Hungary at the 1964 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 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Competitors	182 (150 men and 32 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Gergely Kulcsár
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 10	Silver 7	Bronze 5	Total 22
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Intercalated Games
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Hungary competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 182 competitors, 150 men and 32 women, took part in 111 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Árpád Bárány, Tamás Gábor, István Kausz, Győző Kulcsár, and Zoltán Nemere — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
• Tibor Pézsa — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
• Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
• Paula Marosi, Katalin Juhász, Judit Ágoston, Lídia Dömölky, and Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
• Ferenc Török — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
• László Hammerl — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
• Imre Polyák — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
• István Kozma — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
• Ferenc Bene, Tibor Csernai, János Farkas, József Gelei, Kálmán Ihász, Sándor Katona, Imre Komora, Ferenc Nógrádi, Dezső Novák, Árpád Orbán, Károly Palotai, Antal Szentmihályi, Gusztáv Szepesi, and Zoltán Varga — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
• Miklós Ambrus, András Bodnár, Ottó Boros, Zoltán Dömötör, László Felkai, Dezső Gyarmati, Tivadar Kanizsa, György Kárpáti, János Konrád, Mihály Mayer, Dénes Pócsik, and Péter Rusorán — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Silver

• Gyula Zsivótzky — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
• Gergely Kulcsár — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
• Márta Rudas — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• Mihály Hesz — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
• Katalin Makray — Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars
• Imre Földi — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
• Géza Tóth — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight

Bronze

• Vilmos Varju — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
• Anikó Ducza — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
• Imre Nagy, Ferenc Török and Ottó Török — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
• László Hammerl — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
• Győző Veres — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Seven cyclists represented Hungary in 1964.

Individual road race

• János Juszkó
• András Mészáros
• Antal Megyerdi
• László Mahó

Team time trial

• János Juszkó
• András Mészáros
• László Mahó
• Ferenc Stámusz

Sprint

• Richárd Bicskey
• Ferenc Habony

1000m time trial

• Ferenc Habony

Tandem

• Richárd Bicskey
• Ferenc Habony

Diving

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1964. Hungarian fencers topped the medal table for the event, with four gold.^[2]

Men's foil

• Jenő Kamuti
• Sándor Szabó
• József Gyuricza

Men's team foil

• Jenő Kamuti, László Kamuti, József Gyuricza, Sándor Szabó, Béla Gyarmati

Men's épée

• Zoltán Nemere
• Győző Kulcsár
• István Kausz

Men's team épée

• Győző Kulcsár, Zoltán Nemere, Tamás Gábor, István Kausz, Árpád Bárány

Men's sabre

• Tibor Pézsa
• Attila Kovács
• Péter Bakonyi

Men's team sabre

• Péter Bakonyi, Miklós Meszéna, Attila Kovács, Zoltán Horváth, Tibor Pézsa

Women's foil

• Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő
• Katalin Nagyné Juhász
• Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky

Women's team foil

• Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, Katalin Nagyné Juhász, Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi, Paula Marosi

Football

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1964. Ferenc Török won an individual gold and the team won bronze.

Individual

• Ferenc Török
• Imre Nagy
• Ottó Török

Team

• Ferenc Török
• Imre Nagy
• Ottó Török

Sailing

Shooting

Eight shooters represented Hungary in 1964. László Hammerl won gold in the 50 m rifle, prone and László Hammerl won bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions.

25 m pistol

• Szilárd Kun
• Gábor Balla

50 m pistol

• Lajos Kelemen
• Ferenc Gönczi

300 m rifle, three positions

• Zoltán Sándor
• Imre Simkó

50 m rifle, three positions

• László Hammerl
• Tibor Jakosits

50 m rifle, prone

• László Hammerl
• Tibor Jakosits

Swimming

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Round Robin

• Lost to Czechoslovakia (3-2)
• Defeated Japan (3-0)
• Defeated United States (3-0)
• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
• Lost to Brazil (2-3)
• Lost to Romania (1-3)
• Defeated Netherlands (3-1)
• Defeated South Korea (3-2)
• Lost to Bulgaria (1-3) → Sixth place

• Team Roster

• Bela Czafik
• Vilmos Ivancso
• Csabas Lantos
• Gabor Bodo
• István Molnar
• Otto Prouza
• Ferenc Tuske
• Tibor Florián
• Laszlo Galos
• Antal Kangyerka
• Mihaly Tatar
• Ferenc Janosi

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Hungary at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
2. "Fencing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-17.