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

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Men's 1500 metres
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Arrivee du 1500 metres plat des JO 1900, Charles Bennett (Anglo Amateur Athletic Association) bat Henri Deloge (Racing-club de France).jpg
Finish of the race
Venue Bois de Boulogne
DateJuly 15
Competitors9 from 6 nations
Winning time4:06.2 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Charles Bennett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Henri Deloge
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg John Bray
US flag 45 stars.svg  United States
  1896
1904  

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] The event was won by Charles Bennett of Great Britain, the nation's first medal in the brief history of the event.

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Background

This was the second appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the runners from 1896 returned. John Bray of the United States was the unofficial world record holder, but the field was otherwise undistinguished. John Cregan, Alexander Grant, and George Orton were among the top runners at the distance and competed in the 1900 Games in other events, but did not run the 1500 metres (possibly due to the event being held on a Sunday.) [2]

Austria, Bohemia, Denmark, and Great Britain made their first appearance in the event. France and the United States were the only two countries to have previously competed in 1896 and return in 1900.

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single round, with one three-lap race around the 500-metre stadium. [2]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  John Bray  (USA)4:09.0 (u) Bayonne, France 30 May 1900
Olympic recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Edwin Flack  (AUS)4:33.2 Athens, Greece 7 April 1896

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

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 15 July 190015:30Final

Results

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.

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Charles Bennett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4:06.2 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Henri Deloge Flag of France.svg  France 4:06.6
Bronze medal icon.svg John Bray US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 4:07.2
4 David Hall US flag 45 stars.svg  United States 4:07.5
5 Christian Christensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Unknown
6 Hermann Wraschtil Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria Unknown
7–9 Ondřej Pukl Flag of Bohemia.svg  Bohemia Unknown
John Rimmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Unknown
Louis Segondi Flag of France.svg  France Unknown

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