Hungary competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

in Helsinki, Finland. 189 competitors, 162 men and 27 women, took part in 107 events in 15 sports.

Medalists

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Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1952 Olympic Games.

Athletics

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition *Qualification Round (Group B) :* Defeated Greece (75-38) :* Lost to Philippines (35-48) :* Defeated Greece (47-44) *Main Round (Group A) :* Lost to United States (48-66) :* Lost to Uruguay (56-70) :* Lost to Czechoslovakia (39-63) → did not advance, 15th place *Team Roster :*

László Bánhegyi László Bánhegyi (17 January 1931 – 24 December 2015) was a Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estiv ...

:* Pál Bogár :* György Bokor :* Tibor Cselkó :* Tibor Czinkán :* János Greminger :* László Hódy :* Tibor Mezőfi :* Péter Papp :*

János Simon János Simon (; 1 March 1929 – 31 October 2010) was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest-Budafok. Simon was part of the Hungarian basketball team, whi ...

:* Gyula Telegdy :* Tibor Zsíros

Boxing

Men's Flyweight: *

Kornél Molnár Kornél Molnár (born 1933) is a Hungarian boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games ...

:# First Round – Lost to William Michael Toweel of South Africa (0 - 3) Men's Featherweight: *

János Erdei János Erdei (2 November 1919 – 10 January 1997) was a Hungarian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952) ...

:# First Round – Defeated Georges Malézanoff of Bulgaria (2 - 1) :# Second Round – Defeated Kurt Schirra of Saarland (3 - 0) :# Third Round – Lost to Jan Zachara of Czechoslovakia (1 - 2) Men's Lightweight: * István Juhász :# First Round – Defeated Luis Albino Acuña of Uruguay (3 - 0) :# Second Round – Defeated Clayton Orten Kenny of Canada (2 - 1) :# Third Round – Lost to Aureliano Bolognesi of Italy (1 - 2) Light-welterweight *

Béla Farkas Béla Farkas (born 10 December 1928) is a Hungarian boxer. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as th ...

:# First Round – Lost to Pavle Šovljanski of Yugoslavia (0 - 3) Men's Welterweight: * Pál Budai :# First Round – Lost to

Günther Heidemann Günther Heidemann (October 21, 1932 – March 15, 2010) was a boxer from Germany. He was born in Berlin. He competed for Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the welterweight event, where he finished in ...

of Germany (1 - 2) Men's Light-Middleweight: * László Papp → Gold Medal :# First Round – Defeated

Ellsworth Webb Ellsworth Webb (November 20, 1931 – November 23, 2017) was an American boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Professional boxing career Ellsworth, nicknamed "Spider", was a top ranked middl ...

of United States (KO 2R) :# Second Round – Defeated Charles Chase of Canada (KO 2R) :# Third Round – Defeated

Petar Stankoff Spassoff Petar Spasov (born 13 March 1934) is a Bulgarian boxer. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( ...

of Bulgaria (3 - 0) :# Semifinal – Defeated

Eladio Oscar Herrera Eladio Herrera (February 9, 1930 - November 25, 2014) was an Argentine boxer. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Herrera won a bronze medal in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in Helsinki Hel ...

of Argentina (3 - 0) :# Final – Defeated

Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk (14 September 1929 – 27 August 2005) was a boxer from South Africa, silver medalist at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.South Africa (3 - 0) Men's Middleweight: * Mátyás Plachy :# First Round – Lost to

Nelson de Paula Andrade Nelson Andrade (18 April 1933 – 16 March 1981) was a Brazilian boxer. He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), o ...

of Brazil (1 - 2) Men's Light-heavyweight *

István Fazekas Stefan (István, Stephan) Fazekas (23 March 1898, Sátoraljaújhely, Zemplén County, Kingdom of Hungary – 3 May 1967, Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England) was a Czechoslovak–British chess master. Born in Austria-Hungary, he lived in Czechoslov ...

:# First Round – Lost to Toon Pastor of Netherlands (0 - 3) Men's Heavyweight: *

László Bene László Bene (1924 – July 1977) was a Hungarian boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known ...

:# Second Round – Lost to

Ilkka Koski Ilkka Koski (10 June 1928 – 28 February 1993) was a Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the n ...

of Finland (KO 2R)

Canoeing

Cycling

;Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) * István Lang — did not finish (→ no ranking) *

István Schillerwein István Schillerwein (13 December 1933 – 19 May 2009) was a Hungarian cyclist. He competed in four events at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) * Lajos Látó — did not finish (→ no ranking) ;Track Competition Men's 1.000m Time Trial * István Lang :* Final — 1:16.9 (→ 18th place) Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race * Béla Szekeres — 6th place

Fencing

17 fencers, 14 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1952. ; Men's foil * Endre Tilli * Lajos Maszlay *

Endre Palócz Endre Palócz (23 March 1911 – 11 January 1988) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952) ...

