Árpád Lengyel (4 September 1915 – 30 April 1993) was a Hungarian swimmer who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. He was born in

Kaposvár Kaposvár (; also known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in southwestern Hungary, south of Lake Balaton. It is one of the leading cities of Transdanubia, the capital of Somogy County, and the seat of the Kaposvár District and th ...

and died in Edgewater, New Jersey,

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. In the 1936 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay event. He was also fourth in his first round heat of the 400 m freestyle event and fifth in his first round heat of the 100 m backstroke event and did not advance in both occasions.

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* * 1915 births 1993 deaths Hungarian male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Sportspeople from Kaposvár World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Hungarian male freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-swimming-bio-stub

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