1933 - 2022
Sir Murray Gordon Halberg (7 July 1933 – 30 November 2022) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner who won the gold medal in the 5000 metres event at the 1960 Olympics. He also won gold medals in the 3 miles events at the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Murray Halberg has received more than 115,124 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Murray Halberg is the 1,340th most popular athlete (down from 687th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 64th in 2019) and the 5th most popular New Zealander Athlete.
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Among athletes, Murray Halberg ranks 1,340 out of 3,059. Before him are Jan Johansen, Maria Sander, Giuseppe Tosi, Dietmar Mögenburg, József Várszegi, and Munyoro Nyamau. After him are Martina Hellmann, József Kovács, Lucinda Williams, Katrin Krabbe, Gabriela Szabo, and Petar Šegvić.
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 1,334
1924 - 1999
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 1,335
1916 - 1981
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 1,336
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 1,337
1910 - 1977
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 1,338
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 1,339
1933 - 2022
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 1,340
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 1,341
1926 - 1987
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 1,342
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 1,343
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 1,344
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 1,345
1930 - 1990
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 1,346
Among people born in 1933, Murray Halberg ranks 436. Before him are Konstantin Loktev, Michael Parenti, Thérèse Steinmetz, Leszek Drogosz, Daniel Massey, and Boris Tatushin. After him are Ken Berry, Pentti Linnosvuo, Basil Heatley, Sándor Sára, Frank Murkowski, and Chita Rivera. Among people deceased in 2022, Murray Halberg ranks 377. Before him are Neal Adams, Danny Ongais, Mike Hodges, Lidiya Alfeyeva, Leszek Engelking, and Clarence Gilyard. After him are Wolfgang Fahrian, Bernard Cribbins, Ilkka Kanerva, Yuri Shatunov, Eeles Landström, and Claes-Göran Hederström.
1933 - 1996
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 430
1933 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 431
1933 - Present
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 432
1933 - 2012
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 433
1933 - 1998
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 434
1933 - 1998
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 435
1933 - 2022
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 436
1933 - 2018
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 437
1933 - 2010
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 438
1933 - 2019
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 439
1933 - 2019
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 440
1933 - Present
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 441
1933 - 2024
HPI: 40.92
Rank: 442
1941 - 2022
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 371
1942 - 2022
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 372
1932 - 2022
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 373
1946 - 2022
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 374
1955 - 2022
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 375
1955 - 2022
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 376
1933 - 2022
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 377
1941 - 2022
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 378
1928 - 2022
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 379
1948 - 2022
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 380
1973 - 2022
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 381
1932 - 2022
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 382
1945 - 2022
HPI: 41.05
Rank: 383
Among people born in New Zealand, Murray Halberg ranks 86 out of 248. Before him are Juliet Mitchell (1940), Jack Lovelock (1910), Tūheitia Paki (1955), Graeme Revell (1955), Zoë Bell (1978), and Bill Pickering (1910). After him are Mike Moore (1949), Niki Caro (1967), John Dew (1948), Jenny Shipley (1952), Jemaine Clement (1974), and Silvia Cartwright (1943).
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 80
1910 - 1949
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 81
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 82
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 83
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 84
1910 - 2004
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 85
1933 - 2022
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 86
1949 - 2020
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 87
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 88
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 89
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 90
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 91
1943 - Present
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 92
Among athletes born in New Zealand, Murray Halberg ranks 5. Before him are Peter Snell (1938), Yvette Williams (1929), Neroli Fairhall (1944), and Jack Lovelock (1910). After him are John Walker (1952), Laurel Hubbard (1978), Dudley Storey (1939), Mark Todd (1956), Valerie Adams (1984), Joe Earl (1952), and Simon Dickie (1951).
1938 - 2019
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 1
1929 - 2019
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 2
1944 - 2006
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 3
1910 - 1949
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 4
1933 - 2022
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 5
1952 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 7
1939 - 2017
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 35.03
Rank: 9
1984 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 34.10
Rank: 11
1951 - 2017
HPI: 32.27
Rank: 12