Hungary at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Hungary at the; 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Berlin, Nazi Germany; 1–16 August 1936
Competitors	216 (197 men and 19 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Péter Bácsalmási
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 10 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 16
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

The Kingdom of Hungary competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 216 competitors, 197 men and 19 women, took part in 104 events in 21 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Károly Kárpáti	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	4 August
Gold	Ödön Zombori	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	5 August
Gold	Ilona Elek	Fencing	Women's foil	5 August
Gold	Ibolya Csák	Athletics	Women's high jump	9 August
Gold	Márton Lőrincz	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight	9 August
Gold	Ferenc Csik	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	9 August
Gold	Aladár Gerevich Tibor Berczelly Pál Kovács Endre Kabos László Rajcsányi Imre Rajczy	Fencing	Men's team sabre	13 August
Gold	István Énekes	Boxing	Men's lightweight	15 August
Gold	Endre Kabos	Fencing	Men's sabre	15 August
Gold	Hungary men's national water polo team Mihály Bozsi Jenö Brandi Mihály Bozsi Olivér Halassy Kálmán Hazai Márton Homonnai György Kutasi István Molnár János Németh Miklós Sárkány Sándor Tarics	Water polo	Men's tournament	15 August
Silver	Ralph Berzsenyi	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	8 August
Bronze	József Palotás	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman middleweight	9 August
Bronze	Árpád Lengyel Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csik	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	11 August
Bronze	Margit Csillik Judit Tóth Margit Nagy-Sándor Gabriella Mészáros Eszter Voit Olga Törös Ilona Madary Margit Kalocsai	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	12 August
Bronze	Aladár Gerevich	Fencing	Men's sabre	15 August
Bronze	József von Platthy	Equestrian	Men's individual jumping	16 August

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Fencing	3	0	1	4
Wrestling	3	0	1	4
Swimming	1	0	1	2
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Boxing	1	0	0	1
Water polo	1	0	0	1
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Equestrian	0	0	1	1
Gymnastics	0	0	1	1
Total	10	1	5	16

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	8	1	4	13
Female	2	0	1	3
Total	10	1	5	16

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Endre Kabos	Gold Gold	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
Aladár Gerevich	Gold Bronze	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
Ferenc Csik	Gold Bronze	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Hungary in 1936.

Individual road race

Team road race

Sprint

Imre Győrffy

Time trial

László Orczán

Tandem

Team pursuit

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
László Hidvégi	3 m springboard	107.49	18
László Hódi	3 m springboard	85.42	22
László Hidvégi	10 m platform	80.14	18
László Hódi	10 m platform	89.25	11

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1936.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

József Hátszeghy, Lajos Maszlay, Aladár Gerevich, Béla Bay, Ottó Hátszeghy, Antal Zirczy

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Jenő Borovszki, Tibor Székelyhidy, Béla Bay, Pál Dunay, István Bezegh-Huszágh

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Aladár Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Pál Kovács, Endre Kabos, László Rajcsányi, Imre Rajczy

Women's foil

Field hockey

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	20	0	+20	6	Semi-finals
2	Japan	3	2	1	8	11	−3	4
3	Hungary	3	1	2	4	8	−4	2
4	United States	3	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: TheSports.org

5 August 1936
18:00

India	4–0	Hungary
Singh 25', 39', ?' Jaffar	Report

Umpires:
Jaap Quarles Van Ufford (NED)
A. Demaurex (SUI)

8 August 1936
18:00

Japan	3–1	Hungary
	Report

10 August 1936
18:00

Hungary	3–1	United States
	Report

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathlete represented Hungary in 1936.

Polo

Rowing

Hungary had 23 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[2]

Men's single sculls

László Kozma

Men's double sculls

Men's coxless pair

Men's coxed pair

Men's coxless four

Men's coxed four

Men's eight

Sailing

Shooting

Eight shooters represented Hungary in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

50 m pistol

Sándor Tölgyesi
Bertalan Zsótér

50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oszkár Abay-Nemes	100 m freestyle	1:00.2	2 Q	1:01.1	7	Did not advance
Ferenc Csik		58.3	2 Q	58.1	2 Q	57.6
Ödön Gróf		1:01.3	3	Did not advance
István Angyal	400 m freestyle	5:20.9	6	Did not advance
Ödön Gróf		4:59.4	1 Q	5:01.9	7	Did not advance
Árpád Lengyel		4:57.7	4	Did not advance
István Angyal	1500 m freestyle			Did not advance
György Erdélyi	100 m backstroke	1:14.7	5	Did not advance
Elemér Gombos		1:12.4	4	Did not advance
Árpád Lengyel		1:15.2	5	Did not advance
Árpád Lengyel Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csik	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		9:20.8	2 Q	9:12.3

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilona Ács	100 m freestyle	1:12.7	4	Did not advance
Vera Harsányi		1:11.5	6	Did not advance
Magda Lenkei		1:09.9	2 Q	1:12.1	8	Did not advance
Ágnes Bíró	400 m freestyle	6:14.3	4	Did not advance
Vera Harsányi		6:14.7	5	Did not advance
Borbála Sóthy		6:14.8	2 Q	6:11.2	7	Did not advance
Irén Győrffy	100 m backstroke	1:25.8	6	Did not advance
Ilona Ács Ágnes Bíró Vera Harsányi Magda Lenkei	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		4:50.6	4 q	4:48.0	=4

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

^ "Hungary at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

External links

[sports-reference-1] "Hungary at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

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