Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the
1908 Summer Olympics
IOC code HUN
NOC Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website www.mob.hu (Hungarian) (English)
in London
Competitors 63 in 8 sports
Flag bearer István Mudin
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
3 4 2 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Austria and Hungary had separate NOCs, therefore results at Olympic Games are kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Földes, DezsőDezső Földes
Jenő Fuchs
Oszkár Gerde
Péter Tóth
Lajos Werkner 		Fencing Men's team sabre July 24
 Gold Fuchs, JenőJenő Fuchs Fencing Men's sabre July 24
 Gold Weisz, RichárdRichárd Weisz Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight July 24
 Silver Halmay, ZoltánZoltán Halmay Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle July 20
 Silver Somodi, IstvánIstván Somodi Athletics Men's high jump July 21
 Silver Halmay, ZoltánZoltán Halmay
Béla Las-Torres
József Munk
Imre Zachár 		Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay July 24
 Silver Zulawszky, BélaBéla Zulawszky Fencing Men's sabre July 24
 Bronze Bodor, ÖdönÖdön Bodor
József Nagy
Pál Simon
Frigyes Mezei 		Athletics Men's medley relay July 25
 Bronze Levitzky, KárolyKároly Levitzky Rowing Men's single sculls July 31

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Fencing 2 1 0 3
Wrestling 1 0 0 1
Swimming 0 2 0 2
Athletics 0 1 1 2
Rowing 0 0 1 1
Total 3 4 2 9

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 18[1] 0 18[1]
Fencing 8 0 8
Gymnastics 5 0 5
Rowing 11 0 11
Shooting 2 0 2
Swimming 10 0 10
Tennis 3 0 3
Wrestling 7[1] 0 7[1]
Total 63 0 63

The following is the list of dates, when Hungary won medals:

Medals by date
Date Total
20 July 0 1 0 1
21 July 0 1 0 1
24 July 3 2 0 5
31 July 0 0 1 1
Total 3 4 2 9

Results by event

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Athletics

Hungary's best athletics result was István Somodi's silver medal in the high jump. The Hungarian medley relay team took the bronze medal.

Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metres Heats Vilmos Rácz 11.4 seconds
2nd, heat 15 		Did not advance
Pál Simon 11.5 seconds
2nd, heat 11
Frigyes Mezei Unknown
4th, heat 14
Men's 200 metres Semi-
finalist 		Károly Radóczy Walkover
1st, heat 7 		Unknown
3rd, semifinal 1 		Did not advance
Heats Vilmos Rácz Unknown
2nd, heat 4 		Did not advance
Frigyes Mezei Unknown
2nd, heat 6
Pál Simon Unknown
4th, heat 10
Men's 400 metres Heats József Nagy Unknown
2nd, heat 7 		Did not advance
Men's 800 metres 4th Ödön Bodor None held 1:58.6
1st, semifinal 1 		1:55.4
Semi-
finalist 		József Nagy Unknown
4th, semifinal 3 		Did not advance
Men's 1500 metres Semi-
finalist 		József Nagy None held Unknown
2nd, semifinal 5 		Did not advance
Ödön Bodor Unknown
8th, semifinal 1
Men's 110 metre hurdles Heats Nándor Kovács Unknown
2nd, heat 10 		Did not advance
Men's 400 metre hurdles Semi-
finalist 		Nándor Kovács Walkover
1st, heat 9 		Did not finish
—, semifinal 2 		Did not advance
Men's 3200 metre steeplechase — Antal Lovas None held Did not finish
—, semifinal 2 		Did not advance
Men's medley relay 3rd Pál Simon
Frigyes Mezei
József Nagy
Ödön Bodor 		None held 3:32.6
1st, semifinal 1 		3:32.5
Men's 5 miles — Antal Lovas None held Did not finish
—, semifinal 6 		Did not advance
Men's marathon — L. Merenyi None held Did not start
Men's 3500 metre walk 19th István Drubina None held 18:44.6
4th, semifinal 2 		Did not advance
Event Place Athlete Height/
Distance
Men's high jump 2nd István Somodi 1.88 metres
13th József Haluszinsky 1.72 metres
Men's long jump 14th Ödön Holits 6.44 metres
21-32 Géza Kovesdi Unknown
Men's pole vault 8th Károly Szathmáry 3.35 metres
Men's shot put 9-25 István Mudin Unknown
Mór Kóczán Unknown
Men's discus throw 7th György Luntzer 38.34 metres
12-42 Ferenc Jesina Unknown
Imre Mudin Unknown
Mór Kóczán Unknown
Men's hammer throw 10-19 István Mudin Unknown
Men's Greek discus 7th István Mudin 33.11 metres
11-23 György Luntzer Unknown
Imre Mudin Unknown
Mór Kóczán Unknown
Men's freestyle javelin 7th Imre Mudin 45.97 metres
10-33 Ferenc Jesina Unknown
György Luntzer Unknown
István Mudin Unknown
Mór Kóczán Unknown

Fencing

Hungary dominated the sabre competitions, taking the top two individual medals and the team gold.

