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)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
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

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

Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 9 June 2006.