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Marcel Hansenne

1917 - 2002

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Marcel Hansenne (January 24, 1917 – March 22, 2002) was a French middle distance runner, who won the bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London over 800 m in a time of 1:49.8 min. The race was won by Mal Whitfield. Hansenne also equalled Rune Gustafsson's 1000 m world record of 2:21.4 in Gothenburg in 1948. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcel Hansenne has received more than 9,366 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Hansenne is the 1,456th most popular athlete, the 4,768th most popular biography from France and the 84th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Marcel Hansenne ranks 1,456 out of 3,059Before him are William Jones, Joaquim Cruz, Kaarlo Maaninka, Tom Courtney, Arvo Viitanen, and Randy Matson. After him are Nijolė Sabaitė, Wesley Coe, Claude Piquemal, Siegrun Siegl, Carolina Klüft, and Dafne Schippers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Marcel Hansenne ranks 292Before him are Leonard Chess, Walter Munk, Arthur Laurents, Margo, Kamal Ranadive, and Robert La Caze. After him are Jack Lynch, Robert Merrill, Audrey Totter, Denis Healey, W. T. Tutte, and Laurie Scott. Among people deceased in 2002, Marcel Hansenne ranks 299Before him are Jam Master Jay, George Alec Effinger, Vladimir Vasyutin, Pierre Rapsat, Harry Hay, and Pat Flaherty. After him are Tom Dowd, Renato Pirocchi, Tadeusz Rut, Shirley Scott, Alex Hannum, and Otis Blackwell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Hansenne ranks 4,768 out of 6,011Before him are Daniel Schneidermann (1958), Robert La Caze (1917), Johnny Schuth (1941), Booba (1976), Pascal Obispo (1965), and Adrien Silva (1989). After him are Claude Piquemal (1939), Grégory Lemarchal (1983), Nando de Colo (1987), Jean Rouaud (1952), Moussa Dembélé (1996), and Loïc Rémy (1987).

Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Marcel Hansenne ranks 84Before him are Henri Hazebrouck (1877), Roger Gautier (1922), Henri Dulieux (1897), Gaston Mercier (1932), René Bougnol (1911), and Auguste Serrurier (1857). After him are Claude Piquemal (1939), Georges Dransart (1924), Émile Delchambre (1875), Bernard Tchoullouyan (1953), Christophe Lemaitre (1990), and Fernand Jourdant (1903).