Event Place Fencer First
round 		Second
round 		Semi-
final 		Final
Men's épée First
round 		Béla Zulawszky 2-4 (4th in J) Did not advance
Péter Tóth 1-3 (4th in M)
Dezső Földes 1-5 (6th in G)
Men's sabre 1st Jenő Fuchs 5-0 (1st in K) 3-1 (1st in 1) 6-1 (1st in 1) 6-1
2nd Béla Zulawszky 3-2 (3rd in H) 2-1 (2nd in 4) 5-2 (1st in 2) 6-1
4th Jenő Szántay 3-1 (1st in F) 3-1 (2nd in 6) 4-3 (3rd in 1) 3-4
5th Péter Tóth 2-2 (2nd in B) 4-0 (1st in 6) 5-2 (1st in 2) 3-4
6th Lajos Werkner 5-1 (1st in M) 4-0 (1st in 2) 5-2 (2nd in 1) 2-5
Second
round 		Deszö Földes 5-0 (1st in G) 3-1 (2nd in 2) 3-4 (5th in 1) Did not advance
Oszkár Gerde 4-1 (1st in I) 4-0 (1st in 5) 4-3 (5th in 2)
First
round 		Jenő Apáthy 5-2 (2nd in J) 2-1 (3rd in 8) Did not advance
Event Place Fencers Play-in
match 		First
round 		Semi-
finals 		Final Repechage Silver
medal match
Men's team sabre 1st Jenő Fuchs (1st, sf, f)
Oszkár Gerde (1st, sf, f)
Péter Tóth (1st, sf, f)
Lajos Werkner (1st, f)
Deszö Földes (sf)
Apáthy Jenő[2] 		Not held Defeated Germany
9-0
Advanced to
semifinal 		Defeated Italy
11-5
Advanced to
final 		Defeated Bohemia
9-7
Won
gold medal 		Not relegated

Gymnastics

Event Place Gymnast Score
Men's all-around 15th János Nyisztor 236
34th Kálmán Szabó Unknown
39th Imre Gellért Unknown
45th Mihály Antos Unknown
Unknown Ferenc Szűts Unknown
— Frigyes Gráf Did not finish

Rowing

Event Place Rowers First
round 		Quarter-
finals 		Semi-
finals 		Final
Men's single sculls 3rd Károly Levitzky Bye 10.8
1st, quarterfinal 2 		Unknown
2nd, semifinal 1 		Did not advance
9th Ernö Killer Did not finish
—, heat 1 		Did not advance
Men's coxed eight 5th Klekner Sándor, Haraszthy Lajos, Szebeny Antal,
Éder Róbert, Hautzinger Sándor, Várady Jenö,
Wampetich Imre, Kirchknopf Ferenc, Vasko Kálmán 		None held Unknown
2nd, quarterfinal 2 		Did not advance

Shooting

Event Place Shooter Score
Men's 300 metre free rifle 43rd Sándor Prokopp 627
49th István Móricz 490

Swimming

Event Place Swimmer Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metre freestyle 2nd Zoltán Halmay 1:08.2
1st, heat 1 		1:09.4
1st, semifinal 1 		1:06.2
Heats József Ónody 1:13.2
2nd, heat 5 		Did not advance
József Munk Unknown
3-5, heat 2
Henrik Hajós Unknown
3-5, heat 3
Men's 400 metre freestyle Semi-
finalist 		Béla Las-Torres 5:52.2
2nd, heat 1 		Unknown
4th, semifinal 1 		Did not advance
Henrik Hajós 6:19.8
1st, heat 9 		Unknown
5th, semifinal 1
Imre Zachár 6:09.8
1st, heat 8 		Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Heats József Ónody Unknown
3rd, heat 7 		Did not advance
Men's 100 metre backstroke — Sándor Kugler Disqualified
—, heat 1 		Did not advance
Men's 200 metre breaststroke 4th Ödön Toldi 3:14.4
1st, heat 4 		3:16.4
2nd, semifinal 1 		3:15.2
Semi-
finalist 		József Fabinyi 3:23.4
1st, heat 6 		Unknown
4th, semifinal 1 		Did not advance
Heats András Baronyi 3:18.0
2nd, heat 2 		Did not advance
Men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay 2nd József Munk
Imre Zachár
Béla las Torres
Zoltán Halmay 		None held Swam over
1st, semifinal 3 		10:59.0

Tennis

Event Place Name Round
of 64 		Round
of 32 		Round
of 16 		Quarter-
finals 		Semi-
finals 		Final
Men's singles 16th Dezső Lauber Bye Lost to Dixon Did not advance
Ede Tóth Defeated Micovský Lost to Parke
Jenő Zsigmondy Bye Lost to Hykš
Men's doubles 7th Jenő Zsigmondy
Ede Tóth 		None held Bye Lost to
Ritchie/Parke 		Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Bohemia 1 1 .500
Great Britain 0 3 .000
Total 1 4 .200

Wrestling

Event Place Wrestler Round
of 32 		Round
of 16 		Quarter-
finals 		Semi-
finals 		Final
Greco-Roman lightweight 5th József Maróthy Defeated
Rose 		Defeated
Wood 		Lost to
Persson 		Did not advance
Ödön Radvány Defeated
Ruff 		Defeated
Hawkins 		Lost to
Orlov
9th József Téger Defeated
Moppes 		Lost to
Porro 		Did not advance
Greco-Roman middleweight 9th Miklós Orosz Bye Lost to
Jósepsson 		Did not advance
Greco-Roman light heavyweight 4th Hugó Payr Bye Defeated
Zamotin 		Defeated
Westrop 		Lost to
Weckman 		Lost to
Jensen
17th György Luntzer Lost to
Wijbrands 		Did not advance
Greco-Roman super heavyweight 1st Richárd Weisz None held Defeated
C. Jensen 		Defeated
S. Jensen 		Defeated
Petrov
4th Hugó Payr Defeated
Barrett 		Lost to
Petrov 		Lost to
S. Jensen
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Denmark 2 3 .400
Finland 0 1 .000
Great Britain 5 0 1.000
Italy 0 1 .000
Netherlands 2 1 .667
Russia 2 2 .500
Sweden 0 1 .000
Total 11 9 .550

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 György Luntzer competed in Athletics and Wrestling.
  2. ↑ These fencers competed in the team event but are not listed in the IOC medallist database.

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