Hungary at the Olympics

Hungary first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games and every Winter Olympic Games since then. The nation was not invited to the 1920 Games after World War I, and was part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Hungary at the Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
Medals	Gold 176 Silver 149 Bronze 173 Total 498
Summer appearances
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 2020
Winter appearances
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Hungarian athletes have won a total of 491 medals at the Summer Games and 7 medals at the Winter Games, with fencing as the top medal-producing sport. Hungary has won more Olympic medals than any other existing nation that has never hosted the Games and has the second highest all time number of gold medals per capita of any nation behind only Finland.[1]

The National Olympic Committee for Hungary is the Hungarian Olympic Committee, and was created and recognized in 1895.

Medal tables

Medals by Olympic Games

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens 7 2 1 3 6 6 1900 Paris 20 1 2 2 5 11 1904 St. Louis 4 2 1 1 4 5 1908 London 63 3 4 2 9 6 1912 Stockholm 119 3 2 3 8 9 1920 Antwerp did not participate 1924 Paris 89 2 3 4 9 13 1928 Amsterdam 109 4 5 0 9 9 1932 Los Angeles 58 6 4 5 15 6 1936 Berlin 216 10 1 5 16 3 1948 London 129 10 5 12 27 4 1952 Helsinki 189 16 10 16 42 3 1956 Melbourne 108 9 10 7 26 4 1960 Rome 184 6 8 7 21 7 1964 Tokyo 182 10 7 5 22 6 1968 Mexico City 167 10 10 12 32 4 1972 Munich 232 6 13 16 35 8 1976 Montreal 178 4 5 13 22 10 1980 Moscow 263 7 10 15 32 6 1984 Los Angeles did not participate 1988 Seoul 188 11 6 6 23 6 1992 Barcelona 217 11 12 7 30 8 1996 Atlanta 212 7 4 10 21 12 2000 Sydney 178 8 6 3 17 13 2004 Athens 209 8 6 3 17 12 2008 Beijing 171 3 5 2 10 21 2012 London 159 8 4 6 18 10 2016 Rio de Janeiro 160 8 3 4 15 12 2020 Tokyo Future events 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles Total 175 147 169 491 8

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix 4 0 0 0 0 – 1928 St. Moritz 13 0 0 0 0 – 1932 Lake Placid 4 0 0 1 1 10 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 25 0 0 1 1 10 1948 St. Moritz 22 0 1 0 1 11 1952 Oslo 12 0 0 1 1 12 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 2 0 0 1 1 12 1960 Squaw Valley 3 0 0 0 0 – 1964 Innsbruck 28 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Grenoble 10 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Sapporo 1 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Innsbruck 3 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Lake Placid 2 0 1 0 1 15 1984 Sarajevo 9 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Calgary 5 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Albertville 24 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer 16 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 17 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 25 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 19 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 16 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 16 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang 19 1 0 0 1 21 2022 Beijing Future event 2026 Milan–Cortina Future event Total 1 2 4 7 35

Medals by sport

Medals by summer sport Updated after 2016 Summer Olympics   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Fencing 37 23 27 87 Swimming 28 25 20 73 Canoeing 25 29 26 80 Wrestling 19 16 19 54 Gymnastics 15 11 14 40 Athletics 10 12 18 40 Boxing 10 2 8 20 Modern pentathlon 9 8 5 22 Water polo 9 3 3 15 Shooting 7 3 7 17 Football 3 1 1 5 Weightlifting 2 9 9 20 Judo 1 3 5 9 Handball 0 1 2 3 Rowing 0 1 2 3 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Sailing 0 0 1 1 Tennis 0 0 1 1 Totals (18 sports) 175 147 169 491

Medals by winter sport Updated after 2018 Winter Olympics Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Short track speed skating 1 0 0 1 Figure skating 0 2 4 6 Totals (2 sports) 1 2 4 7

Youth Games medal tables

Medals by Summer Youth Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 2010 Singapore 6 4 5 15 2014 Nanjing 6 6 11 23 2018 Buenos Aires 12 7 5 24 Totals (3 games) 24 17 21 62

Medals by Winter Youth Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 2012 Innsbruck 0 2 0 2 2016 Lillehammer 0 1 1 2 2020 Lausanne 0 0 0 0 Totals (3 games) 0 3 1 4

Athletes with most medals

See also: List of multiple Olympic medalists

The Hungarian athletes who won the most medals in the history of the Olympic Games are the fencer Aladár Gerevich and the gymnast Ágnes Keleti.

