Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Hungary finished in third position in the final medal rankings, behind only the United States and Soviet Union.

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The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1952 Olympic Games.

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;Men's Team Competition

• Qualification Round (Group B)

:* Defeated Greece (75-38)

:* Lost to Philippines (35-48)

:* Defeated Greece (47-44)

• Main Round (Group A)

:* Lost to United States (48-66)

:* Lost to Uruguay (56-70)

:* Lost to Czechoslovakia (39-63) → did not advance, 15th place

• Team Roster

:*László Bánhegyi

:*Pál Bogár

:*György Bokor

:*Tibor Cselkó

:*Tibor Czinkán

:*János Greminger

:*László Hódy

:*Tibor Mezőfi

:*Péter Papp

:*János Simon

:*Gyula Telegdy

:*Tibor Zsíros

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Men's Flyweight:

• Kornél Molnár

:# First Round – Lost to William Michael Toweel of South Africa (0 - 3)

Men's Featherweight:

• János Erdei

:# First Round – Defeated Georges Malézanoff of Bulgaria (2 - 1)

:# Second Round – Defeated Kurt Schirra of Saarland (3 - 0)

:# Third Round – Lost to Jan Zachara of Czechoslovakia (1 - 2)

Men's Lightweight:

• István Juhász

:# First Round – Defeated Luis Albino Acuña of Uruguay (3 - 0)

:# Second Round – Defeated Clayton Orten Kenny of Canada (2 - 1)

:# Third Round – Lost to Aureliano Bolognesi of Italy (1 - 2)

Light-welterweight

• Béla Farkas

:# First Round – Lost to Pavle Šovljanski of Yugoslavia (0 - 3)

Men's Welterweight:

• Pál Budai

:# First Round – Lost to Günther Heidemann of Germany (1 - 2)

Men's Light-Middleweight:

• László Papp → 16x16px Gold Medal

:# First Round – Defeated Ellsworth Webb of United States (KO 2R)

:# Second Round – Defeated Charles Chase of Canada (KO 2R)

:# Third Round – Defeated Petar Stankoff Spassoff of Bulgaria (3 - 0)

:# Semifinal – Defeated Eladio Oscar Herrera of Argentina (3 - 0)

:# Final – Defeated Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk of South Africa (3 - 0)

Men's Middleweight:

• Mátyás Plachy

:# First Round – Lost to Nelson de Paula Andrade of Brazil (1 - 2)

Men's Light-heavyweight

• István Fazekas

:# First Round – Lost to Toon Pastor of Netherlands (0 - 3)

Men's Heavyweight:

• László Bene

:# Second Round – Lost to Ilkka Koski of Finland (KO 2R)

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;Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• István Lang — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• István Schillerwein — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Lajos Látó — did not finish (→ no ranking)

;Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• István Lang

:* Final — 1:16.9 (→ 18th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Béla Szekeres — 6th place

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17 fencers, 14 men and 3 women, represented Hungary in 1952.

;Men's foil

• Endre Tilli
• Lajos Maszlay
• Endre Palócz

;Men's team foil

• Endre Tilli, Aladár Gerevich, Endre Palócz, Lajos Maszlay, Tibor Berczelly, József Sákovics

;Men's épée

• József Sákovics
• Barnabás Berzsenyi
• Béla Rerrich

;Men's team épée

• Lajos Balthazár, Barnabás Berzsenyi, Béla Rerrich, József Sákovics, Imre Hennyei

;Men's sabre

• Pál Kovács
• Aladár Gerevich
• Tibor Berczelly

;Men's team sabre

• Aladár Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, László Rajcsányi, Bertalan Papp

;Women's foil

• Ilona Schachererné Elek
• Magdolna Nyári-Kovács
• Margit Elek

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Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1952. They won gold in the team event with Gábor Benedek winning silver and István Szondy winning bronze in the individual event.

;Individual

• Gábor Benedek
• István Szondy
• Aladár Kovácsi

;Team

• Gábor Benedek
• István Szondy
• Aladár Kovácsi

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Hungary had 15 male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1952/ROW/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165935/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1952/ROW/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Hungary Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games |access-date= 10 March 2018}}

; Men's coxed pair

• László Halász
• József Sátori
• Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

; Men's coxless four

• László Decker
• Imre Kaffka
• János Hollósi
• Imre Kemény

; Men's eight

• István Sándor
• Csaba Kovács
• Miklós Zágon
• Tibor Nádas
• Rezső Riheczky
• Pál Bakos
• László Marton
• Béla Zsitnik
• Róbert Zimonyi (cox)

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Six shooters represented Hungary in 1952. In the 25 m pistol event Károly Takács won gold and Szilárd Kun won silver. Ambrus Balogh won bronze in the 50 m pistol.

;25 m pistol

• Károly Takács
• Szilárd Kun

;50 m pistol

• Ambrus Balogh
• Ferenc Décsey

;300 m rifle, three positions

• Ambrus Balogh
• Ferenc Décsey

;50 m rifle, three positions

• Imre Ágoston
• János Dosztály

;50 m rifle, prone

• Imre Ágoston
• János Dosztály

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