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John Devitt

1937 - 2023

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John Thomas Devitt, AM (4 February 1937 – 17 August 2023) was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a gold medal in the 100-metre freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He won in controversial circumstances, being awarded the gold medal despite the timekeepers recording a slower time than the American silver medallist Lance Larson. He also claimed a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Devitt is the 80th most popular swimmer (up from 97th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Australia (up from 290th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, John Devitt ranks 80 out of 709. Before him are Mike Burton, Sandy Neilson, Edgar Adams, Tini Wagner, Georg Zacharias, and Adelaide Lambert. After him are Ethelda Bleibtrey, Murray Rose, Tetsuo Okamoto, Irene Guest, Chris von Saltza, and Norman Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, John Devitt ranks 361. Before him are Sidney Coleman, Helmut Recknagel, Guido Vildoso, Delia Derbyshire, David Acevedo, and Regimantas Adomaitis. After him are Antonio Betancort, David Bailie, Nélida Piñon, Göran Tunström, Gary Lockwood, and Manfred Krug. Among people deceased in 2023, John Devitt ranks 352. Before him are Ernesto Castano, Krister Kristensson, Mario Tronti, Waldemar Victorino, Dick Savitt, and Charles W. Misner. After him are Gennady Zhidko, Ion Druță, Maurizio Costanzo, Herschel Savage, Abraham Lempel, and Gilles Perrault.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Devitt ranks 215 out of 1,143. Before him are Tony Madigan (1930), Darren Cahill (1965), David Chalmers (1966), Grafton Elliot Smith (1871), Rick Springfield (1949), and Nick Winter (1894). After him are Ned Zelic (1971), Peter Scully (1963), Ben Mendelsohn (1969), Rose Byrne (1979), Barry Humphries (1934), and Radha Mitchell (1973).

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Among SWIMMERS In Australia

Among swimmers born in Australia, John Devitt ranks 1. After him are Ian Thorpe (1982), Frederick Lane (1880), Cecil Healy (1881), Clare Dennis (1916), Harold Hardwick (1888), Faith Leech (1941), Leslie Boardman (1889), Fanny Durack (1889), Mina Wylie (1891), Sandra Morgan (1942), and Boy Charlton (1907).

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