Decathlon	Agustín Félix	-		7,539	32

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		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
	Beatriz Pascual	-						1:30:40	6

Field and combined events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		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