# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-devitt
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:48:29.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-devitt"
name: "John Devitt"
slug: "john-devitt"
description: "John Thomas Devitt, AM 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."
tagline: "Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Devitt_1956_Townsville.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1937-02-04"
deathDate: "2023-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.38
  momentum:             1.304347826086957
  historical:           20.14546533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Devitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Devitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump