CHRONOLOGY OF HIS SPANISH RECORDS

 

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.

 

Winning the 800 m. in the stadium at Montjuic, breaking his first Spanish record in 1955

 

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

 

Group of judges controlling the arrival of Tomás Barris, winner of the 1,500 m. at the Spanish  Championships in La Coruña 1962