Hungary at the 1904 Summer Olympics

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Hungary at the
1904 Summer Olympics
Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg
IOC code HUN
NOC Hungarian Olympic Committee
in St. Louis
Competitors4 in 2 sports
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

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Medalists

The following Hungarian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1904 Olympic Games.

NameMedalSportEvent
Zoltán Halmay Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Swimming Men's 100 yard freestyle
Men's 50 yard freestyle
Géza Kiss Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Swimming Men's 1 mile freestyle
Men's 880 yard freestyle

Competitors

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Béla Mező 60 m unknown4did not advance
100 m unknown3N/adid not advance
Field events
AthleteEventDistanceRank
Lajos Gönczy High jump 1.754
Standing high jump 1.355
Béla Mező Long jump unknown7-10

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Zoltán Halmay 50 yd freestyle 29.61 Q28.2Gold medal icon.svg 1
100 yd freestyle 1:06.21 Q1:02.8Gold medal icon.svg
Géza Kiss 880 yd freestyle N/aunknownBronze medal icon.svg
1 mile freestyle N/a28:28.2Silver medal icon.svg

Note

1Halmay tied with Leary in the final. A swim-off was held between them, which Halmay won and was awarded with the gold medal. His time was 28.0, Leary's time was 28.6.

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