Athlete	Sport	Games				Total
Aladár Gerevich	Fencing	1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960	7	1	2	10
Pál Kovács	Fencing	1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960	6	0	1	7
Rudolf Kárpáti	Fencing	1948, 1952, 1956, 1960	6	0	0	6
Ágnes Keleti	Gymnastics	1952, 1956	5	3	2	10
Krisztina Egerszegi	Swimming	1988, 1992, 1996	5	1	1	7
Danuta Kozák	Kayaking	2008, 2012, 2016	5	1	0	6
Győző Kulcsár	Fencing	1964, 1968, 1972, 1976	4	0	2	6
Tamás Darnyi	Swimming	1988, 1992	4	0	0	4
Jenő Fuchs	Fencing	1908, 1912	4	0	0	4
Katalin Kovács	Kayaking	2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	3	5	0	8
Natasa Dusev-Janics	Kayaking	2004, 2008, 2012	3	2	1	6
András Balczó	Modern pentathlon	1960, 1968, 1972	3	2	0	5
Dezső Gyarmati	Water polo	1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964	3	1	1	5
Katinka Hosszú	Swimming	2016	3	1	0	4
Zoltán Kammerer	Kayaking	2000, 2004, 2012	3	1	0	4
Gabriella Szabó	Kayaking	2008, 2012, 2016	3	1	0	4
Tibor Berczelly	Fencing	1936, 1948, 1952	3	0	2	5
Endre Kabos	Fencing	1932, 1936	3	0	1	4
György Kárpáti	Water polo	1952, 1956, 1960, 1964	3	0	1	4
Tibor Benedek	Water polo	2000, 2004, 2008	3	0	0	3
Péter Biros	Water polo	2000, 2004, 2008	3	0	0	3
Csaba Fenyvesi	Fencing	1968, 1972	3	0	0	3
Tamás Kásás	Water polo	2000, 2004, 2008	3	0	0	3
Gergely Kiss	Water polo	2000, 2004, 2008	3	0	0	3
Tamás Molnár	Water polo	2000, 2004, 2008	3	0	0	3
László Papp	Boxing	1948, 1952, 1956	3	0	0	3
László Rajcsányi	Fencing	1936, 1948, 1952	3	0	0	3
Botond Storcz	Kayaking	2000, 2004	3	0	0	3
Zoltán Szécsi	Water polo	2000, 2004, 2008	3	0	0	3

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

Flagbearers

See also: List of flag bearers for Hungary at the Olympics

Summer Olympics Games Athlete Sport 1908 London István Mudin Athletics 1912 Stockholm Jenő Réti Athletics 1920 Antwerp Hungary did not participate 1924 Paris Sándor Toldi Athletics 1928 Amsterdam Kálmán Egri Athletics 1932 Los Angeles Péter Bácsalmási Athletics 1936 Berlin 1948 London Imre Németh Athletics 1952 Helsinki 1956 Melbourne József Csermák Athletics 1960 Rome János Simon Basketball 1964 Tokyo Gergely Kulcsár Athletics 1968 Mexico City 1972 Munich 1976 Montreal Jenő Kamuti Fencing 1980 Moscow István Szívós Water polo 1984 Los Angeles Hungary did not participate 1988 Seoul István Vaskuti Canoeing 1992 Barcelona Tibor Komáromi Wrestling 1996 Atlanta Bence Szabó Fencing 2000 Sydney Rita Kőbán Canoeing 2004 Athens Antal Kovács Judo 2008 Beijing Zoltán Kammerer Canoeing 2012 London Péter Biros Water polo 2016 Rio de Janeiro Áron Szilágyi Fencing

Winter Olympics Games Athlete Sport 1924 Chamonix 1928 St. Moritz Gyula Szepes Nordic combined 1932 Lake Placid László Szollás Figure skating 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Levente Balatoni Alpine skiing 1948 St. Moritz András Harangvölgyi Alpine skiing 1952 Oslo Ferenc Lőrincz Speed skating 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo István Erdélyi 1960 Squaw Valley János Bartha 1964 Innsbruck Lajos Koutny Ice hockey 1968 Grenoble Mihály Martos Speed skating 1972 Sapporo Zsuzsa Almássy Figure skating 1976 Innsbruck László Vajda Figure skating 1980 Lake Placid András Sallay Figure skating 1984 Sarajevo Gábor Mayer Biathlon 1988 Calgary Attila Tóth Figure skating 1992 Albertville 1994 Lillehammer Attila Bónis Alpine skiing 1998 Nagano Krisztina Egyed Speed skating 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin Rózsa Darázs Short track 2010 Vancouver Júlia Sebestyén Figure skating 2014 Sochi Bernadett Heidum Short track 2018 Pyeongchang Konrád Nagy Speed skating

Summary by sport

Athletics

Hungary first competed in athletics at the inaugural 1896 Games, with 3 athletes competing in 5 events and winning a silver and two bronze medals.

Games	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	3	5/12	0	1	2	3
Total			10	12	18	40

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's 100 metres	16/28	1896	1896	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1896)
Men's 800 metres	16/28	1896	1896	N/A	0	1	0	1	(1896)

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Hungary
• Hungary at the Paralympics
• List of Hungarian Olympic champions

References

1. "Olympic Medals per Capita". Medalspercapita.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

External links

• "Hungary". International Olympic Committee.
• "Hungary". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/HUN". olympanalyt.com.