Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Helsinki, Finland July 19-August 3, 1952
Competitors	189 (162 men and 27 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Imre Németh
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 16 Silver 10 Bronze 16 Total 42
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Hungary competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 189 competitors, 162 men and 27 women, took part in 107 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Hungary finished in third position in the final medal rankings, behind only the United States and Soviet Union.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Ágnes Keleti Gymnastics Women's floor 23 July  Gold Margit Korondi Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 23 July  Gold József Csermák Athletics Men's hammer throw 24 July  Gold Gábor Benedek István Szondy Aladár Kovácsi Modern pentathlon Men's team 25 July  Gold Imre Hódos Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight 27 July  Gold Miklós Szilvásy Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman welterweight 27 July  Gold Károly Takács Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 28 July  Gold Katalin Szőke Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 28 July  Gold Éva Székely Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 29 July  Gold Aladár Gerevich Tibor Berczelly Rudolf Kárpáti Pál Kovács László Rajcsányi Bertalan Papp Fencing Men's team sabre 30 July  Gold Pál Kovács Fencing Men's sabre 1 August  Gold Ilona Novák Judit Temes Éva Novák-Gerard Katalin Szőke Mária Littomeritzky Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 1 August  Gold László Papp Boxing Men's light middleweight 2 August  Gold Valéria Gyenge Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 2 August  Gold Hungary men's national water polo team László Jeney György Vízvári Dezső Gyarmati Kálmán Markovits Antal Bolvári István Szívós György Kárpáti Károly Szittya Róbert Antal Dezső Fábián István Hasznos Dezső Lemhényi Miklós Martin Water polo Men's tournament 2 August  Gold Hungary national football team Gyula Grosics Jenő Buzánszky Gyula Lóránt Mihály Lantos József Bozsik József Zakariás Nándor Hidegkuti Sándor Kocsis Péter Palotás Ferenc Puskás Zoltán Czibor László Budai Lajos Csordás Jenő Dalnoki Imre Kovács Football Men's tournament 2 August  Silver Margit Korondi Ágnes Keleti Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Mária Zalai-Kövi Andrea Molnár-Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 24 July  Silver Gábor Benedek Modern pentathlon Men's individual 25 July  Silver Ilona Elek-Schacherer Fencing Women's foil 27 July  Silver Imre Polyák Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight 27 July  Silver Gábor Novák Canoeing Men's C-1 10000 metres 27 July  Silver Szilárd Kun Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 28 July  Silver János Parti Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 28 July  Silver Éva Novák-Gerard Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 29 July  Silver Aladár Gerevich Fencing Men's sabre 1 August  Silver Éva Novák-Gerard Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 2 August  Bronze Antal Róka Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 21 July  Bronze Ödön Földessy Athletics Men's long jump 21 July  Bronze Endre Tilli Aladár Gerevich Endre Palócz Lajos Maszlay Tibor Berczelly József Sákovics Fencing Men's team foil 22 July  Bronze Margit Korondi Gymnastics Women's floor 23 July  Bronze Margit Korondi Gymnastics Women's balance beam 23 July  Bronze Ágnes Keleti Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 23 July  Bronze Margit Korondi Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around 23 July  Bronze Imre Németh Athletics Men's hammer throw 24 July  Bronze Margit Korondi Ágnes Keleti Edit Perényi-Weckinger Olga Tass Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Mária Zalai-Kövi Andrea Molnár-Bodó Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Gymnastics Women's team portable apparatus 24 July  Bronze Ambrus Balogh Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol 25 July  Bronze István Szondy Modern pentathlon Men's individual 25 July  Bronze György Gurics Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight 27 July  Bronze László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 27 July  Bronze Ferenc Varga József Gurovits Canoeing Men's K-2 10000 metres 27 July  Bronze Judit Temes Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle 28 July  Bronze Tibor Berczelly Fencing Men's sabre 1 August Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 4 2 1 7 Fencing 2 2 2 6 Gymnastics 2 1 5 8 Wrestling 2 1 1 4 Modern pentathlon 1 1 1 3 Shooting 1 1 1 3 Athletics 1 0 4 5 Boxing 1 0 0 1 Football 1 0 0 1 Water polo 1 0 0 1 Canoeing 0 2 1 3 Total 16 10 16 42 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 10 6 10 23 Female 6 4 6 4 Total 16 10 16 42

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1952 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Pál Kovács	Gold  Gold	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre
Katalin Szőke	Gold  Gold	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Éva Novák-Gerard	Gold  Silver  Silver	Swimming	Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Women's 200 m breaststroke Women's 400 m freestyle
Margit Korondi	Gold  Silver  Bronze  Bronze  Bronze  Bronze	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars Women's artistic team all-around Women's floor Women's balance beam Women's artistic individual all-around Women's team portable apparatus
Ágnes Keleti	Gold  Silver  Bronze  Bronze	Gymnastics	Women's floor Women's artistic team all-around Women's uneven bars Women's team portable apparatus
Aladár Gerevich	Gold  Silver  Bronze	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre Men's team foil
Gábor Benedek	Gold  Silver	Modern pentathlon	Men's team Men's individual
Tibor Berczelly	Gold  Bronze  Bronze	Fencing	Men's team sabre Men's sabre Men's team foil
István Szondy	Gold  Bronze	Modern pentathlon	Men's team Men's individual
Judit Temes	Gold  Bronze	Swimming	Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay Women's 100 m freestyle
Edit Perényi-Weckinger	Silver  Bronze	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus
Olga Tass	Silver  Bronze	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus
Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles	Silver  Bronze	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus
Mária Zalai-Kövi	Silver  Bronze	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus
Andrea Molnár-Bodó	Silver  Bronze	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus
Irén Daruházi-Karcsics	Silver  Bronze	Gymnastics	Women's artistic team all-around Women's team portable apparatus

