Arturo Barrios

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Barrios and the second or maternal family name is Flores.

Medal record
Men’s athletics
Competitor for  Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold	1987 Indianapolis	5000 metres
Gold	1991 Havana	5000 metres

Arturo Barrios Flores (born December 12, 1962) is a Mexican long-distance runner. He was born in Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal. Barrios finished in fifth place in the 10000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is a former world record holder at 10000 m (27:08.23, set on August 18, 1989). 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.^[1]

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 National Records of Mexico for those two events.^[2]

In 1992 he participated in the 6th IAAF World Cup in Athletics, running the 5000m 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.^[3]

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,^[4] were held for the last time in 2006.^[5]

Personal records

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
10000 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

References

1. ^ 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
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.arrs.net/HP_BtB12.htm Bay to Breakers winners
4. ^ http://chulavistaonline.net/events_arturo_barrios.html Arturo Barrios race information
5. ^ Norcross, Don (September 29, 2006). "Adiós, Barrios". SignOnSanDiego.com. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060929/news_lz1s29barrios.html. Retrieved 6 May 2010. 

External links

• IAAF profile for Arturo Barrios
• The history of the Hour run
• Youtube video of 10,000 m World Record

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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Name	Barrios, Arturo
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Date of birth	December 12, 1962
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