Men 1500m Athletics V Olympic Games Stockholm, Sweden 1912 - Wednesday, 10th July - Gold Medal: Arnold Jackson, Great Britain
Final time
1. Arnold JacksonGBR Great Britain3:56.8 OR
2. Abel KiviatUSA United States3:56.9
3. Norman TaberUSA United States3:56.9
4. John Paul JonesUSA United States3:57.2
5. Ernst WideSWE Sweden3:57.6
6. Philipp BakerGBR Great Britain4:01.0 e
7. John ZanderSWE Sweden4:02.0 e
8. Walter McClureUSA Unuted States4:02.2 e
9-14.Henri ArnaudFRA FranceUnknown
9-14.Evert BjörnSWE SwedenUnknown
9-14.Oscar HedlundUSA United StatesUnknown
9-14.Louis MadeiraUSA United StatesUnknown
9-14.Mel SheppardUSA United StatesUnknown
9-14.Erwin von SigelGeR GermanyUnknown

world Men 1500m History

Venue: Stockholm Olympic Stadion. Capp.: 20,000.
46 competitors from 15 nations.
RoundHAthAth.
Heats74609.07
World record: 3:55.8 Abel Kiviat, United States Cambridge, United States 8 June 1912
Olympic record: 4:03.4 Norman Hallows. Great Britain London, United Kingdom 13 July 1908
Abel Kiviat finished his semifinal only 1 second off the Olympic record time of 4:03.4; he and all six other finalists whose times are known broke that mark in the final.
Kiviat had set a world record of 3:55.8 to win the US Eastern Trials and was favoured to win, with fellow Americans Taber and Jones also well regarded. The first two in each heat qualified for the final, and Kiviat (4:04.4) and the young Swede Zander (4:05.5) were the fastest heat winners. Defending champion Sheppard (4:27.6) was the most economical of the victors. Arnaud led for the first two laps of the final (65, 2:08), with Erwin von Sigel (GER) and Jones close behind. Taber and Kiviat moved up, the former leading at 1000m in 2:39, and the latter ahead at 1200m in 3:09. Baker, in sixth place was dealing well with a foot bound in surgical tape because of a dislocated bone. Kiviat held the lead all the way to the finishing straight, where the tall Jackson began to close on Kiviat and Taber. Just behind these three were Jones and Wide. The Swede had been 15m behind Kiviat at the bell. With 10m to go Jackson settled the race with a surge which left Kiviat and Taber half a metre back. With five under four minutes for the first time and the winner always in doubt, this was the first great Olympic.

Heats - Tuesday, 9 July 1912 14:30

First 2 from each of 7 Heats advanced to Final.
Heat 1time
1. Mel SheppardUSA United States4:27.6Q
2. Louis MadeiraUSA United States4:27.9Q
3. Albert HareGBR Great Britain4:39.4
Heat 2time
1. Norman TaberUSA United States4:25.5Q
2. Philip BakerGBR Great Britain4:26.0Q
3. Georg AmbergerGER Germany4:27.0
4-5. Teofil SavnikyHUN HungaryUnknown
4-5. Rudolfs VītolsRUS RussiaUnknown
-. Dmitri NazarovRUS RussiaDNF
Heat 3time
1. Abel KiviatUSA United States4:04.4Q
2. Henri ArnaudFRA France4:05.4Q
3. Norman PattersonUSA United States4:05.5
4. John TaitCAn CanadaUnknown
5. Ferenc ForgácsHUN HungaryUnknown
6-7. François DelloyeBEL BelgiumUnknown
6-7. Jacob PedersenNOR NorwayUnknown
-. Edward OwenGBR Great BritainDNF
Heat 4time
1. Arnold JacksonGBR Great Britain4:10.8Q
2. John Paul JonesUSA United States4:12.4Q
3. John VictorGBR South Africa4:12.7
4. Lewis AndersonUSA United StatesUnknown
5. Oscar LarsenNOR NorwayUnknown
6. Arnolds IndriksonsRUS RussiaUnknown
7. Alfrēds RuksRUS RussiaUnknown
Heat 5time
1. John ZanderSWE Sweden4:05.5Q
2. Evert BjörnSWE Sweden4:07.2Q
3. Herbert PutnamUSA United States4:07.6
4. Richard YorkeGBR Great BritainUnknown
5. Georg MicklerGER GermanyUnknown
6. Aleksandr ElizarovRUS RussiaUnknown
7. Nikolay KharkovRUS RussiaUnknown
-. Charles RuffellGBR Great BritainDNF
Heat 6time
1. Erwin von SigelGER Germany4:09.3Q
2. Oscar HedlundUSA United States4:10.8Q
3. William MooreGBR Great Britain4:11.2
4. Nils FrykbergSWE Sweden4:11.2
5-6. Frederick HulfordGBR Great BritainUnknown
5-6. Andrejs KrūkliņšRUS RussiaUnknown
-. Guido CalviITA ItalyDNF
Heat 7time
1. Ernst WideSWE Sweden4:06.0Q
2. Walter McClureUSA United States4:07.3Q
3. Joe CottrillGBR Great BritainUnknown
4. Efraim HarjuFIN FinlandUnknown
5. Yevgeny PetrovRUS RussiaUnknown
-. Vahram PapazianTUR TurkeyDNF
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