Hungary at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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 10 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 16
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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
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

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

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
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

Boxing

Cycling

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

Equestrian

Fencing

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

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	20	0	+20	6	Semi-finals
2	Japan	3	2	1	8	11	−3	4
3	Hungary	3	1	2	4	8	−4	2
4	United States	3	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: TheSports.org

5 August 1936
18:00

India	4–0	Hungary
Singh 25', 39', ?' Jaffar	Report

Umpires:
Jaap Quarles Van Ufford (NED)
A. Demaurex (SUI)

8 August 1936
18:00

Japan	3–1	Hungary
	Report

10 August 1936
18:00

Hungary	3–1	United States
	Report

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathlete represented Hungary in 1936.

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

Polo

Rowing

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

Shooting

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

Water polo

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

"Hungary at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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.

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[sports-reference-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.