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Hungary at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of Hungary.svg
IOC codeHUN
NOCHungarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Rome
Competitors184 (157 men and 27 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearerJános Simon
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
6
Silver
8
Bronze
7
Total
21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 184 competitors, 157 men and 27 women, took part in 107 events in 18 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

The Hungarian sabre team led by Aladár Gerevich (center). Pál Kovács is above him and Rudolf Kárpáti is above-left.

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Hungary in 1960.

Individual road race
  • Ferenc Stámusz
  • János Dévai
  • Ferenc Horváth
  • Győző Török
1000m time trial
  • János Söre

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

21 fencers, 16 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1960.

Men's foil
  • Mihály Fülöp
  • Jenő Kamuti
  • László Kamuti
Men's team foil
  • Ferenc Czvikovszki, Jenő Kamuti, Mihály Fülöp, László Kamuti, József Gyuricza, József Sákovics
Men's épée
Men's team épée
  • József Marosi, Tamás Gábor, István Kausz, József Sákovics, Árpád Bárány
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
  • Magda Nyári-Kovács
  • Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő
  • Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky
Women's team foil
  • Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Györgyi Marvalics-Székely, Magda Nyári-Kovács, Katalin Nagyné Juhász, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky

Football

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1960. The team won gold and Ferenc Németh won an individual gold and Imre Nagy won silver.

Individual
  • Ferenc Németh
  • Imre Nagy
  • András Balczó
Team
  • Ferenc Németh
  • Imre Nagy
  • András Balczó

Rowing

Hungary had nine male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1960.[2]

Men's coxed pair
  • Pál Wágner
  • László Munteán
  • Gyula Lengyel (cox)
Men's coxless four
  • Lajos Kiss
  • György Sarlós
  • József Sátori
  • Béla Zsitnik
Men's coxed four
  • Tibor Bedekovits
  • Csaba Kovács
  • László Munteán
  • Pál Wágner
  • Gyula Lengyel (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented Hungary in 1960.

25 m pistol
  • Ferenc Kun
  • József Gyönyörű
50 m pistol
  • Ambrus Balogh
300 m rifle, three positions
  • Sándor Krebs
  • Miklós Szabó
50 m rifle, three positions
  • János Holup
  • Imre Simkó
50 m rifle, prone
  • János Dosztály
  • Imre Simkó
Trap
  • Ede Szomjas
  • Károly Kulin-Nagy

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "Hungary at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hungary Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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