Shigeo Arai
Japanese swimmer (1916–1944)
 Shigeo Arai (left) and Masanori Yusa at the 1936 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 8, 1916 Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Died | July 19, 1944 (aged 27) Burma | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming (freestyle) | ||||||||||||||
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Shigeo Arai (新井 茂雄, Arai Shigeo, August 8, 1916 – July 19, 1944) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1936 Olympics. He won a gold medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, setting a world record. In the individual 100 m race he finished almost simultaneously with Masanori Yusa and Masaharu Taguchi and was awarded a bronze medal. Those Games were the only international competition for Arai, though he won three national titles in the 100 m and four in the 200 m freestyle between 1937 and 1940.[1]
While serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, he was killed in action in Burma.[1][2]
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References
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Olympic champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
- 1908:
John Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor (GBR) - 1912:
Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, Harold Hardwick (ANZ) - 1920:
Perry McGillivray, Pua Kealoha, Norman Ross, Duke Kahanamoku (USA) - 1924: Johnny Weissmuller, Wally O'Connor, Harry Glancy, Ralph Breyer (USA)
- 1928: Johnny Weissmuller, Austin Clapp, Walter Laufer, George Kojac (USA)
- 1932:
Masanori Yusa, Yasuji Miyazaki, Takashi Yokoyama, Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN) - 1936: Masanori Yusa, Shigeo Sugiura, Shigeo Arai, Masaharu Taguchi (JPN)
- 1948: Wally Ris, Jimmy McLane, Wally Wolf, Bill Smith (USA)
- 1952: Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno, Jimmy McLane (USA)
- 1956:
Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, Jon Henricks (AUS) - 1960:
George Harrison, Dick Blick, Mike Troy, Jeff Farrell (USA) - 1964: Don Schollander, Steve Clark, Roy Saari, Gary Ilman (USA)
- 1968: Don Schollander, Mark Spitz, John Nelson, Stephen Rerych (USA)
- 1972: Mark Spitz, John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter (USA)
- 1976: Mike Bruner, Bruce Furniss, John Naber, Jim Montgomery (USA)
- 1980:
Sergey Koplyakov, Vladimir Salnikov, Ivar Stukolkin, Andrey Krylov (URS) - 1984: Mike Heath, David Larson, Jeff Float, Bruce Hayes (USA)
- 1988: Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi (USA)
- 1992:
Dmitry Lepikov, Vladimir Pyshnenko, Veniamin Tayanovich, Yevgeny Sadovyi, Aleksey Kudryavtsev, Yury Mukhin (EUN) - 1996: Josh Davis, Joe Hudepohl, Brad Schumacher, Ryan Berube, Jon Olsen (USA)
- 2000: Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, Bill Kirby, Grant Hackett, Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
- 2004: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller, Dan Ketchum, Scott Goldblatt (USA)
- 2008: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens, Peter Vanderkaay, David Walters, Erik Vendt, Klete Keller (USA)
- 2012: Ryan Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens, Michael Phelps, Charlie Houchin, Matt McLean, Davis Tarwater (USA)
- 2016: Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps, Clark Smith, Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz (USA)
- 2020: Thomas Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott, Calum Jarvis (GBR)
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