Hungary at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Hungary at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	HUN
NOC:	Hungarian Olympic Committee external link (Hungarian)
1900 Summer Olympics in Paris
Medals	Gold 1	Silver 3	Bronze 2	Total 6
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Hungary competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 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.

1 Medals
2 Results by event
3 Notes

[edit] Medals

Hungary finished in 10th position in the final medal rankings, with one gold medal and six total medals.

[edit] Gold

Rudolf Bauer - athletics, discus throw

[edit] Silver

Zoltán Halmay - swimming, men's 200 metre freestyle
Zoltán Halmay - swimming, men's 4000 metre freestyle

[edit] Bronze

Lajos Gönczy - athletics, high jump
Zoltán Halmay - swimming, men's 1000 metre freestyle

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Hungary won a gold and a bronze medal in athletics, tying Canada for 4th place in the sport's medal leaderboard. 9 athletes competed in 13 events.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heat	Semifinal	Final

60 metres	—	Pál Koppán	Unknown AC, heat 2	None held	Did not advance
60 metres	—	Ernö Schubert	Unknown AC, heat 2	None held	Did not advance

100 metres	—	Pál Koppán	Unknown 3rd, heat 2	Did not advance
100 metres	—	Ernö Schubert	Unknown 3rd, heat 5	Did not advance

200 metres	—	Ernö Schubert	Unknown 4th, heat 1	None held	Did not advance

400 metres	—	Pál Koppán	Unknown 4th, heat 2	None held	Did not advance
400 metres	—	Zoltán Spiedle	Unknown AC, heat 3	None held	Did not advance

800 metres	5th	Zoltán Spiedle	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	None held	Unknown

200 metre hurdles	—	Zoltán Spiedle	Unknown 6th, heat 2	None held	Did not advance

Event	Place	Athlete	Qualifier	Final

Long jump	9th	Ernö Schubert	6.050 metres 9th	Did not advance
Long jump	10th	Gyula Strausz	6.010 metres 10th	Did not advance

Triple jump	7th-13th	Pál Koppán	None held	Unknown

High jump	3rd	Lajos Gönczy	None held	1.75 metres

Pole vault	4th	Jakab Kauser	None held	3.10 metres

Standing triple jump	5th-10th	Pál Koppán	None held	Unknown

Shot put	4th	Rezsö Crettier	11.58 metres 4th	12.07 metres
Shot put	7th	Artur Coray	11.13 metres 7th	Did not advance

Discus throw	1st	Rudolf Bauer	36.04 metres 1st	No better mark
	5th	Rezsö Crettier	33.65 metres 5th	No better mark
	11th	Artur Coray	31.00 metres 11th	Did not advance
	14th	Gyula Strausz	29.80 metres 14th	Did not advance

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Hungary first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent seven fencers.

Event	Place	Fencer	Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final

Sabre	4th	Amon Ritter von Gregurich	1st-4th in pool	None held	1st place semifinal B	4th place 4-3
	5th	Gyüla von Ivanyi	1st-4th in pool		1st place semifinal A	5th place 3-4
	9-16	Hugó Hoch	1st-4th in pool		5th-8th in semifinal B	Did not advance
	9-16	Todoresku	5th in pool advanced as alternate		5th-8th in semifinal B	Did not advance

Masters foil	44-60	Márton Endrédi	Not advanced by jury	Did not advance

Masters épée	19-54	Márton Endrédi	3rd-6th pool F	None held	Did not advance
Masters épée	19-54	2 others, names unknown	3rd-6th pools G, H, or I	None held	Did not advance

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Hungary's second gymnastics appearance included a second appearance by Gyula Kakas. The nation's two gymnasts won no medals in a heavily France-dominated single event.

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score

Combined	88	Gyula Kakas	211
Combined	—	Gyula Katona	Did not finish

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Hungary continued to win a medal with each entry in a swimming event, taking three medals in 1900 to add to the two won in 1896. Halmay's medals were silver and bronze, however, whereas Hajós had taken a pair of gold medals four year earlier.

Event	Place	Swimmer	Semifinals	Final

Men's 200 metre freestyle	2nd	Zoltán Halmay	2:38.0 1st, semifinal 2	2:31.4

Men's 1000 metre freestyle	3rd	Zoltán Halmay	14:52.0 1st, semifinal 3	15:16.4

Men's 4000 metre freestyle	2nd	Zoltán Halmay	1:11:33.4 1st, semifinal 2	1:08:55.4

[edit] Notes

Nations at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France
Argentina • Australia • Austria • Belgium • Bohemia • Canada • Cuba • Denmark • France • Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Haiti • Hungary • India • Iran • Italy • Luxembourg • Mexico • Netherlands • Norway • Peru • Romania • Russia • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • United States • Mixed teams

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