Hungary at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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.

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Medalists

The following Hungarian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

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!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

| || Swimming

| Men's 100 metre freestyle

| || Swimming

| Men's 1200 metre freestyle

| || Athletics

| Men's 800 metres

| || Athletics

| Men's 100 metres

| || Athletics

| Men's marathon

| || Tennis

| Men's singles

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!colspan=7|Medals by sport

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|Sport

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|Total

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|Swimming

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |2

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0

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|Athletics

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |1

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |2

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|Tennis

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |1

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! Total

!style="background:gold"| 2

!style="background:silver"| 1

!style="background:#c96"| 3

! 6

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1896 Olympic Games.

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! Name

! Medal

! Sport

! Event

| || ||Swimming|| Men's 100 m freestyle Men's 1200 m freestyle

Competitors

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

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! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

| align=left|Athletics

| 3 || 0 || 3

| align=left|Gymnastics

| 2 || 0 || 2

| align=left|Swimming

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Tennis

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Weightlifting

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Wrestling

| 1 || 0 || 1

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! Total || 7 || 0 || 7

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!colspan=7|Medals by date

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|Day

|Date

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|Total

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|Day 1

|6 April

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |1

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|Day 2

|7 April

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0

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|Day 3

|8 April

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0

|- style="text-align:center"

|Day 4

|9 April

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |1

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0

|- style="text-align:center"

|Day 5

|10 April

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |1

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|Day 6

|11 April

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |2

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |1

| 3

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|Day 7

|12 April

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0

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|Day 8

|13 April

| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0

| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0

| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0

!colspan=2|Total

! style="background:gold" |2

! style="background:silver" |1

! style="background:#c96" |3

Athletics

thumb|Hungarian athletic team of 1896 Summer Olympics

thumb|right|Nándor Dáni

thumb|200px|right|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. The entry and competitor lists for some events are not agreed on by all sources. In the 100 metres, Dáni, Leonidasz Manno, and István Zachar may have entered and not started (or possibly have competed) along with Szokolyi.

Track & road events

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!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Final

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!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Nándor Dáni

|align=left rowspan=4|100 m

|colspan=2|Did not start

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=left|Leonidasz Manno

|colspan=2|Did not start

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=left|István Zachar

|colspan=2|Did not start

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|align=left|Alajos Szokolyi

|12.8

|2 Q

|12.6

|align=left|Nándor Dáni

|align=left|800 m

|2:10.2

|2 Q

|2:11.8

|align=left|Alajos Szokolyi

|align=left|110 m hurdles

|Unknown

|2 Q

|colspan=2|Did not start

|align=left|Gyula Kellner

|align=left|Marathon

|colspan=2

|3:06:35

Field events

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!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Final

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!Distance

!Position

|align=left|Alajos Szokolyi

|align=left|Men's triple jump

|11.26

Gymnastics

Artistic

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!Athlete

!Event

!Rank

|align=left|Gyula Kakas

|align=left rowspan=2|Vault

| 4–15

|align=left|Desiderius Wein

| 4–15

|align=left|Gyula Kakas

|align=left rowspan=2|Pommel horse

| 3–15

|align=left|Desiderius Wein

| 3–15

|align=left|Gyula Kakas

|align=left rowspan=2|Horizontal bar

| 3–15

|align=left|Desiderius Wein

| 3–15

|align=left|Gyula Kakas

|align=left rowspan=2 |Parallel bars

| 3–18

|align=left|Desiderius Wein

| 3–18

|align=left|Desiderius Wein

|align=left|Rings

| 4, 6–8

Swimming

thumb|right|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).

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!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Final

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!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Alfréd Hajós

|align=left|100 m freestyle

|1:22.2 OR

|align=left|Alfréd Hajós

|align=left|1200 m freestyle

|18:22.2

Tennis

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

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!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

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!Opposition Score

!Rank

|align=left|Momcsilló Tapavicza

|align=left|Men's singles

| W

| L

|Did not advance

Weightlifting

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!Athlete

!Event

!Result

!Rank

|align=left|Momcsilló Tapavicza

|align=left|Men's two hand lift

| 80.0

Wrestling

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!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left|Momcsilló Tapavicza

|align=left|Men's Greco-Roman

| L

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Notes

References

(Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf])
(Excerpt available at [https://web.archive.org/web/20080411091042/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf])