Men 1500m Athletics I Olympic Games Athens, Greece 1896 - Tuesday, 7th April (26th March) - Gold Medal: Edwin Flack, Australia
Finaltime
1. Edwin FlackGBR Australia4:33.2OR
2. Arthur BlakeUSA United States4:33.6
3. Albin LermusiauxFRA France4:36.0
4. Carl GalleGeR Germany4:39.0
5. Angelos FetsisGRe GreeceUnknown
6. Dimitrios GolemisGRe GreeceUnknown
7-8. Konstantinos KarakatsanisGRe GreeceUnknown
-. Dimitrios TomprofGRe GreeceUnknown

world Men 1500m History

Venue: Panathenaic Stadium 40,000.
8 competitors from 5 nations.
World record: Thomas Conneff, United States 4:15.6(u) New York City, United States, 26 August 1895
Most of the top men were not in Athens, the most notable absentee being Thomas Conneff (USA), who had run 4:15.6 for a mile (roughly equal to 1500m in 3:57). Lermusiaux set an uninspired pace around the tight bends for the first 300m (52.2), with Flack leading the clockwise procession through 700m in 2:08.2. Lermusiaux took back the lead, passing 1100m in 3:25.2 and held it until the last long finishing straight, where Flack and Blake got past the Frenchman.
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