José Gómez (athlete)

José Gómez ( José Gómez Cervantes; born March 19, 1956 ) is a retired Mexican long-distance runner .

At the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1978 he won bronze over 5000 m .

In 1979 he won the same distance at the Athletics Central American and Caribbean Championships and took silver at the Universiade .

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, he was eliminated over 10,000 m in the preliminary run.

In 1982 he finished eighth in the New York City Marathon . The following year he was sixth in the Rotterdam Marathon . Over 10,000 m he came at the World Athletics Championships in 1983 in Helsinki on the 16th place and won the Pan American Games in Caracas .

In 1984 he was twelfth in the Tokyo International Men's Marathon and failed at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles over 10,000 m in the first round.

In 1985 he was sixth and in 1986 ninth in the Chicago Marathon . In 1987 he was third in the Los Angeles Marathon and ninth in the Pittsburgh Marathon .

Personal bests

• 5000 m: 13: 29.4 min, October 11, 1980, Buenos Aires
• 10,000 m: 27: 56.74 min, June 4, 1983, Eugene
• Marathon: 2:11:08 h, October 20, 1985, Chicago

Web links

• José Gómez in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at the ARRS
• José Gómez in the trackfield.brinkster.net database (English)
• José Gómez in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )