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Paul Bontemps

1902 - 1981

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Paul Pierre Bontemps (16 November 1902 – 25 April 1981) was a French runner. He competed at the 1924 Paris Olympics in the 3,000 m steeplechase and in the flat 3,000 m team event, and finished in third and fourth place, respectively. He set an unofficial world record in the steeplechase a few weeks before the Games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Bontemps is the 1,102nd most popular athlete (up from 1,449th in 2019), the 4,640th most popular biography from France (up from 4,971st in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Paul Bontemps ranks 1,102 out of 6,025. Before him are Jack Broughton, Achille Paroche, Axel Norling, Ilona Slupianek, Emilio Trivini, and Alfred Felber. After him are Tsvetanka Khristova, Vera Komisova, Karen Lachmann, Ferdinand Bie, François Brandt, and Louis Glineur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Paul Bontemps ranks 264. Before him are Julian Steward, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Nikolaus Pevsner, Martin Noth, Antonio Maquilón, and Franco Giorgetti. After him are Bronisław Kaper, Chet Miller, Jaime Torres Bodet, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Sergei Lemeshev, and Commodore Cochran. Among people deceased in 1981, Paul Bontemps ranks 205. Before him are Gregory Breit, Sergio Amidei, Ruby Payne-Scott, Irving Jaffee, Durgabai Deshmukh, and Tadeusz Baird. After him are Karl Struss, Roy Cochran, László Raffinsky, Paolo Mazza, Richard Boone, and Rudolf Geiger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Bontemps ranks 4,640 out of 6,770. Before him are Albert Londres (1884), Maryse Bastié (1898), Paule Desjardins (1929), Henri Bosco (1888), Yves Coppens (1934), and Karin Viard (1966). After him are Jean Broc (1771), Hubert Védrine (1947), Alain Besançon (1932), Jean Collas (1874), Robert Mouynet (1930), and Birinus (600).

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Among ATHLETES In France

Among athletes born in France, Paul Bontemps ranks 67. Before him are Raymond Salles (1920), Albert Champoudry (1880), Roger de Barbarin (1860), Victor Thibault (1867), Léon Moreaux (1852), and Achille Paroche (1868). After him are Jean Collas (1874), Fernand Jourdant (1903), Henri Guérin (1905), Jean-Guy Gautier (1875), Henri Dulieux (1897), and Paul Castanet (1880).

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