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

Men's 1500 metres
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueBois de Boulogne
DateJuly 15
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Athletics at the
1900 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m   men
100 m men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
110 m hurdles men
200 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
2500 m steeplechase men
4000 m steeplechase men
5000 m team race men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Standing long jump men
Standing triple jump men
Standing high jump men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men

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.

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

Place Athlete Time
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.

Sources

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