Hungary at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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.^[1]

Hungary at the 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in London, United Kingdom July 29-August 14, 1948
Competitors	128 (107 men and 21 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Imre Németh
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 10 Silver 5 Bronze 12 Total 27
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Further information: 1948 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1948 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Gyula Bóbis Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight 31 July  Gold Imre Németh Athletics Men's hammer throw 31 July  Gold Ilona Elek-Schacherer Fencing Women's foil 2 August  Gold Károly Takács Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 4 August  Gold Olga Gyarmati Athletics Women's long jump 4 August  Gold Aladár Gerevich Tibor Berczelly Rudolf Kárpáti Pál Kovács László Rajcsányi Bertalan Papp Fencing Men's team sabre 11 August  Gold Tibor Csík Boxing Men's bantamweight 13 August  Gold László Papp Boxing Men's middleweight 13 August  Gold Ferenc Pataki Gymnastics Men's floor 13 August  Gold Aladár Gerevich Fencing Men's sabre 13 August  Silver Elemér Szathmáry György Mitró Imre Nyéki Géza Kádas Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 3 August  Silver Miklós Szilvási Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman welterweight 6 August  Silver Hungary men's national water polo team Jenő Brandi Oszkár Csuvik Dezső Fábián Dezső Gyarmati Endre Győrfi Miklós Holop László Jeney Dezső Lemhényi Károly Szittya István Szívós Water polo Men's tournament 7 August  Silver János Mogyorósi-Klencs Gymnastics Men's floor 13 August  Silver Edit Perényi-Weckinger Mária Zalai-Kövi Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Erzsébet Balázs Olga Tass Anna Fehér Margit Nagy-Sándor Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 14 August  Bronze Géza Kádas Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 31 July  Bronze Éva Novák-Gerard Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 3 August  Bronze József Várszegi Athletics Men's javelin throw 4 August  Bronze Lajos Maszlay Fencing Men's foil 4 August  Bronze Ferenc Tóth Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight 6 August  Bronze Károly Ferencz Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight 6 August  Bronze György Mitró Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 7 August  Bronze Antal Szendey Béla Zsitnik Róbert Zimonyi Rowing Men's coxed pair 9 August  Bronze Ferenc Pataki Gymnastics Men's vault 13 August  Bronze János Mogyorósi-Klencs Gymnastics Men's vault 13 August  Bronze Pál Kovács Fencing Men's sabre 13 August  Bronze Lajos Tóth Lajos Sántha László Baranyai Ferenc Pataki János Mogyorósi-Klencs Ferenc Várkõi József Fekete Győző Mogyorossy Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 13 August Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport Sport Total Fencing 3 0 2 5 Athletics 2 0 1 3 Boxing 2 0 0 2 Gymnastics 1 2 3 6 Wrestling 1 1 2 4 Shooting 1 0 0 1 Swimming 0 1 3 4 Water polo 0 1 0 1 Rowing 0 0 1 1 Total 10 5 12 27 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 8 4 11 23 Female 2 1 1 4 Total 10 5 12 27

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1948 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Aladár Gerevich	Gold  Gold	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
Ferenc Pataki	Gold  Bronze  Bronze	Gymnastics	Men's floor Men's artistic individual all-around Men's vault
Pál Kovács	Gold  Bronze	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
János Mogyorósi-Klencs	Silver  Bronze  Bronze	Gymnastics	Men's floor Men's artistic individual all-around Men's vault
Géza Kádas	Silver  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay Men's 100 m freestyle
György Mitró	Silver  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay Men's 1500 m freestyle

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1948.

• Frigyes Hegedűs
• István Szondy
• László Karácson

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Hungary had nine male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Men's double sculls

• Sándor Ormándi
• József Simó

Men's coxed pair

• Antal Szendey
• Béla Zsitnik
• Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Miklós Zágon
• Lajos Nagy
• Tibor Nádas
• József Sátori

Men's coxed four

• Miklós Zágon
• Lajos Nagy
• József Sátori
• Tibor Nádas
• Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics