Aranka Szabó-Bartha (9 October 1926 – 9 October 2018) was a Hungarian sprinter who competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

. Szabó-Bartha competed in two events at the

held in

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, in the

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she ran in the second heat where she was beaten into third place so didn't qualify for the next round, a few days later she was back on the track with teammates

Olga Gyarmati Olga Gyarmati (; 5 October 1924 – 27 October 2013) was a Hungary, Hungarian all-round track and field athlete who competed at three Olympic Games in four different events. Her greatest success was winning the inaugural Olympic Women's Lon ...

, Ibolya Tilkovszky and Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely in the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

and although they came last in there heat they were eventually disqualified.

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1926 births 2018 deaths Hungarian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Hungary Olympic female sprinters Athletes from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian sportswomen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub