Tomás Barris

Tomás Barris was a Spanish middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1,500 metres. After his début in 1947 Barris went on to win 16 national titles in the 800 and 1,500 metres, and set national records in the 800, 1,000, 1,5000, 2,000, and 3,000 metres. At the 1959 Mediterranean Games in Beirut he won gold in the 1,500 metres and silver in the 800 metres. He won his third medal at the Mediterranean Games in 1963 with a silver in the 1,500 metres. Barris ran in his favoured event at the 1960 Roma Olympics but was eliminated in the heats. In 2018 Barris was honoured with the medal as Forger of the Sports History of Catalonia and a silver medal for Sports Merit from the IAAF.

Personal Best: 1500 – 3:41.7 (1958).