Ferenc Forgács (also reported as ''Forgách'', sk, František Faczinek, born 25 September 1891 – 25 August 1950) was a Slovak

track and field athlete Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of ...

who competed for

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

. He was born in

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

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. In 1912 he was eliminated in the first round of the 800 metres competition as well as of the 1500 metres event.

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1891 births 1950 deaths Hungarian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Hungary Olympic athletes for Slovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bratislava 20th-century Hungarian people Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{Slovakia-athletics-bio-stub