Hungary at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	HUN
Nocname:	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1960
Oldcode:	UNG
Website:
Location:	Rome
Competitors:	184 (157 men and 27 women)
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	János Simon
Rank:	7
Gold:	6
Silver:	8
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 184 competitors, 157 men and 27 women, took part in 107 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Rudolf Kárpáti - Fencing, Men's Sabre individual
• Ferenc Németh - Modern pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
• János Parti - Canoe racing, Men's C-1 1000 metres
• Gyula Török - Boxing, Flyweight
• András Balczó, Imre Nagy, Ferenc Németh - Modern pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
• Gábor Delneky, Aladár Gerevich, Zoltán Horváth, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, Tamás Mendelényi - Fencing, Men's Sabre Team

Silver

• Zoltán Horváth - Fencing, Men's Sabre individual
• Imre Nagy - Modern pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
• Imre Polyák - Wrestling, Featherweight
• Imre Szöllősi - Canoe racing, Men's K-1 1000 metres
• Gyula Zsivótzky - Athletics, Men's Hammer throw
• György Mészáros, András Szente - Canoe racing, Men's K-2 1000 metres
• Imre Kemeczei, György Mészáros, András Szente, Imre Szöllősi - Canoe racing, Men's K-1 4x500 metres
• Lídia Dömölky, Katalin Juhász, Györgyi Marvalits, Magda Nyári, Ildikó Rejtő - Fencing, Women's Team foil

Bronze

• Gergely Kulcsár - Athletics, Men's Javelin throw
• István Rózsavölgyi - Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
• Győző Veres - Weightlifting, Middleweight
• Imre Farkas, András Törő - Canoe racing, Men's C-2 1000 metres
• Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Vilma Egresi - Canoe racing, Women's K-2 500 metres
• Flórián Albert, Jenő Dalnoki, Zoltán Dudás, János Dunai, Lajos Faragó, János Göröcs, Ferenc Kovács, Dezső Novák, Pál Orosz, Tibor Pál, Gyula Rákosi, Imre Sátori, Ernő Solymosi, Gábor Török, Pál Várhidi and Oszkár Vilezsál - Football (soccer), men's team competition
• Kálmán Markovits, András Katona, György Kárpáti, László Jeney, Otto Boros, István Hevesi, Mihály Mayer, Zoltán Dömötör, Dezső Gyarmati, Tivadar Kanizsa and Péter Rusorán - Water polo, men's team competition

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Five male cyclists represented Hungary in 1960.

Individual road race

• Ferenc Stámusz
• János Dévai
• Ferenc Horváth
• Győző Török

1000m time trial

• János Söre

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics. 21 fencers, 16 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1960.

Men's foil

• Mihály Fülöp
• Jenő Kamuti
• László Kamuti

Men's team foil

• Ferenc Czvikovszki, Jenő Kamuti, Mihály Fülöp, László Kamuti, József Gyuricza, József Sákovics

Men's épée

• József Sákovics
• István Kausz
• Tamás Gábor

Men's team épée

• József Marosi, Tamás Gábor, István Kausz, József Sákovics, Árpád Bárány

Men's sabre

• Rudolf Kárpáti
• Zoltán Horváth
• Aladár Gerevich

Men's team sabre

• Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, Zoltán Horváth, Gábor Delneky, Tamás Mendelényi

Women's foil

• Magda Nyári-Kovács
• Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő
• Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky

Women's team foil

• Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Györgyi Marvalics-Székely, Magda Nyári-Kovács, Katalin Nagyné Juhász, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky

Football

See main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1960. The team won gold and Ferenc Németh won an individual gold and Imre Nagy won silver.

Individual

• Ferenc Németh
• Imre Nagy
• András Balczó

Team

• Ferenc Németh
• Imre Nagy
• András Balczó

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Hungary had nine male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1960.^[2]

Men's coxed pair

• Pál Wágner
• László Munteán
• Gyula Lengyel (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Lajos Kiss
• György Sarlós
• József Sátori
• Béla Zsitnik

Men's coxed four

• Tibor Bedekovits
• Csaba Kovács
• László Munteán
• Pál Wágner
• Gyula Lengyel (cox)

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Ten shooters represented Hungary in 1960.

25 m pistol

• Ferenc Kun
• József Gyönyörű

50 m pistol

• Ambrus Balogh

300 m rifle, three positions

• Sándor Krebs
• Miklós Szabó

50 m rifle, three positions

• János Holup
• Imre Simkó

50 m rifle, prone

• János Dosztály
• Imre Simkó

Trap

• Ede Szomjas
• Károly Kulin-Nagy

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hungary at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . 30 July 2014 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014021558/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1960/ . 14 October 2013 . dmy-all .
2. Hungary Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115551/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1960/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 February 2018.