Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the I Olympiad
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| Venue | Panathinaiko Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | April 7 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 5 nations | |||||||||
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Edwin Flack Australia
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Arthur Blake United States
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Albin Lermusiaux France
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The men's 1500 metres race, the longest flat-track race of the 1896 Summer Olympics programme, was the last event on 7 April. It was run in a single heat, with eight athletes competing.
Albin Lermusiaux of France led for most of the race, but was caught by Flack and Blake 100m from the end and finished with a bronze medal. Edwin Flack won the race by five meters, becoming the first Australian Olympic champion. The four Greek athletes trailed the other four athletes, though records do not indicate which position the last two finished in.
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