Spain at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

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:

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  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 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, archived from the original on September 15, 2011, retrieved August 12, 2011 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