Hungary at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Hungary at the; 1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Melbourne, Australia / Stockholm, Sweden ; November 22-December 8, 1956
Competitors	108 (88 men and 20 woman) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	József Csermák
Medals ; Ranked 4th	Gold9Silver10Bronze7Total26
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Last updated November 24, 2025

Hungary competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 108 competitors, 88 men and 20 women, took part in 80 events in 12 sports.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	János Urányi László Fábián	Canoeing	Men's K-2 10000 metres	30 November
Gold	László Papp	Boxing	Men's light middleweight	1 December
Gold	Aladár Gerevich Rudolf Kárpáti Pál Kovács Attila Keresztes Jenő Hámori Dániel Magay	Fencing	Men's team sabre	3 December
Gold	Rudolf Kárpáti	Fencing	Men's sabre	5 December
Gold	Ágnes Keleti	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars	7 December
Gold	Ágnes Keleti	Gymnastics	Women's balance beam	7 December
Gold	Ágnes Keleti	Gymnastics	Women's floor	7 December
Gold	Andrea Molnár-Bodó Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Aliz Kertész Margit Korondi Olga Tass	Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus	7 December
Gold	Hungary men's national water polo team László Jeney István Hevesi Dezső Gyarmati Kálmán Markovits Tivadar Kanizsa István Szívós György Kárpáti Ottó Boros Mihály Mayer Antal Bolvári Ervin Zádor Miklós Martin	Water polo	Men's tournament	7 December
Silver	József Kovács	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	23 November
Silver	József Sákovics Béla Rerrich Lajos Balthazár Ambrus Nagy József Marosi Barnabás Berzsenyi	Fencing	Men's team épée	28 November
Silver	Sándor Rozsnyói	Athletics	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	29 November
Silver	Ferenc Hatlaczky	Canoeing	Men's K-1 10000 metres	30 November
Silver	Éva Székely	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	30 November
Silver	István Hernek	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres	1 December
Silver	János Parti	Canoeing	Men's C-1 10000 metres	1 December
Silver	Imre Polyák	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight	6 December
Silver	Ágnes Keleti	Gymnastics	Women's artistic individual all-around	7 December
Silver	Andrea Molnár-Bodó Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Aliz Kertész Margit Korondi Olga Tass	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around	7 December
Bronze	Endre Tilli József Sákovics József Gyuricza Mihály Fülöp Lajos Somodi Sr. József Marosi	Fencing	Men's team foil	23 November
Bronze	Imre Farkas József Hunics	Canoeing	Men's C-2 10000 metres	30 November
Bronze	Lajos Kiss	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres	1 December
Bronze	Károly Wieland Ferenc Mohácsi	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres	1 December
Bronze	György Tumpek	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	1 December
Bronze	Gyula Tóth	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight	6 December
Bronze	Olga Tass	Gymnastics	Women's vault	7 December

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Gymnastics	4	2	1	7
Fencing	2	1	1	4
Canoeing	1	3	3	7
Boxing	1	0	0	1
Water polo	1	0	0	1
Athletics	0	2	0	2
Swimming	0	1	1	2
Wrestling	0	1	1	2
Total	9	10	7	26

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	5	7	6	18
Female	4	3	1	8
Total	9	10	7	26

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1956 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Ágnes Keleti	Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver Silver	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars Women's balance beam Women's floor Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic individual all-around Women's artistic team all-around
Rudolf Kárpáti	Gold Gold	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
Olga Tass	Gold Silver Bronze	Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic team all-around Women's vault
Andrea Molnár-Bodó	Gold Silver	Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic team all-around
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles	Gold Silver	Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic team all-around
Aliz Kertész	Gold Silver	Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic team all-around
Margit Korondi	Gold Silver	Gymnastics	Women's team portable apparatus Women's artistic team all-around
József Sákovics	Silver Bronze	Fencing	Men's team épée Men's team foil
József Marosi	Silver Bronze	Fencing	Men's team épée Men's team foil

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
István Hernek	C-1 1000 m	—		5:06.2
János Parti	C-1 1000 m	—		57:11.0
Károly Wieland Ferenc Mohácsi	C-2 1000 m	5:02.5	1 Q	4:54.3
Imre Farkas József Hunics	C-2 10000 m	—		55:15.6
Lajos Kiss	K-1 1000 m	4:35.8	2 Q	4:16.2
Ferenc Hatlaczky	K-1 10000 m	—		47:53.3
Imre Vágyóczky Zoltán Szigeti	K-2 1000 m	4:00.3	5	did not advance
János Urányi László Fábián	K-2 10000 m	—		43:37.0

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cecilia Berkes	K-1 500 m	2:25.3	2 Q	2:23.5	4

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Siák Ferenc	3 m springboard	74.60	13	did not advance
Siák Ferenc	10 m platform	72.85	9 Q	65.98	6	138.83	7
Gerlach József	3 m springboard	80.45	8 Q	55.63	7	136.08	8
Gerlach József	10 m platform	77.77	3 Q	71.48	3	149.25	4

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1956.

Individual

Team

Gábor Benedek
János Bódy
Antal Moldrich

Rowing

Hungary had four male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Csaba Kovács Rezső Riheczky Zoltán Kávay Géza Ütő	Coxless four	6:40.6	2 R	8:17.0	2	did not advance

Shooting

Five shooters represented Hungary in 1956.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Miklós Kocsis	100m running deer	416	5
Miklós Kovács	100m running deer	417	4
Sándor Krebs	300 m rifle, three positions	1078	9
	50 m rifle, three positions	1154	10
	50 m rifle, prone	598	6
Szilárd Kun	25 m rapid fire pistol	578	6
Károly Takács	25 m rapid fire pistol	575	8

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gyula Dobay	100 m freestyle	58.5	=14 Q	58.1	=10	Did not advance
Jenő Áts	400 m freestyle	4:47.6	22	—		Did not advance
György Csordás	1500 m freestyle	19:44.2	18	—		Did not advance
Sándor Záborszky	1500 m freestyle	19:01.2	10	—		Did not advance
László Magyar	100 m backstroke	1:06.1	7 Q	1:07.6	=13	Did not advance
István Szívós	200 m breaststroke	3:18.7	16	—		Did not advance
Jenő Áts	200 m butterfly	2:31.1	10	—		Did not advance
György Tumpek	200 m butterfly	2:23.3	2 Q	—		2:23.9
Gyula Dobay György Csordás Sándor Záborszky Jenő Áts	4 × 200 m freestyle	8:57.2	10	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valéria Gyenge	100 m freestyle	1:06.6	11 Q	1:06.4	11	Did not advance
Zsuzsa Ördög		1:06.5	=9 Q	1:06.9	=14	Did not advance
Katalin Szőke		1:08.0	17	Did not advance
Valéria Gyenge	400 m freestyle	5:14.2	7 Q	—		5:21.0	8
Ripszima Székely	400 m freestyle	5:10.5	6 Q	—		5:14.2	5
Éva Pajor	100 m backstroke	1:15.3	9	—		Did not advance
Judit Temes	100 m backstroke	1:17.6	20	—		Did not advance
Klára Killermann	200 m breaststroke	2:54.6	2 Q	—		2:56.1	5
Éva Székely	200 m breaststroke	2:55.8	4 Q	—		2:54.8
Mária Littomeritzky	100 m butterfly	1:15.2	5 Q	—		1:14.9	4
Mária Littomeritzky Katalin Szőke Judit Temes Valéria Gyenge	4 × 100 m freestyle	4:28.1	5 Q	—		4:31.1	7

Water polo

Wrestling

References

↑ "Flagbearers for Hungary". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 28 December 2023.
↑ "Hungary at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

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[1] "Flagbearers for Hungary". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 28 December 2023.

[sports-reference-2] "Hungary at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-10-17.

[3] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

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v t e Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden
Africa	(Egypt)* Ethiopia Kenya Liberia Nigeria South Africa Uganda
America	Argentina Bahamas Bermuda Brazil British Guiana Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Jamaica Mexico Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma (Cambodia)* Ceylon Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan South Korea Malaya North Borneo Pakistan Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg (Netherlands)* Norway Poland Portugal Romania Soviet Union (Spain)* Sweden (Switzerland)* Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand
Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)