Hungary competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 128 competitors, 107 men and 21 women, took part in 76 events in 15 sports.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight Athletics Men's hammer throw Fencing Women's foil Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol Athletics Women's long jump Tibor BerczellyRudolf KárpátiPál KovácsLászló RajcsányiBertalan Papp Fencing Men's team sabre Boxing Men's bantamweight Boxing Men's middleweight Gymnastics Men's floor Fencing Men's sabre György MitróImre NyékiGéza Kádas Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman welterweight Water polo Men's tournament Gymnastics Men's floor Mária Zalai-KöviIrén Daruházi-KarcsicsErzsébet Gulyás-KötelesErzsébet BalázsOlga TassAnna FehérMargit Nagy-Sándor Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke Athletics Men's javelin throw Fencing Men's foil Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle Béla ZsitnikRóbert Zimonyi Rowing Men's coxed pair Gymnastics Men's vault Gymnastics Men's vault Fencing Men's sabre Lajos SánthaLászló BaranyaiFerenc PatakiJános Mogyorósi-KlencsFerenc VárkõiJózsef FeketeGyőző Mogyorossy Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name
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Medals by sportSport TotalFencing 3025Athletics 2013Boxing 2002Gymnastics1236Wrestling 1124Shooting 1001Swimming 0134Water polo0101Rowing 0011 Total 10 5 12 27
Medals by genderGender TotalMale 8 4 1123Female 2 1 14 Total 10 5 12 27
Multiple medalists The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1948 Olympic Games. Name Medal Sport Event Fencing Men's team sabreMen's sabre Gymnastics Men's floorMen's artistic individual all-aroundMen's vault Fencing Men's team sabreMen's sabre Gymnastics Men's floorMen's artistic individual all-aroundMen's vault Swimming Men's 4×200 m freestyle relayMen's 100 m freestyle Swimming Men's 4×200 m freestyle relayMen's 1500 m freestyle
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Diving
Women AthleteEventFinalPointsRankIrén Zságot10 m platform56.629
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
Hungary had nine male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1948.
Men's double sculls Sándor Ormándi József Simó
Men's coxed pair Antal Szendey Béla Zsitnik Róbert Zimonyi (cox)
Men's coxless four Miklós Zágon Lajos Nagy Tibor Nádas József Sátori
Men's coxed four Miklós Zágon Lajos Nagy József Sátori Tibor Nádas Róbert Zimonyi (cox)
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
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGéza Kádas100 m freestyle 58.2 1 Q* 58.0 3 Q* 58.1 Elemér Szathmáry 59.7 3 q* 1:00.5 6 Did not advanceZoltán Szilárd 59.8 3 q* 59.6 3 Q* 59.6 7Géza Kádas400 m freestyle 4:52.8 4 Q 4:47.8 1 Q 4:49.4 4György Mitró 4:56.0 9 Q 4:50.8 5 q 4:49.9 5Imre Nyéki 5:01.8 16 Q Did not advanceGyörgy Csordás1500 m freestyle 20:06.8 2 Q 20:06.6 4 Q 19:54.2 4György Mitró 20:15.0 5 Q 20:06.5 3 Q 19:43.2 Ferenc Vörös 20:31.9 12 Q 20:31.4 10 Did not advanceGyula Válent100 m backstroke 1:11.8 5* Did not advanceSándor Németh200 m breaststroke 2:48.2 7 2:48.1 9 Did not advanceElemér SzathmáryGyörgy MitróImre NyékiGéza Kádas4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:53.6 1 Q* colspan=2 8:48.4 *Ranks given are within the heat.
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMária Littomeritzky100 m freestyle 1:13.0 26 Did not advanceZsuzsa Nádor 1:15.8 31 Did not advanceJudit Temes 1:08.3 7 Q 1:09.7 15 Did not advanceIlona Novák100 m backstroke 1:17.3 4 Q 1:17.6 3 Q 1:18.4 4Éva Novák-Gerard200 m breaststroke 3:02.9 =1 Q* 2:58.0 2 Q* 3:00.2 Éva Székely 3:01.2 1 Q* 3:02.8 3 Q* 3:02.5 4Mária LittomeritzkyIlona NovákJudit TemesÉva Székely4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:47.5 3 Q* colspan=2 4:48.8 5 *Ranks given are within the heat.
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Art competitions
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database