Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's medley relay

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The men's medley relay was run for the first time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The event consisted of 1,600 metres being run by four athletes per team. Unlike the later 4x400 metre relay, however, the athletes had different distances to run. In the medley, the first two runners each ran 200 metres. The third runner ran 400 and the fourth ran 800.

The event was run in two rounds.

1 Medallists
2 Results
- 2.1 First round
- 2.2 Final

[edit] Medallists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States William F. Hamilton Nathaniel Cartmell John Taylor Mel Sheppard	Germany Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun	Hungary Pál Simon Frigyes Wiesner József Nagy Odon Bodor

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

[edit] First round, heat 1

Simon had a ten yard lead over Laaftman at the end of the first 200 metres. Lindberg gained four yards on Racz, leaving Nagy with a six yard lead to start. Stenborg passed Nagy during the 400, giving Björn a three yard advantage over Bodor to begin the second half of the race. Bodor was up to the task, however, running his part in 1:56.6 to pass up the Swede and win the Hungarian team qualification to the final.

Rank	Names	Nation	Time
1	Pál Simon Frigyes Wiesner József Nagy Odon Bodor	Hungary	3:32.6
2	S. Laaftman K. Lindberg K. Stenborg E. Björn	Sweden

[edit] First round, heat 2

The German team dominated this heat, with each runner increasing the lead.

Rank	Names	Nation	Time
1	Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun	Germany	3:43.2
2	E. Koops J. Hoogveld V. Henny B. Evers	Holland

[edit] First round, heat 3

Hamilton gave the American team a slight lead at the end of the first 200 metres, with the Canadians in second and the British team third. Cartmell increased his team's lead while Pankhurst caught up to Buddo near the end of the second 200. In the 400, Taylor held the American lead while Montague put some distance between himself and Sebert to solidify second place for the Britons. Just had little chance of catching Sheppard in the second half of the race. The American, who had won the individual 800 metres, finished 25 yards in front.

Rank	Names	Nation	Time
1	William F. Hamilton Nathaniel Cartmell John Taylor Mel Sheppard	United States	3:27.2
2	George A. Hawkins H. J. Pankhurst E. H. Montague Theodore Just	Great Britain and Ireland
3	F. Lukeman D. Buddo L. Sebert T. Parkes	Canada

[edit] Final

At the end of the first 200 metres, Hamilton had a six yard lead over Simon with Hoffmann about a yard behind the Hungarian. Cartmell increased the Americans' lead even more, as did Taylor. Sheppard began the second half of the race with a fifteen yard lead over Bodor, twenty ahead of Braun. He had drawn away even further to twenty-five yards by the time he finished. Braun and Bodor fought mightily for second place, with the German being faster and turning a five yard deficit at the beginning of the 800 metres into a five inch victory.

Rank	Names	Nation	Time	Split
1	William F. Hamilton Nathaniel Cartmell John Taylor Mel Sheppard	United States	3:29.4	0:22.0 0:22.2 0:49.8 1:55.4
2	Arthur Hoffmann Hans Eicke Otto Trieloff Hanns Braun	Germany	3:32.4
3	Pál Simon Frigyes Wiesner József Nagy Odon Bodor	Hungary	3:32.5