Adel Mechaal Mechaal (born 5 December 1990) is a middle- and long-distance runner. Born in Morocco, he represents Spain internationally. In the 1500 metres, he placed fourth at the 2017 World Championships, and fifth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Over the 5000 metres, Mechaal won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. He is a three-time European Indoor Championships 3000 metres medallist. He also won two medals for the men's senior races at the European Cross Country Championships.
Mechaal is the Spanish indoor record holder for the 1500 m. He won multiple national outdoor and indoor titles between 2015 and 2023 (1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m).
Mechaal held the European indoor 3000 m record set in February 2022 with a time of 7:30.82 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in New York.
Statistics Personal bests 800 metres – 1:47.69 (Barcelona 2019) 1500 metres – 3:30.77 (Tokyo 2021) 1500 metres indoor – 3:33.28 (Birmingham 2023) 3000 metres – 7:35.28 (Paris 2017) 3000 metres indoor – 7:30.82 (New York 2022) 5000 metres – 13:06.02 (Oslo 2022) 10,000 metres – 27:50.56 (London 2018) Road 10 kilometres – 27:46 (Manchester 2024) Half marathon – 1:02:30 (Gdynia 2020)
International competitions 2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland11th1500 m 3:41.27World RelaysNassau, Bahamas4th4 × 1500 m relay15:00.69European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland25th1500 m3:47.602015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic6th3000 m i7:49.59World Cross Country ChampionshipsGuiyang, China68thSenior race38:57World ChampionshipsBeijing, China37th1500 m3:46.05European Cross Country ChampionshipsHyères, France3rdSenior race29:511stSenior team14 pts2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands2nd5000 m13:40.85Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil33rd (h)1500 m3:48.4130th (h)5000 m13:34.42European Cross Country ChampionshipsChia, Italy8thSenior race28:262ndSenior team32 pts2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1st3000 m i8:00.60World Cross Country ChampionshipsKampala, Uganda43rdSenior race30:40World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom4th1500m3:34.71European Cross Country ChampionshipsŠamorín, Slovakia2ndSenior race29:542ndSenior team20 pts2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom5th3000 m i8:16.13European 10,000m CupLondon, United Kingdom4th10,000 m27:50.56European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany –5000 mDNF4th10,000 m28:13.78European Cross Country ChampionshipsTilburg, Netherlands8thSenior race29:202019World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar25th (h)1500 m3:37.952020World Half Marathon ChampionshipsGdynia, Poland46thHalf marathon1:02:302021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland3rd3000 m i7:49.47Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan5th1500 m3:30.772022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia7th3000 m i7:43.60World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States22nd (h)5000 m13:36.48European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany14th5000 m13:35.922023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey2nd3000 m i7:41.75 World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary9th (sf)1500 m3:33.332024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom6th1500 m i3:37.766th3000 m i7:45.67European ChampionshipsRome, Italy5th1500 m3:33.584th5000 m13:22.77Olympic GamesParis, France27th (rep)1500 m3:42.79
National titles Spanish Athletics Championships 1500 metres: 2015, 2017, 2021 5000 metres: 2015, 2017 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships 1500 metres: 2015, 2018, 2022 3000 metres: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
References
External links
Adel Mechaal at RFEA
Adel Mechaal at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
Adel Mechaal – COE – Paris 2024 (archived)