Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue Bois de Boulogne
Date July 15
Competitors 9 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Charles Bennett
 Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Henri Deloge
 France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) John Bray
 United States

The men's 1500 metres was a middle-distance running event on the athletics programme at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 15, 1900. The race was held on a track of 500 metres in circumference. Nine athletes from six nations competed.[1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.

World Record 4:09.0(*) United States John Bray Bayonne (FRA) May 30, 1900
Olympic Record 4:33.2 Edwin Flack Athens (GRE) April 7, 1896 (NS)

(*) unofficial

Charles Bennett set a new Olympic record and a new unofficial world record with 4:06.2 minutes.

Results

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Charles Bennett (GBR)4:06.2
2 Henri Deloge (FRA)4:06.6
3 John Bray (USA)4:07.2
4 David Hall (USA)(4:07.5)
5 Christian Christensen (DEN)Unknown
6 Hermann Wraschtil (AUT)Unknown
7-9 Ondřej Pukl (BOH)Unknown
 John Rimmer (GBR)Unknown
 Louis Segondi (FRA)Unknown

Bennett, who had led the entire distance by a small margin over Deloge, broke off in the final lap, and ran last 500 metres in a time of 1:10.2 to set an unofficial world record, finishing five yards ahead of Deloge. John Bray edged out David Hall by two yards.

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1900 Paris Games: Men's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

Sources

  • International Olympic Committee.
  • De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at .
  • Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
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