Spain at the 2006 European Athletics Championships

Spain competed at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 7–-13 August 2006. It won 3 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze medals.

Spain at the 2006 European Athletics Championships
WA code	ESP
National federation	RFEA
Website	www.rfea.es
in Gothenburg
Competitors	77 (42 men and 35 women) in 39 events
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 5 Total 11
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
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Medals

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Paquillo Fernández	Men's 20 km walk	8 August
Gold	Marta Domínguez	Women's 5000 m	12 August
Gold	Jesús España	Men's 5000 m	13 August
Silver	José Manuel Martínez	Men's 10,000 m	8 August
Silver	Jesús Ángel García	Men's 50 km walk	10 August
Silver	José Luis Blanco	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	11 August
Bronze	Juan Carlos de la Ossa	Men's 10,000 m	8 August
Bronze	Juan Carlos Higuero	Men's 1500 m	9 August
Bronze	Juan Carlos Higuero	Men's 5000 m	13 August
Bronze	Julio Rey	Men's marathon	13 August
Bronze	Mercedes Chilla	Women's javelin throw	13 August

Results

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Orkatz Beitia	100 m	10.43	14 Q	10.53	20 Q	10.52	16	did not advance
Iván Mocholí		10.53	27 q	10.67	30	did not advance
Ángel David Rodríguez		10.57	30 Q	10.32	4 Q	10.33	10	did not advance
Josué Mena	200 m	21.09	32 q	21.09	22	did not advance
David Testa	400 m	47.29	30	—		did not advance
Juan de Dios Jurado	800 m	1:47.89	12 Q	—		1:50.11	15	did not advance
Manuel Olmedo		1:49.54	20 Q			1:49.37	12	did not advance
Miguel Quesada		1:47.70	8 Q			1:47.12	1 Q	1:46.91	5
Arturo Casado	1500 m	3:47.16	14 Q	—				3:40.86	4
Sergio Gallardo		3:47.82	15 Q					3:41.24	5
Juan Carlos Higuero		3:40.97	3 Q					3:39.62
	5000 m	13:52.66	12 Q	—				13:46.48
Jesús España		13:52.33	11 Q					13:44.70
Pablo Villalobos		13:51.17	10 q					13:58.25	7
Juan Carlos de la Ossa	10,000 m	—						28:13.73
José Manuel Martínez								28:12.06 SB
Ricardo Serrano								28:38.40	9
Iban Maiza	110 m hurdles	13.90	24	—		did not advance
Felipe Vivancos		13.75	18			did not advance
José María Romera	400 m hurdles	51.73	20	—				did not advance
Eduardo Iván Rodríguez		51.24	19					did not advance
José Luis Blanco	3000 m steeplechase	8:30.26	9 Q	—				8:26.22
Antonio David Jiménez		8:24.12	1 Q					8:28.78	5
César Pérez		8:30.52	10 Q					8:30.40	8
Iván Mocholí Ángel David Rodríguez Oskartz Beitia Josué Mena	4 × 100 m relay	DQ		—				did not advance
David Melo David Testa Salvador Rodríguez Santiago Ezquerro	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.71	8 q	—				3:04.98	8
José Manuel Martínez	Marathon	—						DNF
Julio Rey								2:12:37
José Ríos								DNF
Kamal Ziani								2:21:49	30
Paquillo Fernández	20 km walk	—						1:19:09
Juan Manuel Molina								DQ
Benjamin Sánchez								1:25:58	13
José Alejandro Cambil	50 km walk	—						DNF
Jesús Ángel García								3:42:48 SB
Mikel Odriozola								3:46:34	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Joan Lino	Long jump	7.83	14	did not advance
Javier Bermejo	High jump	2.15	22	did not advance
Manuel Martínez	Shot put	20.37	3 Q	19.68	7
Mario Pestano	Discus throw	63.08	7 q	64.84	4

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Óscar González	Result	11.34	7.16	13.14	2.00	50.19	15.45	40.50	4.60	48.99	4:31.82	7491	18
	Points	786	852	676	803	806	796	675	790	574	733
Agustín Félix	Result	11.32	7.09	12.00	2.00	DQ	15.09	40.39	4.90	DNS	—	DNF
	Points	791	835	606	803	0	839	672	880	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Belén Recio	100 m	11.48 PB	17	did not advance
	200 m	23.62	18 Q	24.20	14	did not advance
Esther Desviat	800 m	2:07.11	23	did not advance
Mayte Martínez		2:01.71	4 Q	2:00.59	8 Q	2:00.10	7
Eva Arias	1500 m	4:15.29	24	—		Did not advance
Isabel Macías		4:20.76	28			Did not advance
Nuria Fernández		4:08.91 SB	14			Did not advance
Marta Domínguez	5000 m	—				14:56.18 CR
	10,000 m	—				30:51.69 NR	7
Yesenia Centeno		—				DNF
María Elena Moreno		—				32:55.10	21
Glory Alozie	100 m hurdles	12.98	6 Q	12.89	3 Q	12.86	4
Aliuska López		13.73	33	did not advance
Arantza Loureiro		13.56	31	did not advance
Laia Forcadell	400 m hurdles	57.81	23	did not advance
Cora Olivero		57.08	18	did not advance
Zulema Fuentes-Pila	3000 m steeplechase	9:43.12 PB	11 Q	—		9:40.36 NR	8
Diana Martín		9:47.52 PB	14			did not advance
Rosa Morató		9:52.02	18			did not advance
Ruth Conde Belén Recio Claudia Troppa Glory Alozie	4 × 100 m relay	44.85	13	—		did not advance
María José Pueyo	Marathon	—				2:47:27	27
Beatriz Pascual	20 km walk	—				1:36:03	20
María José Poves						1:35:03	19
María Vasco						1:32:50 SB	15

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Niurka Montalvo	Long jump	6.55	8 q	6.50	7
Concepción Montaner		6.49	13	did not advance
Carlota Castrejana	Triple jump	14.08	7 Q	6.50	7
Patricia Sarrapio		13.57	18	did not advance
Ruth Beitia	High jump	1.92	8 Q	1.92	9
Marta Mendía		1.90 SB	15	did not advance
Dana Cervantes	Pole vault	4.00	25	did not advance
Naroa Agirre		4.40	=7 Q	4.45	7
Mercedes Chilla	Javelin throw	59.54	8 q	61.98
Dolores Pedrares	Hammer throw	61.69	27	did not advance
Berta Castells		58.93	37	did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
María Peinado	Result	14.10	1.56	12.36	25.96	5.78	DNS	—	DNF
	Points	964	689	685	801	783	—	—