Timeline of arturo barrios runners world
Timeline of arturo barrios runners world
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Arturo Barrios
Mexican long-distance runner
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barrios and the second or maternal family name is Flores.
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
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 20,00