Hungary at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the Olympic Games
Flag of Hungary IOC code  HUN NOC Hungarian Olympic Committee Website www.mob.hu (Hungarian) (English)
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	128 (107 men and 21 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Imre Németh
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 10	Silver 5	Bronze 12	Total 27
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Hungary competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 128 competitors, 107 men and 21 women, took part in 76 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Imre Németh — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
• Olga Gyarmati — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Tibor Csik — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
• László Papp — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Aladár Gerevich — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
• Tibor Berczelly, Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, Bertalan Papp, and László Rajcsányi — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
• Ilona Elek — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
• Ferenc Pataki — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
• Károly Takács — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
• Gyula Bóbis — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

Silver

• János Mogyorósy Klencs — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
• Erzsébet Balázs, Irén Karcsics, Anna Fehér, Erzsébet Köteles, Olga Tass, Edit Vásárhelyi, and Mária Kövi — Gymnastics, women's Team Competition
• Géza Kádas, György Mitró, Imre Nyéki, and Elemér Szathmáry — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
• Jenő Brandi, Oszkár Csuvik, Dezső Fábián, Dezső Gyarmati, Endre Győrfi, Miklós Holop, László Jeney, Dezső Lemhényi, Károly Szittya, and István Szivós — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
• Miklós Szilvási — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

Bronze

• József Várszegi — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
• Lajos Maszlay — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
• Pál Kovács — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
• János Mogyorósy Klencs — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
• Ferenc Pataki — Gymnastics, Men's Long Horse Vault
• László Baranyai, János Mogyorósy Klencs, Ferenc Pataki, Lajos Sántha, Lajos Tóth, and Ferenc Várkői — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
• Antal Szendey, Róbert Zimonyi, and Béla Zsitnik — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
• Géza Kádas — Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
• György Mitró — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
• Éva Novák — Swimming, Women's 200m Breaststroke
• Ferenc Tóth — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
• Károly Ferencz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Diving

Fencing

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

Men's foil

• Lajos Maszlay
• Endre Palócz
• József Hátszeghy

Men's team foil

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

Men's épée

• Pál Dunay
• Imre Hennyei
• Béla Mikla

Men's team épée

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

Men's sabre

• Aladár Gerevich
• Pál Kovács
• Tibor Berczelly

Men's team sabre

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

Women's foil

• Ilona Elek-Schacherer
• Margit Elek
• Éva Kun

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1948.

• Frigyes Hegedűs
• István Szondy
• László Karácson

Rowing

Shooting

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

25 metre pistol

• Károly Takács
• Lajos Börzsönyi
• Ambrus Balogh

50 metre pistol

• Ambrus Balogh
• Lajos Börzsönyi
• Sándor Tölgyesi

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

1. "Hungary at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database