Hungary at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

Hungary at the
1936 Summer Olympics

IOC code| HUN
NOC| Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website| www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Berlin, Nazi Germany
1–16 August 1936
Competitors| 216 (197 men and 19 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer| Péter Bácsalmási
Medals
Ranked 3rd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The Kingdom of Hungary competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 216 competitors, 197 men and 19 women, took part in 104 events in 21 sports.[1]

## Medalists

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Further information: 1936 Summer Olympics medal table

| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Károly Kárpáti | Wrestling | Men's freestyle lightweight | 4 August
Gold | Ödön Zombori | Wrestling | Men's freestyle bantamweight | 5 August
Gold | Ilona Elek | Fencing | Women's foil | 5 August
Gold | Ibolya Csák | Athletics | Women's high jump | 9 August
Gold | Márton Lőrincz | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight | 9 August
Gold | Ferenc Csik | Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle | 9 August
Gold | Aladár Gerevich
Tibor Berczelly
Pál Kovács
Endre Kabos
László Rajcsányi
Imre Rajczy | Fencing | Men's team sabre | 13 August
Gold | István Énekes | Boxing | Men's lightweight | 15 August
Gold | Endre Kabos | Fencing | Men's sabre | 15 August
Gold | Hungary men's national water polo team

* Mihály Bozsi
* Jenö Brandi
* Mihály Bozsi
* Olivér Halassy
* Kálmán Hazai
* Márton Homonnai
* György Kutasi
* István Molnár
* János Németh
* Miklós Sárkány
* Sándor Tarics

| Water polo | Men's tournament | 15 August
Silver | Ralph Berzsenyi | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle prone | 8 August
Bronze | József Palotás | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman middleweight | 9 August
Bronze | Árpád Lengyel
Oszkár Abay-Nemes
Ödön Gróf
Ferenc Csik | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 11 August
Bronze | Margit Csillik
Judit Tóth
Margit Nagy-Sándor
Gabriella Mészáros
Eszter Voit
Olga Törös
Ilona Madary
Margit Kalocsai | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around | 12 August
Bronze | Aladár Gerevich | Fencing | Men's sabre | 15 August
Bronze | József von Platthy | Equestrian | Men's individual jumping | 16 August

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

| Medals by sport

Sport |  |  |  | Total
Fencing | 3  | 0  | 1  | 4
Wrestling | 3  | 0  | 1  | 4
Swimming | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2
Athletics | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
Boxing | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
Water polo | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
Shooting | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
Equestrian | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Gymnastics | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Total  | 10  | 1  | 5  | 16

Medals by gender

Gender |  |  |  | Total
Male  | 8  | 1  | 4  | 13
Female  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3
Total  | 10  | 1  | 5  | 16

### Multiple medalists

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The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.

Name  | Medal  | Sport  | Event

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Endre Kabos |  Gold
Gold | Fencing | Men's team sabre
Men's sabre
Aladár Gerevich |  Gold
Bronze | Fencing | Men's team sabre
Men's sabre
Ferenc Csik |  Gold
Bronze | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle
Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Hungary in 1936.

Individual road race

* János Bognár
* István Liszkay
* István Adorján
* Károly Nemes-Nótás

Team road race

* János Bognár
* István Liszkay
* István Adorján
* Károly Nemes-Nótás

Sprint

* Imre Győrffy

Time trial

* László Orczán

Tandem

* Miklós Németh
* Ferenc Pelvássy

Team pursuit

* István Liszkay
* Miklós Németh
* László Orczán
* Ferenc Pelvássy

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Points  | Rank
László Hidvégi | 3 m springboard | 107.49  | 18
László Hódi | 85.42  | 22
László Hidvégi | 10 m platform | 80.14  | 18
László Hódi | 89.25  | 11

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

19 fencers, 16 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1936.

