Hungary at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Hungary at the
1948 Winter Olympics
Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg
IOC code HUN
NOC Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website www.olimpia.hu  (in Hungarian and English)
in St. Moritz, Switzerland
30 January–8 February 1948
Competitors22 (17 men and 5 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer András Harangvölgyi (cross-country)
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Hungary competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Andrea Kékesy
Ede Király
Figure skating Pairs

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lajos Máté Downhill4:09.084
György Libik 3:55.377
Károly Kővári 3:49.165
Tamás Székely 3:36.052
Sándor Mazány 3:31.449
Péter Szikla 3:30.448
György Libik SlalomDSQDSQ
Lajos Máté 1:40.1501:20.5423:00.648
Tamás Székely 1:26.9 (+0:05)351:15.8342:42.735
Péter Szikla 1:15.1221:14.1322:29.225

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)
Time 1Time 2RankPointsRank
Lajos Máté 2:19.31:46.26689.6266
Károly Kővári 1:32.51:24.24048.3546
Tamás Székely 1:28.41:20.93537.7935
Péter Szikla 1:24.11:12.12029.1430
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Anikó Iglói Downhill3:07.136
Anikó Iglói Slalom1:30.2241:18.7202:48.922

Women's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)
Time 1Time 2RankPointsRank
Anikó Iglói DNFDNF

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Imre Beták 1'29:2457
András Harangvölgyi 1'28:1049

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank
Ede Király 55174.400425
Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank
Éva Lindner 2217134.18819221
Marika Saáry 1714140.94414217
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesFinal rank
Marianna Nagy
László Nagy
9.909897
Andrea Kékesy
Ede Király
11.10926Silver medal icon.svg

Ski jumping

AthleteEventDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRank
Pál ványa Normal hillDNFDNF
Ferenc Hemrik 53.061.0183.334

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Iván Ruttkay 47.437
Ákos Elekfy 46.834
Kornél Pajor 45.721
Janós Kilián 44.814
1500 m Gedeon Ladányi 2:31.339
Janós Kilián 2:22.515
Kornél Pajor 2:22.214
Iván Ruttkay 2:21.210
5000 m Gedeon Ladányi 9:30.235
Ákos Elekfy 9:18.629
Iván Ruttkay 8:46.913
Kornél Pajor 8:45.210
10,000 m Janós Kilián 20:23.816
Iván Ruttkay 20:16.515
Kornél Pajor 17:45.64

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