András Hargitay (born 17 March 1956) is a retired swimmer from

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

, who won the bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. He finished fourth in the same event at the 1976 and 1980 Games, missing the bronze medal by less than 0.3 seconds in both cases. In 1974, he set a new

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in the 400 m medley. He was named Hungarian Sportsman of the Year in 1975 after winning two gold medals at the

1975 World Aquatics Championships The 1975 World Aquatics Championships took place in Cali, Colombia between July 19 and July 27, 1975, with 682 participating athletes. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men ;Women Swimming ;Men ;Women Synchronised swimming Wat ...

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* Jean-Louis Meuret (2007)
HistoFINA Volume IV – Tome IV
MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (50 m.) Before Rome 2009.

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* * * 1956 births Living people Male medley swimmers Hungarian male swimmers Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Hungary World record setters in swimming Swimmers from Budapest Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European champions for Hungary Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade 20th-century Hungarian people 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub

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