Hungary at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | HUN |
NOC | Hungarian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Grenoble, France February 6-18, 1968 | |
Competitors | 10 (8 men and 2 women) in 4 sports |
Flag bearer | Mihály Martos [1] |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Hungary competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
15 km | Miklós Holló | 58:37.2 | 64 |
Tibor Holéczy | 53:35.9 | 49 | |
30 km | Miklós Holló | 1'53:41.1 | 59 |
Tibor Holéczy | 1'51:42.0 | 57 | |
50 km | Miklós Holló | 2'51:24.1 | 45 |
Tibor Holéczy | 2'45:38.0 | 42 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
5 km | Éva Balázs | 18:05.8 | 27 |
10 km | Éva Balázs | 40:58.3 | 24 |
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Jenö Ebert | 17 | 24 | 1595.4 | 180 | 19 |
Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
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Zsuzsa Almássy | 6 | 8 | 1757.0 | 57 | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Mihály Gellér | Normal hill | 64.0 (fall) | 45.2 | 67.5 | 83.8 | 129.0 | 58 |
László Gellér | 73.0 | 98.6 | 69.5 | 91.0 | 189.6 | 34 | |
Mihály Gellér | Large hill | 85.5 | 80.6 | 92.0 (fall) | 57.2 | 137.8 | 56 |
László Gellér | 95.0 | 98.9 | 90.0 | 92.4 | 191.3 | 19 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | György Martos | 43.0 | 38 |
Mihály Martos | 42.5 | 31 | |
1500 m | Mihály Martos | 2:15.8 | 45 |
György Ivánkai | 2:12.6 | 29 | |
György Martos | 2:12.2 | 27 | |
5000 m | György Ivánkai | 8:07.5 | 31 |
10,000 m | György Ivánkai | 17:36.2 | 27 |
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