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.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle
SwimmingMen's 1200 m freestyle
AthleticsMen's 800 m
AthleticsMen's 100 m
AthleticsMen's marathon
TennisMen's singles

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics303
Gymnastics202
Swimming101
Tennis101
Weightlifting101
Wrestling101
Total707

Athletics

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 along with Szokolyi.
; Track & road events
; Field events

Gymnastics

Artistic

The Hungarian gymnasts were unable to win any medals.
;Men
AthleteEventRank
Gyula KakasHorizontal barunranked
Gyula KakasParallel barsunranked
Gyula KakasPommel horseunranked
Gyula KakasVaultunranked
Dezső WeinHorizontal barunranked
Dezső WeinParallel barsunranked
Dezső WeinRingsunranked
Dezső WeinVaultunranked

Swimming

Hajós won both events he entered, taking two of the four swimming medals.
;Men

Tennis

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

Weightlifting

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.
AthleteEventResultRank
Momcsilló TapaviczaMen's two hand liftunknown6

Wrestling

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