José Manuel Abascal
Personal information
Full nameJosé Manuel Abascal Gómez
Born17 March 1958 (1958-03-17) (age 65)
Alceda, Cantabria, Spain
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles 1500 metres

José Manuel Abascal Gómez (born 17 March 1958) is a former Spanish 1500 metres runner. He was born in Alceda, 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.

References

  1. ↑ 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.


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