1902 - 1986
Ilmari R. Salminen (21 September 1902 – 5 January 1986) was a Finnish long-distance runner, winner of the 10,000 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics.Salminen became one of the best long-distance runners in the 1930s when he began his international athletics career in 1934 by winning the 10,000 m and taking bronze in 5000 m at the first European Championships in Turin, thus becoming a main favorite at the Olympic 10,000 m run.On the first day of competitions in the Berlin Olympics, Salminen won the 10,000 m final before compatriots Arvo Askola and Volmari Iso-Hollo. Salminen managed to hold off Askola by a margin of 0.2 seconds. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilmari Salminen has received more than 26,769 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ilmari Salminen is the 229th most popular athlete (down from 146th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Finland (down from 120th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Finnish Athlete.
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Among athletes, Ilmari Salminen ranks 229 out of 3,059. Before him are Leonid Zhabotinsky, Armas Taipale, Dragutin Šurbek, Micheline Ostermeyer, Francis Lane, and Georg Åberg. After him are Fred Kelly, Frederick Lorz, Ion Drîmbă, Hans Günter Winkler, Harald Grønningen, and Mykola Avilov.
1938 - 2016
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 223
1890 - 1976
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 224
1946 - 2018
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 225
1922 - 2001
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 226
1874 - 1927
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 227
1893 - 1946
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 228
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 229
1891 - 1974
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 230
1884 - 1914
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 231
1942 - 2006
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 232
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 233
1934 - 2016
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 234
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 235
Among people born in 1902, Ilmari Salminen ranks 180. Before him are Juan Evaristo, Bobby Jones, Strom Thurmond, Andrés Mazali, George Kingsley Zipf, and Son House. After him are André Patry, Georgette Heyer, Yevgeny Petrov, Yakov Smushkevich, Beryl Markham, and Flora Robson. Among people deceased in 1986, Ilmari Salminen ranks 136. Before him are Roy Cohn, Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Hank Mobley, Adolfo Baloncieri, W. Averell Harriman, and Broderick Crawford. After him are Harald Reinl, Fumiko Enchi, Lars-Erik Larsson, Gaston Defferre, Beryl Markham, and Ernst Lehner.
1902 - 1978
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 174
1902 - 1971
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 175
1902 - 2003
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 176
1902 - 1975
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 177
1902 - 1950
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 178
1902 - 1988
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 179
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 180
1902 - 1960
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 181
1902 - 1974
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 182
1902 - 1942
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 183
1902 - 1941
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 184
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 185
1902 - 1984
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 186
1927 - 1986
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 130
1906 - 1986
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 131
1930 - 1986
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 132
1897 - 1986
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 133
1891 - 1986
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 134
1911 - 1986
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 135
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 136
1908 - 1986
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 137
1905 - 1986
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 138
1908 - 1986
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 139
1910 - 1986
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 140
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 141
1912 - 1986
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 142
Among people born in Finland, Ilmari Salminen ranks 160 out of 642. Before him are Paavo Berglund (1929), Tapio Rautavaara (1915), Armas Taipale (1890), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958), Leevi Madetoja (1887), and Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870). After him are Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), JJ Lehto (1966), Heikki Kovalainen (1981), Erkki Aaltonen (1910), Alexi Laiho (1979), and Aarre Merikanto (1893).
1929 - 2012
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 154
1915 - 1979
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 155
1890 - 1976
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 156
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 157
1887 - 1947
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 158
1870 - 1949
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 159
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 160
1894 - 1982
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 161
1966 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 162
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 163
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 164
1979 - 2020
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 165
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 166
Among athletes born in Finland, Ilmari Salminen ranks 14. Before him are Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Lauri Virtanen (1904), Elias Katz (1901), Veikko Kankkonen (1940), and Armas Taipale (1890). After him are Julius Skutnabb (1889), Julius Saaristo (1891), Elmer Niklander (1890), Harri Larva (1906), Edvin Wide (1896), and Jonni Myyrä (1892).
1907 - 1969
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 8
1910 - 1940
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 9
1904 - 1982
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 10
1901 - 1947
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 12
1890 - 1976
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 13
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 14
1889 - 1965
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 15
1891 - 1969
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 16
1890 - 1942
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 17
1906 - 1980
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 18
1896 - 1996
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 19
1892 - 1955
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 20