Men 1500m Freestyle Swimming 4th Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1908 - Saturday, 25th July - Gold Medal: Henry Taylor, Great Britain
Venue: White City Stadium. 100-metre Swimming Pool especialy constructed inside track and field oval.
Final 15:30 time SF 1. Henry Taylor Great Britain22:48.4 WR 2. 2. Sydney Battersby Great Britain22:51.2 1. 3. Frank Beaurepaire Australasia22:56.2 3. -. Otto Scheff AustriaUnknown 4.
19 competitors from 8 Nations. Official World Record was set by Henry Taylor, Great Britain in the Final.
The favorites were again Henry Taylor and Frank Beaurepaire. Taylor had won the ASA title over one mile in 1906-1907 but Beaurepaire claimed the 1908 championship. However, in the final, the second Briton, Sydney Battersby, led the race almost throughout. He went to the front immediately and led each lap through 1,300 metres. Taylor passed him shortly before the end of the 14th lap, and Beaurepaire was only a few yards behind, still in the race. But Taylor hung on, and held off Battersby to win by 2 yards over his countryman. Taylor then stopped, but Battersby continued to swim, as planned (109.344 metres more), and set a new world’s record for one mile of 24:33.0, beating David Billington’s (GBR) 1905 mark of 24:42.6.
Semi-Finals - Thursday, 23rd July 15:45 First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final.
Semi 1 time 1. Henry Taylor Great Britain22:54.0 Q 2. Frank Beaurepaire Australasia23:25.4 Q 3. Willie Foster Great BritainUnknown 4. Lewis Moist Great BritainUnknown
Semi 2 time 1. Sydney Battersby Great Britain23:23.0 Q 2. Otto Scheff Austria24:25.4 Q -. John Jarvis Great BritainDNF -. Paul Radmilovic Great BritainDNF
Heats - Tuesday, 21st July 14:30. Winners of each of 7 Heats and Best 2nd - Otto Scheff (Aut) advanced to Semifinals .
Heat 1 time 1. Paul Radmilovic Great Britain25:02.4 Q, OR 2. Gunnar Wennerström Sweden27:15.4 3. Oreste Muzzi Italy28:52.8 -. Theo Tartakover AustralasiaDNS -. Fernand Feyaters BelgiumDNS -. Paul Vasseur FranceDNS
Heat 2 time 1. Frank Beaurepaire Australasia23:45.8 Q, OR 2. Sam Blatherwick Great Britain25:15.4 3. Piet Ooms Netherlands27:24.4 4. Wille Andersson Sweden27:34.4 -. Emille-Georges Drigny FranceDNS -. Vincenzo Bronner ItalyDNS
Heat 3 time 1. Lewis Moist Great Britain26:52.0 Q -. Herman Cederberg FinlandDNS -. E. Renou FranceDNS -. Henrij Hajos HungaryDNS -. Mario Massa ItalyDNS
Heat 4 time 1. Sydney Battersby Great Britain23:42.8 Q, OR 2. Frank Springfield Australasia24:52.4 3. André Theuriet France32:37.0 -. F. Negri ItalyDNS -. Friedrich Meuring NetherlandsDNS
Heat 5 time 1. John Jarvis Great Britain25:51.6 2. James Green United States28:09.0 3. Richard Hassell Great Britain28:14.8 -. A. Mans BelgiumDNS -. H. Jenault FranceDNS
Heat 6 time 1. Henry Taylor Great Britain23:24.4 Q, OR 2. Otto Scheff Austria24:15.8 q 3. Gustaf Wretman Sweden28:40.8 -. Eduard Meijer NetherlandsDNF -. Taube FranceDNS
Heat 7 time 1. Willie Foster Great Britain24:33.4 Q -. Snowy Baker AustralasiaDNS -. Baubiat FranceDNS -. Bela Las-Torres HungaryDNS -. F. Pasquale ItalyDNS
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