Spain at the 2016 European Athletics Championships

Spain at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
WA code	ESP
National federation	RFEA
in Amsterdam
Competitors	77 (47 men and 30 women) in 40 events
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 1 Total 8
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
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Spain competed at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016. ^[1]

The final selection was announced by the RFEA. ^[2]

Medals

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Ruth Beitia	Women's high jump	7 July
Gold	Bruno Hortelano	Men's 200 metres	8 July
Gold	Ilias Fifa	Men's 5000 metres	10 July
Silver	Sergio Fernández	Men's 400 metres hurdles	8 July
Silver	David Bustos	Men's 1500 metres	9 July
Silver	Carles Castillejo Jesús España Iván Fernández Ayad Lamdassem	Men's half marathon team	10 July
Silver	Adel Mechaal	Men's 5000 metres	10 July
Bronze	Antonio Abadía	Men's 10,000 metres	8 July

Results

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying round		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ángel David Rodríguez	100 m	10.40	13 Q	12.13	24	Did not advance
Bruno Hortelano		—		10.22	11 Q	10.12	4
	200 m	20.55	1 Q	20.39 NR	2 Q	20.45
Lucas Búa	400 m	47.00	10 Q	46.26	18	Did not advance
Samuel García		—		46.43	20	Did not advance
Daniel Andújar	800 m	1:49.57	15 Q	1:47.64	11	Did not advance
Álvaro de Arriba		1:48.62	9 Q	1:47.40	8 q	1:47.58	7
Kevin López		DNS		Did not advance
Marc Alcalá	1500 m	3:43.43	22	—		Did not advance
David Bustos		3:40.60	9 q	—		3:46.90
Llorenç Sales		3:51.49	36	—		Did not advance
Ilias Fifa	5000 m	—				13:40.85
Carlos Mayo		—				13:58.22	14
Adel Mechaal		—				13:40.85
Antonio Abadía	10000 m	—				28:26.07
Daniel Mateo		—				28:43.03 PB	7
Juan Antonio Pérez		—				28:37.42	6
Javier Colomo	110 m hurdles	13.76	11 Q	13.88	22	Did not advance
Yidiel Contreras		13.46 SB	2 Q	13.47	9 Q	13.54	7
Gerard Mateu Porras		14.11	19	Did not advance
Javier Delgado	400 m hurdles	52.15	21	Did not advance
Sergio Fernández		—		49.20	6 Q	49.06
Mark Ujakpor		—		DNF		Did not advance
Fernando Carro	3000 m steeplechase	8:33.69	11 Q	—		8:40.73	10
Sebastián Martos		8:31.98	3 Q	—		8:31.93 SB	4
Abdelaziz Merzougui		8:34.34	13 q	—		8:51.37	14
Alberto Gavaldá Óscar Husillos Ángel David Rodríguez Mauro Triana	4×100 m relay	39.15 SB	9	—		Did not advance
Lucas Búa Sergio Fernández Samuel García Lluís Vallejo	4×400 m relay	3:04.77	10	—		Did not advance
Carles Castillejo	Half marathon	—				1:03:52	8
Jesús España		—				1:04:01	10
Iván Fernández		—				1:09:38	72
Ayad Lamdassem		—				1:04:13	12
Carles Castillejo Jesús España Iván Fernández Ayad Lamdassem	Half marathon team	—				3:12:06

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Eusebio Cáceres	Long jump	7.91	11 q	NM
Jean Marie Okutu		7.80	13	Did not advance
Pablo Torrijos	Triple jump	16.58	8 q	16.34	8
Miguel Ángel Sancho	High Jump	2.25 SB	=1 Q	NM
Simón Siverio		2.19	=19	Did not advance
Didac Salas	Pole vault	5.15	27	Did not advance
Adrián Vallés		5.50	6 q	5.30	=11
Carlos Tobalina	Shot put	20.16 SB	7 q	19.85	10
Borja Vivas		20.12	9 q	20.16	8
Frank Casañas	Discus throw	59.06	24	Did not advance
Lois Maikel Martínez		66.00	1 Q	59.27	12
Javier Cienfuegos	Hammer throw	72.73	=11 q	68.17	12

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Jorge Ureña	Result	11.04	7.54	13.61	2.04	50.07	13.95	NM	5.00	52.26	DNS	DNF
	Points	852	945	704	840	811	981	0	910	622	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying round		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Estela García	100 m	11.64	=15	Did not advance
	200 m	23.40	10 Q	23.53	17	Did not advance
Nana Jacob		23.43	11 Q	23.45	15	Did not advance
Aauri Bokesa	400 m	53.46	8 Q	52.39 SB	10	Did not advance
Laura Bueno		54.01	14	Did not advance
Indira Terrero		DNF		Did not advance
Esther Guerrero	800 m	2:03.72	10 Q	2:01.62	7	Did not advance
Solange Pereira	1500 m	4:11.48	5 q	—		4:34.88	8
Marta Pérez		4:17.24	17	—		Did not advance
Trihas Gebre	5000 m	—				DNS
	10,000 m	—				32:20.45	10
Caridad Jerez	100 metres hurdles	13.21	12 q	DQ		Did not advance
Diana Martín	3000 m steeplechase	9:45.90	10 q	—		9:43.65	8
Irene Sánchez-Escribano		10:08.12	24	—		Did not advance
Estela García Nana Jacob Cristina Lara María Isabel Pérez	4×100 m relay	44.14 SB	10	—		Did not advance
Aauri Bokesa Laura Bueno Bárbara Camblor Geraxane Ussia	4×400 m relay	3:33.57 SB	14	—		Did not advance
Alessandra Aguilar	Half marathon	—				1:13:28	27
Azucena Díaz		—				1:14:21	36
Estela Navascues		—				1:17:16	56
Marta Silvestre		—				DNF
Alessandra Aguilar Azucena Díaz Estela Navascues Marta Silvestre	Half marathon team	—				3:45:05	11

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Juliet Itoya	Long jump	6.35	16	Did not advance
María del Mar Jover		6.43	13	Did not advance
Patricia Sarrapio	Triple jump	13.46	19	Did not advance
Ruth Beitia	High jump	1.92	3 Q	1.98 SB
Úrsula Ruiz	Shot put	16.86	11 q	17.14 SB	10
Belén Toimil		16.00	21	Did not advance
Sabina Asenjo	Discus throw	59.72	12 Q	56.62	12
Lidia Parada	Javelin throw	57.34 SB	15	Did not advance
Berta Castells	Hammer throw	68.07	12 q	63.27	12
Laura Redondo		65.23	21	Did not advance

References

1. Final Entries
2. "Selección Española para el Campeonato de Europa" [Spanish team for the European Championship](PDF) (in Spanish). 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-08.

http://www.rfea.es/sirfea/ficheros/comunicados/documentos/2016628135341.pdf