Hungary competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Austria and Hungary had separate NOCs, therefore results at Olympic Games are kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time. __TOC__
Medalists
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MedalNameSportEventDate Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight Fencing Men's sabre Oszkár GerdePéter TóthLajos WerknerDezső Földes Fencing Men's team sabre Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle Athletics Men's high jump Fencing Men's sabre Imre ZachárBéla Las-TorresZoltán Halmay Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Frigyes MezeiJózsef NagyÖdön BodorVilmos Rácz Athletics Men's medley relay Rowing Men's single sculls Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSportTotalFencing 2103Wrestling 1001Swimming 0202Athletics 0112Rowing 0011 Total 3 4 2 9
Multiple medalists The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1908 Olympic Games. Name Medal Sport Event Fencing Men's sabreMen's team sabre Swimming Men's 100 m freestyleMen's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Competitors
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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 18György Luntzer competed in Athletics and Wrestling. 0 18Fencing 8 0 8Gymnastics 5 0 5Rowing 11 0 11Shooting 2 0 2Swimming 10 0 10Tennis 3 0 3Wrestling 7 0 7 Total 63 0 63
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The following is the list of dates, when Hungary won medals: Medals by dateDateTotal20 July010121 July010124 July320531 July0011Total3429
Results by event
Athletics
Hungary's best athletics result was István Somodi's silver medal in the high jump. The Hungarian medley relay team took the bronze medal.
Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final Men's 100 metres Heats Vilmos Rácz 11.4 seconds 2nd, heat 15 Did not advance Pál Simon 11.5 seconds 2nd, heat 11 Frigyes Mezei Unknown 4th, heat 14 Men's 200 metres Semi-finalist Károly Radóczy Walkover 1st, heat 7 Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1 Did not advance Heats Vilmos Rácz Unknown 2nd, heat 4 Did not advance Frigyes Mezei Unknown 2nd, heat 6 Pál Simon Unknown 4th, heat 10 Men's 400 metres Heats József Nagy Unknown 2nd, heat 7 Did not advance Men's 800 metres 4th Ödön Bodor None held 1:58.6 1st, semifinal 1 1:55.4 Semi-finalist József Nagy Unknown 4th, semifinal 3 Did not advance Men's 1500 metres Semi-finalist József Nagy None held Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5 Did not advance Ödön Bodor Unknown 8th, semifinal 1 Men's 110 metre hurdles Heats Nándor Kovács Unknown 2nd, heat 10 Did not advance Men's 400 metre hurdles Semi-finalist Nándor Kovács Walkover 1st, heat 9 Did not finish —, semifinal 2 Did not advance Men's 3200 metre steeplechase — Antal Lovas None held Did not finish —, semifinal 2 Did not advance Men's medley relay 3rd Pál Simon Frigyes Mezei József Nagy Ödön Bodor None held 3:32.6 1st, semifinal 1 3:32.5 Men's 5 miles — Antal Lovas None held Did not finish —, semifinal 6 Did not advance Men's marathon — L. Merenyi None held Did not start Men's 3500 metre walk 19th István Drubina None held 18:44.6 4th, semifinal 2 Did not advance
Event Place Athlete Height/Distance Men's high jump 2nd István Somodi 1.88 metres 13th József Haluszinsky 1.72 metres Men's long jump 14th Ödön Holits 6.54 metresMen's long jump, 1908 Summer Olympics 21-32 Géza Kovesdi Unknown Men's pole vault 8th Károly Szathmáry 3.35 metres Men's shot put 9-25 István Mudin Unknown Mór Kóczán Unknown Men's discus throw 7th György Luntzer 38.34 metres 12-42 Ferenc Jesina Unknown Imre Mudin Unknown Mór Kóczán Unknown Men's hammer throw 10-19 István Mudin Unknown Men's Greek discus 7th István Mudin 33.11 metres 11-23 György Luntzer Unknown Imre Mudin Unknown Mór Kóczán Unknown Men's freestyle javelin 7th Imre Mudin 45.97 metres 10-33 Ferenc Jesina Unknown György Luntzer Unknown István Mudin Unknown Mór Kóczán Unknown
Fencing
Hungary dominated the sabre competitions, taking the top two individual medals and the team gold.
