The men’s medley relay was run for the first time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The event consisted of 1600 metres being run by four athletes per team. Unlike the later 4 x 400 metres relay however the athletes had different distances to run. In the medley the first two runners each ran 200 metres. The third runner ran 400 and the fourth ran 800. The competition was held on July 24 1908 and July 25 1908. 28 runners from 7 nations competed.The event was run in two rounds.
bronze medalist
Ödön Bodor, Frigyes Mezei, József Nagy (athlete), Pál Simon
games
1908 Summer
gold medalist
Mel Sheppard, John Taylor (athlete), Nathaniel Cartmell, William Hamilton (athlete)
siler medalist
Arthur Hoffmann (athlete), Hanns Braun, Hans Eicke, Otto Trieloff