Hungary at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the Olympic Games
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At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris
Competitors	20 in 4 sports
Medals Rank: 11	Gold 1	Silver 2	Bronze 2	Total 5
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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.

Medalists

Main articles: 1900 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1900 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Rudolf Bauer	Athletics	Men's discus throw	July 15
Silver	Zoltán Halmay	Swimming	Men's 200 metre freestyle	August 12
			Men's 4000 metre freestyle	August 19
Bronze	Lajos Gönczy	Athletics	Men's high jump	July 15
Bronze	Zoltán Halmay	Swimming	Men's 1000 metre freestyle	August 12

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	1	2
Swimming	0	2	1	3
Total	1	2	2	5

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	9	0	9
Fencing	5	0	5
Gymnastics	2	0	2
Swimming	1	0	1
Total	17	0	17

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

Medals by date
Date				Total
15 July	1	0	1	2
12 August	0	1	1	2
19 August	0	1	0	1
Total	1	2	2	5

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Rudolf Bauer

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.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pál Koppán	60 metres	unknown	4-5	N/A				Did not advance
	100 metres	unknown	3	Did not advance
	400 metres	unknown	4	N/A				Did not advance
Ernő Schubert	60 metres	unknown	4-5	N/A				Did not advance
	100 metres	unknown	3	Did not advance
	200 metres	unknown	4	N/A				Did not advance
Zoltán Speidl	400 metres	unknown	4-5	N/A				Did not advance
	800 metres	(2:01.1)	2 Q	N/A				unknown	5
	200 metres hurdles	unknown	6	N/A				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Rudolf Bauer	Discus throw	36.04	1 Q	no better mark
Artúr Coray	Shot put	11.13	7	Did not advance
	Discus throw	31.00	11	Did not advance
Rezső Crettier	Shot put	11.58	4 Q	12.07	4
	Discus throw	33.65	5 Q	no better mark	5
Lajos Gönczy	High jump	N/A		1.75
Jakab Kauser	Pole vault	N/A		3.10	4
Pál Koppán	Triple jump	N/A		unknown	7-13
	Standing triple jump	N/A		unknown	5-10
Ernő Schubert	Long jump	6.050	9	Did not advance
Gyula Strausz	Long jump	6.010	10	Did not advance
	Discus throw	29.80	14	Did not advance

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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinal		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Márton Endrédi	Masters épée	unknown	3-6	N/A				Did not advance
	Masters foil	unknown	unknown	Did not advance
	Masters sabre	unknown	unknown	N/A				Did not advance
Amon Ritter von Gregurich	Sabre	unknown	1-4 Q	N/A				unknown	1 Q	4–3	4
Hugó Hoch		unknown	1-4 Q	N/A				unknown	5-8	Did not advance
Gyula Iványi		unknown	1-4 Q	N/A				unknown	1 Q	3–4	5
Todoresku		unknown	5 Q	N/A				unknown	5-8	Did not advance

According to Herman De Wael there were two other Hungarian fencers in the masters épée competition, but they did not advance from round 1. Their names are not known.

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Artistic

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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Gyula Kakas	All-around	211	88
Gyula Katona		Did not finish

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.

Men

Athlete	Event	Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zoltán Halmay	200 m freestyle	2:38.0	1 Q	2:31.4
	1000 m freestyle	14:52.0	1 Q	15:16.4
	4000 m freestyle	1:11:33.4	1 Q	1:08:55.4