Guerrouj with a time of 3:28.95, which moved him to third on the all-time world list behind Morceli and El Guerrouj. He won the bronze medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, and finished fourth in the World Championships at Seville in 1999. Cacho suffered an Achilles' tendon injury in 2000, causing him to miss the opportunity to add to his Olympic gold and silver medals at 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He held the European record at 1500 m with a time of 3:28.95 for 16 years (1997–2013), until Mo Farah broke it with a time of 3:28.81. International competitions 1Representing Europe Personal bests Outdoor 800 metres – 1:45.37 (Albacete 1991) 1000 metres – 2:16.13 (Andújar 1993) 1500 metres – 3:28.95 (Zürich 1997) One mile – 3:49.56 (Oslo 1996) 3000 metres – 7:37.02 (Seville 1999) 5000 metres – 13:46.65 (Seville 2002) Indoor 800 metres – 1:46.79 (Seville 1993) 1000 metres – 2:20.18 (Madrid 1992) 1500 metres – 3:35.29 (Seville 1991) 3000 metres – 7:36.61 (Stuttgart 1996) References Spanish Olympic Committee All-Athletics profile 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Soria Spanish male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Spain Olympic gold medalists for Spain Olympic silver medalists for Spain Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Spain World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games