José Manuel Abascal
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Full name | José Manuel Abascal Gómez | |||||||||||||
Born | 17 March 1958 , Cantabria, Spain | (age 63)|||||||||||||
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José Manuel Abascal Gómez[a] (born 17 March 1958) is a former Spanish 1500 metres runner. He was born in , Cantabria. In 1982 he got 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.[1] 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.
Notes[]
- ^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Abascal and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
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 2016-12-02.
External links[]
- José Manuel Abascal at World Athletics
- José Manuel Abascal at Olympedia
- José Manuel Abascal at the International Olympic Committee
- José Manuel Abascal Gómez at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Cantabria
- Spanish male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Spain
- Olympic bronze medalists for Spain
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Spanish athletics biography stubs
- Spanish Olympic medalist stubs