1896 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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An athlete from the state of Victoria , which at the time was a British colony and later belonged to Australia, participated for Australia in the Summer Olympics in Athens in Greece in 1896 . Although it was Edwin Flack was born in England and lived in London in 1896, but spent most of his life in Australia and is therefore by the International Olympic Committee counted as an Australian athlete.

Flack took part in a total of five competitions and won three medals. The bronze medal in tennis was won in mixed doubles and therefore does not count as a medal for Australia.

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Edwin Flack	athletics	800 meter run
		1500 meter run

Participants by sport

athletics

• Edwin Flack

  800 meters: Olympic champion

  1500 meters: Olympic champion

  Marathon: DNF (37 km)

tennis

• Edwin Flack

  Singles: 8th place

  Doubles: 3rd place ( see: Mixed team  )

literature

1. Lampros, SP; Polites, NG; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, PJ; & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 - AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck.
2. Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9 .
3. Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X .

Web links

• Australian Olympic Team 1896 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )