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	Wyndham Halswelle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wyndham Halswelle (May 30, 1882 – March 31, 1915) was a Scottish athlete, winner of the controversial 400 m run at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
		Wyndham Halswelle had a notable athletic career at Charterhouse School and the RC Sandhurst, before being commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry.
		Captain Wyndham Halswelle was killed by a sniper's bullet at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in France, during World War I.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wyndham_Halswelle (532 words)

	Wyndham Halswelle
		Wyndham Halswelle (May 30, 1882 – March 31, 1915) was a Scottish athlete, winner of the controversial 400 m run at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
		Halswelle's ability was recognised while the regiment was in South Africa, where he participated in the Second Boer War, but it was not until he returned to Britain in 1904 that he took up athletics seriously.
		Captain Wyndham Halswelle was killed by a sniper 's bullet at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in France, during World War I.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Wyndham_Halswelle (515 words)

	BBC - A Sporting Nation - Wyndham Halswelle
		Halswelle, like Eric Liddell, was not actually born in Scotland, but in London, on 30 May 1882, to Scots parents.
		Halswelle was a big hit at the Athens Games, collecting a silver in the 400m and bronze in the 800m, a foretaste of the success he was to enjoy two years later.
		Despite the controversial nature of Halswelle's greatest success, no-one should doubt that he was one of the true greats of his time, as his other outstanding achievements testify, and he remains the only British athlete to have won gold, silver and bronze medals in individual Olympic events.
	www.bbc.co.uk /scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0017/print.shtml (904 words)

	Great Scotsmen - Captain Wyndham Halswelle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Wyndham Halswelle was born to Scottish parents in London in 1882.
		Halswelle made a farewell appearance at a Glasgow Rangers sports day in 1908 and never ran competitively again.
		In March 1915, while commanding his troops at the Battle of Neuve Chappele in France, Captain Wyndham Halswelle was wounded by a sniper's bullet.
	www.firstfoot.com /GreatScot/halswelle.htm (573 words)

	Wyndham Bel Age Hotel
		John Wyndham (July 10, 1903 – March 11, 1969) was the pen name used by the often post-apocalyptic British science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris.
		Halswelle's ability was recognised while the regiment was in South Africa, where he participated in the Boer War, but it was not until he returned to Britain in 1904 that he took up athletics seriously.
		Wyndham first made a name for herself when she played Charlotte Waring Fletcher Bauer (née Tracy Delmar) on the soap opera ''The Guiding Light'' from 1967 to 1970.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/235/wyndham-bel-age-hotel.html (2275 words)

	Greenock Telegraph Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Halswelle set a Scottish record of 71.8 seconds for 600 yards in June 1906.
		Halswelle is also the only runner in the history of the Olympics to win a final in which he was the only competitor.
		Halswelle took the gold on his own in 50 seconds, having set an Olympic record of 48.4 seconds in the second round.
	www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk /readstory.php?id=7710 (354 words)

	The Scotsman - Sport - 98 years later, Halswelle reaches hall of fame
		Halswelle's great-nephew of the same name was in Glasgow on Saturday, and he brought with him his great-uncle's original 400m gold medal from the 1908 London Olympics.
		In London, Halswelle reached the 400m final with the fastest qualifying time of 48.4 seconds - which would still be respectable today - but he rounded the final bend in third, and held that to the line, finishing behind Americans John Carpenter and William Robbins.
		On Saturday Halswelle junior, who lives in Surrey and became aware of his grandfather's brother's achievements when he was in his teens, was finally able to collect the framed induction certificate in honour of Scotland's first athletics gold medallist.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=1716662006 (1169 words)

	Inductees
		Halswelle was a prodigious competitor on the Scottish and international scene, on one occasion winning four international championships in an afternoon and creating two national records in the process.
		During the final an attempt was made to run Halswelle off the track, and the race was stopped and re-run.
		The American runners boycotted the re-start, resulting in a victory for Halswelle and a 16-year split between the British and US authorities.
	www.sshf.co.uk /inductees/show/28 (102 words)

	Virtual School - History - Projects - Olympic Games - (5) 1908 Olympic ...
		Wyndham Halswelle of the Highland Light Infantry, was the favourite for the 400 metres.
		Halswelle lined up in the final against three Americans – John Taylor, William Robbins and John Carpenter.
		Halswelle won the gold medal but was so disillusioned by the American tactics, he decided to retire from athletics.
	www.eun.org /ww/en/pub/virtual_school/depts/history/projects/olympic_games/_5__1908_olympic_games.htm (1113 words)

