Harold A. Wilson (athlete)
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1908 London | 1500 metres |
Harold Allan Wilson (January 21, 1885 – 1916) was an English athlete. He won the silver medal in the men's 1500 metres race at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, competing on the Great Britain and Ireland team.
He was the first man to run a sub four minute 1500, with a time of 3:59.8 in 1905.
In the 1908 Olympic Games Wilson won his semifinal in the 1500 with a time of 4:11.4; his time in the final was 4:03.6, fractions of a second behind America's premier runner of the day, Melvin Sheppard of the Irish American Athletic Club, with a time of 4:03.4. The following year, Wilson came to the U.S., and during the 1909 outdoor season competed as a teammate of Sheppard's for the Irish American Athletic Club.[1]
References
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians.
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