Multiple choice

Our first Gold Medalist was

  1. Dawn Fraser

  2. Betty Cuthbert

  3. Ian Thorpe

  4. Edwin Flack

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Edwin Flack was Australia's first Olympic gold medalist, winning both the 800m and 1500m running events at the 1896 Athens Olympics. He was also Australia's only competitor at those inaugural modern Games.