Tamás Darnyi

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The native form of this personal name is Darnyi Tamás. This article uses the Western name order.

Medal record
Tamás Darnyi
Men's Swimming
Competitor for Hungary
Olympic Games
Gold	1988 Seoul	200 m Medley
Gold	1988 Seoul	400 m Medley
Gold	1992 Barcelona	200 m Medley
Gold	1992 Barcelona	400 m Medley
World Championships - Long Course
Gold	1986 Madrid	200 m Medley
Gold	1986 Madrid	400 m Medley
Gold	1991 Perth	200 m Medley
Gold	1991 Perth	400 m Medley
Bronze	1991 Perth	200 m Butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Gold	1985 Sofia	200 m Medley
Gold	1985 Sofia	400 m Medley
Gold	1987 Strasbourg	200 m Medley
Gold	1987 Strasbourg	400 m Medley
Gold	1993 Sheffield	400 m Medley

Tamás Darnyi (born June 3, 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian retired male swimmer. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest all-round swimmers in history. He won four gold medals at two Olympic Games (1988 and 1992) in the individual medley.

He was named Male World Swimmer of the Year in 1987 and 1991 by Swimming World magazine.

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v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 200 m individual medley

1968: Charles Hickcox \| 1972: Gunnar Larsson \| 1984: Alex Baumann \| 1988: Tamás Darnyi \| 1992: Tamás Darnyi \| 1996: Attila Czene \| 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino \| 2004: Michael Phelps

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 400 m individual medley

1964: Richard Roth \| 1968: Charles Hickcox \| 1972: Gunnar Larsson \| 1976: Rod Strachan \| 1980: Aleksandr Sidorenko \| 1984: Alex Baumann \| 1988: Tamás Darnyi \| 1992: Tamás Darnyi \| 1996: Tom Dolan \| 2000: Tom Dolan \| 2004: Michael Phelps

Records
Preceded by Alex Baumann	Men's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) August 23, 1987 – August 20, 1989	Succeeded by David Wharton
Preceded by David Wharton	Men's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) January 13, 1991 – September 11, 1994	Succeeded by Jani Sievinen
Preceded by David Wharton	Men's 400 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) August 19, 1987 – September 11, 1994	Succeeded by Tom Dolan
Awards
Preceded by Matt Biondi	World Swimmer of the Year 1987	Succeeded by Matt Biondi
Preceded by Mike Barrowman	World Swimmer of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Yevgeny Sadovyi
Preceded by Attila Mizsér	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1986-1988	Succeeded by László Fábián
Preceded by László Fábián	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1990	Succeeded by István Kovács
Preceded by István Kovács	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1992	Succeeded by Antal Kovács
Preceded by Michael Gross	European Swimmer of the Year 1987 – 1988	Succeeded by Giorgio Lamberti
Preceded by Adrian Moorhouse	European Swimmer of the Year 1991	Succeeded by Yevgeny Sadovyi