Hungary at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the Olympic Games
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At the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	7 in 6 sports
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 3	Total 6
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Hungary competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

Seven athletes from Hungary competed in six sports. The Hungarian medals came on 18 entries in 15 events.

Medalists

Further information: 1896 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1896 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Alfréd Hajós	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	April 11
			Men's 1200 m freestyle	April 11
Silver	Nándor Dáni	Athletics	Men's 800 m	April 9
Bronze	Alajos Szokolyi	Athletics	Men's 100 m	April 6
Bronze	Gyula Kellner	Athletics	Men's marathon	April 10
Bronze	Momcsilló Tapavicza	Tennis	Men's singles	April 11

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	2	0	0	2
Athletics	0	1	2	3
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	2	1	3	6

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	0	3
Gymnastics	2	0	2
Swimming	1	0	1
Tennis	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	7	0	7

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	6 April	0	0	1	1
Day 2	7 April	0	0	0	0
Day 3	8 April	0	0	0	0
Day 4	9 April	0	1	0	1
Day 5	10 April	0	0	1	1
Day 6	11 April	2	0	1	3
Day 7	12 April	0	0	0	0
Day 8	13 April	0	0	0	0
Total		2	1	3	6

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics

File:Nandor dani.jpg

Nándor Dáni

File:Alajos szokolyi.jpg

Alajos Szokolyi

The Hungarian athletes were successful in each event except the 110 metre hurdles, taking a silver, two bronzes, and a 4th-place finish.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nándor Dáni	800 metres	2:10.2	2 Q	2:11.8
Gyula Kellner	Marathon	N/A		3:06:35
Alajos Szokolyi	100 metres	12.8	2 Q	12.6
	110 metres hurdles	unknown	3	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Alajos Szokolyi	Triple jump	11.26	4

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Artistic

The Hungarian gymnasts were unable to win any medals.

Men

Athlete	Event	Rank
Gyula Kakas	Horizontal bar	unranked
	Parallel bars	unranked
	Pommel horse	unranked
	Vault	unranked
Dezső Wein	Horizontal bar	unranked
	Parallel bars	unranked
	Rings	unranked
	Vault	unranked

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Alfréd Hajós

Hajós won both events he entered, taking two of the four swimming medals (he could not enter the 100 metres for sailors event, and the 500 metres was immediately after the 100 metres and immediately before the 1200 metres.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Alfréd Hajós	100 metre freestyle	1:22.2
	1200 metre freestyle	18:22.2

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Tapavicza was defeated by Dionysios Kasdaglis in the semifinals of the singles tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Momcsilló Tapavicza	Men's singles	Frangopoulos (GRE) W	BYE	Kasdaglis (GRE) L	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Tapavicza took last place in the weightlifting competition. The amount he lifted is unknown except that it was less than 90 kilograms, the amount lifted by the third through fifth place contestants.

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Momcsilló Tapavicza	Men's two hand lift	unknown	6

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Tapavicza lost his only wrestling match, which turned into a contest of endurance.

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Momcsilló Tapavicza	Men's Greco-Roman	Christopoulos (GRE) L	Did not advance		4

References

• (Digitally available at [1])
• (Excerpt available at [2])