Osvaldo Roberto Suárez (17 March 1934 in Wilde – 16 February 2018) was an Argentine long-distance runner who won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. He was punished by the Revolución Libertadora (The Liberating Revolution) and blamed for receiving favors to travel (even being a famous and successful athlete), so he could not be at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. After that, he represented his native country at two Summer Olympics, in 1960 and 1964. After retiring from his running career, he became a professional athletics coach.
International competitions Representing 1952South American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina6th1500 m4:02.91953South American Championships (unofficial)Santiago, Chile1st5000 m15:23.11955Pan American GamesMexico City, Mexico1st5000 m15:30.61st10,000 m32:42.61956South American ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile1st5000 m14:30.81st10,000 m30:12.21stHalf marathon1:08:541958South American ChampionshipsMontevideo, Uruguay1st5000 m14:26.11st10,000 m30:37.21stHalf marathon1:12:38Saint Silvester Road RaceSão Paulo, Brazil1st7.4 km21:401959World Festival of Youth and StudentsVienna, Austria3rd5000 m14:14.4Pan American GamesChicago, United States2nd5000 m14:28.51st10,000 m30:17.2Saint Silvester Road RaceSão Paulo, Brazil1st7.4 km21:551960Olympic GamesRome, Italy9thMarathon2:21:26.6Ibero-American GamesSantiago, Chile1st5000 m14:29.01st10,000 m30:26.01stMarathon2:38:23Saint Silvester Road RaceSão Paulo, Brazil1st7.4 km22:021961South American ChampionshipsLima, Peru2nd1500 m3:53.51st5000 m14:54.71st10,000 m30:18.11962Ibero-American GamesMadrid, Spain3rd1500 m3:53.41st5000 m14:31.61st10,000 m30:14.21963Pan American GamesSão Paulo, Brazil1st5000 m14:25.812nd10,000 m30:26.56South American ChampionshipsCali, Colombia1st5000 m14:59.81st10,000 m31:09.61964Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan –MarathonDNF1967Pan American GamesWinnipeg, Canada5th5000 m14:19.4 –10,000 mDNFSouth American ChampionshipsBuenos Aires, Argentina2nd5000 m14:48.01st10,000 m30:50.81969South American ChampionshipsQuito, Ecuador11th (h)1500 m4:13.8
Personal bests 1500 metres – 3:50.8 (Barcelona 1962) Mile – 4:16.3 (Buenos Aires 1953, former ) 2000 metres – 5:21.0 (Villa Dominico 1961, former ) 3000 metres – 8:12.0 (Munich 1959, former ) 5000 metres – 14:05.0 (San Sebastián 1960, former ) 10,000 metres – 29:26.0 (Prague 1959, former ) Half marathon – 1:08:54 (Santiago 1956, former ) Marathon – 2:21:27 (Rome 1960, former )
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