Hungary at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 184 competitors, 157 men and 27 women, took part in 107 events in 18 sports.[1]

Hungary at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeHUN
NOCHungarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Rome
Competitors184 (157 men and 27 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearerJános Simon
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
6
Silver
8
Bronze
7
Total
21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Gold
The Hungarian sabre team led by Aladár Gerevich (center). Pál Kovács is above him and Rudolf Kárpáti is above-left.

Silver
  • Zoltán Horváth — Fencing, Men's Sabre individual
  • Imre Nagy — Modern pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
  • Imre Polyák — Wrestling, Featherweight
  • Imre Szöllősi — Canoe racing, Men's K-1 1000 metres
  • Gyula Zsivótzky — Athletics, Men's Hammer throw
  • György Mészáros, András Szente — Canoe racing, Men's K-2 1000 metres
  • Imre Kemeczei, György Mészáros, András Szente, Imre Szöllősi — Canoe racing, Men's K-1 4x500 metres
  • Lídia Dömölky, Katalin Juhász, Györgyi Marvalits, Magda Nyári, Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Team foil

Bronze

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Hungary in 1960.

Individual road race
  • Ferenc Stámusz
  • János Dévai
  • Ferenc Horváth
  • Győző Török
1000m time trial
  • János Söre

Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

21 fencers, 16 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1960.

Men's foil
  • Mihály Fülöp
  • Jenő Kamuti
  • László Kamuti
Men's team foil
  • Ferenc Czvikovszki, Jenő Kamuti, Mihály Fülöp, László Kamuti, József Gyuricza, József Sákovics
Men's épée
Men's team épée
  • József Marosi, Tamás Gábor, István Kausz, József Sákovics, Árpád Bárány
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football
Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1960. The team won gold and Ferenc Németh won an individual gold and Imre Nagy won silver.

Individual
  • Ferenc Németh
  • Imre Nagy
  • András Balczó
Team
  • Ferenc Németh
  • Imre Nagy
  • András Balczó

Rowing

Hungary had nine male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1960.[2]

Men's coxed pair
  • Pál Wágner
  • László Munteán
  • Gyula Lengyel (cox)
Men's coxless four
  • Lajos Kiss
  • György Sarlós
  • József Sátori
  • Béla Zsitnik
Men's coxed four
  • Tibor Bedekovits
  • Csaba Kovács
  • László Munteán
  • Pál Wágner
  • Gyula Lengyel (cox)

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Ten shooters represented Hungary in 1960.

25 m pistol
  • Ferenc Kun
  • József Gyönyörű
50 m pistol
  • Ambrus Balogh
300 m rifle, three positions
  • Sándor Krebs
  • Miklós Szabó
50 m rifle, three positions
  • János Holup
  • Imre Simkó
50 m rifle, prone
  • János Dosztály
  • Imre Simkó
Trap
  • Ede Szomjas
  • Károly Kulin-Nagy

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "Hungary at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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