# Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Ágnes Keleti | Gymnastics | Women's floor | 23 July |
| Gold | Margit Korondi | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | 23 July |
| Gold | József Csermák | Athletics | Men's hammer throw | 24 July |
| Gold | Gábor Benedek István Szondy Aladár Kovácsi | Modern pentathlon | Men's team | 25 July |
| Gold | Imre Hódos | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight | 27 July |
| Gold | Miklós Szilvásy | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman welterweight | 27 July |
| Gold | Károly Takács | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol | 28 July |
| Gold | Katalin Szőke | Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle | 28 July |
| Gold | Éva Székely | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke | 29 July |
| Gold | Aladár Gerevich Tibor Berczelly Rudolf Kárpáti Pál Kovács László Rajcsányi Bertalan Papp | Fencing | Men's team sabre | 30 July |
| Gold | Pál Kovács | Fencing | Men's sabre | 1 August |
| Gold | Ilona Novák Judit Temes Éva Novák-Gerard Katalin Szőke Mária Littomeritzky | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 1 August |
| Gold | László Papp | Boxing | Men's light middleweight | 2 August |
| Gold | Valéria Gyenge | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle | 2 August |
| Gold | Hungary men's national water polo teamLászló JeneyGyörgy VízváriDezső GyarmatiKálmán MarkovitsAntal BolváriIstván SzívósGyörgy KárpátiKároly SzittyaRóbert AntalDezső FábiánIstván HasznosDezső LemhényiMiklós Martin | Water polo | Men's tournament | 2 August |
| Gold | Hungary national football teamGyula GrosicsJenő BuzánszkyGyula LórántMihály LantosJózsef BozsikJózsef ZakariásNándor HidegkutiSándor KocsisPéter PalotásFerenc PuskásZoltán CziborLászló BudaiLajos CsordásJenő DalnokiImre Kovács | Football | Men's tournament | 2 August |
| Silver | Margit Korondi Ágnes Keleti Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Mária Zalai-Kövi Andrea Molnár-Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around | 24 July |
| Silver | Gábor Benedek | Modern pentathlon | Men's individual | 25 July |
| Silver | Ilona Elek-Schacherer | Fencing | Women's foil | 27 July |
| Silver | Imre Polyák | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman featherweight | 27 July |
| Silver | Gábor Novák | Canoeing | Men's C-1 10000 metres | 27 July |
| Silver | Szilárd Kun | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol | 28 July |
| Silver | János Parti | Canoeing | Men's C-1 1000 metres | 28 July |
| Silver | Éva Novák-Gerard | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke | 29 July |
| Silver | Aladár Gerevich | Fencing | Men's sabre | 1 August |
| Silver | Éva Novák-Gerard | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle | 2 August |
| Bronze | Antal Róka | Athletics | Men's 50 kilometres walk | 21 July |
| Bronze | Ödön Földessy | Athletics | Men's long jump | 21 July |
| Bronze | Endre Tilli Aladár Gerevich Endre Palócz Lajos Maszlay Tibor Berczelly József Sákovics | Fencing | Men's team foil | 22 July |
| Bronze | Margit Korondi | Gymnastics | Women's floor | 23 July |
| Bronze | Margit Korondi | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 23 July |
| Bronze | Ágnes Keleti | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | 23 July |
| Bronze | Margit Korondi | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | 23 July |
| Bronze | Imre Németh | Athletics | Men's hammer throw | 24 July |
| Bronze | Margit Korondi Ágnes Keleti Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Mária Zalai-Kövi Andrea Molnár-Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics | Gymnastics | Women's team portable apparatus | 24 July |
| Bronze | Ambrus Balogh | Shooting | Men's 50 metre pistol | 25 July |
| Bronze | István Szondy | Modern pentathlon | Men's individual | 25 July |
| Bronze | György Gurics | Wrestling | Men's freestyle middleweight | 27 July |
| Bronze | László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 27 July |
| Bronze | Ferenc Varga József Gurovits | Canoeing | Men's K-2 10000 metres | 27 July |
| Bronze | Judit Temes | Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle | 28 July |
| Bronze | Tibor Berczelly | Fencing | Men's sabre | 1 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Swimming | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Fencing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Football | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Water polo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 16 | 42 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 10 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| Female | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 16 | 42 |

### Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1952 Olympic Games.
| Name | Medal | Sport | Event |
| Pál Kovács | Gold Gold | Fencing | Men's team sabre Men's sabre |
| Katalin Szőke | Gold Gold | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay |
| Éva Novák-Gerard | Gold Silver Silver | Swimming | Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Women's 200 m breaststroke Women's 400 m freestyle |
| Margit Korondi | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars Women's artistic team all-around Women's floor Women's balance beam Women's artistic individual all-around Women's team portable apparatus |
| Ágnes Keleti | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze | Gymnastics | Women's floor Women's artistic team all-around Women's uneven bars Women's team portable apparatus |
| Aladár Gerevich | Gold Silver Bronze | Fencing | Men's team sabre Men's sabre Men's team foil |
| Gábor Benedek | Gold Silver | Modern pentathlon | Men's team Men's individual |
| Tibor Berczelly | Gold Bronze Bronze | Fencing | Men's team sabre Men's sabre Men's team foil |
| István Szondy | Gold Bronze | Modern pentathlon | Men's team Men's individual |
| Judit Temes | Gold Bronze | Swimming | Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Women's 100 m freestyle |
| Edit Perényi-Weckinger | Silver Bronze | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus |
| Olga Tass | Silver Bronze | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus |
| Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles | Silver Bronze | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus |
| Mária Zalai-Kövi | Silver Bronze | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus |
| Andrea Molnár-Bodó | Silver Bronze | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus |
| Irén Daruházi-Karcsics | Silver Bronze | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus |

## Basketball
### 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

Men's Flyweight:
* Kornél Molnár
   * First Round – Lost to William Michael Toweel of South Africa (0 - 3)
Men's Featherweight:
* János Erdei
   * First Round – Defeated Georges Malézanoff of Bulgaria (2 - 1)
   * Second Round – Defeated Kurt Schirra of Saarland (3 - 0)
   * Third Round – Lost to Jan Zachara of Czechoslovakia (1 - 2)
Men's Lightweight:
* István Juhász
   * First Round – Defeated Luis Albino Acuña of Uruguay (3 - 0)
   * Second Round – Defeated Clayton Orten Kenny of Canada (2 - 1)
   * Third Round – Lost to Aureliano Bolognesi of Italy (1 - 2)
Light-welterweight
* Béla Farkas
   * First Round – Lost to Pavle Šovljanski of Yugoslavia (0 - 3)
Men's Welterweight:
* Pál Budai
   * First Round – Lost to Günther Heidemann of Germany (1 - 2)
Men's Light-Middleweight:
* László Papp → Gold Medal
   * First Round – Defeated Ellsworth Webb of United States (KO 2R)
   * Second Round – Defeated Charles Chase of Canada (KO 2R)
   * Third Round – Defeated Petar Stankoff Spassoff of Bulgaria (3 - 0)
   * Semifinal – Defeated Eladio Oscar Herrera of Argentina (3 - 0)
   * Final – Defeated Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk of South Africa (3 - 0)
Men's Middleweight:
* Mátyás Plachy
   * First Round – Lost to Nelson de Paula Andrade of Brazil (1 - 2)
Men's Light-heavyweight
* István Fazekas
   * First Round – Lost to Toon Pastor of Netherlands (0 - 3)
Men's Heavyweight:
* László Bene
   * Second Round – Lost to Ilkka Koski of Finland (KO 2R)

## Cycling
### 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

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

## Modern pentathlon

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

Hungary had 15 male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.

### Men's coxed pair

* László Halász
* József Sátori
* Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

### Men's coxless four

* László Decker
* Imre Kaffka
* János Hollósi
* Imre Kemény

### Men's eight

* István Sándor
* Csaba Kovács
* Miklós Zágon
* Tibor Nádas
* Rezső Riheczky
* Pál Bakos
* László Marton
* Béla Zsitnik
* Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

## Shooting

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