Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Hungary finished in third position in the final medal rankings, behind only the United States and Soviet Union.

Gold

József Csermák — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw

László Papp — Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight

Pál Kovács — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

Pál Kovács, Tibor Berczelly, Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti, Bertalan Papp, László Rajcsányi — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition

The Golden Team of Men's Team Football: Gyula Grosics, Jenő Buzánszky, Gyula Lóránt, Mihály Lantos, József Bozsik, József Zakariás, Nándor Hidegkuti, Sándor Kocsis, Péter Palotás, Ferenc Puskás, and Zoltán Czibor — Football, Men's Team Competition

Ágnes Keleti — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises

Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars

Gábor Benedek, Aladár Kovácsi, and István Szondy — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

Károly Takács — Shooting, Men's 25 metres Rapid Fire Pistol (60 Shot)

Katalin Szőke — Swimming, Women's 100 Metres Freestyle

Éva Székely — Swimming, Women's 200 Metres Breaststroke

Valéria Gyenge — Swimming, Women's 400 metres Freestyle

Ilona Novák, Judit Temes, Éva Novák, Katalin Szőke, Mária Littomeritzky — Swimming, Women's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay

László Jeney, György Vizvári, Dezső Gyarmati, Kálmán Markovits, Antal Bolvári, István Szívós, György Kárpáti, Károly Szittya, Róbert Antal, Dezső Fábián, István Hasznos, Dezső Lemhényi, and Miklós Martin — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Imre Hódos — Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Bantamweight

Miklós Szilvásy — Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Welterweight

Silver

Margit Korondi, Ágnes Keleti, Edit Weckinger, Olga Tass, Erzsébet Köteles, Mária Kövi, Andrea Bodó, and Irén Karcsics — Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition

Gábor Novák — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C1 10.000 metres

János Parti — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C1 1000 metres (Canoe Single)

Ilona Elek — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

Aladár Gerevich — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

Gábor Benedek — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition

Szilárd Kun — Shooting, Men's 25 metres Rapid Fire Pistol (60 Shot)

Éva Novák — Swimming, Women's 200 metres Breaststroke

Éva Novák — Swimming, Women's 400 metres Freestyle

Imre Polyák — Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Featherweight

Bronze

László Zarándi, Géza Varásdi, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi — Athletics, Men's 4 x 100 metres Relay

Antal Róka — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk

Ödön Földessy — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

Imre Németh — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw

József Gurovits and Ferenc Varga — Canoe / Kayak Flatwater, Men's K2 10,000 metres

Tibor Berczelly, Aladár Gerevich, Lajos Maszlay, Endre Palócz, József Sákovits, and Endre Tilli — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition

Tibor Berczelly — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam

Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises

Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-Round

Ágnes Keleti — Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars

Andrea Bodó, Irén Karcsics, Erzsébet Köteles, Ágnes Keleti, Margit Korondi, Edit Weckinger, Olga Tass, and Mária Kövi — Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition Portable Apparatus

István Szondy — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition

Ambrus Balogh — Shooting, Men's 50m Pistol (60 Shots)

Judit Temes — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle

György Gurics — Wrestling Freestyle, Men's Middleweight

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Qualification Round (Group B)

Defeated Greece (75-38)

Lost to Philippines (35-48)

Defeated Greece (47-44)

Main Round (Group A)

Lost to United States (48-66)

Lost to Uruguay (56-70)

Lost to Czechoslovakia (39-63) → did not advance, 15th place

Team Roster

László Bánhegyi

Pál Bogár

György Bokor

Tibor Cselkó

Tibor Czinkán

János Greminger

László Hódy

Tibor Mezőfi

Péter Papp

János Simon

Gyula Telegdy

Tibor Zsíros

Boxing

Men's Flyweight:

Kornél Molnár

1. First Round – Lost to William Michael Toweel of South Africa (0 - 3)

Men's Featherweight:

János Erdei

1. First Round – Defeated Georges Malézanoff of Bulgaria (2 - 1)
2. Second Round – Defeated Kurt Schirra of Saarland (3 - 0)
3. Third Round – Lost to Jan Zachara of Czechoslovakia (1 - 2)

Men's Lightweight:

István Juhász

1. First Round – Defeated Luis Albino Acuña of Uruguay (3 - 0)
2. Second Round – Defeated Clayton Orten Kenny of Canada (2 - 1)
3. Third Round – Lost to Aureliano Bolognesi of Italy (1 - 2)

Light-welterweight

Béla Farkas

1. First Round – Lost to Pavle Šovljanski of Yugoslavia (0 - 3)

Men's Welterweight:

Pál Budai

1. First Round – Lost to Günther Heidemann of Germany (1 - 2)

Men's Light-Middleweight:

László Papp → Gold Medal

1. First Round – Defeated Ellsworth Webb of United States (KO 2R)
2. Second Round – Defeated Charles Chase of Canada (KO 2R)
3. Third Round – Defeated Petar Stankoff Spassoff of Bulgaria (3 - 0)
4. Semifinal – Defeated Eladio Oscar Herrera of Argentina (3 - 0)
5. Final – Defeated Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk of South Africa (3 - 0)

Men's Middleweight:

Mátyás Plachy

1. First Round – Lost to Nelson de Paula Andrade of Brazil (1 - 2)

Men's Light-heavyweight

István Fazekas

1. First Round – Lost to Toon Pastor of Netherlands (0 - 3)

Men's Heavyweight:

László Bene

1. Second Round – Lost to Ilkka Koski of Finland (KO 2R)

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

István Lang — did not finish (→ no ranking)

István Schillerwein — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Lajos Látó — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

István Lang

Final — 1:16.9 (→ 18th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Béla Szekeres — 6th place

Fencing

17 fencers, 14 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1952.

Men's foil

Endre Tilli

Lajos Maszlay

Endre Palócz

Men's team foil

Endre Tilli, Aladár Gerevich, Endre Palócz, Lajos Maszlay, Tibor Berczelly, József Sákovics

Men's épée

József Sákovics

Barnabás Berzsenyi

Béla Rerrich

Men's team épée

Lajos Balthazár, Barnabás Berzsenyi, Béla Rerrich, József Sákovics, Imre Hennyei

Men's sabre

Pál Kovács

Aladár Gerevich

Tibor Berczelly

Men's team sabre

Aladár Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, László Rajcsányi, Bertalan Papp

Women's foil

Ilona Schachererné Elek

Magdolna Nyári-Kovács

Margit Elek

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1952. They won gold in the team event with Gábor Benedek winning silver and István Szondy winning bronze in the individual event.

Individual

Gábor Benedek

István Szondy

Aladár Kovácsi

Team

Gábor Benedek

István Szondy

Aladár Kovácsi

Shooting

Six shooters represented Hungary in 1952. In the 25 m pistol event Károly Takács won gold and Szilárd Kun won silver. Ambrus Balogh won bronze in the 50 m pistol.

25 m pistol

Károly Takács

Szilárd Kun

50 m pistol

Ambrus Balogh

Ferenc Décsey

300 m rifle, three positions

Ambrus Balogh

Ferenc Décsey

50 m rifle, three positions

Imre Ágoston

János Dosztály

50 m rifle, prone

Imre Ágoston

János Dosztály