Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the II Olympiad
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| Venue | Bois de Boulogne | |||||||||
| Date | July 15 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 6 nations | |||||||||
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Charles Bennett Great Britain
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Henri Deloge France
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John Bray United States
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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.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial
Charles Bennett set a new Olympic record and a new unofficial world record with 4:06.2 minutes.
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.
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