Hungary at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Hungary at the
1936 Winter Olympics

IOC code| HUN
NOC| Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website| www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors| 25 (22 men and 3 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer| Levente Balatoni[1]
Medals
Ranked 10th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Hungary competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Bronze | Emilia Rotter
László Szollás | Figure skating | Pairs

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Downhill  | Slalom  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time 1  | Time 2  | Rank  | Total points  | Rank
Levente Balatoni | Combined  | 6:36.6  | 38  | DNF  | - | - | DNF  | -
László Szalay | 6:14.4  | 32  | 1:27.6  | 1:29.9  | 12  | 79.68  | 19
Károly Kővári | 6:00.4  | 27  | 1:44.8  | 1:43.6  | 28  | 75.05  | 27
Imre Csík | 5:48.2  | 21  | 1:48.5  | 2:08.2  | 32  | 72.24  | 30

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | CF  | FS  | Places  | Points  | Final rank

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Dénes Pataky | Men's singles  | 7  | 11  | 60  | 374.8  | 9
Elemér Terták | 9  | 8  | 56  | 379.0  | 8

Women
Athlete  | Event  | CF  | FS  | Places  | Points  | Final rank

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Éva von Botond | Women's singles  | 11  | 17  | 106  | 356.1  | 15

Pairs
Athletes  | Points  | Score  | Final rank

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Piroska Szekrényessy
Attila Szekrényessy | 38.5  | 10.6  | 4
Emília Rotter
László Szollás | 32.5  | 10.8  |

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

### Group C

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Top two teams advanced to semifinals

| Pld  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6
Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4
France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2
Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0
6 February |  Hungary | 11-2
(1-1,2-0,8-1) |  Belgium

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7 February |  Hungary | 3-0
(0-0,1-0,2-0) |  France
8 February |  Czechoslovakia | 3-0
(1-0,1-0,1-0) |  Hungary

### Group A

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Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.

| Pld  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5
Canada | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 4
Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3
Hungary | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0
11 February |  Germany | 2-1
(0-0,1-0,1-1) |  Hungary

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12 February |  Canada | 15-0
(3-0,9-0,3-0) |  Hungary
13 February |  Great Britain | 5-1
(1-0,3-1,1-0) |  Hungary

* Team Roster

* István Hircsák
* Ferenc Monostori
* Miklós Barcza
* László Róna
* Frigyes Helmeczi
* Sándor Minder
* András Gergely
* László Gergely
* Béla Háray
* Zoltán Jeney
* Sándor Miklos
* Ferenc Szmosi
* Mátyás Farkas
* György Margó

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Events:

* 18 km cross-country skiing
* normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete  | Event  | Cross-country  | Ski Jumping  | Total

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Time  | Points  | Rank  | Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Total points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
László Szalay | Individual  | DNF  | - | - | - | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Károly Kovári | DNF  | - | - | - | - | - | - | DNF  | -

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
1500 m  | László Hídvéghy | 2:29.0  | 25
5000 m  | László Hídvéghy | 8:53.2  | 17
10,000 m  | László Hídvéghy | 18:04.0  | 14

## References

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1. ^ "Levente Balatoni". olympedia.org. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

## Sources

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* (ed.) Peter von le Fort (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Reichssportverlag. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2008-06-10. `{{cite book}}`: `|author=` has generic name (help)
* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
* Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com

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