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Qualification Round (Group B)

• Defeated Greece (75-38)
• Lost to Philippines (35-48)
• Defeated Greece (47-44)

• Main Round (Group A)

• Lost to United States (48-66)
• Lost to Uruguay (56-70)
• Lost to Czechoslovakia (39-63) → did not advance, 15th place

• Team Roster

• László Bánhegyi
• Pál Bogár
• György Bokor
• Tibor Cselkó
• Tibor Czinkán
• János Greminger
• László Hódy
• Tibor Mezőfi
• Péter Papp
• János Simon
• Gyula Telegdy
• Tibor Zsíros

Boxing

Men's Flyweight:

• Kornél Molnár

1. First Round – Lost to William Michael Toweel of South Africa (0 - 3)

Men's Featherweight:

• János Erdei

1. First Round – Defeated Georges Malézanoff of Bulgaria (2 - 1)
2. Second Round – Defeated Kurt Schirra of Saarland (3 - 0)
3. Third Round – Lost to Jan Zachara of Czechoslovakia (1 - 2)

Men's Lightweight:

• István Juhász

1. First Round – Defeated Luis Albino Acuña of Uruguay (3 - 0)
2. Second Round – Defeated Clayton Orten Kenny of Canada (2 - 1)
3. Third Round – Lost to Aureliano Bolognesi of Italy (1 - 2)

Light-welterweight

• Béla Farkas

1. First Round – Lost to Pavle Šovljanski of Yugoslavia (0 - 3)

Men's Welterweight:

• Pál Budai

1. First Round – Lost to Günther Heidemann of Germany (1 - 2)

Men's Light-Middleweight:

• László Papp → Gold Medal

1. First Round – Defeated Ellsworth Webb of United States (KO 2R)
2. Second Round – Defeated Charles Chase of Canada (KO 2R)
3. Third Round – Defeated Petar Stankoff Spassoff of Bulgaria (3 - 0)
4. Semifinal – Defeated Eladio Oscar Herrera of Argentina (3 - 0)
5. Final – Defeated Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk of South Africa (3 - 0)

Men's Middleweight:

• Mátyás Plachy

1. First Round – Lost to Nelson de Paula Andrade of Brazil (1 - 2)

Men's Light-heavyweight

• István Fazekas

1. First Round – Lost to Toon Pastor of Netherlands (0 - 3)

Men's Heavyweight:

• László Bene

1. Second Round – Lost to Ilkka Koski of Finland (KO 2R)

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• István Lang — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• István Schillerwein — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Lajos Látó — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• István Lang

• Final — 1:16.9 (→ 18th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Béla Szekeres — 6th place

Fencing

17 fencers, 14 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1952.

Men's foil

• Endre Tilli
• Lajos Maszlay
• Endre Palócz

Men's team foil

• Endre Tilli, Aladár Gerevich, Endre Palócz, Lajos Maszlay, Tibor Berczelly, József Sákovics

Men's épée

• József Sákovics
• Barnabás Berzsenyi
• Béla Rerrich

Men's team épée

• Lajos Balthazár, Barnabás Berzsenyi, Béla Rerrich, József Sákovics, Imre Hennyei

Men's sabre

• Pál Kovács
• Aladár Gerevich
• Tibor Berczelly

Men's team sabre

• Aladár Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, László Rajcsányi, Bertalan Papp

Women's foil

• Ilona Schachererné Elek
• Magdolna Nyári-Kovács
• Margit Elek

Football

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1952. They won gold in the team event with Gábor Benedek winning silver and István Szondy winning bronze in the individual event.

Individual

• Gábor Benedek
• István Szondy
• Aladár Kovácsi

Team

• Gábor Benedek
• István Szondy
• Aladár Kovácsi

Rowing

Hungary had 15 male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's coxed pair

• László Halász
• József Sátori
• Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

Men's coxless four

• László Decker
• Imre Kaffka
• János Hollósi
• Imre Kemény

Men's eight

• István Sándor
• Csaba Kovács
• Miklós Zágon
• Tibor Nádas
• Rezső Riheczky
• Pál Bakos
• László Marton
• Béla Zsitnik
• Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

Shooting

Six shooters represented Hungary in 1952. In the 25 m pistol event Károly Takács won gold and Szilárd Kun won silver. Ambrus Balogh won bronze in the 50 m pistol.

25 m pistol

• Károly Takács
• Szilárd Kun

50 m pistol

• Ambrus Balogh
• Ferenc Décsey

300 m rifle, three positions

• Ambrus Balogh
• Ferenc Décsey

50 m rifle, three positions

• Imre Ágoston
• János Dosztály

50 m rifle, prone

• Imre Ágoston
• János Dosztály

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling