1942 - 2006
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. This remains an Oceanian record. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Norman has received more than 1,340,902 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Norman is the 43rd most popular athlete (up from 58th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Australia (up from 61st in 2019) and the most popular Australian Athlete.
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Among athletes, Peter Norman ranks 43 out of 3,059. Before him are Coroebus of Elis, Ivan Patzaichin, Tommie Smith, Mark Phillips, Jānis Lūsis, and Alberto Juantorena. After him are Valeriy Brumel, Ellery Harding Clark, Ville Ritola, Sebastian Coe, Eddie Eagan, and Dana Zátopková.
800 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 37
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 38
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 39
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 40
1939 - 2020
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 41
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 42
1942 - 2006
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 43
1942 - 2003
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 44
1874 - 1949
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 45
1896 - 1982
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 46
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 47
1897 - 1967
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 48
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 49
Among people born in 1942, Peter Norman ranks 160. Before him are Karen Uhlenbeck, Bill Conti, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Rose Francine Rogombé, Chris Sarandon, and Vladimir Dzhanibekov. After him are Valeriy Brumel, Piers Courage, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Gemma Jones, Andy Summers, and Fred Ward. Among people deceased in 2006, Peter Norman ranks 89. Before him are Jane Jacobs, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jack Warden, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Walerian Borowczyk, and Robert Plutchik. After him are Prince George William of Hanover, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Igor Sergeyev, Mako, Milan Babić, and Pierre Clostermann.
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 154
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 155
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 156
1942 - 2015
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 157
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 158
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 159
1942 - 2006
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 160
1942 - 2003
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 161
1942 - 1970
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 162
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 163
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 164
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 165
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 166
1916 - 2006
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 83
1966 - 2006
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 84
1920 - 2006
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 85
1925 - 2006
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 86
1923 - 2006
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 87
1927 - 2006
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 88
1942 - 2006
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 89
1915 - 2006
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 90
1914 - 2006
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 91
1938 - 2006
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 92
1933 - 2006
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 93
1956 - 2006
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 94
1921 - 2006
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 95
Among people born in Australia, Peter Norman ranks 52 out of 925. Before him are Jonathan Hyde (1948), Simon Baker (1969), John Noble (1948), Barry Marshall (1951), Liam Hemsworth (1990), and Ken Rosewall (1934). After him are Flea (1962), George Miller (1945), Phil Rudd (1954), Luís Vaz de Torres (1565), Rhonda Byrne (1945), and Harold Holt (1908).
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 46
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 47
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 48
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 49
1990 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 50
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 51
1942 - 2006
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 52
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 53
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 54
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 55
1565 - 1614
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 56
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 57
1908 - 1967
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 58
Among athletes born in Australia, Peter Norman ranks 1. After him are Bobby Pearce (1905), Ron Clarke (1937), Nick Winter (1894), John Landy (1930), Betty Cuthbert (1938), John Winter (1924), George Parker (1896), Shirley Strickland (1925), Stan Rowley (1876), Norma Croker (1934), and Cathy Freeman (1973).
1942 - 2006
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 1
1905 - 1976
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 2
1937 - 2015
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 3
1894 - 1955
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 4
1930 - 2022
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 5
1938 - 2017
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 6
1924 - 2007
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 7
1896 - 1976
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 8
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 9
1876 - 1924
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 10
1934 - 2019
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 12