Shigeo Arai (1916 to 1944) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He won a gold medal as a member of Japan's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay team, which set a world record, and he was awarded a bronze medal in the individual 100 metre freestyle after finishing almost level with his teammates Masanori Yusa and Masaharu Taguchi. Those Games were his only international competition, although between 1937 and 1940 he won three national titles in the 100 metres and four in the 200 metres freestyle. During the Second World War he served in the Imperial Japanese Army and was killed in action in Burma on 19 July 1944, at the age of 27.
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was a Japanese freestyle swimmer
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August 8, 1916, July 19, 1944
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He won a gold medal in 4
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setting a world record
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was awarded a bronze medal
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he won three national titles in the 100 m and four in the 200 m freestyle between 1937 and 1940
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In the individual 100 m race
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freestyle relay, setting a world record
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was a Japanese freestyle swimmer
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was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1936 Olympics
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Those Games were the only international competition for Arai
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