SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES

 

Championships held in open air tracks

 

Spanish Championships always meant a lot to Tomàs Barris. Despite his extensive agenda of international competitions, he never missed a single national championship. Being the Spanish Champion was one of his main objectives for each season.

 

His achievement of 16 undisputed titles is an achievement that would be very difficult to emulate today. To date, only the legendary Basque discus throwerFélix Erausquin has ever managed to beat him by achieving 19 titles in the nineteen thirties and forties.

 

Being proclaimed champion of the 1500m. at the Spanish Championships held at the Riazor Stadium, La Coruña in 1962

 

800 m

 

1'53"4

Barcelona

1.955

1'52"6

La Coruña

1.957

1'54"0

Tolosa

1.959

1'52"0

Barcelona

1.960

1'54"4

Barcelona

1.961

1'51"1

La Coruña

1.962

1'52"0

Barcelona

1.963

 

1.500 m

 

3'54"6

Barcelona

1.955

3'57"2

Oviedo

1.956

3'56"8

La Coruña

1.957

3'50"4

San Sebastián

1.958

3'52"4

Tolosa

1.959

3'49"1

Barcelona

1.961

3'48"3

La Coruña

1.962

3'51"3

Barcelona

1.963

3'51"4

Madrid

1.964

 

Tomás Barris's historical photo winning his first title of absolute Champion of Spain in the 800 meters in the Montjuic's old stadium of Barcelona in 1955