Men's foil

* Béla Bay
* József Hátszeghy
* Lajos Maszlay

Men's team foil

* József Hátszeghy, Lajos Maszlay, Aladár Gerevich, Béla Bay, Ottó Hátszeghy, Antal Zirczy

Men's épée

* Béla Bay
* Rezső von Bartha
* Pál Dunay

Men's team épée

* Jenő Borovszki, Tibor Székelyhidy, Béla Bay, Pál Dunay, István Bezegh-Huszágh

Men's sabre

* Endre Kabos
* Aladár Gerevich
* László Rajcsányi

Men's team sabre

* Aladár Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Pál Kovács, Endre Kabos, László Rajcsányi, Imre Rajczy

Women's foil

* Ilona Elek-Schacherer
* Ilona Vargha
* Erna Bogen-Bogáti

## Field hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics

### Preliminary round

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  India | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 20  | 0  | +20  | 6  | Semi-finals
2  |  Japan | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 8  | 11  | −3  | 4  |
3  |  Hungary | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 8  | −4  | 2
4  |  United States | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 15  | −13  | 0

Source: TheSports.org

| 5 August 1936
18:00

India | 4–0  |  Hungary

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Singh 25', 39', ?'
Jaffar | Report |
Umpires:
Jaap Quarles Van Ufford (NED)
A. Demaurex (SUI)

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| 8 August 1936
18:00

Japan | 3–1  |  Hungary

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| Report |

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| 10 August 1936
18:00

Hungary | 3–1  |  United States

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| Report |

## Football

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Main article: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathlete represented Hungary in 1936.

* Nándor von Orbán
* Rezső von Bartha
* Lajos von Sipeki-von Balás

## Polo

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Main article: Polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Hungary had 23 rowers participate in seven out of seven rowing events in 1936.[2]

Men's single sculls

* László Kozma

Men's double sculls

* Károly Bazini
* Egon Bazini

Men's coxless pair

* Károly Győry
* Tibor Mamusich

Men's coxed pair

* Károly Győry
* Tibor Mamusich
* László Molnár (cox)

Men's coxless four

* Ferenc Dobos
* Frigyes Pabsz
* Tibor Vadai
* Gyula Halmay

Men's coxed four

* Miklós Mihó
* Vilmos Éden
* Ákos Inotay
* Alajos Szilassy
* László Molnár (cox)

Men's eight

* Pál Domonkos
* Sándor von Korompay
* Hugó Ballya
* Imre Kapossy
* Antal Szendey
* Gábor Alapy
* Frigyes Hollósi
* László Szabó
* Ervin Kereszthy (cox)

## Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Eight shooters represented Hungary in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

* László Vadnay
* Jakab Kőszegi
* Dezső von Zirthy

50 m pistol

* Sándor Tölgyesi
* Bertalan Zsótér

50 m rifle, prone

* Ralph Berzsenyi
* Zoltán Soós-Ruszka Hradetzky
* Tibor Tary

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Oszkár Abay-Nemes | 100 m freestyle | 1:00.2  | 2 Q | 1:01.1  | 7  | Did not advance
Ferenc Csik | 58.3  | 2 Q | 58.1  | 2 Q | 57.6  |
Ödön Gróf | 1:01.3  | 3  | Did not advance
István Angyal | 400 m freestyle | 5:20.9  | 6  | Did not advance
Ödön Gróf | 4:59.4  | 1 Q | 5:01.9  | 7  | Did not advance
Árpád Lengyel | 4:57.7  | 4  | Did not advance
István Angyal | 1500 m freestyle |  |  | Did not advance
György Erdélyi | 100 m backstroke | 1:14.7  | 5  | Did not advance
Elemér Gombos | 1:12.4  | 4  | Did not advance
Árpád Lengyel | 1:15.2  | 5  | Did not advance
Árpád Lengyel
Oszkár Abay-Nemes
Ödön Gróf
Ferenc Csik | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | —  | 9:20.8  | 2 Q | 9:12.3  |

Women

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Ilona Ács | 100 m freestyle | 1:12.7  | 4  | Did not advance
Vera Harsányi | 1:11.5  | 6  | Did not advance
Magda Lenkei | 1:09.9  | 2 Q | 1:12.1  | 8  | Did not advance
Ágnes Bíró | 400 m freestyle | 6:14.3  | 4  | Did not advance
Vera Harsányi | 6:14.7  | 5  | Did not advance
Borbála Sóthy | 6:14.8  | 2 Q | 6:11.2  | 7  | Did not advance
Irén Győrffy | 100 m backstroke | 1:25.8  | 6  | Did not advance
Ilona Ács
Ágnes Bíró
Vera Harsányi
Magda Lenkei | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | —  | 4:50.6  | 4 q | 4:48.0  | =4

## Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## Art competitions

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Main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Hungary at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

## External links

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database

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