[4][5] Following Flack's Olympic appearance, he did not compete in any large events again, opting to breed cattle and help his family's accounting firm.

Born in London, England, Edwin Flack was five years old when his family migrated to Australia, to live in Berwick, Victoria.

[7] In October 1892 he placed third in the inaugural Victorian 10-mile cross country championship, held at Oakleigh (Park) Racecourse, in a time of 1:02.42.0.

[7] Flack attended the Olympics as a member of the London Athletic Club, but competed in his Melburnian Hare and Hounds colours.

[15] On the opening day of the Games he won his first race, the first heat of the 800 metres run, finishing in a time of 2 min 10.0 sec.

[16] On the fourth day of the Games, Flack earned his second first-place medal, winning the 800 metres in 2 min 11.9 sec.

They reached the semi-finals after a walkover in the first round, but lost their only match to Dionysios Kasdaglis of Egypt and Demetrios Petrokokkinos of Greece.

[4][3] Flack is commemorated by a bronze statue on the median strip of High St, Berwick,[4] which was unveiled in 1998 by former running great and later Governor of Victoria John Landy.

[28] The former Berwick Recreational Reserve was renamed Edwin Flack Reserve in 1996 to honour the town's first Olympic hero and medal winner,[27] and it includes several sporting grounds including an athletics track, an Australian rules football oval, netball courts and soccer pitch.

[27] The AOC named one of the streets alongside Stadium Australia at Homebush Bay in Sydney, the venue of the 2000 Summer Olympics, as Edwin Flack Avenue.