1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Hungary)

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Hungary took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a delegation of 108 athletes (88 men and 20 women) in 80 competitions in twelve sports.

The Hungarian athletes won nine gold, ten silver and seven bronze medals. In the medal table, Hungary took sixth place. Olympic champions were the boxer László Papp in the light heavyweight division, Rudolf Kárpáti in saber fencing, the canoeists László Fábián and János Urányi in a two-man kayak over 10,000 meters, the gymnast Ágnes Keleti on the ground, on the uneven bars and on the balance beam team, the water polo saber team of the men Men and the women's group gymnastics team. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the hammer thrower József Csermák .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• András Dőri

  Welterweight: 5th place

• László cardboard

  Light Heavyweight: Gold

fencing

Men

• Endre Tilli

  Foil team: bronze

• Lajos Somodi

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Foil team: bronze

• József Gyuricza

  Foil: 5th place

  Foil team: bronze

• Mihály Fülöp

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Foil team: bronze

• Béla Rerrich

  Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Epee team: silver

• Ambrus Nagy

  Epee team: silver

• Barnabás Berzsenyi

  Epee team: silver

• Lajos Balthazár

  Epee: 4th place

  Epee team: silver

• Daniel Magay

  Saber team: gold

• Pál Kovács

  Saber: 6th place

  Saber team: gold

• Attila Keresztes

  Saber team: gold

• Jenő Hámori

  Saber team: gold

• Aladár Gerevich

  Saber: 5th place

  Saber team: gold

• József Sákovics

  Epee: eliminated in the semifinals

  Foil team: bronze

  Epee team: silver

• József Marosi

  Foil team: bronze

  Epee team: silver

• Rudolf Kárpáti

  Saber: gold

  Saber team: gold

Women

• Lídia Dömölky-Sákovics

  Foil: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Magda Nyári-Kovács

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

canoe

Men

• Lajos Kiss

  Single kayak 1000 m: bronze

• Ferenc Hatlaczky

  Single kayak 10,000 m: silver

• Imre Vágyóczky

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance

• Zoltán Szigeti

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: eliminated in advance

• János Urányi

  Double kayak 10,000 m: gold

• László Fábián

  Double kayak 10,000 m: gold

• Istvan Hernek

  Single Canoe 1000 m: silver

• János Parti

  Single Canoe 10,000 m: silver

• Károly Wieland

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze

• Ferenc Mohácsi

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze

• Imre Farkas

  Two-man canoe 10,000 m: bronze

• József Hunics

  Two-man canoe 10,000 m: bronze

Women

• Cecília Hartmann-Berkes

  Single kayak 500 m: 4th place

athletics

Men

• Béla Goldoványi

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Géza Varasdi

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Sándor Jakabfy

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• György Csanyi

  4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Lajos Szentgáli

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• László Tábori

  1500 m: 4th place

  5000 m: 6th place

• István Rózsavölgyi

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Miklós Szabó

  5000 m: 4th place

• József Kovács

  10,000 m: silver

• Sándor Rozsnyói

  3000 m obstacle: silver

• László Jeszenszky

  3000 m obstacle: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Antal Róka

  50 km walking: 5th place

• János Somogyi

  50 km walking: Do not finish the race

• Ödön Földessy

  Long jump: eliminated in qualification

• Ferenc Klics

  Discus throw: 7th place

• József Csermák

  Hammer throw: 5th place

• Sándor Krasznai

  Javelin throw: 13th place

Women

• Olga Gyarmati

  Long jump: 11th place

• Erzsébet Vígh

  Javelin throw: 7th place

Modern pentathlon

• Gábor Benedek

  Individual: 6th place

  Team: 4th place

• János Bódy

  Singles: 10th place

  Team: 4th place

• Antal Moldrich

  Singles: 21st place

  Team: 4th place

Wrestling

• Istvan Baranya

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Imre Hódos

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Imre Polyák

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Gyula Tóth

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

  Lightweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Miklós Szilvási

  Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• György Gurics

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Gyula Kovács

  Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Bálint Galántai

  Featherweight, freestyle: 5th place

rowing

• Csaba Kovács

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Rezső Riheczky

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Zoltán Kávay

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Géza Ütő

  Four without a helmsman: eliminated in the preliminary run

shoot

• Szilárd Kun

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 6th place

• Károly Takács

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 8th place

• Sándor Krebs

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 m: 9th place

  Small bore rifle, three position fight 50 m: 10th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 6th place

• Miklós Kovács

  Running stag 100 m: 4th place

• Miklós Kocsis

  Running stag 100 m: 5th place

swim

Men

• Gyula Dobay

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jenő Áts

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Sándor Záborszky

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• György Csordás

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• László Magyar

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

• István Szivós senior

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

• György Tumpek

  200 m butterfly: bronze

Women

• Valéria Gyenge

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  400 m freestyle: 8th place

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

• Zsuzsa Ördög

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Katalin Szőke

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

• Ripszima Székely

  400 m freestyle: 5th place

• Mária Littomeritzky

  100 m butterfly: 4th place

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

• Judit Temes

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: 7th place

• Éva Pajor

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Éva Székely

  200 m chest: silver

• Klára Killermann-Bartos

  200 m chest: 5th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Attila Takács

  Individual all-around: 24th place

  Floor: 23rd place

  Horse jump: 11th place

  Bars: 21st place

  Horizontal bar: 44th place

  Rings: 23rd place

  Pommel horse: 22nd place

• János Héder

  Individual all-around: 44th place

  Floor: 49th place

  Horse jump: 39th place

  Bars: 33rd place

  Horizontal bar: 51st place

  Rings: 28th place

  Pommel horse: 38th place

Women

• Ágnes Keleti

  Individual all-around: silver

  Bottom: gold

  Horse jump: 23rd place

  Uneven bars: gold

  Balance beam: gold

  Group gymnastics: gold

  Team all-around: silver

• Olga Tass

  Individual all-around: 4th place

  Floor: 7th place

  Horse jump: bronze

  Uneven bars: 6th place

  Balance beam: 7th place

  Group gymnastics: gold

  Team all-around: silver

• Margit Korondi

  Individual all-around: 12th place

  Floor: 25th place

  Horse jump: 16th place

  Uneven bars: 12th place

  Balance beam: 7th place

  Group gymnastics: gold

  Team all-around: silver

• Andrea Bodó

  Individual all-around: 14th place

  Floor: 30th place

  Horse jump: 13th place

  Uneven bars: 13th place

  Balance beam: 16th place

  Group gymnastics: gold

  Team all-around: silver

• Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles

  Individual all-around: 18th place

  Floor: 33rd place

  Horse jump: 40th place

  Uneven bars: 24th place

  Balance beam: 19th place

  Group gymnastics: gold

  Team all-around: silver

• Aliz Kertész

  Individual all-around: 61st place

  Floor: 34th place

  Horse jump: 64th place

  Uneven bars: 6th place

  Balance beam: 23rd place

  Group gymnastics: gold

  Team all-around: silver

Water polo

• gold

  Antal Bolvari

  Otto Boros

  Dezső Gyarmati

  István Hevesi

  László Jeney

  Tivadar Kanizsa

  György Kárpáti

  Kálmán Markovits

  Mihály Mayer

  István Szívós senior

  Ervin Zádor

Diving

Men

• József Gerlach

  3 m jumping: 8th place

  10 m high diving: 4th place

• Ferenc Siák

  3 m jumping: 13th place

  10 m high diving: 7th place

Web links

• Hungarian Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )