Olympic Summer Games 1896 / Participant (Hungary)

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Hungary participated in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , with a delegation of seven athletes. His National Olympic Committee, Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság , was founded on December 19, 1895, and the delegation was headed by Secretary Ferenc Kemény . Since the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I did not attach any importance to the Olympic Games project, there was no official state support from the delegation and committee. At the same time, however, the Hungarian Minister of Culture Albert Berzeviczy acted as the committee's president.

According to the political realities of the time, the delegation included athletes from all countries of the Hungarian crown , such as the wrestler Tapavicza of Serbian descent and the athlete Szokolyi Slovak. The Austrian half of the Dual Monarchy provided its own delegation.

Medalist

The Hungarian team at the 1896 Olympic Games

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Alfréd Hajós	swim	100 meter freestyle and 1200 meter freestyle

Second

Surname	sport	competition
Nándor Dáni	athletics	800 meters

Third

Surname	sport	competition
Alajos Szokolyi	athletics	100 meters
Gyula waiter	athletics	marathon
Momcsilló Tapavicza	tennis	singles

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

• Momcsilló Tapavicza

  Both arms: 6th place

athletics

Athletes	competition	leader		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Alajos Szokolyi	100 m	12.8 s	2	12.6 s	3	3
	110 m hurdles			DNS
	Triple jump			12.30 m	4th	4th

• Nándor Dáni

  800 meters: second

• Gyula waiter

  Marathon: 3rd place

Wrestling

• Momcsilló Tapavicza

  Greco-Roman: 4th place

swim

• Alfréd Hajós

  100 meter freestyle: Olympic champion

  1200 meter freestyle: Olympic champion

tennis

• Momcsilló Tapavicza

  Individual: 3rd place

do gymnastics

• Gyula Kakas

  Bars, single: ??

  Horse jump, single: ??

  Horizontal bar, single: ??

  Pommel horse, single: ??

• Dezső wine

  Bars, single: ??

  Horse jump, single: ??

  Horizontal bar, single: ??

Web links

• Hungarian Olympic team from 1896 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results 110 m hurdles
2. ↑ Results triple jump