Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	HUN
Nocname:	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Games Link:	1952 Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Date:	July 19-August 3, 1952
Website:
Location:	Helsinki, Finland
Competitors:	189 (162 men and 27 women)
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Imre Németh
Rank:	3
Gold:	16
Silver:	10
Bronze:	16
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 189 competitors, 162 men and 27 women, took part in 107 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

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

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	4	bgcolor=DCE5E5	2	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	7
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	2	bgcolor=DCE5E5	2	bgcolor=FFDAB9	2	6
Gymnastics	bgcolor=F7F6A8	2	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	5	8
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	2	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	4
Modern pentathlon	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	3
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	3
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	4	5
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Football	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Water polo	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Canoeing	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	2	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	3
Total	16	10	16	42

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#F7F6A8		bgcolor=#DCE5E5		bgcolor=#FFDAB9		Total
Male	10	6	10	23
Female	6	4	6	4
Total	16	10	16	42

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1952 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
		Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
		Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
		Swimming	Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Women's 200 m breaststroke Women's 400 m freestyle
		Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars Women's artistic team all-around Women's floor Women's balance beam Women's artistic individual all-around Women's team portable apparatus
		Gymnastics	Women's floor Women's artistic team all-around Women's uneven bars Women's team portable apparatus
		Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre Men's team foil
		Modern pentathlon	Men's team Men's individual
		Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre Men's team foil
		Modern pentathlon	Men's team Men's individual
		Swimming	Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Women's 100 m freestyle
		Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus
		Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus
		Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus
		Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus
		Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus
		Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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

• László Hódy

• Tibor Mezőfi

• Gyula Telegdy

• Tibor Zsíros

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Men's Flyweight:

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)

1. Second Round  - Defeated Kurt Schirra of Saarland (3 - 0)

1. 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)

1. Second Round  - Defeated Clayton Orten Kenny of Canada (2 - 1)

1. 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)

1. Second Round  - Defeated Charles Chase of Canada (KO 2R)

1. Third Round  - Defeated Petar Stankoff Spassoff of Bulgaria (3 - 0)

1. Semifinal  - Defeated Eladio Oscar Herrera of Argentina (3 - 0)

1. 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)

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road CompetitionMen'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 CompetitionMen'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

See main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. 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

Football

See main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. 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

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Hungary had 15 male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's coxed pair

• László Halász
• József Sátori
• Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

Men's coxless four

• László Decker
• Imre Kaffka
• János Hollósi
• Imre Kemény

Men's eight

• István Sándor
• Csaba Kovács
• Miklós Zágon
• Tibor Nádas
• Rezső Riheczky
• Pál Bakos
• László Marton
• Béla Zsitnik
• Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. 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

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hungary at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . 21 February 2015 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150325202204/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1952/ . 25 March 2015 . dmy-all .
2. Hungary Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165935/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 March 2018.