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2nd August 1899 |
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Shoreham-By-Sea, England, UK |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
This article is about a British athlete.
For the screenwriter of the same name, see Charles Bennett (screenwriter).
For the American congressman, see Charles E. Bennett.
Charles Bennett (December 28, 1870 – March 9, 1949) is a former British athlete, winner of the 1500 m at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the first British track and field athlete to become Olympic champion.
Bennett, a train driver born in Shapwick, Dorset, was once of the top British middle distance runners in his years, winning the AAA 4 mile championship in 1897, and the cross country title in 1899 and 1900. In the latter year, also the Olympic year, he won the British title in the mile, qualifying himself for the 1500 m in Paris. That distance had a rather weak field, and Bennett lead throughout the race, defeating local favourite Henri Deloge in 4:06.0. That time was an official world record, although many athletes had already run faster in competitions over the slightly longer mile.
Together with the combined British/Australian 5000 m team, Bennet won a second Olympic title. Bennett finished first in the race, with an unofficial world record 15:29.2, beating teammate John Rimmer. His third event was the 4000 m steeplechase, in which he just failed to catch up with the same Rimmer in the final part of the race, settling for second place.
Bennett died in Bournemouth, aged 78.
| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 1500 m |
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Teddy Flack | Charles Bennett | Jim Lightbody (twice) | Mel Sheppard | Arnold Jackson | Albert Hill | Paavo Nurmi | Harry Larva | Luigi Beccali | Jack Lovelock | Henry Eriksson | Josy Barthel | Ron Delany | Herb Elliott | Peter Snell | Kip Keino | Pekka Vasala | John Walker | Sebastian Coe (twice) | Peter Rono | FermÃn Cacho | Noureddine Morceli | Noah Ngeny | Hicham El Guerrouj
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| Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Pre-WWI British Olympic champions in men's athletics |
| 1900: Alfred Tysoe (800m) | 1900 Charles Bennett (1500m) | 1900 John Rimmer (4000m steeplechase) | 1900 team race Charles Bennett, John Rimmer, Sydney Robinson, Alfred Tysoe and 1 Australlian, Stanley Rowley | 1904 Tom Kiely (all around) | 1906 Henry Hawtrey (five miles) | 1906 Emil Voigt (five miles) | 1906 Cornelius Leahy (high jump) | 1906 Peter O'Connor (triple jump) | 1908 Wyndham Halswelle (400m) | 1908 Arthur Russell (3200m steeplechase) | 1908 George Larner (3500m walk & ten miles walk) | 1908 Tim Ahearne (triple jump) | 1912 Arnold Jackson (1500m) | 1912 David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy & William Applegarth (4x100m relay) |
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