Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Hungary at the; 1908 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in London
Competitors	63 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	István Mudin
Medals ; Ranked 6th	Gold3Silver4Bronze2Total9
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Last updated August 21, 2025

Hungary competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Austria and Hungary had separate NOCs, therefore results at Olympic Games are kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Richárd Weisz	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight	24 July
Gold	Jenő Fuchs	Fencing	Men's sabre	24 July
Gold	Jenő Fuchs Oszkár Gerde Péter Tóth Lajos Werkner Dezső Földes	Fencing	Men's team sabre	24 July
Silver	Zoltán Halmay	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle	20 July
Silver	István Somodi	Athletics	Men's high jump	21 July
Silver	Béla Zulawszky	Fencing	Men's sabre	24 July
Silver	József Munk Imre Zachár Béla Las-Torres Zoltán Halmay	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	24 July
Bronze	Pál Simon Frigyes Mezei József Nagy Ödön Bodor Vilmos Rácz	Athletics	Men's medley relay	25 July
Bronze	Károly Levitzky	Rowing	Men's single sculls	31 July

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Fencing	2	1	0	3
Wrestling	1	0	0	1
Swimming	0	2	0	2
Athletics	0	1	1	2
Rowing	0	0	1	1
Total	3	4	2	9

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1908 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Jenő Fuchs	Gold Gold	Fencing	Men's sabre Men's team sabre
Zoltán Halmay	Silver Silver	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Total
Athletics	18^[1]	18^[1]
Fencing	8	8
Gymnastics	5	5
Rowing	11	11
Shooting	2	2
Swimming	10	10
Tennis	3	3
Wrestling	7^[1]	7^[1]
Total	63	63

The following is the list of dates, when Hungary won medals:

Medals by date
Date				Total
20 July	0	1	0	1
21 July	0	1	0	1
24 July	3	2	0	5
31 July	0	0	1	1
Total	3	4	2	9

Results by event

Athletics

Hungary's best athletics result was István Somodi's silver medal in the high jump. The Hungarian medley relay team took the bronze medal.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's 100 metres	Heats	Vilmos Rácz	11.4 seconds 2nd, heat 15	Did not advance
		Pál Simon	11.5 seconds 2nd, heat 11
		Frigyes Mezei	Unknown 4th, heat 14

Men's 200 metres	Semi- finalist	Károly Radóczy	Walkover 1st, heat 7	Unknown 3rd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	Heats	Vilmos Rácz	Unknown 2nd, heat 4	Did not advance
		Frigyes Mezei	Unknown 2nd, heat 6
		Pál Simon	Unknown 4th, heat 10

Men's 400 metres	Heats	József Nagy	Unknown 2nd, heat 7	Did not advance

Men's 800 metres	4th	Ödön Bodor	None held	1:58.6 1st, semifinal 1	1:55.4
Men's 800 metres	Semi- finalist	József Nagy	None held	Unknown 4th, semifinal 3	Did not advance

Men's 1500 metres	Semi- finalist	József Nagy	None held	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5	Did not advance
Men's 1500 metres	Semi- finalist	Ödön Bodor	None held	Unknown 8th, semifinal 1	Did not advance

Men's 110 metre hurdles	Heats	Nándor Kovács	Unknown 2nd, heat 10	Did not advance

Men's 400 metre hurdles	Semi- finalist	Nándor Kovács	Walkover 1st, heat 9	Did not finish —, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Men's 3200 metre steeplechase	—	Antal Lovas	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Men's medley relay	3rd	Pál Simon Frigyes Mezei József Nagy Ödön Bodor	None held	3:32.6 1st, semifinal 1	3:32.5

Men's 5 miles	—	Antal Lovas	None held	Did not finish —, semifinal 6	Did not advance

Men's marathon	—	L. Merenyi	None held		Did not start

Men's 3500 metre walk	19th	István Drubina	None held	18:44.6 4th, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance

Men's high jump	2nd	István Somodi	1.88 metres
Men's high jump	13th	József Haluszinsky	1.72 metres

Men's long jump	14th	Ödön Holits	6.54 metres^[2]
Men's long jump	21-32	Géza Kovesdi	Unknown

Men's pole vault	8th	Károly Szathmáry	3.35 metres

Men's shot put	9-25	István Mudin	Unknown
Men's shot put	9-25	Mór Kóczán	Unknown

Men's discus throw	7th	György Luntzer	38.34 metres
	12-42	Ferenc Jesina	Unknown
		Imre Mudin	Unknown
		Mór Kóczán	Unknown

Men's hammer throw	10-19	István Mudin	Unknown

Men's Greek discus	7th	István Mudin	33.11 metres
	11-23	György Luntzer	Unknown
		Imre Mudin	Unknown
		Mór Kóczán	Unknown

Men's freestyle javelin	7th	Imre Mudin	45.97 metres
	10-33	Ferenc Jesina	Unknown
		György Luntzer	Unknown
		István Mudin	Unknown
		Mór Kóczán	Unknown

Fencing

Hungary dominated the sabre competitions, taking the top two individual medals and the team gold.

