Rodolfo Gómez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Orozco.

Rodolfo Gómez

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Medal record
Men's athletics
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 October 30, 1950 in Mexico City) is a retired long-distance runner, who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s. He won the Tokyo Marathon (1981), the IAAF Citizen Golden Marathon in Athens (1982), the Rotterdam Marathon (1982), the Nike OTC Marathon (1982), the Pittsburgh Marathon (1984) and the Mexico City Marathon (1987). He gained prominence on American television in 1982 when he set his Personal Record of 2:09:33 while being the primary foil to Alberto Salazar's third victory in a row at the New York Marathon.

Gómez represented Mexico at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976. Later on he became an athletics coach, guiding runners like Andrés Espinosa, Germán Silva, Benjamín Paredes, Adriana Fernández, Isaac García, Martín Pitayo, and Isidro Rico.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Mexico
1976	Olympic Games	Montréal, Canada	19th	Marathon	2:18:21
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	6th	Marathon	2:12:39
1981	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	Marathon	2:11:00
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	7th	Marathon	2:12:47
1982	Rotterdam Marathon	Rotterdam, Netherlands	1st	Marathon	2:11:57
	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	2nd	Marathon	2:09:33
1987	Pittsburgh Marathon	Pittsburgh, United States	1st	Marathon	2:13:07

External links

• Profile
• Rodolfo Gómez profile at IAAF
• sports-reference