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Rodolfo Gómez

Medal record
Men'sathletics
Representing Mexico
Pan American Games
	1979 San Juan	10,000 metres
	1975 Mexico City	10,000 metres
	1975 Mexico City	5000 metres
	1979 San Juan	5000 metres

Rodolfo Gómez Orozco (born 30 October 1950 inDelicias, Chihuahua) is a Mexican formerlong-distance runner who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s. He won theTokyo Marathon (1981), theIAAF Citizen Golden Marathon in Athens (1982), theRotterdam Marathon (1982), theNike OTC Marathon (1982), thePittsburgh Marathon (1987) and theMexico City Marathon (1987). He gained prominence on American television in 1982 when he finished in second place, four seconds back in 2:09:33 while being the primary foil toAlberto Salazar's third victory in a row at theNew York Marathon. He ran a personal best of 2:09:12 at the 1983Tokyo Marathon, finishing third in that race.

Gómez represented Mexico at three consecutiveSummer Olympics, starting in 1976. Later on he became an athletics coach, guiding runners likeAndrés Espinosa,Germán Silva,Benjamín Paredes,Adriana Fernández,Isaac García,Martín Pitayo, andIsidro Rico.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Mexico
1976	Olympic Games	Montréal, Canada	19th	Marathon	2:18:21
1979	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka, Japan	15th	Marathon	2:16:18
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow,Soviet Union	6th	Marathon	2:12:39
	New York City Marathon	New York City, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:10:13
1981	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:11:00
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	7th	Marathon	2:12:47[1]
1982	Golden Marathon	Athens, Greece	1st	Marathon	2:11:49
	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:11:57
	Nike OTC Marathon	Eugene, Oregon	1st	Marathon	2:11:35
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:09:33
1983	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	Marathon	2:09:12
	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	3rd	Marathon	2:09:25
1986	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	10th	Marathon	2:15:02
1987	Pittsburgh Marathon	Pittsburgh,United States	1st	Marathon	2:13:07

• Rodolfo Gómez atWorld Athletics
• Rodolfo Gómez atOlympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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