Hungary at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu  (in Hungarian and English)
in Berlin, Nazi Germany 1–16 August 1936
Competitors	216 (197 men and 19 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer	Péter Bácsalmási
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 10 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 16
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The Kingdom of Hungary competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 216 competitors, 197 men and 19 women, took part in 104 events in 21 sports. ^[1]

Medalists

Further information: 1936 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Károly Kárpáti Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight 4 August  Gold Ödön Zombori Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight 5 August  Gold Ilona Elek Fencing Women's foil 5 August  Gold Ibolya Csák Athletics Women's high jump 9 August  Gold Márton Lőrincz Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight 9 August  Gold Ferenc Csik Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 9 August  Gold Aladár Gerevich Tibor Berczelly Pál Kovács Endre Kabos László Rajcsányi Imre Rajczy Fencing Men's team sabre 13 August  Gold István Énekes Boxing Men's lightweight 15 August  Gold Endre Kabos Fencing Men's sabre 15 August  Gold Hungary men's national water polo team Mihály Bozsi Jenö Brandi Mihály Bozsi Olivér Halassy Kálmán Hazai Márton Homonnai György Kutasi István Molnár János Németh Miklós Sárkány Sándor Tarics Water polo Men's tournament 15 August  Silver Ralph Berzsenyi Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone 8 August  Bronze József Palotás Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight 9 August  Bronze Árpád Lengyel Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csik Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 11 August  Bronze Margit Csillik Judit Tóth Margit Nagy-Sándor Gabriella Mészáros Eszter Voit Olga Törös Ilona Madary Margit Kalocsai Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 12 August  Bronze Aladár Gerevich Fencing Men's sabre 15 August  Bronze József von Platthy Equestrian Men's individual jumping 16 August Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport Sport Total Fencing 3 0 1 4 Wrestling 3 0 1 4 Swimming 1 0 1 2 Athletics 1 0 0 1 Boxing 1 0 0 1 Water polo 1 0 0 1 Shooting 0 1 0 1 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Gymnastics 0 0 1 1 Total 10 1 5 16 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 8 1 4 13 Female 2 0 1 3 Total 10 1 5 16

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Endre Kabos	Gold  Gold	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
Aladár Gerevich	Gold  Bronze	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
Ferenc Csik	Gold  Bronze	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Hungary in 1936.

Individual road race

• János Bognár
• István Liszkay
• István Adorján
• Károly Nemes-Nótás

Team road race

• János Bognár
• István Liszkay
• István Adorján
• Károly Nemes-Nótás

Sprint

• Imre Győrffy

Time trial

• László Orczán

Tandem

• Miklós Németh
• Ferenc Pelvássy

Team pursuit

• István Liszkay
• Miklós Németh
• László Orczán
• Ferenc Pelvássy

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
László Hidvégi	3 m springboard	107.49	18
László Hódi		85.42	22
László Hidvégi	10 m platform	80.14	18
László Hódi		89.25	11

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1936.

Men's foil

• Béla Bay
• József Hátszeghy
• Lajos Maszlay

Men's team foil

• József Hátszeghy, Lajos Maszlay, Aladár Gerevich, Béla Bay, Ottó Hátszeghy, Antal Zirczy

Men's épée

• Béla Bay
• Rezső von Bartha
• Pál Dunay

Men's team épée

• Jenő Borovszki, Tibor Székelyhidy, Béla Bay, Pál Dunay, István Bezegh-Huszágh

Men's sabre

• Endre Kabos
• Aladár Gerevich
• László Rajcsányi

Men's team sabre

• Aladár Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Pál Kovács, Endre Kabos, László Rajcsányi, Imre Rajczy

Women's foil

• Ilona Elek-Schacherer
• Ilona Vargha
• Erna Bogen-Bogáti

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	6	Semi-finals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	8	11	−3	4
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	2
4	United States	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: TheSports.org

5 August 1936 18:00 India   4–0   Hungary Singh  25', 39', ?' Jaffar Report Umpires: Jaap Quarles Van Ufford (NED) A. Demaurex (SUI)

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8 August 1936 18:00 Japan   3–1   Hungary Report

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10 August 1936 18:00 Hungary   3–1   United States Report

Football

Main article: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathlete represented Hungary in 1936.

• Nándor von Orbán
• Rezső von Bartha
• Lajos von Sipeki-von Balás

Polo

Main article: Polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Hungary had 23 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936. ^[2]

Men's single sculls

• László Kozma

Men's double sculls

• Károly Bazini
• Egon Bazini

Men's coxless pair

• Károly Győry
• Tibor Mamusich

Men's coxed pair

• Károly Győry
• Tibor Mamusich
• László Molnár (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Ferenc Dobos
• Frigyes Pabsz
• Tibor Vadai
• Gyula Halmay

Men's coxed four

• Miklós Mihó
• Vilmos Éden
• Ákos Inotay
• Alajos Szilassy
• László Molnár (cox)

Men's eight

• Pál Domonkos
• Sándor von Korompay
• Hugó Ballya
• Imre Kapossy
• Antal Szendey
• Gábor Alapy
• Frigyes Hollósi
• László Szabó
• Ervin Kereszthy (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Eight shooters represented Hungary in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

• László Vadnay
• Jakab Kőszegi
• Dezső von Zirthy

50 m pistol

• Sándor Tölgyesi
• Bertalan Zsótér

50 m rifle, prone

• Ralph Berzsenyi
• Zoltán Soós-Ruszka Hradetzky
• Tibor Tary

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oszkár Abay-Nemes	100 m freestyle	1:00.2	2 Q	1:01.1	7	Did not advance
Ferenc Csik		58.3	2 Q	58.1	2 Q	57.6
Ödön Gróf		1:01.3	3	Did not advance
István Angyal	400 m freestyle	5:20.9	6	Did not advance
Ödön Gróf		4:59.4	1 Q	5:01.9	7	Did not advance
Árpád Lengyel		4:57.7	4	Did not advance
István Angyal	1500 m freestyle			Did not advance
György Erdélyi	100 m backstroke	1:14.7	5	Did not advance
Elemér Gombos		1:12.4	4	Did not advance
Árpád Lengyel		1:15.2	5	Did not advance
Árpád Lengyel Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ödön Gróf Ferenc Csik	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		9:20.8	2 Q	9:12.3

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilona Ács	100 m freestyle	1:12.7	4	Did not advance
Vera Harsányi		1:11.5	6	Did not advance
Magda Lenkei		1:09.9	2 Q	1:12.1	8	Did not advance
Ágnes Bíró	400 m freestyle	6:14.3	4	Did not advance
Vera Harsányi		6:14.7	5	Did not advance
Borbála Sóthy		6:14.8	2 Q	6:11.2	7	Did not advance
Irén Győrffy	100 m backstroke	1:25.8	6	Did not advance
Ilona Ács Ágnes Bíró Vera Harsányi Magda Lenkei	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		4:50.6	4 q	4:48.0	=4

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Hungary at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database