Event Place Fencer First round Second round Semi-final Final Men's épée First round Béla Zulawszky 2-4 (4th in J) Did not advance Péter Tóth 1-3 (4th in M) Dezső Földes 1-5 (6th in G) Men's sabre 1st Jenő Fuchs 5-0 (1st in K) 3-1 (1st in 1) 6-1 (1st in 1) 6-1 2nd Béla Zulawszky 3-2 (3rd in H) 2-1 (2nd in 4) 5-2 (1st in 2) 6-1 4th Jenő Szántay 3-1 (1st in F) 3-1 (2nd in 6) 4-3 (3rd in 1) 3-4 5th Péter Tóth 2-2 (2nd in B) 4-0 (1st in 6) 5-2 (1st in 2) 3-4 6th Lajos Werkner 5-1 (1st in M) 4-0 (1st in 2) 5-2 (2nd in 1) 2-5 Second round Deszö Földes 5-0 (1st in G) 3-1 (2nd in 2) 3-4 (5th in 1) Did not advance Oszkár Gerde 4-1 (1st in I) 4-0 (1st in 5) 4-3 (5th in 2) First round Jenő Apáthy 5-2 (2nd in J) 2-1 (3rd in 8) Did not advance
Event Place Fencers Play-in match First round Semi-finals Final Repechage Silver medal match Men's team sabre 1st Jenő Fuchs (1st, sf, f) Oszkár Gerde (1st, sf, f) Péter Tóth (1st, sf, f) Lajos Werkner (1st, f) Deszö Földes (sf) Apáthy JenőThese fencers competed in the team event but are not listed in the IOC medallist database. Not held Defeated Germany 9-0 Advanced to semifinal Defeated Italy 11-5 Advanced to final Defeated Bohemia 9-7 Won gold medal Not relegated
Gymnastics
Gymnast Event Score Rank János Nyisztor Men's all-around 236 15 Kálmán Szabó 209 34 Imre Gellért 202.5 39 Mihály Antos 192.5 47 Frigyes Gráf 141.5 77
Rowing
Event Place Rowers First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Men's single sculls 3rd Károly Levitzky Bye 10.8 1st, quarterfinal 2 Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1 Did not advance 9th Ernö Killer Did not finish —, heat 1 Did not advance Men's eight 5th Klekner Sándor, Haraszthy Lajos, Szebeny Antal, Éder Róbert, Hautzinger Sándor, Várady Jenö, Wampetich Imre, Kirchknopf Ferenc, Vasko Kálmán None held Unknown 2nd, quarterfinal 2 Did not advance
Shooting
Event Place Shooter Score Men's 300 metre free rifle 43rd Sándor Prokopp 627 49th Kálmán Móricz 490
Swimming
Event Place Swimmer Heats Semifinals Final Men's 100 metre freestyle 2nd Zoltán Halmay 1:08.2 1st, heat 1 1:09.4 1st, semifinal 1 1:06.2 Heats József Ónody 1:13.2 2nd, heat 5 Did not advance József Munk Unknown 3-5, heat 2 Henrik Hajós Unknown 3-5, heat 3 Men's 400 metre freestyle Semi-finalist Béla Las-Torres 5:52.2 2nd, heat 1 Unknown 4th, semifinal 1 Did not advance Henrik Hajós 6:19.8 1st, heat 9 Unknown 5th, semifinal 1 Imre Zachár 6:09.8 1st, heat 8 Did not finish —, semifinal 2 Heats József Ónody Unknown 3rd, heat 7 Did not advance Men's 100 metre backstroke — Sándor Kugler Disqualified —, heat 1 Did not advance Men's 200 metre breaststroke 4th Ödön Toldi 3:14.4 1st, heat 4 3:16.4 2nd, semifinal 1 3:15.2 Semi-finalist József Fabinyi 3:23.4 1st, heat 6 Unknown 4th, semifinal 1 Did not advance Heats András Baronyi 3:18.0 2nd, heat 2 Did not advance Men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay 2nd József Munk Imre Zachár Béla las Torres Zoltán Halmay None held Swam over 1st, semifinal 3 10:59.0
Tennis
Event Place Name Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Men's singles 16th Dezső Lauber Bye Lost to Dixon Did not advance Ede Tóth Defeated Micovský Lost to Parke Jenő Zsigmondy Bye Lost to Hykš Men's doubles 7th Jenő Zsigmondy Ede Tóth None held Bye Lost to Ritchie/Parke Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent Bohemia 1 1 .500 Great Britain 0 3 .000 Total 1 4 .200
Wrestling
Event Place Wrestler Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Greco-Roman lightweight 5th József Maróthy Defeated Rose Defeated Wood Lost to Persson Did not advance Ödön Radvány Defeated Ruff Defeated Hawkins Lost to Orlov 9th József Téger Defeated Moppes Lost to Porro Did not advance Greco-Roman middleweight 9th Miklós Orosz Bye Lost to Jósepsson Did not advance Greco-Roman light heavyweight 4th Hugó Payr Bye Defeated Zamotin Defeated Westrop Lost to Weckman Lost to Jensen 17th György Luntzer Lost to Wijbrands Did not advance Greco-Roman super heavyweight 1st Richárd Weisz None held Defeated C. Jensen Defeated S. Jensen Defeated Petrov 4th Hugó Payr Defeated Barrett Lost to Petrov Lost to S. Jensen
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent Denmark 2 3 .400 Finland 0 1 .000 Great Britain 5 0 1.000 Italy 0 1 .000 Netherlands 2 1 .667 Russia 2 2 .500 Sweden 0 1 .000 Total 11 9 .550
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