	SI.com - Olympics
		American John Hayes was awarded the gold medal, a consolation to the U.S. team who had been incensed when the British did not fly the Stars and Stripes along with the other national flags in the stadium.
		A worse row broke out in the 400 metres final when the judges, convinced that the lone British runner Wyndham Halswelle had been obstructed by one of three Americans, stopped the race by shouting "Foul" and breaking the tape early.
		The perceived offender was disqualified and after his two team mates refused to run in a replay, Halswelle trotted around alone to win the gold medal.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/olympics/history/years/1908.html (241 words)

	All Great Britain Olympic medal winners 1896-1996
		The umpires forced the race to be abandoned, Carpenter, the American blamed for the incident, was disqualified, and the final recalled.
		A military man, Halswelle was commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry in 1901.
		He was Captain Halswelle when he was killed by a sniper's bullet at the age of 32 on March 31, 1915, in Neuve Chapelle, France.
	www.times-olympics.co.uk /britishwinners/athletics.html (7891 words)

	Ivy League Sports - Ivies in Athens 2004
		The 400meter final included four men: Wyndham Halswelle of Great Britain, and Americans William Robbins, John C. Carpenter (Cornell '07), and Taylor.
		In the homestretch, the race came down to Halswelle and Carpenter.
		Officials contended that Carpenter obstructed HalswelleÃs pursuit to take the lead, and ripped the finish line tape before the race finished.
	www.iviesinathens.com /olympic/games.aspx?ID=104 (486 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport The 2004 Olympic Games
		At the end of the final it was claimed by the judges that one of the Americans had hampered the British finalist, Lieutenant Wyndham Halswelle.
		Following an investigation, it was decided that the final should be re-run without the American J.C Carpenter, who, it was alleged had been the man to hamper Halswelle.
		The other Americans protested and boycotted the final and Halswelle ran the final on his own.
	www.rte.ie /sport/olympics2004/history/1908.html (355 words)

	1908 Ad American Visions - Find Articles
		Although all four finalists - three Americans and the British favorite, army Lt. Wyndham Halswelle - had legitimate chances to capture the gold medal, the 26-year-old Halswelle, a veteran of the Boer War, had the fastest time in the qualifying rounds.
		One hundred meters later, both Cornell University's J.C. Carpenter and Halswelle made their moves on the flagging Robbins, swinging slightly wide of the leader's outside shoulder.
		To the largely British crowd - and to the British race officials, who had been posted at 20-meter intervals along the track in fear that the Americans would employ team tactics to ensure Halswelle's defeat - it appeared that American collusion was fore-stalling a British victory and ensuring one for the Yanks.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1546/is_n3_v11/ai_18483413 (921 words)

	YEHEY!Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Walker, a 19-year-old clerk from Durban, benefitted from training from Sam Mussabini, who was later to coach Harold Abrahams to victory in Paris in 1924.
		Lieutenant Wyndham Halswelle, who had fought in the Boer War, became the only man in Olympic history to win by a walk-over when an American was disqualified for obstructing him in the 400m and the other two Americans refused to take part in the re-run.
		Halswelle was so disgusted he gave up sport.
	www.yehey.com /sports/full_article.aspx?pn=4&id=2182 (381 words)

	Sport \| When men were men ... and so were the women
		In the 400m final (a race featuring three Americans and a lone Briton), a re-run was ordered after British Army officer Wyndham Halswelle was "obstructed" - the race was not then run in lanes.
		The three Americans refused to race again and Halswelle trotted through to win gold in a walkover.
		Complaints about judging died down, although they never quite fade away - as late as 1980 there was a suggestion that Russian officials were opening the giant end doors of the Moscow stadium when it was their javelin throwers' turns, hoping the extra tailwind might assist the Soviet spears.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4984329-114072,00.html (636 words)

	Ivy League Sports
		Four men reached the final of the 400 meters: Americans Taylor, John Carpenter of Cornell and William Robbins, and Englishman Wyndham Halswelle, who was the favorite, in part because Taylor was not at his level of a year earlier.
		Carpenter led into the homestretch, then bore from the pole to the outside of the track, obstructing Halswelle as the Englishman tried to pass.
		But in a show of support for the American team, Taylor and Robbins, who finished third in the race, refused to contest the next day’s re-run, and Halswelle won in a walk-over as the only contestant in the race.
	www.ivyleaguesports.com /documents/jtaylor.asp (2019 words)

