| Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | HUN |
| NOC | Hungarian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in London | |
| Competitors | 63 in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | István Mudin |
| Medals Ranked 6th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
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.
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The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1908 Olympic Games.
| Name | Medal | Sport | Event |
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| 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 |
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| The following is the list of dates, when Hungary won medals:
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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 |
| Semi- finalist | József Nagy | Unknown 4th, semifinal 3 | Did not advance | ||
| Men's 1500 metres | Semi- finalist | József Nagy | None held | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 5 | Did not advance |
| Ödön Bodor | Unknown 8th, semifinal 1 | ||||
| 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 |
| 13th | József Haluszinsky | 1.72 metres | |
| Men's long jump | 14th | Ödön Holits | 6.44 metres |
| 21-32 | Géza Kovesdi | Unknown | |
| Men's pole vault | 8th | Károly Szathmáry | 3.35 metres |
| Men's shot put | 9-25 | István Mudin | Unknown |
| 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 | ||
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 |
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| 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 | |
| Oszkár Gerde | 4-1 (1st in I) | 4-0 (1st in 5) | 4-3 (5th in 2) | |||
| 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 | Silver medal match |
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| 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 [2] | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Event | Place | Rowers | First round | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Final |
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| Men's single sculls | 3rd | Károly Levitzky | Bye | 10.8 1st, quarterfinal 2 | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| 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 | |
| Event | Place | Shooter | Score |
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| Men's 300 metre free rifle | 43rd | Sándor Prokopp | 627 |
| 49th | Kálmán Móricz | 490 | |
| Event | Place | Swimmer | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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| 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 |
| Event | Place | Name | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Ödön Radvány | Defeated Ruff | Defeated Hawkins | Lost to Orlov | ||||
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 4th | Hugó Payr | 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 |
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