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.
Athletics
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
- Qualification Round (Group B)
* Defeated Greece (75-38)
* Lost to Philippines (35-48)
* Defeated Greece (47-44)
* Lost to United States (48-66)
* Lost to Uruguay (56-70)
* Lost to Czechoslovakia (39-63) â did not advance, 15th place
*László Bánhegyi
*Pál Bogár
*György Bokor
*Tibor Cselkó
*Tibor Czinkán
*János Greminger
*László Hódy
*Tibor MezÃ
Âfi
*Péter Papp
*János Simon
*Gyula Telegdy
*Tibor ZsÃÂros
Boxing
Men's Flyweight:
# First Round – Lost to William Michael Toweel of South Africa (0 - 3)
Men's Featherweight:
# First Round РDefeated Georges Mal̩zanoff 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:
# First Round РDefeated Luis Albino Acu̱a 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
# First Round – Lost to Pavle Ã
 ovljanski of Yugoslavia (0 - 3)
Men's Welterweight:
# First Round – Lost to Günther Heidemann of Germany (1 - 2)
Men's Light-Middleweight:
# 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:
# First Round – Lost to Nelson de Paula Andrade of Brazil (1 - 2)
Men's Light-heavyweight
# First Round – Lost to Toon Pastor of Netherlands (0 - 3)
Men's Heavyweight:
# Second Round – Lost to Ilkka Koski of Finland (KO 2R)
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
* Final — 1:16.9 (â 18th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
Fencing
17 fencers, 14 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1952.
Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
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
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
Men's coxless four
Men's eight
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
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Swimming
Men
<small>Ranks given are within the heat.</small>
Women
<small>Ranks given are within the heat.</small>
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References