Hungary at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the Olympic Games
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At the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	7 in 6 sports
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 3	Total 6
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Hungary competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

Seven athletes from Hungary competed in six sports. The Hungarian medals came on 18 entries in 15 events.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Hajós, AlfrédAlfréd Hajós Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle April 11 Men's 1200 m freestyle April 11  Silver Dáni, NándorNándor Dáni Athletics Men's 800 m April 9  Bronze Szokolyi, AlajosAlajos Szokolyi Athletics Men's 100 m April 6  Bronze Kellner, GyulaGyula Kellner Athletics Men's marathon April 10  Bronze Tapavicza, MomcsillóMomcsilló Tapavicza Tennis Men's singles April 11 Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 2 0 0 2 Athletics 0 1 2 3 Tennis 0 0 1 1 Total 2 1 3 6

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: Sport Men Women Total Athletics 3 0 3 Gymnastics 2 0 2 Swimming 1 0 1 Tennis 1[1] 0 1[1] Weightlifting 1[1] 0 1[1] Wrestling 1[1] 0 1[1] Total 7 0 7

Medals by date Day Date Total Day 1 6 April 0 0 1 1 Day 2 7 April 0 0 0 0 Day 3 8 April 0 0 0 0 Day 4 9 April 0 1 0 1 Day 5 10 April 0 0 1 1 Day 6 11 April 2 0 1 3 Day 7 12 April 0 0 0 0 Day 8 13 April 0 0 0 0 Total 2 1 3 6

Athletics

Nándor Dáni

Alajos Szokolyi

The Hungarian athletes were successful in each event except the 110 metre hurdles, taking a silver, two bronzes, and a 4th-place finish.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nándor Dáni	800 metres	2:10.2	2 Q	2:11.8
Gyula Kellner	Marathon	N/A		3:06:35
Alajos Szokolyi	100 metres	12.8	2 Q	12.6
	110 metres hurdles	unknown	3	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Alajos Szokolyi	Triple jump	11.26	4

Gymnastics

Artistic

The Hungarian gymnasts were unable to win any medals.

Men

Athlete	Event	Rank
Gyula Kakas	Horizontal bar	unranked
	Parallel bars	unranked
	Pommel horse	unranked
	Vault	unranked
Dezső Wein	Horizontal bar	unranked
	Parallel bars	unranked
	Rings	unranked
	Vault	unranked

Swimming

Alfréd Hajós

Hajós won both events he entered, taking two of the four swimming medals (he could not enter the 100 metres for sailors event, and the 500 metres was immediately after the 100 metres and immediately before the 1200 metres.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Alfréd Hajós	100 metre freestyle	1:22.2
	1200 metre freestyle	18:22.2

Tennis

Tapavicza was defeated by Dionysios Kasdaglis in the semifinals of the singles tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Momcsilló Tapavicza	Men's singles	Frangopoulos (GRE) W	BYE	Kasdaglis (GRE) L	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Tapavicza took last place in the weightlifting competition. The amount he lifted is unknown except that it was less than 90 kilograms, the amount lifted by the third through fifth place contestants.

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Momcsilló Tapavicza	Men's two hand lift	unknown	6

Wrestling

Tapavicza lost his only wrestling match, which turned into a contest of endurance.

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Momcsilló Tapavicza	Men's Greco-Roman	Christopoulos (GRE) L	Did not advance		4

Notes

1. Momcsilló Tapavicza competed in tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at )
• Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at )
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.