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Jim Ryun

1947 - Today

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James Ronald Ryun (born April 29, 1947) is an American former Republican politician and Olympic track and field athlete, who at his peak was widely considered the world's top middle-distance runner. He won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and was the first high school athlete to run a mile in under four minutes. He is the last American to hold the world record in the mile run. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Ryun has received more than 883,266 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Ryun is the 2,066th most popular athlete (down from 1,517th in 2019), the 11,292nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,798th in 2019) and the 351st most popular American Athlete.

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  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jim Ryun ranks 2,066 out of 6,025. Before him are Burton Downing, Ferenc Török, Oscar Osthoff, Saida Gunba, Gail Devers, and Nobuo Arai. After him are Detlef Michel, Filbert Bayi, Frank Kugler, Thierry Vigneron, Shinji Hosokawa, and Antonio Siddi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Jim Ryun ranks 763. Before him are Stephen Hadley, Ray Cooper, Eddie Thomson, Bob Lutz, Osvaldo Castro, and Tamara Dobson. After him are Charlie Hickcox, Ivan Zafirov, Alexander Gusev, Wings Hauser, Gerardo Vera, and Heikki Ikola.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Ryun ranks 11,292 out of 20,380. Before him are Wanda Sykes (1964), Gail Devers (1966), Colin Edwards (1974), Nicole Richie (1981), Porter Wagoner (1927), and Lou Adler (1933). After him are Peter Sellars (1957), Aaron Carter (1987), Drew Carey (1958), Sufjan Stevens (1975), Ethel Clayton (1882), and Charles J. Folger (1818).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jim Ryun ranks 351. Before him are Anne Henning (1955), Duvall Hecht (1930), Mae Faggs (1932), Burton Downing (1885), Oscar Osthoff (1883), and Gail Devers (1966). After him are Gilbert Colgate (1899), James Dunbar (1930), Kenny Harrison (1965), Horace Ashenfelter (1923), Maira (null), and DeHart Hubbard (1903).

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