Hungary at the 1948 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:HUN
Nocname:Hungarian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1948
Date:July 29-August 14, 1948
Website: 
Location:London, United Kingdom
Competitors:128 (107 men and 21 women)
Sports:15
Flagbearer:Imre Németh
Rank:4
Gold:10
Silver:5
Bronze:12
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

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]

Medalists

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MedalNameSportEventDate

Tibor Berczelly
Rudolf Kárpáti
Pál Kovács
László Rajcsányi
Bertalan Papp

György Mitró
Imre Nyéki
Géza Kádas
Water poloMen's tournament

Mária Zalai-Kövi
Irén Daruházi-Karcsics
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles
Erzsébet Balázs
Olga Tass
Anna Fehér
Margit Nagy-Sándor

Béla Zsitnik
Róbert Zimonyi

Lajos Sántha
László Baranyai
Ferenc Pataki
János Mogyorósi-Klencs
Ferenc Várkõi
József Fekete
Győző Mogyorossy
Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

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Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
bgcolor=F7F6A8 3bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 25
bgcolor=F7F6A8 2bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 13
bgcolor=F7F6A8 2bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 02
Gymnasticsbgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 2bgcolor=FFDAB9 36
bgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 24
bgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
bgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 34
Water polobgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
bgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 11
Total1051227
Medals by gender
Genderbgcolor=#F7F6A8 bgcolor=#DCE5E5 bgcolor=#FFDAB9 Total
Male841123
Female2114
Total1051227

Multiple medalists

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

NameMedalSportEvent

FencingMen's team sabre
Men's sabre


GymnasticsMen's floor
Men's artistic individual all-around
Men's vault

FencingMen's team sabre
Men's sabre


GymnasticsMen's floor
Men's artistic individual all-around
Men's vault

SwimmingMen's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Men's 100 m freestyle

SwimmingMen's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Men's 1500 m freestyle

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. 18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1948.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1948.

Rowing

See main article: article and 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
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four

Shooting

See 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
50 metre pistol

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Art competitions

See main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hungary at the 1948 London Summer Games . 1 February 2015 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113124930/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1948/ . 13 November 2014 . dmy-all .
  2. Hungary Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162609/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1948/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 March 2018.