1904 Summer Olympics / Participant (Hungary)

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Hungary participated in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis , United States of America , with a delegation of four athletes (all men) in nine competitions in two sports. It was the country’s third Summer Olympics participation .

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Zoltán from Halmay	swim	50 yards freestyle
Zoltán from Halmay	swim	100 yards freestyle

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Géza Kiss	swim	1 mile (1,609.34 m) freestyle

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Géza Kiss	swim	880 yards freestyle

Participants by sport

athletics

• Lajos Gönczy
  • high jump

  Final: 1.75 meters, fourth place

  • Standing vault

  Final: 1.35 meters, fifth place

• Béla Mező
  • 60 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round three (fourth place)

  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round one (third place)

  • Long jump

swim

• Géza Kiss
  • 880 yards freestyle

  Final: 3rd place

  • 1 mile freestyle

  Final: 28: 28.2 minutes, 2nd place

• Zoltán from Halmay
  • 50 yards freestyle

  Semi-finals: Run one (first place), 29.6 seconds (Olympic record)

  Final: 28.2 seconds (Olympic record), 1st place

  • 100 yards freestyle

  Semi-finals: Run one (first place), 1: 02.8 minutes (Olympic record)

  Final: 1: 02.8 minutes (Olympic record), 1st place

Web links

Hungarian Olympic team from 1904 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )