José Luis González

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José Luis González (born 1957) was one of the world's fastest 1500 metres runners of the 1980s. In a legendary race in Nice 1985, Gonzalez came third behind Steve Cram and Said Aouita who became the first men to run the distance below 3.30 minutes. Gonzalez set a Spanish record of 3:30.92 minutes and a few weeks later also ran a new record over one mile in 3:47.79 min. In 1987 Gonzalez won a silver medal at the World Championships in Rome when he finished behind Abdi Bile. Gonzalez ran the same time (3:38.03) as Jim Spivey but was placed ahead of the American.

He won World Indoor Championships silver medals in 1985 and 1989.

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