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Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games:

Men's 1,500 metres Round One

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Host City: London, Great Britain
Location: White City Stadium
Date Started: July 13, 1908
Date Finished: July 13, 1908
Format: Winner in each heat advanced to the final.

Gold:USA Mel Sheppard
Silver:GBR Harold Wilson
Bronze:GBR Norman Hallows

Round One Heat One

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T MB
1 James Sullivan 23 United States USA 4:07.6 QU
2 Jim Lightbody 26 United States USA 4:08.6 at 6 yds
3 Fred Meadows Canada CAN 4:12.2 at 14 yds
4 Francis Knott Great Britain GBR run out
5 Joe Smith Great Britain GBR
6 Louis Bonniot de Fleurac 31 France FRA
7 Nils Dahl 25 Norway NOR
8 Ödön Bodor 26 Hungary HUN
9 Jacques Keyser 22 Netherlands NED

Round One Heat Two

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T MB
1 Mel Sheppard 24 United States USA 4:05.0 QU/OR
2 John Halstead 21 United States USA 4:05.6 at 1 yd
3 George Butterfield Great Britain GBR 4:11.8
4 John Lee Great Britain GBR 4:12.4est at 3 yds
5 Joseph Lynch 30 Australasia AUZ
6 Kjeld Nielsen 20 Denmark DEN
7 Arno Hesse Germany GER

Round One Heat Three

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T MB
1 Norman Hallows 21 Great Britain GBR 4:03.4 QU/OR
2 Emilio Lunghi 21 Italy ITA 4:03.8 at 2 yds
AC Massimo Cartasegna 22 Italy ITA DNF
AC Frank Riley 20 United States USA DNF
AC Evert Björn 20 Sweden SWE DNF
AC Charles Swain 23 Australasia AUZ DNF

Round One Heat Four

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T MB
1 Vincent Loney 25 Great Britain GBR 4:08.4 QU
2 Harry Coe 22 United States USA 4:09.2 at 2 yds
3 John McGough Great Britain GBR 4:16.4 at 30 yds
4 Stylianos Dimitriou Greece GRE bad 4th
5 Joseph Dréher France FRA

Round One Heat Five

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T MB
1 Jack Tait 19 Canada CAN 4:12.2 QU
2 József Nagy 26 Hungary HUN 4:19.6 at 50 yds
3 Fredrik Svanström 22 Finland FIN 4:25.2 long way bh
AC Gaston Ragueneau 26 France FRA DNF

Round One Heat Six

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T MB
1 Joe Deakin 29 Great Britain GBR 4:13.6 QU
2 Andreas Breynck 17 Germany GER 4:30.0 at 75 yds
3 Arie Vosbergen 25 Netherlands NED 4:38.6 at 125 yds

Round One Heat Seven

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T MB
1 Harold Wilson 23 Great Britain GBR 4:11.4 QU
2 Jean Bouin 19 France FRA 4:17.0 at 30 yds
3 William Galbraith Canada CAN 4:20.2

Round One Heat Eight

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Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T MB
1 Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford 23 Great Britain GBR 4:09.4 QU
2 Edward Dahl 21 Sweden SWE 4:10.4 at 4 yds
3 Hanns Braun 21 Germany GER 4:18.2 at 20 yds
4 Oscar Larsen 20 Norway NOR
5 François Delloye 19 Belgium BEL
6 Axel Andersson 20 Sweden SWE
7 John Fitzgerald 21 Canada CAN