Benjamín González Gómez (12 April 1958 – 6 June 2011) was an athlete from

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. He competed in the

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and

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. González won a bronze medal in 400 m at the 1982 European Indoor Championships. At the inaugural

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in 1985 he and finished second in the 800 metres behind compatriot

Colomán Trabado Colomán Trabado Pérez (born 2 January 1958 in Vega de Valcarce, El Bierzo, León Province) is a retired middle-distance runner from Spain. He won the European Indoor Championships in 1983 and the inaugural World Indoor Games in 1985. An athl ...

. On the national level, he became Spanish 400 metres champion in 1980, 1981 and 1982. González's personal best 800 m time was 1:46.53 minutes, achieved in June 1985 in Madrid.World men's all-time best 800m (last updated 2001)
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1958 births 2011 deaths Spanish male middle-distance runners Spanish male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists 20th-century Spanish people {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub