Hungary at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the Olympic Games
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At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
Competitors	89 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Sándor Toldi
Medals Rank: 13	Gold 2	Silver 3	Bronze 4	Total 9
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Hungary competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, returning to the Olympic Games after not being invited to the 1920 Games because of the nation's role in World War I.

Medalists

Gold

• Sándor Pósta — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

• Gyula Halasy — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

Silver

• Elemér Somfay — Athletics, Men's Pentathlon

• Ödön Tersztyánszky, Jenő Uhlyárik, József Rády, Zoltán Schenker, László Széchy, László Berti, János Garay, and Sándor Pósta — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team

• Lajos Keresztes — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Bronze

• Zoltán Schenker, Ödön Tersztyánszky, László Berti, István Lichteneckert, and Sándor Pósta — Fencing, Men's Foil Team

• János Garay — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

• Károly Bartha — Swimming, Men's 100m Backstroke

• Rajmund Badó — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Sixteen athletes represented Hungary in 1924. It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Somfay took Hungary's only athletics medal in Paris, with the silver in the pentathlon.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pál Bedő	Shot put	N/A				12.66	4	Did not advance
Lajos Csejthey	Javelin throw	N/A				54.86	5	Did not advance
Mihály Fekete	10 km walk	N/A				Disqualified		Did not advance
Jenő Gáspár	High jump	N/A				1.83	1 Q	1.88	5
Ferenc Gerő	100 m	11.0	1 Q	Unknown	3	Did not advance
	200 m	Unknown	2 Q	22.4	4	Did not advance
István Grósz	1500 m	N/A				Unknown	5	Did not advance
Pál Király	10000 m	N/A						Did not finish
	Marathon	N/A						Did not finish
István Kultsár	5000 m	N/A				Unknown	8	Did not advance
Lajos Kurunczy	100 m	11.4	1 Q	11.0	5	Did not advance
	200 m	22.6	1 Q	Unknown	3	Did not advance
	400 m	52.6	2 Q	Did not start		Did not advance
Antal Lovas	Marathon	N/A						3:35:24.0	28
Kálmán Marvalits	Discus throw	N/A				40.82	4	Did not advance
László Muskát	100 m	Unknown	5	Did not advance
	110 m hurdles	N/A		Unknown	4	Did not advance
Tibor Püspöki	110 m hurdles	N/A		Unknown	4	Did not advance
Gusztáv Rózsahegyi	100 m	11.3	2 Q	Unknown	5	Did not advance
Elemér Somfay	Pentathlon	N/A						16	2 !
	Decathlon	N/A						Did not finish
Sándor Toldi	Discus throw	N/A				41.09	3	Did not advance
Ferenc Gerő Lajos Kurunczy László Muskát Gusztáv Rózsahegyi	4x100 m relay	N/A		42.6	2 Q	42.4	2 Q	43.0	4

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics

A single boxer represented Hungary at the 1924 Games. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Lőwig lost his only bout.

Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Béla Lőwig	Lightweight	Genon (BEL) L	Did not advance				17

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Belgium	0	1	.000
Total	0	1	.000

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	0	1	.000
Round of 16	0	0	–
Quarterfinals	0	0	–
Semifinals	0	0	–
Final	0	0	–
Bronze match	0	0	–
Total	0	1	.000

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Four cyclists represented Hungary in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Road cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Mihály Rusovszky	Time trial	7:57:49.0	51
Ferenc Steiner	Time trial	8:42:14.4	24

Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	First round		First repechage		Quarterfinals		Second repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
János Grimm	Sprint	Unknown	2 r	Unknown	1 Q	Unknown	3 r	Unknown	3	Did not advance
Ferenc Uhereczky	Sprint	Unknown	3 r	Unknown	2	Did not advance
János Grimm Ferenc Uhereczky	Tandem	N/A								Unknown	2	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Ten fencers, nine men and one woman, represented Hungary in 1924. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport; Hungary was one of nine nations to have women compete in the first Olympic fencing event for women.

The team competitions resulted in two medals for Hungary. In somewhat of a disappointment for Hungary, the sabre team failed to win the gold medal; it was the first time a Hungarian sabre team competed but did not win. The finals match against Italy proved decisive, as both Hungary and Italy beat the other two teams in the final. Hungary and Italy split the individual bouts in their match, with eight apiece. The tie-breaker for the match, and thus the gold medal, was number of touches between Hungary and Italy; Italy won 50 to 46. The foil team earned the country's first non-sabre fencing medal, winning the bronze.

The Hungarian men had success in the individual sabre competition, with three of the four Hungarians reaching the final. Pósta and Garai were both in the three-way tie-breaker for medal placement, finishing first and third respectively. Schenker finished fourth, and was also the only Hungarian man to compete individually in another weapon; he was eliminated in the first round of the foil.

Tary, representing Hungary in the women's foil competition, reached the final and placed sixth overall.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
János Garai	Sabre	N/A				3–2	3 Q	6–2	3 Q	5–2	3 !
Sándor Pósta	Sabre	N/A				4–2	2 Q	6–2	2 Q	5–2	1 !
Zoltán Schenker	Foil	1–3	4	Did not advance
	Sabre	N/A				3–3	4 Q	6–2	3 Q	4–3	4
Ödön von Tersztyánszky	Sabre	N/A				6–1	2 Q	4–4	5	Did not advance
László Berti István Lichteneckert Sandor Posta Zoltan Schenker Ödön Tersztyanszky	Team foil	1–0	2 Q	N/A		2–1	2 Q	1–1	2 Q	0–2	3 !
László Berti Janos Garay Sandor Posta József Rády Zoltan Schenker László Széchy Ödön Tersztyanszky Jenő Uhlyárik	Team sabre	1–0	1 Q	N/A		2–0	1 Q	1–0	1 Q	2–1	2 !

Women

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gizella Tary	Foil	3–2	3 Q	3–2	3 Q	0–5	6

Football

Main article: Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed in the Olympic football tournament for the second time in 1924, losing their second-round match to Egypt.

Round 1

May 26, 1924	Hungary	5–0	Poland	Stade Bergeyre Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Johannes Mutters (NED)
	Eisenhoffer  14' Hirzer  51'  58' Opata  70'  87'	Report

Round 2

May 29, 1924	Egypt	3–0	Hungary	Stade de Paris Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Luis Collina (ESP)
	Yakan  4'  58' Hegazi  40'	Report

Final rank

9th place

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Seven rowers represented Hungary in 1924. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower	Event	Semifinals		Repechage		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ervin Mórich Béla Szendey	Double sculls	Unknown	3	N/A		Did not advance
Sándor Hautzinger Károly Koch István Szendeffy Zoltán Török Lajos Wick	Coxed fours	Unknown	2 r	Unknown	3	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Seven sport shooters represented Hungary in 1924. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Halasy took the nation's only shooting medal in 1924, a gold in the trap.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Gyula Halasy	Trap	98	1 !
Sándor Lumniczer	100 m deer, single shots	20	31
	Trap	Unknown	31–44
Sándor Prokopp	25 m rapid fire pistol	7	53
	600 m free rifle	70	55
Gusztáv Szomjas	100 m deer, single shots	24	28
	100 m deer, double shots	28	29
	Trap	90	19
László Szmojas	Trap	90	19
Elemér Takács	25 m rapid fire pistol	13	47
	50 m rifle, prone	387	20
	600 m free rifle	84	14
	100 m deer, single shots	27	24
	100 m deer, double shots	42	25
	Team deer, double shots	27	7
Rezső Velez	25 m rapid fire pistol	15	30
	50 m rifle, prone	372	47
	600 m free rifle	79	35
	100 m deer, single shots	35	10
	100 m deer, double shots	Did not finish
Sándor Prokopp Elemér Takács Rezső Velez	Team free rifle	276	18
Gyula Halasy Sándor Lumniczer Gusztáv Szomjas László Szomjas	Team clay pigeons	321	10
Gusztáv Szomjas László Szomjas Elemér Takács Rezső Velez	Team deer, single shots	97	6

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database