Hungary competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.
Seven athletes from Hungary competed in six sports. The Hungarian medals came on 18 entries in 15 events. __TOC__
Medalists
The following Hungarian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
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MedalNameSportEventDate Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle Swimming Men's 1200 metre freestyle Athletics Men's 800 metres Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Men's marathon Tennis Men's singles | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSportTotalSwimming 2002Athletics 0123Tennis 0011 Total 2 1 3 6
Multiple medalists The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1896 Olympic Games. Name Medal Sport Event Swimming Men's 100 m freestyleMen's 1200 m freestyle
Competitors
| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 3 0 3Gymnastics 2 0 2Swimming 1 0 1Tennis 1 0 1Weightlifting 1 0 1Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 7Momcsilló Tapavicza competed in tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. 0 7
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Medals by dateDayDateTotalDay 16 April0011Day 27 April0000Day 38 April0000Day 49 April0101Day 510 April0011Day 611 April201 3Day 712 April0000Day 813 April0000Total2136
Athletics
The Hungarian athletes were successful in each event except the 110 metre hurdles, taking a silver, two bronzes, and a 4th-place finish. The entry and competitor lists for some events are not agreed on by all sources. In the 100 metres, Dáni, Leonidasz Manno, and István Zachar may have entered and not started (or possibly have competed) along with Szokolyi.Butler, Maynard. The Olympic Games. In Mallon & Widlund, pp. 37–41.Ekkehard zur Megede : The history of Olympic athletics. Volume 1: 1896-1936. Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970.
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankNándor Dáni100 mDid not startDid not advanceLeonidasz MannoDid not startDid not advanceIstván ZacharDid not startDid not advanceAlajos Szokolyi12.82 Q12.6Nándor Dáni800 m2:10.22 Q2:11.8Alajos Szokolyi110 m hurdlesUnknown2 QDid not startGyula KellnerMarathoncolspan=2 3:06:35
Field events AthleteEventFinalDistancePositionAlajos SzokolyiMen's triple jump11.264
Gymnastics
Artistic AthleteEventRankGyula KakasVault 4–15Desiderius Wein 4–15Gyula KakasPommel horse 3–15Desiderius Wein 3–15Gyula KakasHorizontal bar 3–15Desiderius Wein 3–15Gyula KakasParallel bars 3–18Desiderius Wein 3–18Desiderius WeinRings 4, 6–8
Swimming
Hajós won both events he entered, taking two of the four swimming medals (he could not enter the 100 metres for sailors event, and the 500 metres was immediately after the 100 metres and immediately before the 1200 metres).
AthleteEventFinalTimeRankAlfréd Hajós100 m freestyle1:22.2 ORAlfréd Hajós1200 m freestyle18:22.2
Tennis
Tapavicza was defeated by Dionysios Kasdaglis in the semifinals of the singles tournament.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMomcsilló TapaviczaMen's singlesWLDid not advance
Weightlifting
AthleteEventResultRankMomcsilló TapaviczaMen's two hand lift 80.06
Wrestling
AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMomcsilló TapaviczaMen's Greco-RomanLDid not advance4
Notes
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