; Men's team foil * Endre Tilli,

Aladár Gerevich Aladár Gerevich (16 March 1910 – 14 May 1991) was a Hungarian fencer, regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". He won seven gold medals in sabre at six different Olympic Games. Biography Gerevich is only one of two athletes to ...

, Lajos Maszlay, Tibor Berczelly, József Sákovics ; Men's épée * József Sákovics *

Barnabás Berzsenyi Barnabás Berzsenyi (12 February 1918 – 18 June 1993) was a Hungarian fencing, fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1918 births 1993 deaths Hungarian mal ...

* Béla Rerrich ; Men's team épée *

Lajos Balthazár Lajos Balthazár (30 June 1921 – 1 February 1995) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were a ...

* 1918 births 1993 deaths Hungarian mal ...

, Béla Rerrich, József Sákovics,

Imre Hennyei Imre Hennyei (14 July 1913 – 6 September 1989) was a Hungarian épée fencing, fencer. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1913 births 1989 deaths Hungarian male ép ...

; Men's sabre * Pál Kovács *

* Tibor Berczelly ; Men's team sabre *

, Tibor Berczelly, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, László Rajcsányi,

Bertalan Papp Bertalan Papp (7 September 1913 – 8 August 1992) was a Hungarian fencer. He won two gold medals in the team sabre events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska somm ...

; Women's foil *

Ilona Schachererné Elek Ilona Elek, known also as Ilona Elek-Schacherer (née “Elek"; May 17, 1907 – July 24, 1988) was a Hungarian Olympic fencer. Elek won more international fencing titles than any other woman.Magdolna Nyári-Kovács *

Margit Elek Margit Elek (5 May 1910 – 4 February 1986) was a Hungarian Olympic foil fencer. She was born in Budapest, Hungary, was the sister of Olympic champion Ilona Elek, and was Jewish. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1 ...

Football

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1952. They won gold in the team event with Gábor Benedek winning silver and István Szondy winning bronze in the individual event. ;Individual * Gábor Benedek * István Szondy *

Aladár Kovácsi Aladár Kovácsi (11 December 1932 – 8 April 2010) was a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. Olympics Kovácsi won a gold medal in the modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, ...

;Team * Gábor Benedek * István Szondy * Aladár Kovácsi

Rowing

Hungary had 15 male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952. ; Men's coxed pair *

László Halász László Halász may refer to: * László Halász (cyclist) * László Halász (rower) * Laszlo Halasz (conductor) {{hndis, Halasz, Laszlo ...

József Sátori József Sátori (25 February 1926 – 23 February 2014) was a Hungarian rower. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. Along with his family, he helped to hide Jewish people from the N ...

* Róbert Zimonyi (cox) ; Men's coxless four * László Decker * Imre Kaffka * János Hollósi * Imre Kemény ;

Men's eight An eight is a rowing boat used in the rowing (sport), sport of competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with Sweep (rowing), sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain (rowing), coxswain, or "cox". Each of th ...

* István Sándor * Csaba Kovács *

Miklós Zágon Miklós Zágon (19 March 1920 – 24 September 1984) was a Hungarian rower. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), ...

Tibor Nádas Tibor Nádas (15 March 1925 – 3 October 1968) was a Hungarian rower. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), offic ...

* Rezső Riheczky *

Pál Bakos Pál Bakos (born 1932) is a Hungarian rower. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympia ...

* László Marton * Béla Zsitnik * Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

Shooting

Six shooters represented Hungary in 1952. In the 25 m pistol event Károly Takács won gold and

Szilárd Kun Szilárd Kun (23 March 1935 – 31 August 1987) was a Hungary, Hungarian Shooting sport, sport shooter who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the ...

won silver.

Ambrus Balogh Ambrus Balogh (12 August 1915 – 6 July 1978) was a Hungarian sport shooter who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officia ...

won bronze in the 50 m pistol. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

* Károly Takács *

;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to th ...

* Ferenc Décsey ; 300 m rifle, three positions *

* Ferenc Décsey ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Imre Ágoston *

János Dosztály János Dosztály (18 February 1920 – 22 March 1998) was a Hungarian sports shooter. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as th ...

; 50 m rifle, prone * Imre Ágoston *

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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