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Peter Norman

1942 - 2006

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Peter George Norman (15 June 1942 – 3 October 2006) was an Australian track athlete. He won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, with a time of 20.06 seconds, which remained the Oceania 200 m record for more than 56 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Norman has received more than 1,583,614 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Peter Norman is the 202nd most popular athlete (down from 46th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Australia (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Peter Norman ranks 202 out of 6,025. Before him are Harry Hillman, Eliud Kipchoge, Helge Løvland, Reggie Walker, Veniamin Soldatenko, and Henrik Sjöberg. After him are Imre Németh, Renate Stecher, Charlie Logg, Jüri Tarmak, Nils von Kantzow, and Samuel Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Peter Norman ranks 287. Before him are Yevhen Rudakov, Hans-Rudolf Merz, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, Dee Dee Warwick, Meredith Monk, and Jeetendra. After him are Lyudmila Zhivkova, Martin Rees, Nobby Stiles, Gunilla Bergström, Janko Prunk, and Philip Catherine. Among people deceased in 2006, Peter Norman ranks 175. Before him are Gennadiy Aygi, Desmond Dekker, Peter Benchley, Mickey Spillane, Tadao Onishi, and Andreas Katsulas. After him are Galina Ustvolskaya, Vilgot Sjöman, Hugh Thompson Jr., Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Octavia E. Butler, and Daniel Schmid.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Peter Norman ranks 109 out of 1,143. Before him are Bob Hewitt (1940), George Pell (1941), Julian McMahon (1968), Jack Crawford (1908), Natalie Imbruglia (1975), and Samuel Alexander (1859). After him are John Pilger (1939), Elle Macpherson (1964), Baz Luhrmann (1962), Bruce Beresford (1940), Peter C. Doherty (1940), and Ron Mueck (1958).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Peter Norman ranks 2. Before him are Ron Clarke (1937). After him are John Winter (1924), Betty Cuthbert (1938), Stan Rowley (1876), Norma Croker (1934), Shirley Strickland (1925), George Parker (1896), Fleur Mellor (1936), Judy Amoore (1940), Herb Elliott (1938), and Dave Power (1928).

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