Hungary at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

Hungary at the 1900 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Paris
Competitors	17 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Main articles: 1900 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1900 Summer Olympics medal winners

The following Hungarian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Rudolf Bauer Athletics Men's discus throw 15 July  Silver Zoltán Halmay Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 12 August  Silver Zoltán Halmay Swimming Men's 4000 metre freestyle 19 August  Bronze Lajos Gönczy Athletics Men's high jump 15 July  Bronze Zoltán Halmay Swimming Men's 1000 metre freestyle 12 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 1 0 1 2 Swimming 0 2 1 3 Total 1 2 2 5

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1900 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Zoltán Halmay	Silver  Silver  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle Men's 4000 m freestyle Men's 1000 m freestyle

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: Sport Men Women Total Athletics 9 0 9 Fencing 5 0 5 Gymnastics 2 0 2 Swimming 1 0 1 Total 17 0 17

The following is the list of dates, when Hungary won medals: Medals by date Date Total 15 July 1 0 1 2 12 August 0 1 1 2 19 August 0 1 0 1 Total 1 2 2 5

Results by event

Aquatics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Hungary continued to win a medal with each entry in a swimming event, taking three medals in 1900 to add to the two won in 1896. Halmay's medals were silver and bronze, however, whereas Hajós had taken a pair of gold medals four year earlier.

Men

Athlete	Event	Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zoltán Halmay	200 m freestyle	2:38.0	1 Q	2:31.4
	1000 m freestyle	14:52.0	1 Q	15:16.4
	4000 m freestyle	1:11:33.4	1 Q	1:08:55.4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Rudolf Bauer

Hungary won a gold and a bronze medal in athletics, tying Canada for 4th place in the sport's medal leaderboard. 9 athletes competed in 13 events.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pál Koppán	60 metres	Unknown	4–5	—				did not advance
	100 metres	Unknown	3	did not advance
	400 metres	Unknown	4	—				did not advance
Ernő Schubert	60 metres	Unknown	4–5	—				did not advance
	100 metres	Unknown	3	did not advance
	200 metres	Unknown	4	—				did not advance
Zoltán Speidl	400 metres	Unknown	4–5	—				did not advance
	800 metres	(2:01.1)	2 Q	—				Unknown	5
	200 metres hurdles	Unknown	6	—				did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Rudolf Bauer	Discus throw	36.04	1 Q	no better mark
Artúr Coray	Shot put	11.13	7	did not advance
	Discus throw	31.00	11	did not advance
Rezső Crettier	Shot put	11.58	4 Q	12.07	4
	Discus throw	33.65	5 Q	no better mark	5
Lajos Gönczy	High jump	—		1.75
Jakab Kauser	Pole vault	—		3.10	4
Pál Koppán	Triple jump	—		Unknown	7–13
	Standing triple jump	—		Unknown	5–10
Ernő Schubert	Long jump	6.050	9	did not advance
Gyula Strausz	Long jump	6.010	10	did not advance
	Discus throw	29.80	14	did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Hungary first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent seven fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinal		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Márton Endrédy[a]	Masters épée	unknown	3–6	—				did not advance
	Masters foil	unknown[b]	unknown	did not advance
	Masters sabre	unknown	unknown	—				did not advance
Lajos Horváth	Masters sabre	unknown	unknown	—				did not advance
Amon Ritter von Gregurich	Sabre	unknown	1–4 Q	—				unknown	1 Q	4–3	4
Hugó Hoch		unknown	1–4 Q	—				unknown	5–8	did not advance
Gyula Iványi		unknown	1–4 Q	—				unknown	1 Q	3–4	5
Miklós Todoresku		unknown	5 Q[c]	—				unknown	5–8	did not advance

According to Herman De Wael there were two other Hungarian fencers in the masters épée competition, but they did not advance from round 1. Their names are not known.^[2]

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Hungary's second gymnastics appearance included a second appearance by Gyula Kakas. The nation's two gymnasts won no medals in a heavily France-dominated single event.

Men

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Gyula Kakas	All-around	211	88
Gyula Katona		did not finish

Notes

1. Born at Nádudvar in 1852, Endrédy established a fencing school in Budapest in 1888. The 1900 games were his only Olympics. In 1915 he became the commander of the Royal Hungarian Honvéd during World War I. He died at Budapest in 1929 aged 76.^[1]
2. The masters foil used jury verdicts on art and skill in the bout rather than winning or losing to advance to the second round.
3. Lécuyer withdrew after the first round, to be replaced by Todoresku. It can therefore be inferred that Todoresku was the fifth-place fencer in the same preliminary pool as Lécuyer.

References

1. Márton Endrédy, Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
2. "Fencing - Men's Épée for Masters & Open". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2012.