Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the V Olympiad | |
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| File:1912 Athletics men's 1500 metre final2.JPG The finish with Arnold Jackson setting a new Olympic record. | |
| Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium |
| Dates | July 9 (semifinals) July 10 (final) |
| Competitors | 45 from 14 nations |
| Winning time | 3:56.8 OR |
| Medalists | |
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| Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
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| Track events | |
| 100 m | men |
| 200 m | men |
| 400 m | men |
| 800 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
| 110 m hurdles | men |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men |
| 3000 m team race | men |
| 10 km walk | men |
| Road events | |
| Marathon | men |
| Field events | |
| Long jump | men |
| Triple jump | men |
| High jump | men |
| Pole vault | men |
| Standing long jump | men |
| Standing high jump | men |
| Shot put | men |
| Discus throw | men |
| Hammer throw | men |
| Javelin throw | men |
| 2-hand shot put | men |
| 2-hand discus | men |
| 2-hand javelin | men |
| Combined events | |
| Pentathlon | men |
| Decathlon | men |
| Cross-country events | |
| Individual | men |
| Team | men |
The men's 1500 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 9, 1912, and on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.[1] Forty-five runners from 14 nations competed, including the Olympic champion from 1908, Mel Sheppard. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2] Arnold Jackson won the final by 0.1 second, ahead of an American trio, in what was acclaimed at the time as "the greatest race ever run". Aged 21, he remains the youngest ever winner of this event. 1912 was the last Olympics where "private entries" were allowed (i.e. not part of a country's officially selected team), and Jackson was one of these; his medal is credited to the United Kingdom. It was the second victory for Great Britain in the event, after 1900.
Background
This was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Two finalists from 1908 returned: gold medalist Mel Sheppard of the United States and fourth-place finisher John Tait of Canada. Sheppard was among the favorites, along with countrymen John Paul Jones, Norman Taber, and Abel Kiviat, as well as Arnold Jackson of Great Britain. Kiviat had broken the world record three times in May and June 1912.[3] Russia, South Africa, and Turkey each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its fifth appearance, the only nation to have competed in the men's 1500 metres at each Games to that point.
Competition format
The competition consisted of two rounds, as in 1908. Seven semifinals were held, with anywhere between 3 and 8 runners in each. The top two runners in each heat advanced to the final, making a large (14 runners, compared to 8 or 9 in previous Games) final race.[3]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
| World record | File:Flag of the United States.svg Abel Kiviat (USA) | 3:55.8 | Cambridge, United States | 8 June 1912 |
| Olympic record | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Norman Hallows (GBR) | 4:03.4 | 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 took second behind Arnold Jackson, who set the new record at 3:56.8.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 9 July 1912 | 14:30 | Semifinals |
| Wednesday, 10 July 1912 | 15:30 | Final |
Results
Semifinals
All semi-finals were held on Tuesday, July 9, 1912.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mel Sheppard | File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States | 4:27.6 | Q |
| 2 | Louis Madeira | File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States | 4:27.9 | Q |
| 3 | Albert Hare | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 4:39.4 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norman Taber | File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States | 4:25.5 | Q |
| 2 | Philip Baker | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 4:26.0 | Q |
| 3 | Georg Amberger | File:Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany | 4:27.0 | |
| 4–5 | Teofil Savniky[4] | File:Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg Hungary | Unknown | |
| Rūdolfs Vītols | File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia | Unknown | ||
| — | Dmitri Nazarov | File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia | DNF |
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Semifinal 3
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abel Kiviat | File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States | 4:04.4 | Q |
| 2 | Henri Arnaud | File:Flag of France.svg France | 4:05.4 | Q |
| 3 | Norman Patterson | File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States | 4:05.5 | |
| 4 | John Tait | File:Flag of Canada (1868–1921).svg Canada | Unknown | |
| 5 | Ferenc Forgács | File:Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg Hungary | Unknown | |
| 6–7 | François Delloye | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Unknown | |
| Jacob Pedersen | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | Unknown | ||
| — | Edward Owen | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | DNF |
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Semifinal 4
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arnold Jackson | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 4:10.8 | Q |
| 2 | John Paul Jones | File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States | 4:12.4 | Q |
| 3 | John Victor | File:Red Ensign of South Africa (1912–1951).svg South Africa | 4:12.7 | |
| 4 | Lewis Anderson | File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States | Unknown | |
| 5 | Oscar Larsen | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | Unknown | |
| 6 | Arnolds Indriksons | File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia | Unknown | |
| 7 | Alfrēds Ruks | File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia | Unknown |
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Semifinal 5
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Zander | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 4:05.5 | Q |
| 2 | Evert Björn | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 4:07.2 | Q |
| 3 | Herbert Putnam | File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States | 4:07.6 | |
| 4 | Richard Yorke | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | Unknown | |
| 5 | Georg Mickler | File:Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany | Unknown | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Elizarov | File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia | Unknown | |
| 7 | Nikolay Kharkov | File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia | Unknown | |
| — | Charles Ruffell | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | DNF |
Semifinal 6
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erwin von Sigel | File:Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany | 4:09.3 | Q |
| 2 | Oscar Hedlund | File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States | 4:10.8 | Q |
| 3 | William Moore | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | 4:11.2 | |
| 4 | Nils Frykberg | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 4:11.2 | |
| 5–6 | Frederick Hulford | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | Unknown | |
| Andrejs Krūkliņš | File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia | Unknown | ||
| — | Guido Calvi | File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Italy | DNF |
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Semifinal 7
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernst Wide | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 4:06.0 | Q |
| 2 | Walter McClure | File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States | 4:07.3 | Q |
| 3 | Joe Cottrill | File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain | Unknown | |
| 4 | Efraim Harju | File:Flag of Russia.svg Finland | Unknown | |
| 5 | Yevgeny Petrov | File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia | Unknown | |
| — | Vahram Papazian | File:Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg Turkey | DNF |
Final
The final was held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Games: Men's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ Official report, p. 61.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "1500 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ↑ Savniky was also a poet, who changed his name to Teofil Marschalkó; under this name he competed for Hungary in the 1936 Summer Olympics arts competition (writing).
Sources
- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
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