It is little wonder that many newspapers in Spain referred to Tomás Barris, in their headlines as "the Record man of Spanish Athletics". In the years from 1957 to 1961 reading about him achieving some new Spanish record was a frequent occurrence. As can be seen in this chronology of records, Barris broke 34 Spanish records in all, on cinder tracks and in the open air; a figure that has not been surpassed by any other Spanish athlete of our times.
800 meters
1'52"4 |
Barcelona |
28-05-55 |
1'50"3 |
Oslo |
15-07-57 |
1'49"9 |
Barcelona |
28-07-57 |
1'49"6 |
Stockholm |
09-07-58 |
1'49"0 |
San Sebastian |
01-08-59 |
1'48"7 |
Barcelona |
12-09-59 |
1,000 meters
2'27"8 |
Barcelona |
23-04-55 |
2'24"6 |
Munich |
20-06-57 |
2'22"1 |
Stuttgart |
17-05-58 |
1,500 meters
3'54"6 |
Barcelona |
07-06-55 |
3'54"2 |
Barcelona |
26-06-55 |
3'53"8 |
Barcelona |
21-07-55 |
3'53"6 |
Barcelona |
15-07-56 |
3'53"3 |
Varberg (Sweden) |
06-07-57 |
3'47"9 |
Stockholm |
10-07-57 |
3'46"4 |
Oslo |
16-07-57 |
3'45"5 |
Turku (Finland) |
15-08-58 |
3'44"5 |
Stockholm |
22-08-58 |
3'41"7 |
Turku |
29-08-58 |
2000 meters
5'29"8 |
Barcelona |
06-09-55 |
5'28"0 |
Barcelona |
09-06-56 |
5'21"0 |
Berlin |
30-06-57 |
5'14"5 |
Toulouse |
22-07-61 |
3,000 meters
8'32"4 |
Barcelona |
06-05-56 |
8'14"6 |
Böras (Finland) |
05-08-57 |
8'13"8 |
Naantali (Finland) |
07-08-58 |
8'09"8 |
Parainen (Finland) |
11-07-61 |
1 mile
4'18"0 |
Edinburgh |
18-08-56 |
4'04"6 |
Stockholm |
01-08-57 |
4'04"4 |
Gothenburg |
26-08-57 |
4'03"2 |
Turku |
05-08-58 |
4 x 1,500 metros
16'40"4 |
Barcelona |
11-05-50 |
16'28"8 |
Barcelona |
27-05-54 |
16'22"6 |
Barcelona |
16-06-55 |