Men 1500m Athletics IV Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Tuesday 14th, July - Gold Medal: Melvin Sheppard, United States
Finaltime
1. Mel SheppardUSA United States4:03.4 EOR
2. Harold WilsonGBR Great Britain4:03.6 e
3. Norman HallowsGBR Great Britain4:04.0 e
4. John TaitCAn Canada4:06.8 e
5. Ivo Fairbairn-CrawfordGBR Great Britain4:07.6 e
6. Joe DeakinGBR Great Britain4:07.9 e
-. Vincent LoneyGBR Great BritainDNF
-. James SullivanUSA United StatesDNF

world Men 1500m History

Venue: White City Stadium - track of 536.45 metres=​1⁄3 mile.
Competitors: 44; Countries: 15
_ Semi-Finals 8
A truly international field for the first time was made to run just one preliminary round, with the result that only the winners of eight heats would qualify. Emilio Lunghi ran an excellent 4:03.8 in heat 3 - the second best time in the heats, but finished behind Hallows, whose time of 4:03.4 was an Olympic record. The unfortunate Italian thus failed to qualify. Sheppard had set an Olympic record of 4:05.0 in the preceding heat, just beating his countryman John Halstead (4:05.2e), another vic- tim of the rigorous qualification procedures. In the final, Fairbairn-Crawford set the pace for 500m, and then Loney took over, but slowed the tempo down. The rhythm was little changed after Hallows took the lead, and only increased with 300m to go when Wilson made his big effort. Into the finishing straight Wilson led from Hallows, with Sheppard third, but the US 800m champion was too quick for the diminutive (1.63/52kg) Briton and won by one and a half metres. Deakin, the fourth Briton home, was still running cross-country in his eighties.
Semi-Finals.
Winners from each of 8 Semifinals advanced to the Final.
Semi 1time
1. James SullivanUSA United States4:07.6 Q
2. James LightbodyUSA United States4:08.6
3. Frederick MeadowsCAn Canada4:12.2
4. Francis KnottGBR Great BritainUnknown
5. Joseph M. SmithGBR Great BritainUnknown
6. Louis de FleuracFRA FranceUnknown
7. Nils DahlNOR NorwayUnknown
8. Ödön BodorHUN HungaryUnknown
9. Jacques KeyserNED NetherlandsUnknown
Semi 2time
1. Mel SheppardUSA United States4:05.0 OR Q
2. John HalsteadUSA United States4:05.6
3. George ButterfieldGBR Great Britain4:11.8
4. John W. LeeGBR Great Britain4:12.4
5. Joseph LynchANZANZUnknown
6. Kjeld NielsenDEN DenmarkUnknown
7. Arno HesseGeRGeRUnknown
Semi 3time
1. Norman HallowsGBR Great Britain4:03.4 OR Q
2. Emilio LunghiITA Italy4:03.8
-. Evert BjörnSWE SwedenDNF
-. Massimo CartasegnaITA ItalyDNF
-. Frank RileyUSA United StatesDNF
-. Charles SwainANZANZDNF
Semi 4time
1. Vincent LoneyGBR Great Britain4:08.4 Q
2. Harry CoeUSA United States4:09.2
3. John McGoughGBR Great Britain4:16.4
4. Stefanos DimitriosGRE GreeceUnknown
5. Joseph DreherFRA FranceUnknown
Semi 5time
1. John TaitCAn Canada4:12.2 Q
2. József NagyHUN Hungary4:19.6
3. Fredrik SvanströmFIN Finland4:25.2
-. Gaston RagueneauFRA FranceDNF
Semi 6time
1. Joe DeakinGBR Great Britain4:13.6 Q
2. Andreas BreynckGeRGeR4:30.0
3. Arie VosbergenNED Netherlands4:38.6
Semi 7time
1. Harold WilsonGBR Great Britain4:11.4 Q
2. Jean BouinFRA France4:17.0
3. William GalbraithCAn Canada4:20.2
Semi 8time
1. Ivo Fairbairn-CrawfordGBR Great Britain4:09.2 Q
2. Edward DahlSWE Sweden4:10.4
3. Hanns BraunGeRGeR4:18.2
4. Oscar LarsenNOR NorwayUnknown
5. François DelloyeBEL BelgiumUnknown
6. Axel AnderssonSWE SwedenUnknown
7. John E. FitzgeraldCAN CanadaUnknown
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