Norman Frederic Hallows (December 29, 1886 – October 16, 1968) was an English

England

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 athlete. Educated at Felsted School

Felsted School

Felsted School, an English co-educational day and boarding independent school, situated in Felsted, Essex. It is in the British Public School tradition, and was founded in 1564 by Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich who, as Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations, acquired...

, he won the bronze medal

Bronze medal

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 and set an Olympic record

Olympic record

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 in the men's 1500 metres race at the 1908 Summer Olympics

1908 Summer Olympics

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 in London

London

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, competing on the Great Britain and Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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 team.

His time in the first round was 4:03.4, beating the Olympic record set by Mel Sheppard

Mel Sheppard

Melvin Whinfield "Peerless Mel" Sheppard was an American athlete, member of the Irish American Athletic Club and winner of four gold medals at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics...

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.