Hungarian Swimming Association

Hungarian Swimming Association

LEN
Association crest
Founded	1907
FINA affiliation	xxxx
LEN affiliation	xxxx
Website	www.musz.hu
President	Sándor Wladár

Hungarian Swimming Association (Hungarian: Magyar Úszó Szövetség, MÚSZ) is the governing body of swimming in Hungary. It is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1907 on a meeting at the Hungarian Olympic Committee.

It is affiliated to:

• FINA, the International Swimming Federation
• LEN, the European Swimming League
• MOB, the Hungarian Olympic Committee

International events hosted

World Championships:

• 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Budapest, 14–30 July

European Championships:

• 1926 European Aquatics Championships – Budapest, 18–22 August
• 1958 European Aquatics Championships – Budapest, 31 August – 6 September
• 2006 European Aquatics Championships – Budapest, 26 July – 6 August
• 2012 European Aquatics Championships (Swimming) – Debrecen, 21–27 May
• 2007 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Debrecen, 10–13 December
• Swimming at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival – Győr
• 2005 European Junior Swimming Championships – Budapest, 14–17 July
• 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships – Hódmezővásárhely, 6–10 July

International achievements

Event				Pos.
Olympic Games	25	23	18	4th
World Championships	31	24	28	7th
European Championships	106	91	69	4th
World Championships, short course (25m)	10	8	8	13th
European Championships, short course (25m)	53	32	25	8th

Olympic Games

Year	Host city	No. of swimmers	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896	Athens	1	2	0	0	2	I.
1900	Paris	1	0	2	1	3	VI.
1904	St. Louis	2	2	1	1	4	III.
1908	London	10	0	2	0	2	IV.
1912	Stockholm	8	0	0	0	0	-
1924	Paris	6	0	0	1	1	VI.
1928	Amsterdam	8	0	1	0	1	IX.
1932	Los Angeles	5	0	0	1	1	VII.
1936	Berlin	13	1	0	1	2	IV.
1948	London	15	0	1	3	4	V.
1952	Helsinki	15	4	2	1	7	II.
1956	Melbourne	14	0	1	1	2	VI.
1960	Rome	18	0	0	0	0	-
1964	Tokyo	19	0	0	0	0	-
1968	Mexico City	14	0	0	0	0	-
1972	Munich	16	0	1	2	3	IX.
1976	Montreal	8	0	0	0	0	-
1980	Moscow	13	1	2	1	4	VI.
1988	Seoul	13	4	2	0	6	III.
1992	Barcelona	13	5	3	1	8	III.
1996	Atlanta	21	3	1	2	6	III.
2000	Sydney	18	1	0	0	1	VIII.
2004	Athens	25	0	1	1	2	XIV.
2008	Beijing	28	0	3	0	3	XV.
2012	London	32	2	0	1	3	VI.
2016	Rio de Janeiro	35	3	2	2	7	III.
2020	Tokyo
Total			28	25	20	73	IV.

World Championships

• including Hungarian national water polo teams results

Year	Host city	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1973	Belgrade	2	1	1	4	IV.
1975	Cali	3	1	0	4	III.
1978	West Berlin	0	1	2	3	IX.
1982	Guayaquil	0	2	0	2	VIII.
1986	Madrid	3	0	0	3	V.
1991	Perth	5	2	2	9	III.
1994	Rome	3	3	4	10	V.
1998	Perth	1	1	2	4	X.
2001	Fukuoka	1	1	1	3	XIV.
2003	Barcelona	1	4	1	6	XII.
2005	Montreal	2	2	1	5	VIII.
2007	Melbourne	0	1	1	2	XX.
2009	Rome	2	1	3	6	IX.
2011	Shanghai	1	0	4	5	XIV.
2013	Barcelona	4	1	2	7	V.
2015	Kazan	3	3	4	10	VIII.
2017	Budapest
2019	Gwangju
2021	Fukuoka
2023	Doha
Total		31	24	28	83	VII.

European Championships

• including Hungarian national water polo teams results

Year	Host city	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1926	Budapest	2	2	0	4	III.
1927	Bologna	1	2	1	4	V.
1931	Paris	5	2	2	9	I.
1934	Magdeburg	3	0	0	3	III.
1938	London	1	0	3	4	VI.
1947	Monte Carlo	1	5	4	10	III.
1954	Turin	9	6	3	18	I.
1958	Budapest	2	2	3	7	IV.
1962	Leipzig	2	0	2	4	VI.
1966	Utrecht	0	1	1	2	VIII.
1970	Barcelona	2	3	0	5	V.
1974	Vienna	3	1	4	8	IV.
1977	Jönköping	3	1	1	5	IV.
1981	Split	2	0	1	3	V.
Total		106	91	69	266	IV.

Presidents

• vacant (1907)
• Dr. János Virava (1908–1909)
• Alfréd Brüll (1909)
• Dr. János Virava (2x) (1910–1918)
• Alfréd Edvin Rőser (1919–1924)
• Géza Dormándy (1925–1926)
• Dr. Tivadar Homonnay (1926–1933)
• ifj. Miklós Horthy (1933–1944)
• Ferenc Csont (1945–1950)
• Viktor Kunsági (1951–1953)
• Zoltán Taródi (1954–1956)
• Ödön Boros (1957)
• István Sásdi (1957–1963)
• László Ligeti (1972–1977)
• Dr. Tamás Nagy (1978)
• vacant (1979–1980)
• Géza Sztanó (1981–1987)
• Dr. Lajos Dénes (1987–1989)
• Dr. András Hargitay (commissioned) (1990)
• László Kiss (commissioned) (1991)
• György Zemplényi (1992)
• Tamás Széchy (1992)
• Tamás Gyárfás (1993–2017)
• Gusztáv Bienerth (2017)
• Sándor Wladár (2017–present)

National records

MÚSZ maintains the Hungarian records in swimming.

See also

• Hungarian Swimming Championships

External links

• Magyar Úszó Szövetség (official website)