Hungary at the 1952 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 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	189 (162 men and 27 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Imre Németh
Medals Rank: 3	Gold 16	Silver 10	Bronze 16	Total 42
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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.

Gold

• József Csermák — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
• László Papp — Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight
• Pál Kovács — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
• Pál Kovács, Tibor Berczelly, Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti, Bertalan Papp, László Rajcsányi — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
• The Golden Team of Men's Team Football: Gyula Grosics, Jenő Buzánszky, Gyula Lóránt, Mihály Lantos, József Bozsik, József Zakariás, Nándor Hidegkuti, Sándor Kocsis, Péter Palotás, Ferenc Puskás, and Zoltán Czibor — Football, Men's Team Competition
• Ágnes Keleti — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
• Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars
• Gábor Benedek, Aladár Kovácsi, and István Szondy — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
• Károly Takács — Shooting, Men's 25 metres Rapid Fire Pistol (60 Shot)
• Katalin Szőke — Swimming, Women's 100 Metres Freestyle
• Éva Székely — Swimming, Women's 200 Metres Breaststroke
• Valéria Gyenge — Swimming, Women's 400 metres Freestyle
• Ilona Novák, Judit Temes, Éva Novák, Katalin Szőke, Mária Littomeritzky — Swimming, Women's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay
• László Jeney, György Vizvári, Dezső Gyarmati, Kálmán Markovits, Antal Bolvári, István Szívós, György Kárpáti, Károly Szittya, Róbert Antal, Dezső Fábián, István Hasznos, Dezső Lemhényi, and Miklós Martin — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
• Imre Hódos — Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Bantamweight
• Miklós Szilvásy — Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Welterweight

Silver

• Margit Korondi, Ágnes Keleti, Edit Weckinger, Olga Tass, Erzsébet Köteles, Mária Kövi, Andrea Bodó, and Irén Karcsics — Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition
• Gábor Novák — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C1 10.000 metres
• János Parti — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C1 1000 metres (Canoe Single)
• Ilona Elek — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
• Aladár Gerevich — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
• Gábor Benedek — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
• Szilárd Kun — Shooting, Men's 25 metres Rapid Fire Pistol (60 Shot)
• Éva Novák — Swimming, Women's 200 metres Breaststroke
• Éva Novák — Swimming, Women's 400 metres Freestyle
• Imre Polyák — Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Featherweight

Bronze

• László Zarándi, Géza Varásdi, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi — Athletics, Men's 4 x 100 metres Relay

• Antal Róka — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
• Ödön Földessy — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
• Imre Németh — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
• József Gurovits and Ferenc Varga — Canoe / Kayak Flatwater, Men's K2 10,000 metres
• Tibor Berczelly, Aladár Gerevich, Lajos Maszlay, Endre Palócz, József Sákovits, and Endre Tilli — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
• Tibor Berczelly — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
• Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
• Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
• Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-Round
• Ágnes Keleti — Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars
• Andrea Bodó, Irén Karcsics, Erzsébet Köteles, Ágnes Keleti, Margit Korondi, Edit Weckinger, Olga Tass, and Mária Kövi — Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition Portable Apparatus
• István Szondy — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
• Ambrus Balogh — Shooting, Men's 50m Pistol (60 Shots)
• Judit Temes — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
• György Gurics — Wrestling Freestyle, Men's Middleweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight:

• Kornél Molnár

1. First Round – Lost to William Michael Toweel of South Africa (0 - 3)

Men's Featherweight:

• János Erdei

1. First Round – Defeated Georges Malézanoff of Bulgaria (2 - 1)
2. Second Round – Defeated Kurt Schirra of Saarland (3 - 0)
3. Third Round – Lost to Jan Zachara of Czechoslovakia (1 - 2)

Men's Lightweight:

• István Juhász

1. First Round – Defeated Luis Albino Acuña of Uruguay (3 - 0)
2. Second Round – Defeated Clayton Orten Kenny of Canada (2 - 1)
3. Third Round – Lost to Aureliano Bolognesi of Italy (1 - 2)

Light-welterweight

• Béla Farkas

1. First Round – Lost to Pavle Šovljanski of Yugoslavia (0 - 3)

Men's Welterweight:

• Pál Budai

1. First Round – Lost to Günther Heidemann of Germany (1 - 2)

Men's Light-Middleweight:

• László Papp → Gold Medal

1. First Round – Defeated Ellsworth Webb of United States (KO 2R)
2. Second Round – Defeated Charles Chase of Canada (KO 2R)
3. Third Round – Defeated Petar Stankoff Spassoff of Bulgaria (3 - 0)
4. Semifinal – Defeated Eladio Oscar Herrera of Argentina (3 - 0)
5. Final – Defeated Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk of South Africa (3 - 0)

Men's Middleweight:

• Mátyás Plachy

1. First Round – Lost to Nelson de Paula Andrade of Brazil (1 - 2)

Men's Light-heavyweight

• István Fazekas

1. First Round – Lost to Toon Pastor of Netherlands (0 - 3)

Men's Heavyweight:

• László Bene

1. Second Round – Lost to Ilkka Koski of Finland (KO 2R)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics