Norman Hallows

Norman Frederic Hallows (29 December 1886 – 16 October 1968) was an English middle-distance runner. Educated at Felsted School, he won the bronze medal and set an Olympic record in the 1500 metres race at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. His time in the first round was 4:03.4, beating the Olympic record set by American 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.[1]

Norman Hallows

Norman Hallows at the 1908 Olympics
Personal information
Born	29 December 1886 Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Died	16 October 1968 (aged 81) Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	1500-5,000 m
Club	University of Oxford
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1500 m: 4:03.4 (1908) 5000 m: 15:32.0 (1908)[1][2]
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1908 London 1500 metres

Hallows studied at Felsted School, Keble College in Oxford, Leeds University, and St Thomas' Hospital in London. He took part in the Balkan Wars of 1912–13 as a Red Cross staff and later in World War I, as a Captain of the Royal Army Medical Corps in France. In 1919 he was appointed as the resident Medical Officer at Marlborough College. Using the pen name "Duplex" he co-wrote several books on engineering.[1]

References

1. Norman Hallows. sports-reference.com
2. Norman Hallows. trackfield.brinkster.net

Further reading

• 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 30 July 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 July 2006.