Gold medal	Athletics Men's 400 metres

Wyndham Halswelle (May 30, 1882 – March 31, 1915) was a Scottish athlete, winner of the controversial 400 m run at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... ... Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... The fifth modern Olympic games, originally scheduled to be held in Rome, were instead held in 1908 in London, England. ...

Born in London of Scots parents, Wyndham Halswelle had a notable athletic career at Charterhouse School and the RC Sandhurst, before being commissioned into the Highland Light Infantry. 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. Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... Charterhouse School is a British public school, located in Godalming in the county of Surrey. ... The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) was a regiment of the British Army. ... Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War There were two Boer wars, one from December 16, 1880-March 23, 1881 and the second from October 11, 1899-May 31, 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch, French and German origin (called Boers, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) in South... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1905 he won the Scottish and AAA 440 yd (402 m) titles, and a year later, in the Athens Intercalated Olympics, he achieved a silver medal in the 400 m and a bronze in the 800 m. On his return to Scotland he came first in the 100, 220, 440 and 880 yd (91, 201, 402, 805 m) - all on the same afternoon - at the Scottish championships. His season was cut short by a leg injury in 1907, but he came back the following year to set a world record of 31.2 for 300 yd (274 m). 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the yard. ... The 1906 Summer Olympics were the fourth modern Olympic games, held in Athens. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

He reached the Olympic final in 1908 with the fastest qualifying time, but in the final as four runners came into the final stretch, William Robbins (USA) was first, followed by John Carpenter (USA), with Wyndham Halswelle coming in third, followed by John Taylor (USA). As Carpenter and Halswelle swung out to pass Robbins, umpire Roscoe Badger shouted "Foul!". Though Carpenter finished first, with Robbins in second and Halswelle in third, the British officials accused Carpenter of blocking Halswelle and voided the whole race. Picture evidence of the race indeed indicates Carpenter blocked Halswelle. While blocking was allowed under US rules at the time, the Olympic race was conducted under stricter, British rules. The race was ordered to be rerun in lanes without Carpenter, but since the American runners refused to redo the race, Halswelle ran the race all by himself to win the gold. It is the only occasion in Olympic history where the final was a walk-over. As a result of the controversy, from the next Olympics in 1912 onwards all 400 meter races were run in lanes, and the International Amateur Athletic Federation was founded to establish uniform worldwide rules for athletics. 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Robbins was an American athlete. ... John Carpenter was an American athlete. ... For other people of the same name, see John Taylor. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ...

Wyndham Halswelle made a farewell appearance at the 1908 Glasgow Rangers Sports and never ran again. Captain Wyndham Halswelle was killed by a sniper's bullet at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in France, during World War I. 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city and unitary council, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... The traditional definition of a sniper is an infantry soldier especially skilled in field craft and marksmanship, who kills selected enemies from concealment with a rifle at long distances. ... The Battles of Neuve Chapelle and Artois was a battle in the First World War. ... Clockwise from top: Trenches in frontline, a British Mark I Tank crossing a trench, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the battle of the Dardanelles, a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks and a Sopwith Camel biplane. ...