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Herb Elliott

1938 - Today

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Herbert James Elliott (born 25 February 1938) is a former Australian athlete and arguably the world's greatest middle distance runner of his era. In August 1958 he set the world record in the mile run, clocking 3:54.5, 2.7 seconds under the record held by Derek Ibbotson; later in the month he set the 1500 metres world record, running 3:36.0, 2.1 seconds under the record held by Stanislav Jungwirth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herb Elliott has received more than 270,267 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Herb Elliott is the 1,193rd most popular athlete (up from 1,551st in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Australia (up from 343rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Australian Athlete.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Herb Elliott ranks 1,193 out of 6,025. Before him are Erik Hansen, Julius Körner, Spyridon Belokas, Steve Anderson, Matt McGrath, and Ferdinand Feyerick. After him are Earl Young, Auguste Serrurier, John Svanberg, Liv Grete Skjelbreid, Nino Bibbia, and Arne Halse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Herb Elliott ranks 469. Before him are Paddy Moloney, Spencer Dryden, Carlos Garaikoetxea, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Stephen F. Cohen, and Gyula Rákosi. After him are John Prescott, Owe Ohlsson, Kito Lorenc, Sherman Hemsley, Allen Toussaint, and Eppie Wietzes.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Herb Elliott ranks 272 out of 1,143. Before him are Mike Chapman (1947), Christopher Clark (1960), Earle Page (1880), John Monash (1865), Iggy Azalea (1990), and Robert May, Baron May of Oxford (1936). After him are Mark Viduka (1975), Alexander Volkanovski (1988), Vern Schuppan (1943), John Broughton (1952), Markus Zusak (1975), and Frank Hurley (1885).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Herb Elliott ranks 11. Before him are Stan Rowley (1876), Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), George Parker (1896), Fleur Mellor (1936), and Judy Amoore (1940). After him are Dave Power (1928), Bill Bruce (1923), Cathy Freeman (1973), Nick Winter (1894), Bobby Pearce (1905), and Betty McKinnon (1925).

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