Hungary at the 1956 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	HUN
Nocname:	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1956
Date:	November 22-December 8, 1956
Website:
Location:	Melbourne, Australia / Stockholm, Sweden
Competitors:	108 (88 men and 20 woman)
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	József Csermák^[1]
Rank:	4
Gold:	9
Silver:	10
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 108 competitors, 88 men and 20 women, took part in 80 events in 12 sports.^[2]

Medalists

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Gymnastics	bgcolor=F7F6A8	4	bgcolor=DCE5E5	2	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	7
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	2	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	4
Canoeing	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	3	bgcolor=FFDAB9	3	7
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
Water polo	bgcolor=F7F6A8	1	bgcolor=DCE5E5	0	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	1
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	2	bgcolor=FFDAB9	0	2
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	2
	bgcolor=F7F6A8	0	bgcolor=DCE5E5	1	bgcolor=FFDAB9	1	2
Total	9	10	7	26

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#F7F6A8		bgcolor=#DCE5E5		bgcolor=#FFDAB9		Total
Male	5	7	6	18
Female	4	3	1	8
Total	9	10	7	26

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1956 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
		Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars Women's balance beam Women's floor Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic individual all-around Women's artistic team all-around
		Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
		Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic team all-around Women's vault
		Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic team all-around
		Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic team all-around
		Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic team all-around
		Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic team all-around
		Fencing	Men's team épée Men's team foil
		Fencing	Men's team épée Men's team foil

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
István Hernek	C-1 1000 m	5:06.2
János Parti	C-1 1000 m	57:11.0
Károly Wieland Ferenc Mohácsi	C-2 1000 m	5:02.5	1 Q	4:54.3
Imre Farkas József Hunics	C-2 10000 m	55:15.6
Lajos Kiss	K-1 1000 m	4:35.8	2 Q	4:16.2
Ferenc Hatlaczky	K-1 10000 m	47:53.3
Imre Vágyóczky Zoltán Szigeti	K-2 1000 m	4:00.3	5	did not advance
János Urányi László Fábián	K-2 10000 m	43:37.0

Women

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Siák Ferenc	align=left	3 m springboard	74.60	13	did not advance
align=left	10 m platform	72.85	9 Q	65.98	6	138.83	7
align=left rowspan=2	Gerlach József	align=left	3 m springboard	80.45	8 Q	55.63	7	136.08	8
align=left	10 m platform	77.77	3 Q	71.48	3	149.25	4

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. 18 fencers, 16 men and 2 women, represented Hungary in 1956.

Men's foil

• József Gyuricza
• Mihály Fülöp
• Lajos Somodi, Sr.

Men's team foil

• Endre Tilli, József Sákovics, József Gyuricza, Mihály Fülöp, Lajos Somodi, Sr., József Marosi

Men's épée

• Lajos Balthazár
• József Sákovics
• Béla Rerrich

Men's team épée

• József Sákovics, Béla Rerrich, Lajos Balthazár, Ambrus Nagy, József Marosi, Barnabás Berzsenyi

Men's sabre

• Rudolf Kárpáti
• Aladár Gerevich
• Pál Kovács

Men's team sabre

• Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, Attila Keresztes, Jenő Hámori, Dániel Magay

Women's foil

• Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky
• Magda Nyári-Kovács

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1956.

Individual

• Gábor Benedek
• János Bódy
• Antal Moldrich

Team

• Gábor Benedek
• János Bódy
• Antal Moldrich

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Hungary had four male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.^[3]

Men

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Five shooters represented Hungary in 1956.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Miklós Kocsis	100m running deer	416	5
Miklós Kovács		417	4
Sándor Krebs	300 m rifle, three positions	1078	9
	50 m rifle, three positions	1154	10
	50 m rifle, prone	598	6
Szilárd Kun	25 m rapid fire pistol	578	6
Károly Takács		575	8

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Hungary . olympedia.org . . 28 December 2023.
2. Web site: Hungary at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . 2010-10-17 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727234917/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1956/ . 2011-07-27 .
3. Hungary Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115937/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1956/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 February 2018.