	Wyndham Halswelle - Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia
		Wyndham Halswelle (30 maja 1882 w Londynie - 31 marca 1915), lekkoatleta szkocki, biegacz.
		W nakazanej powtórce finału Amerykanie (w tym czwarty finalista, John Taylor) odmówili udziału; Halswelle otrzymał złoty medal po samotnym przebiegnięciu dystansu.
		Po powrocie z olimpiady Halswelle wystąpił w pożegnalnych zawodach w Glasgow i zakończył karierę.
	pl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wyndham_Halswelle (197 words)

	kiat.net: Olympic Games London 1908
		The biggest controversy arose from the final of the 400-meter run, in which there were only four runners, one Briton and three Americans.
		Carpenter, who apparently won the race, was disqualified for allegedly interfering with the British runner, Wyndham Halswelle.
		Judges ordered a rerun of the final, but the three Americans refused to take part and Halswelle won by running around the track all by himself.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/04london.html (1068 words)

	On your marks, get set, search ... \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		Answer: One of the three Americans also running cut in front of the Briton and were disqualified - but the Yanks refused to have a re-run, so the gold medal went to Wyndham Halswelle.
		Eventually, Bob comes back and reveals that the race was run twice: the first time, the winner was disqualified; the second time, only Brit Wyndham Halswelle agreed to take part.
		Halswelle ran against three Americans, who supposedly colluded to block him; one was disqualified; the other two refused to take part in the re-run; and Halswelle ran alone.
	www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,1210327,00.html (1552 words)

	Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - Great Scots - A to Z - Wyndham Halswelle
		BORN in London in 1882, of Scots parents, Wyndham Halswelle had a notable athletic career at Charterhouse and the RC Sandhurst, before being commisioned into the Highland Light Infantry.
		The other three American competitiors involved in the race refused to run so Halswelle appeared alone and completed a lap to win the 400m Olympic title on a walkover, an event which soured his athletic career.
		In 1915, at the age of 32, Captain Wyndham Halswelle was killed by a sniper's bullet at the battle of Neuve Chappelle in France, during World War I. This article: http://heritage.scotsman.com/profiles.cfm?cid=1andid=39052005
	heritage.scotsman.com /profiles.cfm?cid=1&id=39052005 (443 words)

	BBC - A Sporting Nation - Media Player (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The period leading up to the First World War is notable for Scotland's success in athletics and golf.
		Wyndham Halswelle wins Olympic 400m gold in 1908
		The remarkable story of how Wyndham Halswelle won a gold medal at the 1908 Olympics
	www.bbc.co.uk /scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/player/rhn/edwardian.shtml?none (49 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Fun and Games \| The Riddler \| Pit your wits - No 103
		Four athletes started the race, three Americans and Briton Wyndham Halswelle.
		Halswelle was allegedly run off the track by John Carpenter so the judges ordered a re-run of the final.
		The Americans refused to take part and Halswelle ran round by himself to claim gold.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/funny_old_game/the_riddler/2963770.stm (383 words)

	1908 London Olympic Stadium
		The Americans quit the tug-of-war after one of the British teams (from the Liverpool Police Force) arrived with steel spikes in their boots to prevent them slipping.
		And the British officials decided to re-run the 400m final after their only runner, Boer War veteran Wyndham Halswelle, was run off the track by American John Carpenter.
		Fellow American John Taylor had won the original race, but he and the only other finalist, William Robbins, also of the United States, refused to take part in the re-run, leaving Halswelle to take the gold in a walk-over.
	users.california.com /~csuppes/Olympics/1908London (378 words)

	Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The heats were run on 21 July 1908.
		The semifinals were held on 22 July 1908.
		Robbins and Taylor refused to run the second final, protesting the decision by the judges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_400_metres (472 words)

	Fast First: Part 1
		The host country was responsible for supplying the officials, as they had in the past, but that would change following the 1908 Olympics.
		During the 400-meter event, an English official accused America's John Carpenter of blocking Britain's Wyndham Halswelle in the final stretch, and the finish-line tape was removed just as the American was about to win.
		A re-run was ordered for the next day, but the Americans refused to participate; 3 out of the 4 finalists were Americans, leaving only Halswelle, who jogged around the track to victory.
	homepage.mac.com /hawkroad/HawksVolume2/Personal113.html (841 words)

	Serbia Info News / DID YOU KNOW THAT . . .
		Women, competing in lawn tennis and golf, participated at the Olympics in Paris, 1904, for the first time.
		The 400-metre final at London Olympics 1908, was nullified by officials who disqualified the apparent winner, American John Carpenter, for deliberately impeding the path of Wyndham Halswelle of the United Kingdom.
		Halswelle then won the gold in the only walkover in Olympic history.
	www.serbia-info.com /news/2000-07/26/20021.html (347 words)

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