Hungary competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 189 competitors, 162 men and 27 women, took part in 107 events in 15 sports.
Medalists
Hungary finished in third position in the final medal rankings, behind only the United States and Soviet Union.
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Gymnastics Women's floor Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Athletics Men's hammer throw István SzondyAladár Kovácsi Modern pentathlon Men's team Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman welterweight Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke Tibor BerczellyRudolf KárpátiPál KovácsLászló RajcsányiBertalan Papp Fencing Men's team sabre Fencing Men's sabre Judit TemesÉva Novák-GerardKatalin SzőkeMária Littomeritzky Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Boxing Men's light middleweight Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle Water polo Men's tournament Football Men's tournament Ágnes KeletiEdit Perényi-WeckingerOlga TassErzsébet Gulyás-KötelesMária Zalai-KöviAndrea Molnár-BodóIrén Daruházi-Karcsics Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Modern pentathlon Men's individual Fencing Women's foil Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight Canoeing Men's C-1 10000 metres Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke Fencing Men's sabre Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk Athletics Men's long jump Endre TilliAladár GerevichEndre PalóczLajos MaszlayTibor BerczellyJózsef Sákovics Fencing Men's team foil Gymnastics Women's floor Gymnastics Women's balance beam Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Athletics Men's hammer throw Ágnes KeletiEdit Perényi-WeckingerOlga TassErzsébet Gulyás-KötelesMária Zalai-KöviAndrea Molnár-BodóIrén Daruházi-Karcsics Gymnastics Women's team portable apparatus Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol Modern pentathlon Men's individual Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight Géza VarasdiGyörgy CsányiBéla Goldoványi Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Ferenc VargaJózsef Gurovits Canoeing Men's K-2 10000 metres Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle Fencing Men's sabre Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name
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Medals by sportSport TotalSwimming 4217Fencing 2226Gymnastics2158Wrestling 2114Modern pentathlon1113Shooting 1113Athletics 1045Boxing 1001Football1001Water polo1001Canoeing0213 Total 16 10 16 42
Medals by genderGender TotalMale 10 6 1023Female 6 4 64 Total 16 10 16 42
Multiple medalists The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1952 Olympic Games. Name Medal Sport Event Fencing Men's team sabreMen's sabre Swimming Women's 100 m freestyleWomen's 4×100 m freestyle relay Swimming Women's 4×100 m freestyle relayWomen's 200 m breaststrokeWomen's 400 m freestyle Gymnastics Women's uneven barsWomen's artistic team all-aroundWomen's floorWomen's balance beamWomen's artistic individual all-aroundWomen's team portable apparatus Gymnastics Women's floorWomen's artistic team all-aroundWomen's uneven barsWomen's team portable apparatus Fencing Men's team sabreMen's sabreMen's team foil Modern pentathlon Men's teamMen's individual Fencing Men's team sabreMen's sabreMen's team foil Modern pentathlon Men's teamMen's individual Swimming Women's 4×100 m freestyle relayWomen's 100 m freestyle Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-aroundWomen's team portable apparatus Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-aroundWomen's team portable apparatus Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-aroundWomen's team portable apparatus Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-aroundWomen's team portable apparatus Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-aroundWomen's team portable apparatus Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-aroundWomen's team portable apparatus
Athletics
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Qualification Round (Group B) Defeated Greece (75-38) Lost to Philippines (35-48) Defeated Greece (47-44) Main Round (Group A) Lost to United States (48-66) Lost to Uruguay (56-70) Lost to Czechoslovakia (39-63) → did not advance, 15th place Team Roster László Bánhegyi Pál Bogár György Bokor Tibor Cselkó Tibor Czinkán János Greminger László Hódy Tibor Mezőfi Péter Papp János Simon Gyula Telegdy Tibor Zsíros
Boxing
Men's Flyweight: Kornél Molnár First Round – Lost to William Michael Toweel of South Africa (0 - 3)
Men's Featherweight: János Erdei First Round – Defeated Georges Malézanoff of Bulgaria (2 - 1) Second Round – Defeated Kurt Schirra of Saarland (3 - 0) Third Round – Lost to Jan Zachara of Czechoslovakia (1 - 2)
Men's Lightweight: István Juhász First Round – Defeated Luis Albino Acuña of Uruguay (3 - 0) Second Round – Defeated Clayton Orten Kenny of Canada (2 - 1) Third Round – Lost to Aureliano Bolognesi of Italy (1 - 2)
Light-welterweight Béla Farkas First Round – Lost to Pavle Šovljanski of Yugoslavia (0 - 3)
Men's Welterweight: Pál Budai First Round – Lost to Günther Heidemann of Germany (1 - 2)
Men's Light-Middleweight: László Papp → Gold Medal First Round – Defeated Ellsworth Webb of United States (KO 2R) Second Round – Defeated Charles Chase of Canada (KO 2R) Third Round – Defeated Petar Stankoff Spassoff of Bulgaria (3 - 0) Semifinal – Defeated Eladio Oscar Herrera of Argentina (3 - 0) Final – Defeated Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk of South Africa (3 - 0)
Men's Middleweight: Mátyás Plachy First Round – Lost to Nelson de Paula Andrade of Brazil (1 - 2)
Men's Light-heavyweight István Fazekas First Round – Lost to Toon Pastor of Netherlands (0 - 3)
Men's Heavyweight: László Bene Second Round – Lost to Ilkka Koski of Finland (KO 2R)
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) István Lang — did not finish (→ no ranking) István Schillerwein — did not finish (→ no ranking) Lajos Látó — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition Men's 1.000m Time Trial István Lang Final — 1:16.9 (→ 18th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race Béla Szekeres — 6th place
Fencing
17 fencers, 14 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1952.
