Francis Gonzalez (born 6 February 1952 in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...

) is a retired French middle- and long-distance runner. He represented his country at the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

and

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. In addition, he won medals at the

and 1973 European Indoor Championships.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

– 1:47.1 (Colombes 1972) *

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

– 2:18.0 (Nice 1978) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

– 3:36.2 (Paris 1979) * One mile – 3:53.02 (Lausanne 1981) *

2000 metres The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a track running event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters short of 1¼ miles. The global governing body World Ath ...

– 4:58.1 (Rennes 1979) * 3000 metres – 7:41.00 (Lausanne 1979) * 5000 metres – 13:20.24 (Stockholm 1979) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The ra ...

– 28:26.04 (Paris 1984) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

– 1:03:34 (Paris 1987) Indoor *

– 1:49.17 (Grenoble 1972) *

– 3:39.3 (Dortmund 1978) * 3000 metres – 7:51.9 (Vienna 1979)

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All-Athletics profile
1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Bordeaux Athletes from Nouvelle-Aquitaine French male middle-distance runners French male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France 20th-century French people French Athletics Championships winners {{France-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub