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Hungary at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
HUN

Flag bearer
  
Imre Németh

Hungary at the 1948 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Hungarian Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.mob.hu (Hungarian) (English)

Competitors
  
128 (107 men and 21 women) in 15 sports

Medals Ranked 4th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 10 5 12 27

Hungary competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 128 competitors, 107 men and 21 women, took part in 76 events in 15 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Imre Németh — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
  • Olga Gyarmati — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
  • Tibor Csik — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
  • László Papp — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
  • Aladár Gerevich — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
  • Tibor Berczelly, Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, Bertalan Papp, and László Rajcsányi — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
  • Ilona Elek — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
  • Ferenc Pataki — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
  • Károly Takács — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
  • Gyula Bóbis — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
  • Silver

  • János Mogyorósy Klencs — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
  • Erzsébet Balázs, Irén Karcsics, Anna Fehér, Erzsébet Köteles, Olga Tass, Edit Vásárhelyi, and Mária Kövi — Gymnastics, women's Team Competition
  • Géza Kádas, György Mitró, Imre Nyéki, and Elemér Szathmáry — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
  • Jenő Brandi, Oszkár Csuvik, Dezső Fábián, Dezső Gyarmati, Endre Győrfi, Miklós Holop, László Jeney, Dezső Lemhényi, Károly Szittya, and István Szivós — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
  • Miklós Szilvási — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
  • Bronze

  • József Várszegi — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
  • Lajos Maszlay — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Pál Kovács — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
  • János Mogyorósy Klencs — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
  • Ferenc Pataki — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
  • László Baranyai, János Mogyorósy Klencs, Ferenc Pataki, Lajos Sántha, Lajos Tóth, and Ferenc Várkői — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
  • Antal Szendey, Róbert Zimonyi, and Béla Zsitnik — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
  • Géza Kádas — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
  • György Mitró — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
  • Éva Novák — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
  • Ferenc Tóth — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
  • Károly Ferencz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
  • Fencing

    18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1948.

    Men's foil
  • Lajos Maszlay
  • Endre Palócz
  • József Hátszeghy
  • Men's team foil
  • Béla Bay, Aladár Gerevich, József Hátszeghy, Lajos Maszlay, Pál Dunay, Endre Palócz
  • Men's épée
  • Pál Dunay
  • Imre Hennyei
  • Béla Mikla
  • Men's team épée
  • Imre Hennyei, Pál Dunay, Béla Rerrich, Béla Mikla, Lajos Balthazár, Béla Bay
  • Men's sabre
  • Aladár Gerevich
  • Pál Kovács
  • Tibor Berczelly
  • Men's team sabre
  • Aladár Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, László Rajcsányi, Bertalan Papp
  • Women's foil
  • Ilona Elek-Schacherer
  • Margit Elek
  • Éva Kun
  • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1948.

  • Frigyes Hegedűs
  • István Szondy
  • László Karácson
  • Shooting

    Four shooters represented Hungary in 1948. Károly Takács won a gold medal in the 25 metre pistol event.

    25 metre pistol
  • Károly Takács
  • Lajos Börzsönyi
  • Ambrus Balogh
  • 50 metre pistol
  • Ambrus Balogh
  • Lajos Börzsönyi
  • Sándor Tölgyesi
  • References

    Hungary at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wikipedia


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