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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 808,499 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jim Ryun is the 1,518th most popular athlete (down from 1,121st in 2019), the 10,821st most popular biography from United States (up from 11,107th in 2019) and the 279th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 810k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jim Ryun ranks 1,518 out of 3,059. Before him are Yevgeni Mayorov, Bjørn Paulson, Siegfried Purner, Harald Norpoth, Nikolai Sologubov, and István Hevesi. After him are Larry Black, Charles Dumas, Imrich Bugár, Raúl González, Uschi Disl, and Károly Takács.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Jim Ryun ranks 687. Before him are Henry McMaster, Rita Kühne, Anatoli Polivoda, Lawrence Wright, Tierno Monénembo, and Rupert Hine. After him are Nicole Bricq, Thomas Christopher Collins, Jeanne Shaheen, John Holt, Doug Yule, and Francisco Álvarez-Cascos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Ryun ranks 10,821 out of 18,182. Before him are Roy Brown (1925), Devon (1977), Buzz Osborne (1964), Joel Barlow (1754), Judy Sheindlin (1942), and Damon Lindelof (1973). After him are Hap Sharp (1928), John DiMaggio (1968), Kitty Wells (1919), Harry Blackmun (1908), J. Carrol Naish (1896), and Robert Russell Bennett (1894).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Jim Ryun ranks 279. Before him are Wesley Coe (1879), John Woodruff (1915), George Simpson (1908), Hector Dyer (1910), Earl Eby (1894), and Foy Draper (1911). After him are Larry Black (1951), Charles Dumas (1937), Bill Toomey (1939), Edward Stevens (1932), Greg Bell (1930), and John Anderson (1907).

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