Spain at the
World Championships in Athletics
WA codeESP
National federationReal Federación Española de Atletismo
Websitewww.rfea.es
in London, United Kingdom
Medals
Gold
7
Silver
18
Bronze
14
Total
39
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

Spain has participated in all World Championships in Athletics since the beginning in 1983.

Medalists

Medal Name [1] Year Event
 Silver José Marín 1983 Helsinki Men's 50 km walk
 Silver José Luis González 1987 Rome Men's 1500m
 Bronze José Marín 1987 Rome Men's 20km walk
 Bronze Sandra Myers 1991 Tokyo Women's 400m
 Silver Fermín Cacho 1993 Stuttgart Men's 1500m
 Gold Valentí Massana 1993 Stuttgart Men's 20km walk
 Bronze Daniel Plaza 1993 Stuttgart Men's 20km walk
 Gold Jesús Ángel García Bragado 1993 Stuttgart Men's 50km walk
 Bronze Encarna Granados 1993 Stuttgart Women's 10km walk
 Gold Martín Fiz 1995 Gothenburg Men's Marathon
 Silver Valentí Massana 1995 Gothenburg Men's 20km walk
 Silver Fermín Cacho 1997 Athens Men's 1500m
 Bronze Reyes Estévez 1997 Athens Men's 1500m
 Gold Abel Antón 1997 Athens Men's Marathon
 Silver Martín Fiz 1997 Athens Men's Marathon
 Silver Jesús Ángel García Bragado 1997 Athens Men's 50km walk
 Bronze Reyes Estévez 1999 Sevilla Men's 1500m
 Gold Abel Antón 1999 Sevilla Men's Marathon
 Silver Yago Lamela 1999 Sevilla Men's Long jump
 Gold Niurka Montalvo 1999 Sevilla Women's Long jump
 Silver Jesús Ángel García Bragado 2001 Edmonton Men's 50km walk
 Silver Marta Domínguez 2001 Edmonton Women's 5000m
 Bronze Niurka Montalvo 2001 Edmonton Women's Long jump
 Silver Julio Rey 2003 Saint-Denis Men's Marathon
 Bronze Eliseo Martín 2003 Saint-Denis Men's 3000m steeplechase
 Silver Paquillo Fernández 2003 Saint-Denis Men's 20km walk
 Bronze Yago Lamela 2003 Saint-Denis Men's long jump
 Silver Marta Domínguez 2003 Saint-Denis Women's 5000m
 Silver Paquillo Fernández 2005 Helsinki Men's 20km walk
 Bronze Juan Manuel Molina 2005 Helsinki Men's 20km walk
 Silver Paquillo Fernández 2007 Osaka Men's 20km walk
 Bronze Mayte Martínez 2007 Osaka Women's 800m
 Bronze María Vasco 2007 Osaka Women's 20km walk
 Silver Jesús Ángel García Bragado 2009 Berlin Men's 50km walk
 Bronze Natalia Rodríguez 2011 Daegu Women's 1500m
 Silver Miguel Ángel López 2013 Moscow Men's 20km walk
 Silver Ruth Beitia 2013 Moscow Women's High Jump
 Gold Miguel Ángel López 2015 Beijing Men's 20km walk
 Bronze Orlando Ortega 2019 Doha Men's 110m hurdles
 Bronze Mohamed Katir 2022 Eugene Men's 1500m
 Bronze Asier Martínez 2022 Eugene Men's 110m hurdles

Medal tables

Doping

Marta Domínguez finished in first position in the 3000 metres steeplechase in 2009 World Athletics Championship held in Berlin ahead Yuliya Zarudneva from Russia and Milcah Chemos Cheywa of Kenya, but she was disqualified and stripped her gold medal in November 2015 .The Court of Arbitration for Sport found Domínguez guilty of an anti-doping rule violation and ordered that all competitive results obtained by Domínguez from 5 August 2009 be disqualified. .[2]

Stripped medals

Championship Event Rank Name Time Notes Reason
2009 Berlin 3000m steeplechase 1st place, gold medalist(s) Marta Domínguez 9:07.32 WL, NR DQ, Doping violation

Reassigned Medals

Jesús Ángel García Bragado finished in third position in the 50km walk race in the 2009 World Athletics Championship held in Berlin behind Sergey Kirdyapkin of Russia and Trond Nymark of Norway. On January 15, 2015, Kirdyapkin's results were disqualified for doping violations[3] so Jesús Ángel García Bragado was awarded with the silver medal.

Ruth Beitia finished in third position (shared with Anna Chicherova of Russia) in the high jump in the 2013 World Championships held in Moscow behind Svetlana Shkolina of Russia and Brigetta Barrett of the United States. Shkolina was disqualified for doping violation and Ruth Beitia was awarded with the silver medal.

Miguel Ángel López finished in third position in the 20km walk in the 2013 World Championships held in Moscow behind Aleksandr Ivanov of Russia and Chen Ding of the China. Ivanov was disqualified for doping violation and Miguel Ángel López was awarded with the silver medal.

Championship Event Rank after reassignment Name Initial rank
2009 Berlin 50 km walk 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jesús Ángel García Bragado 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2013 Moscow High Jump 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ruth Beitia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2013 Moscow 20km walk 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Miguel Ángel López 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "All Spanish medals" (PDF). Royal Spanish Athletics Federation.
  2. ^ "Marta Domínguez Banned for 3 Years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)" (PDF) (Press release). Court of Arbitration for Sport. November 19, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 28, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  3. ^ "Информация о дисквалификации: легкая атлетика" (in Russian). Russian Anti-Doping Agency. 20 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

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