Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics


Hungary competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Austria and Hungary had separate NOCs, therefore results at Olympic Games are kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate

Jenő Fuchs
Oszkár Gerde
Péter Tóth
Lajos Werkner
FencingMen's team sabre
FencingMen's sabre
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman super heavyweight
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle
AthleticsMen's high jump

Béla Las-Torres
József Munk
Imre Zachár
SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
FencingMen's sabre

József Nagy
Pál Simon
Frigyes Mezei
AthleticsMen's medley relay
RowingMen's single sculls

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics18018
Fencing808
Gymnastics505
Rowing11011
Shooting202
Swimming10010
Tennis303
Wrestling707
Total63063

The following is the list of dates, when Hungary won medals:

Results by event

Athletics

Hungary's best athletics result was István Somodi's silver medal in the high jump. The Hungarian medley relay team took the bronze medal.
EventPlaceAthleteHeight/
Distance
Men's high jump2ndIstván Somodi1.88 metres
Men's high jump13thJózsef Haluszinsky1.72 metres
Men's long jump14thÖdön Holits6.44 metres
Men's long jump21-32Géza KovesdiUnknown
Men's pole vault8thKároly Szathmáry3.35 metres
Men's shot put9-25István MudinUnknown
Men's shot put9-25Mór KóczánUnknown
Men's discus throw7thGyörgy Luntzer38.34 metres
Men's discus throw12-42Ferenc JesinaUnknown
Men's discus throw12-42Imre MudinUnknown
Men's discus throw12-42Mór KóczánUnknown
Men's hammer throw10-19István MudinUnknown
Men's Greek discus7thIstván Mudin33.11 metres
Men's Greek discus11-23György LuntzerUnknown
Men's Greek discus11-23Imre MudinUnknown
Men's Greek discus11-23Mór KóczánUnknown
Men's freestyle javelin7thImre Mudin45.97 metres
Men's freestyle javelin10-33Ferenc JesinaUnknown
Men's freestyle javelin10-33György LuntzerUnknown
Men's freestyle javelin10-33István MudinUnknown
Men's freestyle javelin10-33Mór KóczánUnknown

Fencing

Hungary dominated the sabre competitions, taking the top two individual medals and the team gold.

Gymnastics

GymnastEventScoreRank
János NyisztorMen's all-around23615
Kálmán SzabóMen's all-around20934
Imre GellértMen's all-around202.539
Mihály AntosMen's all-around192.547
Frigyes GráfMen's all-around141.577

Rowing

Shooting

EventPlaceShooterScore
Men's 300 metre free rifle43rdSándor Prokopp627
Men's 300 metre free rifle49thKálmán Móricz490

Swimming

Tennis

Wrestling