1932 Summer Olympics / Participant (Hungary)

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Hungary took part in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with a delegation of 58 athletes (56 men and 2 women) in 39 competitions in eleven competitions.

The Hungarian athletes won six gold, four silver and five bronze medals. In the art competitions, the Hungarian artists secured a bronze medal, but this was not included in the official medal table, in which the Netherlands took sixth place. Olympic champions were the boxer István Énekes in the flyweight division, the gymnast István Pelle on the pommel horse and on the floor, the fencer György Piller with the saber and the saber team and the men's water polo team. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Péter Bácsalmási .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• István Énekes

  Flyweight: gold

• Lajos Szigeti

  Middleweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

fencing

Men

• Attila Petschauer

  Saber: 5th place

  Saber team: gold

• Ernő Nagy

  Saber team: gold

• Gyula Glykais

  Saber team: gold

• Aladár Gerevich

  Saber team: gold

• Endre Kabos

  Saber: bronze

  Saber team: gold

• György Piller

  Saber: gold

  Saber team: gold

• Imre Petneházy

  Epee: eliminated in the 1st round

• Tibor Benkő

  Epee: eliminated in the 2nd round

Women

• Margit Danÿ

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

• Erna bow

  Foil: bronze

Art competitions

• Pál Vágó
• Pál Szűcs
• Emil Neidenbach
• Ottó Misángyi
• György Kürthy
• József Kucharik
• Szabolcs Horváth
• Miklós Hodászy
• Alfréd Hajós
• György Doros
• Róbert Byssz
• Miltiades Manno

  Round sculptures: bronze

athletics

Men

• Péter Bácsalmási

  Triple jump: 9th place

  Decathlon: 10th place

• József Darányi

  Shot put: 8th place

• István Donogán

  Discus throw: 5th place

• Endre Madarász

  Discus throw: 6th place

• József Remetz

  Discus throw: 9th place

Modern pentathlon

• Elemér Somfay

  Singles: 7th place

• Tibor Benkő

  Individual: 18th place

• Imre Petneházy

  Individual: 19th place

Cycling

• Sebestyén Schmidt

  Road race: 31st place

Wrestling

• László Szekfű

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Ödön Zombori

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Bantamweight, freestyle: silver

• Károly Kárpáti

  Lightweight, freestyle: silver

• Gyula Zombori

  Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 1st round

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• József Tunyogi

  Middleweight, freestyle: bronze

shoot

• Zoltán Soós-Ruszka Hradetzky

  Small caliber rifle lying 50 m: bronze

• Tibor Tary

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 11th place

• Antal Barát-Lemberkovits

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 18th place

swim

Men

• Gyula Kánásy

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• András Wanié

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: bronze

• András Székely

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: bronze

• László Szabados

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: bronze

• István Bárány

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: bronze

do gymnastics

• Istvan Pelle

  Individual all-around: silver

  Bottom: gold

  Horse jump: 6th place

  Ingot: silver

  Horizontal bar: 4th place

  Rings: 12th place

  Pommel horse: gold

  Tumbling: 4th place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

• Miklós Péter

  Individual all-around: 16th place

  Floor: 10th place

  Horse jump: 7th place

  Bars: 7th place

  Horizontal bar: 7th place

  Tauhangeln: 4th place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

• József Hegedűs

  Individual all-around: 20th place

  Floor: 18th place

  Bars: 7th place

  Rings: 13th place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

• Peter Boros

  Individual all-around: 19th place

  Floor: 19th place

  Horse jump: 9th place

  Pommel horse: 5th place

  Dew hanging: 5th place

  Team all-around competition: 4th place

Water polo

• gold

  István Barta

  György Bródy

  Sándor Ivády

  Olivér Halassy

  Marton Homonnai

  Alajos Keserű

  Ferenc Keserű

  János Németh

  Miklós Sárkány

  József Vértesy

Web links

• Hungarian Olympic team from 1932 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )