1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Hungary)

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Hungary took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 128 athletes (107 men and 21 women) in 76 competitions in 15 competitions.

The Hungarian athletes won ten gold, five silver and twelve bronze medals. Olympic champions were the athletes Imre Németh in the hammer throw and Olga Gyarmati in the long jump, the boxers Tibor Csík in the bantamweight and László Papp in the middleweight, the shooter Károly Takács with the rapid fire pistol, the freestyle wrestler Gyula Bóbis in the heavyweight, the gymnast Ferenc Pataki on the ground Aladár Gerevich with the saber and Ilona Elek with the foil as well as the men's saber-fencing team. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Imre Németh.

Participants by sport

basketball

• 16th place

  Tibor Zsiros

  Ede Vadászi

  István Timár-Geng

  Attila Timár-Geng

  László Novakovszky

  György Nagy

  Tibor Mezőfi

  István Lovrics

  József Kozma

  Géza Kardos

  János Halász

  Antal Bánkuti

Boxing

• Miksa Bondi

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Tibor Csík

  Bantamweight: gold

• Béla Farkas

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Gusztáv Bene

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• László cardboard

  Middleweight: gold

• György Kapocsi

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

fencing

Men

• Lajos Maszlay

  Foil: bronze

  Foil team: 5th place

• Endre Palócz

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: 5th place

• József Hátszeghy

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Foil team: 5th place

• Aladár Gerevich

  Saber: gold

  Foil team: 5th place

  Saber team: gold

• Béla Bay

  Epee team: 5th place

  Foil team: 5th place

• Pál Dunay

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: 5th place

  Epee team: 5th place

• Imre Hennyei

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Epee team: 5th place

• Béla Mikla

  Epee: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee team: 5th place

• Lajos Balthazár

  Epee team: 5th place

• Béla Rerrich

  Epee team: 5th place

• Tibor Berczelly

  Saber: eliminated in the semifinals

  Saber team: gold

• Pál Kovács

  Saber: bronze

  Saber team: gold

• László Rajcsányi

  Saber team: gold

• Bertalan cardboard

  Saber team: gold

• Rudolf Kárpáti

  Saber team: gold

Women

• Ilona Elek

  Foil: gold

• Margit Elek

  Foil: 6th place

• Éva Kun

  Foil: eliminated in the semi-finals

Weightlifting

• Ernő Porubszky

  Bantamweight: 12th place

• Bálint B. Nagy

  Featherweight: 15th place

• László Buronyi

  Light heavyweight: 10th place

canoe

Men

• János Toldi

  Single kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance

• Kálmán Blahó

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: Final race not finished

• János Urányi

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: Final race not finished

  Double kayak 10,000 m: 5th place

• Gyula Andrási

  Double kayak 10,000 m: 5th place

Women

• Klára Bánfalvi-Fried

  Single kayak 500 m: 4th place

Art competitions

• Miklós Jós
• Éva Földes

  Epic works: bronze

athletics

Men

• Béla Goldoványi

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• György Csanyi

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• László Bartha

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• Ferenc Bánhalmi

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Sándor Garay

  1500 m: 7th place

• József Kiss

  Marathon: 19th place

• Ferenc Tima

  4 x 100 meter relay: 4th place

• Sándor László

  50 km walking: 13th place

• Ferenc Klics

  Discus throw: 5th place

• Imre Németh

  Hammer throw: gold

• József Várszegi

  Javelin throw: bronze

Women

• Olga Gyarmati

  High jump: 17th place

  Long jump: gold

Modern pentathlon

• István Szondy

  Individual: 18th place

• László Karácson

  Singles: competition not finished

• Frigyes Hegedűs

  Singles: 12th place

Wrestling

• Gyula Szilágyi

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Lajos Bencze

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Ferenc Tóth

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

  Featherweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Károly Ferencz

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Miklós Szilvási

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Gyula Németi

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Gyula Kovács

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• József Tarányi

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• László Bakos

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Kálmán Sóvári

  Welterweight, freestyle: 5th place

• Gyula Bóbis

  Heavyweight, freestyle: gold

rowing

• Sándor Ormándy

  Doubles twos: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• József Simó

  Doubles twos: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Antal Szendey

  Two with helmsman: bronze

• Robert Zimonyi

  Two with helmsman: bronze

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Béla Zsitnik

  Two with helmsman: bronze

• Tibor Nádas

  Foursome without a helmsman: did not start the quarter-finals

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• József Sátori

  Foursome without a helmsman: did not start the quarter-finals

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Lajos Nagy

  Foursome without a helmsman: did not start the quarter-finals

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Miklós Zágon

  Foursome without a helmsman: did not start the quarter-finals

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

shoot

• Károly Takács

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: gold

• Lajos Börzsönyi

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 7th place

  Free pistol 50 m: 13th place

• Sándor Tölgyesi

  Free pistol 50 m: 14th place

• Ambrus Balogh

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 38th place

  Free pistol 50 m: 7th place

swim

Men

• Géza Kádas

  100 m freestyle: bronze

  400 m freestyle: 4th place

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: silver

• Zoltán Szilárd

  100 m freestyle: 7th place

• Elemér Szathmáry

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: silver

• György Mitró

  400 m freestyle: 5th place

  1500 m freestyle: bronze

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: silver

• Imre Nyéki

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: silver

• György Csordás

  1500 m freestyle: 4th place

• Ferenc Vörös

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Gyula Válent

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Sándor Németh

  200 m chest: eliminated in the semifinals

Women

• Judit Temes

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 5th place

• Mária Littomeritzky

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 5th place

• Zsuzsa Nádor

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Ilona Novák

  100 m back: 4th place

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 5th place

• Éva Székely

  200 m chest: 4th place

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 5th place

• Éva Novák

  200 m chest: bronze

do gymnastics

Men

• János Mogyorósi-Klencs

  Individual all-around: 27th place

  Bottom: silver

  Horse jump: bronze

  Bars: 39th place

  Horizontal bar: 42nd place

  Rings: 43rd place

  Pommel horse: 53rd place

  Team all-around: bronze

• Ferenc Pataki

  Individual all-around: 19th place

  Bottom: gold

  Horse jump: bronze

  Bars: 18th place

  Horizontal bar: 68th place

  Rings: 11th place

  Pommel horse: 45th place

  Team all-around: bronze

• Ferenc Várkői

  Individual all-around: 29th place

  Floor: 34th place

  Horse jump: 10th place

  Bars: 34th place

  Horizontal bar: 55th place

  Rings: 29th place

  Pommel horse: 26th place

  Team all-around: bronze

• Lajos Tóth

  Individual all-around: 10th place

  Floor: 21st place

  Horse jump: 10th place

  Bars: 14th place

  Horizontal bar: 9th place

  Rings: 17th place

  Pommel horse: 30th place

  Team all-around: bronze

• Lajos Sántha

  Individual all-around: 13th place

  Floor: 9th place

  Horse jump: 64th place

  Bars: 9th place

  Horizontal bar: 4th place

  Rings: 27th place

  Pommel horse: 16th place

  Team all-around: bronze

• Győző Mogyorossy

  Individual all-around: 38th place

  Floor: 50th place

  Horse jump: 77th place

  Bars: 35th place

  Horizontal bar: 31st place

  Rings: 37th place

  Pommel horse: 50th place

  Team all-around: bronze

• József Fekete

  Individual all-around: 30th place

  Floor: 25th place

  Horse jump: 14th place

  Bars: 28th place

  Horizontal bar: 65th place

  Rings: 32nd place

  Pommel horse: 19th place

  Team all-around: bronze

• László Baranyai

  Individual all-around: 16th place

  Floor: 41st place

  Horse jump: 20th place

  Bars: 16th place

  Horizontal bar: 38th place

  Rings: 9th place

  Pommel horse: 30th place

  Team all-around: bronze

Women

• Erzsébet Balázs

  Team all-around: silver

• Anna Fehér

  Team all-around: silver

• Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles

  Team all-around: silver

• Irén Kárpáti-Karcsics

  Team all-around: silver

• Mária Kövi

  Team all-around: silver

• Mária Nagy-Sándor

  Team all-around: silver

• Olga Tass

  Team all-around: silver

• Edit Vásárhelyi-Weckinger

  Team all-around: silver

Water polo

• silver

  Jenő Brandi

  Oszkár Csuvik

  Dezső Fábián

  Dezső Gyarmati

  Endre Györfi

  Miklós Holop

  László Jeney

  Dezső Lemhényi

  Pál Pók

  Károly Szittya

  István Szívós

Diving

Women

• Irén Zságot
• 3 m jumping: not started
• 10 m high diving: 9th place

Web links

• Hungarian Olympic team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )