Adel Mechaal (born 5 December 1990) is a Morocco-born Spanish middle- and

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance running comes two d ...

. In the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

, he placed fourth at the 2017 World Championships, and fifth at the

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. Over the

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and

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

, Mechaal is a four-time European Championship medallist. He also won two medals for the men's senior races at the

European Cross Country Championships The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships ...

. In February 2022, Mechaal set a European indoor 3000 m record with a time of 7:30.82 at the

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in New York. He won multiple Spanish outdoor and indoor titles between 2015 and 2023 (1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m)

Statistics

Personal bests

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since th ...

– 1:47.69 (

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2019) *

– 3:30.77 (

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2021) ** 1500 metres indoor – 3:33.28 (

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2023) *

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– 7:35.28 (

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2017) ** 3000 metres indoor – 7:30.82 (

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2022) *

– 13:06.02 (

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2022) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The ra ...

– 27:50.56 (

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2018) ;Road *

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– 29:09 ( Lisbon 2019) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu ...

– 1:02:30 (

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2020)

Competition record

National titles

* Spanish Athletics Championships **

: 2015, 2017, 2021 **

: 2015, 2017 *

Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships The Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships ( es, Campeonato de España de Atletismo en pista cubierta) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA), which serves as the Spanish nationa ...

: 2015, 2018, 2022 **

: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mechaal, Adel 1990 births Living people Moroccan emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Spanish sportspeople of Moroccan descent Spanish male middle-distance runners Spanish male long-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Spain European Athletics Championships medalists People from Tétouan