Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.
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Multiple medalists
The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1952 Olympic Games.
Athletics
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)
Canoeing
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
Football
Gymnastics
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
Swimming
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952
1952 in Hungarian sport