Hungary at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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Article ImagesHungary competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 108 competitors, 88 men and 20 women, took part in 80 events in 12 sports.[2]
Hungary at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | HUN |
NOC | Hungarian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Melbourne, Australia / Stockholm, Sweden November 22-December 8, 1956 | |
Competitors | 108 (88 men and 20 woman) in 12 sports |
Flag bearer | József Csermák[1] |
Medals Ranked 4th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1956 Olympic Games.
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
István Hernek | C-1 1000 m | — | 5:06.2 | ||
János Parti | C-1 1000 m | — | 57:11.0 | ||
Károly Wieland Ferenc Mohácsi |
C-2 1000 m | 5:02.5 | 1 Q | 4:54.3 | |
Imre Farkas József Hunics |
C-2 10000 m | — | 55:15.6 | ||
Lajos Kiss | K-1 1000 m | 4:35.8 | 2 Q | 4:16.2 | |
Ferenc Hatlaczky | K-1 10000 m | — | 47:53.3 | ||
Imre Vágyóczky Zoltán Szigeti |
K-2 1000 m | 4:00.3 | 5 | did not advance | |
János Urányi László Fábián |
K-2 10000 m | — | 43:37.0 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Cecilia Berkes | K-1 500 m | 2:25.3 | 2 Q | 2:23.5 | 4 |
- Men
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Siák Ferenc | 3 m springboard | 74.60 | 13 | did not advance | |||
10 m platform | 72.85 | 9 Q | 65.98 | 6 | 138.83 | 7 | |
Gerlach József | 3 m springboard | 80.45 | 8 Q | 55.63 | 7 | 136.08 | 8 |
10 m platform | 77.77 | 3 Q | 71.48 | 3 | 149.25 | 4 |
18 fencers, 16 men and 2 women, represented Hungary in 1956.
Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1956.
- Individual
- Team
- Gábor Benedek
- János Bódy
- Antal Moldrich
Hungary had four male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.[3]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Csaba Kovács Rezső Riheczky Zoltán Kávay Géza Ütő |
Coxless four | 6:40.6 | 2 R | 8:17.0 | 2 | did not advance |
Five shooters represented Hungary in 1956.
- Men
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Score | Rank | ||
Miklós Kocsis | 100m running deer | 416 | 5 |
Miklós Kovács | 417 | 4 | |
Sándor Krebs | 300 m rifle, three positions | 1078 | 9 |
50 m rifle, three positions | 1154 | 10 | |
50 m rifle, prone | 598 | 6 | |
Szilárd Kun | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 578 | 6 |
Károly Takács | 575 | 8 |
- ^ "Flagbearers for Hungary". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Hungary at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.