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Johnny Hayes

1886 - 1965

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John Joseph Hayes (April 10, 1886 – August 25, 1965) was an American athlete, a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and winner of the marathon race at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Hayes' Olympic victory contributed to the early growth of long-distance running and marathoning in the United States. He was also the first man to win a marathon at the now official standard distance of 26 miles 385 yards when Olympic officials lengthened the distance to put the finish line in front of the Royal Box (the 1896 and 1904 Olympic marathons had been less than 25 miles long). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johnny Hayes is the 419th most popular athlete (up from 502nd in 2019), the 5,496th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,150th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Johnny Hayes ranks 419 out of 6,025. Before him are Milka Babović, Julius Skutnabb, Imre Harangi, Edward Gardère, Tatyana Kazankina, and Victor Willems. After him are Durward Knowles, Lee Haney, Bernd Kannenberg, José Villanueva, Pat McCormick, and Forrest Smithson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Johnny Hayes ranks 185. Before him are Catherine Desnitski, Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Rose Wilder Lane, Kurt Hahn, Felix Timmermans, and Ernest Burgess. After him are Zoe Akins, Boris Eikhenbaum, Hella Wuolijoki, Kid Ory, Robert Andersson, and Ludwig Bieberbach. Among people deceased in 1965, Johnny Hayes ranks 119. Before him are Mostafa El-Nahas, Henry Cowell, Dorothy Dandridge, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Julius Skutnabb, and Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. After him are Amílcar Barbuy, Louise Dresser, Judy Holliday, Giorgio Zampori, Alejandro Casona, and Emma Asson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Hayes ranks 5,496 out of 20,380. Before him are William R. Orthwein (1881), Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951), Noah Beery Jr. (1913), Jorja Fox (1968), Hal Moore (1922), and Marianne Moore (1887). After him are Robert Cummings (1910), George Duke (1946), Christopher Atkins (1961), Jerry Hall (1956), John Trumbull (1756), and Jack Sharkey (1902).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Johnny Hayes ranks 110. Before him are Edward Lindberg (1886), Evelyn Furtsch (1914), Harold Osborn (1899), Constance Titus (1873), Daniel Kinsey (1902), and Charles Reidpath (1889). After him are Lee Haney (1959), Pat McCormick (1930), Forrest Smithson (1884), John Kuck (1905), Ed Hamm (1906), and Frank Irons (1886).

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