# 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.

## 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
### Track & road events

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

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Joan Lino | Long jump | 7.83 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Javier Bermejo | High jump | 2.15 | 22 | did not advance | 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 |
| Óscar González | Points | 786 | 852 | 676 | 803 | 806 | 796 | 675 | 790 | 574 | 733 | 7491 | 18 |
| Agustín Félix | Result | 11.32 | 7.09 | 12.00 | 2.00 | DQ | 15.09 | 40.39 | 4.90 | DNS | — | DNF | DNF |
| Agustín Félix | Points | 791 | 835 | 606 | 803 | 0 | 839 | 672 | 880 | — | — | DNF | DNF |

### Track & road events

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

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Niurka Montalvo | Long jump | 6.55 | 8 q | 6.50 | 7 |
| Concepción Montaner | Long jump | 6.49 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Carlota Castrejana | Triple jump | 14.08 | 7 Q | 6.50 | 7 |
| Patricia Sarrapio | Triple jump | 13.57 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ruth Beitia | High jump | 1.92 | 8 Q | 1.92 | 9 |
| Marta Mendía | High jump | 1.90 SB | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dana Cervantes | Pole vault | 4.00 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Naroa Agirre | Pole vault | 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 | did not advance |
| Berta Castells | Hammer throw | 58.93 | 37 | did not advance | 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 | DNF |
| María Peinado | Points | 964 | 689 | 685 | 801 | 783 | — | — | DNF | DNF |