Ronnie Delaney won the 1500 meters in the Olympics in 1956
Ron Delany of Ireland.
Kelly Holmes of Great Britain.
James Connolly of the United States. The first event that had a winner in the Modern Olympics was the triple jump which was contested April 6, 1896. Connolly won with a jump of 13.71 meters.
Teddy Flack who won gold in the 800 meter run and 1500 meter run.
Ireen Wust from the Netherlands won the silver medal in Women's 1500 metres Speed Skating at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
The United States won 6 gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Eric Heiden won 5 of them in speed skating (500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters) and the men's ice hockey team won the other.
Jorien Ter Mors from the Netherlands won the gold medal in Women's 1500 metres Speed Skating at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
That was Teddy Flack at the 1896 Games in Athens. He won gold in the 800 meter run and 1500 meter run.
Edwin Flack won the 800 metre and 1500 metre athletic events at the Athens Olympics in 1896.
Kenny Morrison of Canada won the bronze.
Zbigniew Bródka of Poland won the gold.