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final

Men's épée	First round	Béla Zulawszky	2-4 (4th in J)	Did not advance
		Péter Tóth	1-3 (4th in M)
		Dezső Földes	1-5 (6th in G)

Men's sabre	1st	Jenő Fuchs	5-0 (1st in K)	3-1 (1st in 1)	6-1 (1st in 1)	6-1
	2nd	Béla Zulawszky	3-2 (3rd in H)	2-1 (2nd in 4)	5-2 (1st in 2)	6-1
	4th	Jenő Szántay	3-1 (1st in F)	3-1 (2nd in 6)	4-3 (3rd in 1)	3-4
	5th	Péter Tóth	2-2 (2nd in B)	4-0 (1st in 6)	5-2 (1st in 2)	3-4
	6th	Lajos Werkner	5-1 (1st in M)	4-0 (1st in 2)	5-2 (2nd in 1)	2-5
	Second round	Deszö Földes	5-0 (1st in G)	3-1 (2nd in 2)	3-4 (5th in 1)	Did not advance
	Second round	Oszkár Gerde	4-1 (1st in I)	4-0 (1st in 5)	4-3 (5th in 2)	Did not advance
	First round	Jenő Apáthy	5-2 (2nd in J)	2-1 (3rd in 8)	Did not advance

Event	Place	Fencers	Play-in match	First round	Semi- finals	Final	Repechage

Men's team sabre	1st	Jenő Fuchs (1st, sf, f) Oszkár Gerde (1st, sf, f) Péter Tóth (1st, sf, f) Lajos Werkner (1st, f) Deszö Földes (sf) Apáthy Jenő^[3]	Not held	Defeated Germany 9-0 Advanced to semifinal	Defeated Italy 11-5 Advanced to final	Defeated Bohemia 9-7 Won gold medal	Not relegated

Gymnastics

Gymnast	Event	Score	Rank
János Nyisztor	Men's all-around	236	15
Kálmán Szabó		209	34
Imre Gellért		202.5	39
Mihály Antos		192.5	47
Frigyes Gráf		141.5	77

Rowing

Event	Place	Rowers	First round	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final

Men's single sculls	3rd	Károly Levitzky	Bye	10.8 1st, quarterfinal 2	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1	Did not advance
Men's single sculls	9th	Ernö Killer	Did not finish —, heat 1	Did not advance

Men's eight	5th	Klekner Sándor, Haraszthy Lajos, Szebeny Antal, Éder Róbert, Hautzinger Sándor, Várady Jenö, Wampetich Imre, Kirchknopf Ferenc, Vasko Kálmán	None held	Unknown 2nd, quarterfinal 2	Did not advance

Shooting

Event	Place	Shooter	Score

Men's 300 metre free rifle	43rd	Sándor Prokopp	627
Men's 300 metre free rifle	49th	Kálmán Móricz	490

Swimming

Event	Place	Swimmer	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's 100 metre freestyle	2nd	Zoltán Halmay	1:08.2 1st, heat 1	1:09.4 1st, semifinal 1	1:06.2
	Heats	József Ónody	1:13.2 2nd, heat 5	Did not advance
		József Munk	Unknown 3-5, heat 2
		Henrik Hajós	Unknown 3-5, heat 3

Men's 400 metre freestyle	Semi- finalist	Béla Las-Torres	5:52.2 2nd, heat 1	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1	Did not advance
		Henrik Hajós	6:19.8 1st, heat 9	Unknown 5th, semifinal 1
		Imre Zachár	6:09.8 1st, heat 8	Did not finish —, semifinal 2
	Heats	József Ónody	Unknown 3rd, heat 7	Did not advance

Men's 100 metre backstroke	—	Sándor Kugler	Disqualified —, heat 1	Did not advance

Men's 200 metre breaststroke	4th	Ödön Toldi	3:14.4 1st, heat 4	3:16.4 2nd, semifinal 1	3:15.2
	Semi- finalist	József Fabinyi	3:23.4 1st, heat 6	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1	Did not advance
	Heats	András Baronyi	3:18.0 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance

Men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay	2nd	József Munk Imre Zachár Béla las Torres Zoltán Halmay	None held	Swam over 1st, semifinal 3	10:59.0

Tennis

Event	Place	Name	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals

Men's singles	16th	Dezső Lauber	Bye	Lost to Dixon	Did not advance
		Ede Tóth	Defeated Micovský	Lost to Parke
		Jenő Zsigmondy	Bye	Lost to Hykš

Men's doubles	7th	Jenő Zsigmondy Ede Tóth	None held	Bye	Lost to Ritchie/Parke	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Bohemia	1	1	.500
Great Britain	0	3	.000

Total	1	4	.200

Wrestling

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final

Greco-Roman lightweight	5th	József Maróthy	Defeated Rose	Defeated Wood	Lost to Persson	Did not advance
	5th	Ödön Radvány	Defeated Ruff	Defeated Hawkins	Lost to Orlov	Did not advance
	9th	József Téger	Defeated Moppes	Lost to Porro	Did not advance

Greco-Roman middleweight	9th	Miklós Orosz	Bye	Lost to Jósepsson	Did not advance

Greco-Roman light heavyweight	4th	Hugó Payr	Bye	Defeated Zamotin	Defeated Westrop	Lost to Weckman	Lost to Jensen
Greco-Roman light heavyweight	17th	György Luntzer	Lost to Wijbrands	Did not advance

Greco-Roman super heavyweight	1st	Richárd Weisz	None held		Defeated C. Jensen	Defeated S. Jensen	Defeated Petrov
Greco-Roman super heavyweight	4th	Hugó Payr	None held		Defeated Barrett	Lost to Petrov	Lost to S. Jensen

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Denmark	2	3	.400
Finland	0	1	.000
Great Britain	5	0	1.000
Italy	0	1	.000
Netherlands	2	1	.667
Russia	2	2	.500
Sweden	0	1	.000

Total	11	9	.550

Notes

1 2 3 4 György Luntzer competed in Athletics and Wrestling.
↑ Men's long jump, 1908 Summer Olympics
↑ These fencers competed in the team event but are not listed in the IOC medallist database.

Sources

Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2006.

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[Luntzer-1] 1 2 3 4 György Luntzer competed in Athletics and Wrestling.

[2] Men's long jump, 1908 Summer Olympics

[NoMedal-3] These fencers competed in the team event but are not listed in the IOC medallist database.

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