# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-farrington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:45:11.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-farrington"
name: "John Farrington"
slug: "john-farrington"
description: "John Allan Farrington was an Australian long-distance runner, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. There he finished in 43rd position, clocking 2:50:16.8. He came in fifth in the same event at the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Farrington claimed four national titles in the marathon."
tagline: "Australian marathon runner"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1942-07-02"
deathDate: "2025-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.12
  momentum:             0.821917808219178
  historical:           5.469510666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Farrington_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "John Farrington (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Farrington"
    title: "John Farrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون فارينغتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Farrington"
    title: "John Farrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Farrington_(athlete)"
    title: "John Farrington (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Farrington"
    title: "John Farrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6232776"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump