Hungary at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Wembley Park, London, England. 128 competitors, 107 men and 21 women, took part in 76 events in 15 sports.[1]

Hungary at the
1948 Summer Olympics
IOC codeHUN
NOCHungarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in London, United Kingdom
July 29-August 14, 1948
Competitors128 (107 men and 21 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearerImre Németh
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
10
Silver
5
Bronze
12
Total
27
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists edit

Multiple medalists edit

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1948 Olympic Games.

Name Medal Sport Event
Aladár Gerevich   Gold
  Gold
Fencing Men's team sabre
Men's sabre
Ferenc Pataki   Gold
  Bronze
  Bronze
Gymnastics Men's floor
Men's artistic individual all-around
Men's vault
Pál Kovács   Gold
  Bronze
Fencing Men's team sabre
Men's sabre
János Mogyorósi-Klencs   Silver
  Bronze
  Bronze
Gymnastics Men's floor
Men's artistic individual all-around
Men's vault
Géza Kádas   Silver
  Bronze
Swimming Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Men's 100 m freestyle
György Mitró   Silver
  Bronze
Swimming Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Men's 1500 m freestyle

Athletics edit

Basketball edit

Boxing edit

Canoeing edit

Diving edit

Fencing edit

18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1948.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Gymnastics edit

Modern pentathlon edit

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1948.

Rowing edit

Hungary had nine male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1948.[2]

Men's double sculls
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four

Shooting edit

Four shooters represented Hungary in 1948. Károly Takács won a gold medal in the 25 metre pistol event.

25 metre pistol
50 metre pistol

Swimming edit

Water polo edit

Weightlifting edit

Wrestling edit

Art competitions edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Hungary at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

External links edit