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

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]

Men's 1500 metres
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueBois de Boulogne
DateJuly 15
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Medalists
Charles Bennett
 Great Britain
Henri Deloge
 France
John Bray
 United States

Records

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

World Record 4:09.0(*) 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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

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