Men's foil Endre Tilli Lajos Maszlay Endre Palócz
Men's team foil Endre Tilli, Aladár Gerevich, Endre Palócz, Lajos Maszlay, Tibor Berczelly, József Sákovics
Men's épée József Sákovics Barnabás Berzsenyi Béla Rerrich
Men's team épée Lajos Balthazár, Barnabás Berzsenyi, Béla Rerrich, József Sákovics, Imre Hennyei
Men's sabre Pál Kovács Aladár Gerevich Tibor Berczelly
Men's team sabre Aladár Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, László Rajcsányi, Bertalan Papp
Women's foil Ilona Schachererné Elek Magdolna Nyári-Kovács Margit Elek
Football
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1952. They won gold in the team event with Gábor Benedek winning silver and István Szondy winning bronze in the individual event.
Individual Gábor Benedek István Szondy Aladár Kovácsi
Team Gábor Benedek István Szondy Aladár Kovácsi
Rowing
Hungary had 15 male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.
Men's coxed pair László Halász József Sátori Róbert Zimonyi (cox)
Men's coxless four László Decker Imre Kaffka János Hollósi Imre Kemény
Men's eight István Sándor Csaba Kovács Miklós Zágon Tibor Nádas Rezső Riheczky Pál Bakos László Marton Béla Zsitnik Róbert Zimonyi (cox)
Shooting
Six shooters represented Hungary in 1952. In the 25 m pistol event Károly Takács won gold and Szilárd Kun won silver. Ambrus Balogh won bronze in the 50 m pistol.
25 m pistol Károly Takács Szilárd Kun
50 m pistol Ambrus Balogh Ferenc Décsey
300 m rifle, three positions Ambrus Balogh Ferenc Décsey
50 m rifle, three positions Imre Ágoston János Dosztály
50 m rifle, prone Imre Ágoston János Dosztály
Swimming
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGyörgy Ipacs100 m freestyle 59.1 2 Q 59.4 6 Did not advanceGéza Kádas 58.4 1 Q 57.8 1 Q 58.6 5György Csordás400 m freestyle 4:45.7 1 Q Did not advanceGusztáv Kettesi 4:53.0 2 Q 4:54.2 6 Did not advanceGyörgy Csordás1500 m freestyle 19:26.2 2 colspan=2 Did not advanceLászló Gyöngyösi100 m backstroke 1:10.0 4 Did not advanceImre Nyéki 1:10.6 5 Did not advanceLászló GyöngyösiGyörgy CsordásGéza KádasImre NyékiGusztáv Kettesi4 × 200 m freestyle 8:54.6 2 Q colspan=2 8:52.6 5
Women Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIlona Novák100 m freestyle 1:07.7 2 Q 1:07.8 4 Did not advanceKatalin Szőke 1:07.1 1 Q 1:07.2 2 Q 1:06.8 Judit Temes 1:05.5 1 Q 1:07.4 5 Q 1:07.1 Valéria Gyenge400 m freestyle 5:22.6 1 Q 5:16.9 1 Q 5:12.1 Éva Novák 5:19.1 1 Q 5:21.3 2 Q 5:13.7 Éva Székely 5:20.9 2 Q 5:19.3 3 Q 5:17.9 6Magdolna Hunyadfy100 m backstroke 1:19.6 4 colspan=2 Did not advanceKlára Killermann200 m breaststroke 2:59.1 2 Q 2:56.5 2 Q 2:57.6 4Éva Novák 2:54.0 1 Q 2:55.8 1 Q 2:54.4 Éva Székely 2:55.1 1 Q 2:54.0 = 1 Q 2:51.7 Ilona NovákJudit TemesÉva NovákKatalin SzőkeMária Littomeritzky4 × 100 m freestyle 4:32.5 1 Q colspan=2 4:24.4
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References