Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
first participated at the
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...
at the inaugural 1896 Games, and has sent athletes to compete in most
Summer Olympic Games and every
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...
since then. The nation was not invited to the
1920 Games for its role in
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, and was part of the
Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Hungarian athletes have won a total of 511 medals at the Summer Games and 10 medals at the Winter Games, with
fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...
being the top medal-producing sport. Hungary has won more Summer Olympic medals than any other existing nation never to have hosted the Games, and after overtaking
Finland
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at the
2020 Olympic Games, it is now the country with the highest number of gold medals won per capita (not counting microstates with less than 1 million inhabitants).
The
National Olympic Committee for Hungary is the ''
Hungarian Olympic Committee
The Hungarian Olympic Committee ( hu, Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság, ''MOB'') is the National Olympic Committee representing Hungary.
History
The Hungarian Olympic Committee was founded on 19 December 1895, as sixth in the world, following the Fren ...
'', and was created and recognized in 1895.
Medal tables
Medals by Olympic Games
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by Winter Games
Medals by sport
Medals by summer sport
* ''Updated after 2020 Summer Olympics''
Medals by winter sport
* ''Updated after 2022 Winter Olympics''
Youth Games medal tables
Medals by Summer Youth Games
Medals by Winter Youth Games
Athletes with most medals
The Hungarian athletes who won the most medals in the history of the
Olympic Games
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are the fencer
Aladár Gerevich and the gymnast
Ágnes Keleti
Ágnes Keleti (''né'' Klein; 9 January 1921) is a Hungarian-Israeli retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast and coach. She is the oldest living Olympic champion and medalist, reaching her 100th birthday January 9, 2021. While repres ...
.
Notes: athletes in bold are still active.
Flagbearers
Summary by sport
Summer Olympic Sports
* ''Updated after 2020 Summer Olympics''
Athletics
Hungary first competed in athletics at the inaugural 1896 Games, with 3 athletes competing in 5 events and winning a silver and two bronze medals. The nation's first gold medal in the sport came in 1900, with
Rudolf Bauer's victory in the discus throw.
Basketball
;
Hungary men's national basketball team
;
Hungary women's national basketball team
The Hungary women's national basketball team is the team representing Hungary in international women's basketball competitions, organized and run by the Magyar Kosárlabdázók Országos Szövetsége, the governing body of basketball in the count ...
Boxing
Canoeing
Fencing
Hungary has won the third-most gold medals and second-most total medals in fencing, in each case behind Italy and France. Hungary has historically been most successful in the sabre events. Hungary's first fencing appearance was in 1900, with 7 fencers including sabreurs who finished 4th and 5th. Hungary has dominated the men's individual sabre, winning half of the gold medals (14 of 28), including a string of 9 consecutive victories from 1924 to 1964 (with an 11-Games podium streak extending further to 1972). Hungary had also won in 1908 and 1912; the streaks might have been 12 and 15 if the nation had not been excluded from the Games in 1920 due to its role in World War I.
Gymnastics
Hungary sent two gymnasts to the first Games in 1896; they did not medal.
Handball
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Hungary men's national handball team
;
Hungary women's national handball team
The Hungary women's national handball team ( hu, magyar női kézilabda-válogatott) is the national team of Hungary. It is governed by the Hungarian Handball Federation () and takes part in international handball competitio ...
Modern pentathlon
Shooting
Swimming
Hungary first competed in swimming at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one swimmer (
Alfréd Hajós
Alfréd Hajós (1 February 1878 – 12 November 1955) was a Hungarian swimmer, football player and manager, and architect. He was the first modern Olympic swimming champion and the first Olympic champion of Hungary. No other swimmer ever won s ...
) winning gold medals in both of the events he entered. Hungary also had one swimmer in 1900 taking a medal in every event he entered (
Zoltán Halmay
Zoltán Imre Ödön Halmay de Erdőtelek (; 18 June 1881, Magasfalu – 20 May 1956, Budapest) was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics (1900 – 1908), winning the following medals:
* 1900: silver (200 m ...
, with 2 silvers and a bronze). Hungary has won the fourth-most gold medals of any nation in swimming (28) and sixth-most total medals (73).
Volleyball
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Hungary men's national volleyball team
;
Hungary women's national volleyball team
Water polo
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Hungary men's national water polo team
;
Hungary women's national water polo team
Weightlifting
Hungary first competed in weightlifting at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one lifter competing in one event.
Wrestling
Hungary first competed in wrestling at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one wrestler competing in the open weight class event.
Tennis
Hungary first competed in tennis at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one player in the men's singles earning a bronze medal. It remains (through the 2016 Games) the only tennis medal won by Hungary.
Winter Olympic Sports
* ''Updated after 2022 Winter Olympics''
Alpine skiing
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
Figure skating
Freestyle skiing
Ice hockey
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Hungary men's national ice hockey team
Nordic combined
Short track speed skating
Ski jumping
*
1 Athletes did not start at the Games.
Snowboarding
Speed skating
See also
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:Olympic competitors for Hungary
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Hungary at the Paralympics
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List of Hungarian Olympic champions
References
External links
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{{National sports teams of Hungary