Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres

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Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men

The men's 1500 metres race, the longest flat-track race on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme, was the last event on 7 April. It was run in one heat, with eight athletes competing. Albin Lermusiaux of France led for most of the race, but was caught by two other runners near the end and finished with only a bronze medal. Teddy Flack won the race, becoming the first Australian Olympic champion. The four Greek athletes trailed the other four athletes, though the records do not indicate in which position the last two finisheds.

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Teddy Flack Australia	Arthur Blake United States	Albin Lermusiaux France

[edit] Results

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Teddy Flack	Australia	4:33.2
2	Arthur Blake	United States	4:33.6
3	Albin Lermusiaux	France	4:36.0
4	Karl Galle	Germany	4:39.0
5	Angelos Fetsis	Greece	Unknown
6	Dimitrios Golemis	Greece	Unknown
7-8	Konstantinos Karakatsanis	Greece	Unknown
	Dimitrios Tomprof	Greece	Unknown

[edit] References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck.  (Digitally available at AAFLA.org)
• Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0379-0.  (Excerpt available at AAFLA.org)
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 978-1-86197-342-9.