Arturo Barrios

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Arturo Barrios
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis 5000 metres
Gold medal – first place 1991 Havana 5000 metres
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal – first place 1980 Nassau 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 1980 Nassau 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 1980 Nassau 10,000 m
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 Sudbury 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Sudbury 2000 m s'chase

Arturo Barrios Flores (born December 12, 1962, in Mexico City) is a Mexican and American long-distance runner who set the 10,000 m world record in 1989, the one hour world record in 1991, and the 20,000 m world record en route to the one hour run world record.[1]

Career[edit]

Barrios finished in fifth place in the 10,000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is a former world record holder at the 10,000 m (27:08.23, set on August 18, 1989, at the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) in Berlin, Germany). Barrios' record was not broken until 1993 when Richard Chelimo ran 27:07.91 in Stockholm. This mark stood as the North American record until May 1, 2010, and still stands as the national record of Mexico.[2]

On March 30, 1991, Barrios set world records at one hour (21.101 km) and 20,000 m (56:55.6). These records stood until June 2007, when they were broken by Haile Gebrselassie. Barrios' 1991 performance makes him the first man ever to run a half-marathon distance in less than one hour; the first to do so in an actual half-marathon competition was Moses Tanui in 1993. That performance also still stands as the North American records and the Mexican record for those two events.[3]

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[edit]

Distance Time Date Venue
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
Time Distance Date Location
One Hour 21.101 km 30 March 1991 La Fléche, France

Achievements[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Mexico
1980 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Nassau, Bahamas 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 1st 5000m 14:10.72 A

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf Progression of IAAF World Records
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ https://www.arrs.run/HP_BtB12.htm Bay to Breakers winners
  5. ^ "EVENTS: Arturo Barrios Run / Walk". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-01-14. Arturo Barrios race information
  6. ^ Norcross, Don (September 29, 2006). "Adiós, Barrios". SignOnSanDiego.com. Retrieved 6 May 2010.

External links[edit]

Records
Preceded by Men's 10,000 m World Record Holder
August 18, 1989 – July 5, 1993
Succeeded by