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| Full name | José Manuel Abascal Gómez | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 March 1958 (1958-03-17) (age 66) Alceda, Cantabria, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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José Manuel Abascal Gómez (born 17 March 1958) is a former Spanish 1500 metres runner.
In 1982, he received the silver medal at the European Indoor Championship in 1500 m and the bronze medal in the same event at the European Outdoor Championship. He won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 1986, he set a personal best of 3:31.13 min but he failed to qualify for the final in 1500 m European Championship. At the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Abascal also won a silver medal.
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 1:49.5 in Madrid 19-07-1980.
- 1500 metres – 3:31.13 in Barcelona 16-08-1986.
- Mile – 3:50.54 in Rome 10-11-1986.
- 3000 metres – 7:53.51 in A Coruña 4-08-1988.
- 5000 metres – 13:12.49 in Oslo 04-07-1987.
- 3000 metres steeple – 8:38.8 in San Sebastián 29-08-1981.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "José Manuel Abascal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
External links
- José Manuel Abascal Gómez (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archive 1, archive 2)
- Jose Manuel Abascal Gomez at Olympics.com
- Jose Manuel Abascal at Olympic.org (archived)
- José Manuel Abascal at Olympedia (archive)
- José Manuel Abascal at World Athletics
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