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Mexican long-distance runner

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barrios and the second or maternal family name is Flores.

Arturo Barrios Flores (born December 12, , in Mexico City) is a Mexican and American long-distance runner who set the 10, m world record in , the one hour world record in , and the 20, m world record en route to the one hour run world record.^[1]

Career

Barrios finished in fifth place in the 10, metres at the Summer Olympics.

He is a former world record holder at the 10, m (, set on August 18, , at the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) in Berlin, Germany). Barrios' record was not broken until when Richard Chelimo ran in Stockholm. This mark stood as the North American record until May 1, , and still stands as the national record of Mexico.^[2]

On March 30, , Barrios set world records at one hour (&#;km) and 20, m ().

These records stood until June , when they were broken by Haile Geb