Omar Ortega

Omar Ortega

Personal information
Full name	Omar Esteban Ortega
Nationality	Argentine
Born	(1960-12-13) 13 December 1960 (age 64) Buenos Aires
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Argentina
Sport	Middle-distance running

Omar Esteban Ortega is an Argentine Olympic middle-distance runner. He represented his country in the men's 1500 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His time was a DNF in the first heat.^[1]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Argentina
1978	South American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	5th	800 m	1:54.3
			2nd	1500 m	3:59.2
1979	South American Championships	Bucaramanga, Colombia	5th	1500 m	3:49.8
1982	Southern Cross Games	Santa Fe, Argentina	6th	1500 m
			3rd	5000 m	14:10.1
1983	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	5th	1500 m	3:47.03
	South American Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina	2nd	1500 m	3:48.9
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	–	1500 m	DNF

Personal bests

Outdoor^[2]

• 800 metres – 1:48.78 (Madrid 1983)
• 1500 metres – 3:40.8 (Stanford 1984) former NR
• One mile – 4:02.45 (Boise 1984) former NR
• 3000 metres – 8:04.60 (Lausanne 1983) former NR
• 5000 metres – 14:03.94 (Pullman 1984)
• 10,000 metres – 29:49.82 (Santiago 1983)
• 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:53.8 (Corvallis 1981)

Indoor

• 1500 metres – 3:44.9 (oversized track, Moscow, USA 1984)
• 3000 metres – 8:05.0 (Pullman 1983)

References

1. Omar Ortega at Sports Reference Sports Reference
2. Argentine all-time lists