Norman Hallows

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Bronze	London 1908	1500 metres

Norman Frederic Hallows (December 29, 1886 - October 16, 1968) was an English athlete. He won the bronze medal and set an Olympic record in the men's 1500 metres race at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, competing on the Great Britain and Ireland team.

His time in the first round was 4:03.4, beating the Olympic record set by Mel Sheppard only minutes earlier by 1.6 seconds. In the final, Sheppard matched Hallows' first round time while Hallows finished in third place at 4:04.0.

[edit] 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. Retrieved on 30 July 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 30 July 2006. (Polish)

Persondata
NAME	Hallows, Norman Frederic
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	December 29, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	October 16, 1968
PLACE OF DEATH