Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
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.