José Manuel Abascal
Appearance
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Full name | José Manuel Abascal Gómez | ||||||||||||||
Born | 17 March 1958 Alceda, Cantabria, Spain | (age 66)||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[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.[citation needed]
Personal bests
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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
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 for 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 Championships winners
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish athletics biography stubs
- Spanish Olympic medalist stubs