Hungary at the Olympics

Hungary at the Olympics is a history which began at the first Olympic Games in 1896.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Hungary is HUN.<ref>{{cite web|title=Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf|website=LA84 Foundation|page=9|accessdate=16 August 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212112626/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf|archivedate=12 February 2012}}</ref>

History
Teams from Hungary have been in most Summer Olympic Games and every Winter Olympic Games since then. The nation was not invited to the 1920 Games after World War I.

Hungarian athletes have won a total of 475 medals, with fencing as the top medal-producing sport.  Hungary has won more Olympic medals than any other nation that has never hosted Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Hungary is the Hungarian Olympic Committee''.  It was formed and recognized in 1895.

Medal tables by Games
Medals by Summer Games
Rank 1896 Athens  2  1  3  6  6 1900 Paris  1  2  2  5  11 1904 St. Louis  2  1  1  4  5 1908 London  3  4  2  9  6 1912 Stockholm  3  2  3  8  9 1920 Antwerp  did not participate 1924 Paris  2  3  4  9  13 1928 Amsterdam  4  5  0  9  9 1932 Los Angeles  6  4  5  15  6 1936 Berlin  10  1  5  16  3 1948 London  10  5  12  27  4 1952 Helsinki  16  10  16  42  3 1956 Melbourne/Stockholm  9  10  7  26  4 1960 Rome  6  8  7  21  7 1964 Tokyo  10  7  5  22  6 1968 Mexico City  10  10  12  32  4 1972 Munich  6  13  16  35  8 1976 Montreal  4  5  13  22  10 1980 Moscow  7  10  15  32  6 1984 Los Angeles  did not participate 1988 Seoul  11  6  6  23  6 1992 Barcelona  11  12  7  30  8 1996 Atlanta  7  4  10  21  12 2000 Sydney  8  6  3  17  13 2004 Athens  8  6  3  17  13 2008 Beijing  3  6  2  11  20 2012 London  8  4  6  18  2016 Rio de Janeiro         Total  167  144  164  475  8

Medals by Winter Games
Rank 1924 Chamonix  0  0  0  0  - 1928 St. Moritz  0  0  0  0   - 1932 Lake Placid  0  0  1  1  10 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen  0  0  1  1  10 1948 St. Moritz  0  1  0  1  11 1952 Oslo  0  0  1  1  12 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo  0  0  1  1  12 1960 Squaw Valley  0  0  0  0   - 1964 Innsbruck  0  0  0  0   - 1968 Grenoble  0  0  0  0   - 1972 Sapporo  0  0  0  0   - 1976 Innsbruck  0  0  0  0   - 1980 Lake Placid  0  1  0  1  15 1984 Sarajevo  0  0  0  0   - 1988 Calgary  0  0  0  0   - 1992 Albertville  0  0  0  0   - 1994 Lillehammer  0  0  0  0   - 1998 Nagano  0  0  0  0   - 2002 Salt Lake City  0  0  0  0   - 2006 Turin  0  0  0  0   - 2010 Vancouver  0  0  0  0   - 2014 Sochi          Total  0  2  4  6  39

Medal tables by Sport
Medals by Summer Sport
     Leading in that sport
 Fencing  35  22  26  83 Swimming  25  23  18  66 Canoeing  22  29  26  77 Wrestling  19  16  19  54 Gymnastics  15  11  14  40 Athletics  10  12  17  39 Boxing  10  2  8  20 Modern pentathlon  9  8  5  22 Water polo  9  3  3  15 Shooting  7  3  7  17 Football  3  1  1  5 Weightlifting  2  9  9  20 Judo  1  3  5  9 Rowing  0  1  2  3 Handball  0  1  2  3 Equestrian  0  0  1  1 Sailing  0  0  1  1 Tennis  0  0  1  1 Total  167  144  164  475

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References

 Other websites 

  Hungary profile at London2012.com 
 Hungary at OLympic.org

Category:Nations at the Olympics
Category:Sport in Hungary