Arturo Barrios
Medal record | ||
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Men’s athletics
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Representing Mexico | ||
Pan American Games | ||
1987 Indianapolis | 5000 metres | |
1991 Havana | 5000 metres | |
CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
1980 Nassau | 1500 m | |
1980 Nassau | 5000 m | |
1980 Nassau | 10,000 m | |
Pan American Junior Championships
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1980 Sudbury | 5000 m | |
1980 Sudbury | 2000 m s'chase |
Arturo Barrios Flores (born December 12, 1962, in
Career
Barrios finished in fifth place in the
On March 30, 1991, Barrios set world records at
In 1992 he participated in the World Cup in Athletics, running the 5000 m with a time of 13:50.95, finishing in second place.
Between 1987 and 1990, Barrios won the San Francisco Bay to Breakers race, considered the largest footrace in the world, four consecutive times.[4]
Barrios became a United States citizen in September 1994. Barrios graduated from Texas A&M University in 1985 where he competed in track and cross country. Barrios was inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998.
The annual Arturo Barrios Invitational 5K and 10K road races in Chula Vista, California, launched in 1989,[5] were held for the last time in 2006.[6]
Personal records
Distance | Time | Date | Venue |
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1500 meters | 3:37.61 | 13 August 1989 | Hengelo, Netherlands |
3000 meters | 7:35.71 | 10 July 1989 | Nice, France |
5000 meters | 13:07.79 | 14 July 1989 | London, United Kingdom |
10,000 meters |
27:08.23 | 18 August 1989 | Berlin, Germany |
15000 meters | 42:36 | 29 July 1986 | Portland, Oregon |
20000 meters | 56:55.6 | 30 March 1991 | La Fléche , France
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Time | Distance | Date | Location |
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One Hour | 21.101 km | 30 March 1991 | La Fléche, France |
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Mexico | |||||
1980 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Bahamas
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1st | 1500 m | 3:49.8 |
1st | 5000 m | 14:26.4 | |||
1st | 10000 m | 31:20.4 | |||
1988 | Ibero-American Championships | Ciudad de México, México
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1st | 5000m | 14:10.72 A |
References
- ^ http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf Progression of IAAF World Records
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/recbycat/location=o/recordtype=ar/event=0/age=n/area=nam/sex=M/records.html IAAF North America Area Records
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/recbycat/location=o/recordtype=ar/event=0/age=n/area=nam/sex=M/records.html IAAF North America Area Records
- ^ https://www.arrs.run/HP_BtB12.htm Bay to Breakers winners
- ^ "EVENTS: Arturo Barrios Run / Walk". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-01-14. Arturo Barrios race information
- ^ Norcross, Don (September 29, 2006). "Adiós, Barrios". SignOnSanDiego.com. Retrieved 6 May 2010.