The Hungarian Athletics Championships ( hu, Atlétikai Magyar Bajnokság, Országos Bajnokság, magyar bajnokság) are an annual outdoor

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes 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 the jumping events ...

competition organized and supervised by the

Hungarian Athletics Association The Hungarian Athletics Association ( hu, Magyar Atlétikai Szövetség, MASZ) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Hungary. Affiliations MASZ is the national member federation for Hungary in the following international organisa ...

, which serves as the Hungarian

national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

s for the sport.

History

The history of competitive athletics in

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 ...

dates back to 1875, when the Magyar Athletikai Club (MAC) was founded and organized the first public athletics event in the country. MAC continued to hold compeititons in the next decades, and with the growing popularity of the sport they were joined by newly founded clubs which had their own contests and gave out the Hungarian champion title. These, however, were not officially recognized national championships yet and the rules were also not standardized. The turning point came in 1896, when Hungary celebrated its millennium and as part of the Millenary Feast sports events of great dimensions were held in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

in the presence of

Emperor Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

, attracting over 5,000 athletes. The competition turned out to be a complete success, which gave a big boost to the athletics. A year later, on 21 March 1897 the

(HAA) was created and two races of the 1896 championship – the 100 yard and the 1 mile event – were approved as official competitions, making

Alajos Szokolyi Alajos János Szokolyi (also referred to as Alajos Szokoly, ; sk, Alojz Sokol; 19 June 1871 – 9 September 1932) was a Hungarian athlete, sports organizer, sports manager, archivist and physician. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics, ...

and

František Horn František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter *F ...

the first Hungarian Athletics Championships winners, respectively. Adding long jump and shot put in 1897, and 120 yard hurdles and 440 yard in 1901 to the events' list, MAC continued to organize the championships until 1903, subsequently taken over by the HAA.

Events

;Men * 100 m * 200 m * 400 m * 800 m * 1500 m * 5000 m * 10000 m * 110 m hurdles * 400 m hurdles * 3000 m steeplechase * 4 × 100 m relay * 4 × 400 m relay * High jump * Pole vault * Long jump * Triple jump * Shot put * Discus throw * Hammer throw * Javelin throw ;Women * 100 m * 200 m * 400 m * 800 m * 1500 m * 5000 m * 10000 m * 100 m hurdles * 400 m hurdles * 3000 m steeplechase * 4 × 100 m relay * 4 × 400 m relay * High jump * Pole vault * Long jump * Triple jump * Shot put * Discus throw * Hammer throw * Javelin throw

Venues

Championships records

Men

Women

References

External links

Official website of the Hungarian Athletics Association
(in Hungarian)

(in Hungarian)

(in Hungarian) {{Hungarian National Championships Recurring sporting events established in 1896 1896 establishments in Hungary National athletics competitions