Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 189 competitors, 162 men and 27 women, took part in 107 events in 15 sports.

Medalists
Hungary finished in third position in the final medal rankings, behind only the United States and Soviet Union.


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

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
 * Pál Bogár
 * György Bokor
 * Tibor Cselkó
 * Tibor Czinkán
 * János Greminger
 * László Hódy
 * Tibor Mezőfi
 * Péter Papp
 * János Simon
 * Gyula Telegdy
 * Tibor Zsíros

Boxing
Men's Flyweight:
 * Kornél Molnár
 * First Round – Lost to William Michael Toweel of South Africa (0 - 3)

Men's Featherweight:
 * János Erdei
 * 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
 * First Round – Lost to Pavle Šovljanski of Yugoslavia (0 - 3)

Men's Welterweight:
 * Pál Budai
 * First Round – Lost to Günther Heidemann of Germany (1 - 2)

Men's Light-Middleweight:
 * László Papp → [[Image:Gold medal.svg|16x16px]] Gold Medal
 * First Round – Defeated Ellsworth Webb of United States (KO 2R)
 * Second Round – Defeated Charles Chase of Canada (KO 2R)
 * Third Round – Defeated Petar Stankoff Spassoff of Bulgaria (3 - 0)
 * Semifinal – Defeated Eladio Oscar Herrera of Argentina (3 - 0)
 * Final – Defeated Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk of South Africa (3 - 0)

Men's Middleweight:
 * Mátyás Plachy
 * First Round – Lost to Nelson de Paula Andrade of Brazil (1 - 2)

Men's Light-heavyweight
 * István Fazekas
 * First Round – Lost to Toon Pastor of Netherlands (0 - 3)

Men's Heavyweight:
 * László Bene
 * Second Round – Lost to Ilkka Koski of Finland (KO 2R)

Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
 * Road Competition
 * István Lang &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * István Schillerwein &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Lajos Látó &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
 * Track Competition
 * István Lang
 * Final &mdash; 1:16.9 (→ 18th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
 * Béla Szekeres &mdash; 6th place

Fencing
17 fencers, 14 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1952.


 * Men's foil
 * Endre Tilli
 * Lajos Maszlay
 * Endre Palócz


 * Men's team foil
 * Endre Tilli, Aladár Gerevich, Endre Palócz, Lajos Maszlay, Tibor Berczelly, József Sákovics


 * Men's épée
 * József Sákovics
 * Barnabás Berzsenyi
 * Béla Rerrich


 * Men's team épée
 * Lajos Balthazár, Barnabás Berzsenyi, Béla Rerrich, József Sákovics, Imre Hennyei


 * Men's sabre
 * Pál Kovács
 * Aladár Gerevich
 * Tibor Berczelly


 * Men's team sabre
 * Aladár Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, László Rajcsányi, Bertalan Papp


 * Women's foil
 * Ilona Schachererné Elek
 * Magdolna Nyári-Kovács
 * Margit Elek

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


 * 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
 * József Sátori
 * Róbert Zimonyi (cox)


 * Men's coxless four
 * László Decker
 * Imre Kaffka
 * János Hollósi
 * Imre Kemény


 * Men's eight
 * István Sándor
 * Csaba Kovács
 * Miklós Zágon
 * Tibor Nádas
 * Rezső Riheczky
 * Pál Bakos
 * 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 won silver. Ambrus Balogh won bronze in the 50 m pistol.


 * 25 m pistol
 * Károly Takács
 * Szilárd Kun


 * 50 m pistol
 * Ambrus Balogh
 * Ferenc Décsey


 * 300 m rifle, three positions
 * Ambrus Balogh
 * Ferenc Décsey


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * Imre Ágoston
 * János Dosztály


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Imre Ágoston
 * János Dosztály