The men's 1500 metres was a middle-distance running event on the athletics programme at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.

John Bray of the United States was the unofficial world record holder, but the field was otherwise undistinguished.

John Cregan, Alexander Grant, and George Orton were among the top runners at the distance and competed in the 1900 Games in other events, but did not run the 1500 metres (possibly due to the event being held on a Sunday.

)[2] Austria, Bohemia, Denmark, and Great Britain made their first appearance in the event.

Bennett, who had led the entire distance by a small margin over Deloge, broke off in the final lap, and ran last 500 metres in a time of 1:10.2 to set an unofficial world record, finishing five yards ahead of Deloge.