1935 - Today
Ronald Michael Delany (born 6 March 1935) is an Irish former athlete who specialised in middle-distance running. He won a gold medal in the 1500 metres event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ron Delany has received more than 114,162 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ron Delany is the 2,081st most popular athlete (down from 1,401st in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 361st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Irish Athlete.
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Among athletes, Ron Delany ranks 2,081 out of 3,059. Before him are Brigitte Rohde, Pascal Tayot, Mohammed Mourhit, Lidia Valentín, André Lange, and Dave Trottier. After him are Beth Heiden, Martha Hudson, Robert Wangila, Olga Yegorova, Christoph Langen, and Maureen George.
1954 - Present
HPI: 34.75
Rank: 2,075
1965 - Present
HPI: 34.74
Rank: 2,076
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.74
Rank: 2,077
1985 - Present
HPI: 34.70
Rank: 2,078
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.70
Rank: 2,079
1906 - 1956
HPI: 34.66
Rank: 2,080
1935 - Present
HPI: 34.66
Rank: 2,081
1959 - Present
HPI: 34.65
Rank: 2,082
1939 - Present
HPI: 34.62
Rank: 2,083
1967 - 1994
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 2,084
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 2,085
1962 - Present
HPI: 34.59
Rank: 2,086
1955 - Present
HPI: 34.57
Rank: 2,087
Among people born in 1935, Ron Delany ranks 466. Before him are Jane Dee Hull, Eddie Hopkinson, Manuel Aaron, Heather Sears, Cliff Jones, and Stevie Chalmers. After him are Dick McTaggart, Shyama, Bhama Srinivasan, Rosemary Leach, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Conrad Burns.
1935 - 2020
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 460
1935 - 2004
HPI: 36.82
Rank: 461
1935 - Present
HPI: 36.60
Rank: 462
1935 - 1994
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 463
1935 - Present
HPI: 35.41
Rank: 464
1935 - 2019
HPI: 34.91
Rank: 465
1935 - Present
HPI: 34.66
Rank: 466
1935 - Present
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 467
1935 - 2017
HPI: 34.21
Rank: 468
1935 - Present
HPI: 34.13
Rank: 469
1935 - 2017
HPI: 33.91
Rank: 470
1935 - 2023
HPI: 30.22
Rank: 471
1935 - 2016
HPI: 29.29
Rank: 472
Among people born in Ireland, Ron Delany ranks 396 out of 501. Before him are Steve Heighway (1947), John Moore (1970), Eimear Quinn (1972), Jessie Buckley (1989), Ronnie Whelan (1961), and Niall Quinn (1966). After him are A. J. Buckley (1977), Mary Lou McDonald (1969), Dominique McElligott (1986), Liam O'Flynn (1945), Brian McFadden (1980), and Sandie Jones (1954).
1947 - Present
HPI: 35.20
Rank: 390
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.13
Rank: 391
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.06
Rank: 392
1989 - Present
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 393
1961 - Present
HPI: 34.97
Rank: 394
1966 - Present
HPI: 34.84
Rank: 395
1935 - Present
HPI: 34.66
Rank: 396
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.65
Rank: 397
1969 - Present
HPI: 34.61
Rank: 398
1986 - Present
HPI: 34.56
Rank: 399
1945 - 2018
HPI: 34.28
Rank: 400
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.21
Rank: 401
1954 - 2019
HPI: 34.13
Rank: 402
Among athletes born in Ireland, Ron Delany ranks 12. Before him are Tim Ahearne (1885), Patrick Leahy (1877), Tom Kiely (1869), Edward Barrett (1877), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), and Con Leahy (1876). After him are Sonia O'Sullivan (1969), Eamonn Coghlan (1952), Michael Carruth (1967), Robert Heffernan (1978), Derval O'Rourke (1981), and Paul O'Donovan (1994).
1885 - 1968
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 6
1877 - 1926
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 7
1869 - 1951
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 8
1877 - 1932
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 9
1906 - 1991
HPI: 38.62
Rank: 10
1876 - 1921
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 11
1935 - Present
HPI: 34.66
Rank: 12
1969 - Present
HPI: 28.32
Rank: 13
1952 - Present
HPI: 27.79
Rank: 14
1967 - Present
HPI: 22.69
Rank: 15
1978 - Present
HPI: 16.96
Rank: 16
1981 - Present
HPI: 13.07
Rank: 17
1994 - Present
HPI: 12.57
Rank: 18