Hungary at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Hungary at the 1948 Summer Olympics

IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in London, United Kingdom July 29-August 14, 1948
Competitors	128 (107 men and 21 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Imre Németh
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 10 Silver 5 Bronze 12 Total 27
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 128 competitors, 107 men and 21 women, took part in 76 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Gyula Bóbis	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	31 July
Gold	Imre Németh	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	31 July
Gold	Ilona Elek-Schacherer	Fencing	Women's foil	2 August
Gold	Károly Takács	Shooting	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	4 August
Gold	Olga Gyarmati	Athletics	Women's long jump	4 August
Gold	Aladár Gerevich Tibor Berczelly Rudolf Kárpáti Pál Kovács László Rajcsányi Bertalan Papp	Fencing	Men's team sabre	11 August
Gold	Tibor Csík	Boxing	Men's bantamweight	13 August
Gold	László Papp	Boxing	Men's middleweight	13 August
Gold	Ferenc Pataki	Gymnastics	Men's floor	13 August
Gold	Aladár Gerevich	Fencing	Men's sabre	13 August
Silver	Elemér Szathmáry György Mitró Imre Nyéki Géza Kádas	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	3 August
Silver	Miklós Szilvási	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman welterweight	6 August
Silver	Hungary men's national water polo team Jenő Brandi Oszkár Csuvik Dezső Fábián Dezső Gyarmati Endre Győrfi Miklós Holop László Jeney Dezső Lemhényi Károly Szittya István Szívós	Water polo	Men's tournament	7 August
Silver	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	Gymnastics	Men's floor	13 August
Silver	Edit Perényi-Weckinger Mária Zalai-Kövi Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Erzsébet Balázs Olga Tass Anna Fehér Margit Nagy-Sándor	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	14 August
Bronze	Géza Kádas	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	31 July
Bronze	Éva Novák-Gerard	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	3 August
Bronze	József Várszegi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	4 August
Bronze	Lajos Maszlay	Fencing	Men's foil	4 August
Bronze	Ferenc Tóth	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight	6 August
Bronze	Károly Ferencz	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight	6 August
Bronze	György Mitró	Swimming	Men's 1500 metre freestyle	7 August
Bronze	Antal Szendey Béla Zsitnik Róbert Zimonyi	Rowing	Men's coxed pair	9 August
Bronze	Ferenc Pataki	Gymnastics	Men's vault	13 August
Bronze	János Mogyorósi-Klencs	Gymnastics	Men's vault	13 August
Bronze	Pál Kovács	Fencing	Men's sabre	13 August
Bronze	Lajos Tóth Lajos Sántha László Baranyai Ferenc Pataki János Mogyorósi-Klencs Ferenc Várkõi József Fekete Győző Mogyorossy	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	13 August

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Fencing	3	0	2	5
Athletics	2	0	1	3
Boxing	2	0	0	2
Gymnastics	1	2	3	6
Wrestling	1	1	2	4
Shooting	1	0	0	1
Swimming	0	1	3	4
Water polo	0	1	0	1
Rowing	0	0	1	1
Total	10	5	12	27

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	8	4	11	23
Female	2	1	1	4
Total	10	5	12	27

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1948 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Aladár Gerevich	Gold Gold	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
Ferenc Pataki	Gold Bronze Bronze	Gymnastics	Men's floor Men's artistic individual all-around Men's vault
Pál Kovács	Gold Bronze	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
János Mogyorósi-Klencs	Silver Bronze Bronze	Gymnastics	Men's floor Men's artistic individual all-around Men's vault
Géza Kádas	Silver Bronze	Swimming	Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay Men's 100 m freestyle
György Mitró	Silver Bronze	Swimming	Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay Men's 1500 m freestyle

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Diving

Fencing

18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1948.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Béla Bay, Aladár Gerevich, József Hátszeghy, Lajos Maszlay, Pál Dunay, Endre Palócz

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Imre Hennyei, Pál Dunay, Béla Rerrich, Béla Mikla, Lajos Balthazár, Béla Bay

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Aladár Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, László Rajcsányi, Bertalan Papp

Women's foil

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1948.

Rowing

Hungary had nine male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Men's double sculls

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxless four

Men's coxed four

Shooting

Four shooters represented Hungary in 1948. Károly Takács won a gold medal in the 25 metre pistol event.

25 metre pistol

50 metre pistol

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

^ "Hungary at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.