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József Kovács

1926 - 1987

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József Kovács (3 March 1926 – 29 March 1987) was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres. Born in Nyíregyháza, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg he competed for Hungary in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 10,000 metres where he won the silver medal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. József Kovács is the 1,559th most popular athlete (up from 1,564th in 2019), the 710th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 730th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Hungarian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, József Kovács ranks 1,559 out of 6,025. Before him are Heinz Fütterer, Marcel Lambert, Ross Taylor, Árpád Bárány, George Cornet, and Irina Kirichenko. After him are Tore Berger, Niels Holst-Sørensen, Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Phyllis Johnson, Hans Liesche, and Heinz Pollay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, József Kovács ranks 428. Before him are Conrad Hall, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Li Han-hsiang, Georges Gandil, Jesús Loroño, and Otto Hemele. After him are Roberto Lippi, Diana Lynn, Maximilian Raub, Raaj Kumar, Johannes Joachim Degenhardt, and Happy Rockefeller. Among people deceased in 1987, József Kovács ranks 219. Before him are Carlo Cassola, Håkan Malmrot, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Charles Stark Draper, Marcos Calderón, and Stanislav Lusk. After him are William J. Casey, Bayard Rustin, George Mikes, Clementina de Jesus, James Burnham, and Elizabeth Cotten.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, József Kovács ranks 710 out of 1,077. Before him are Gábor Novák (1934), Béla Zsitnik (1924), Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (1931), József Szájer (1961), Péter Baczakó (1951), and Árpád Bárány (1931). After him are Lajos Kocsis (1947), József Sákovics (1927), Péter Balázs (1941), József Csermely (1945), Marianna Nagy (1929), and Árpád Orbán (1938).

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Among ATHLETES In Hungary

Among athletes born in Hungary, József Kovács ranks 70. Before him are János Urányi (1924), Gábor Novák (1934), Béla Zsitnik (1924), Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (1931), Péter Baczakó (1951), and Árpád Bárány (1931). After him are József Csermely (1945), Aladár Kovácsi (1932), Róbert Antal (1921), Antal Kiss (1935), Dániel Magay (1932), and Ferenc Németh (1936).

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