Arturo Barrios

Arturo Barrios Flores (born December 12, 1962 in Mexico City) is a Mexican 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]

Arturo Barrios
Medal record
Men’s athletics
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
1980 Sudbury 5000 m
1980 Sudbury 2000 m s'chase

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 20,000 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.

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

DistanceTimeDateVenue
1500 meters3:37.6113 August 1989Hengelo, Netherlands
3000 meters7:35.7110 July 1989Nice, France
5000 meters13:07.7914 July 1989London, United Kingdom
10,000 meters27:08.2318 August 1989Berlin, Germany
15000 meters42:3629 July 1986Portland, Oregon
20000 meters56:55.630 March 1991La Fléche, France
TimeDistanceDateLocation
One Hour21.101 km30 March 1991La Fléche, France

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

  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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-01-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Arturo Barrios race information
  6. Norcross, Don (September 29, 2006). "Adiós, Barrios". SignOnSanDiego.com. Retrieved 6 May 2010.


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