Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Hungary
games=1952 Summer
competitors=189
sports=15
flagbearer=Imre Németh
gold=16
silver=10
bronze=16
total=42
rank=3

Hungary competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Medalists

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

Gold

* József Csermák — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw

* László Papp — Boxing, Men's Light-Middleweight

* Pál Kovács — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

* Pál Kovács, Tibor Berczelly, Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti, Bertalan Papp, László Rajcsányi — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition

* The Golden Team of Men's Team Football: Gyula Grosics, Jenő Buzánszky, Gyula Lóránt, Mihály Lantos, József Bozsik, József Zakariás, Nándor Hidegkuti, Sándor Kocsis, Péter Palotás, Ferenc Puskás, and Zoltán Czibor — Football, Men's Team Competition

* Ágnes Keleti — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises

* Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars
* Gábor Benedek, Aladár Kovácsi, and István Szondy — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

* Károly Takács — Shooting, Men's 25 metres Rapid Fire Pistol (60 Shot)

* Katalin Szőke — Swimming, Women's 100 Metres Freestyle

* Éva Székely — Swimming, Women's 200 Metres Breaststroke

* Valéria Gyenge — Swimming, Women's 400 metres Freestyle

* Ilona Novák, Judit Temes, Éva Novák, Katalin Szőke, Mária Littomeritzky — Swimming, Women's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay

* László Jeney, György Vizvári, Dezső Gyarmati, Kálmán Markovits, Antal Bolvári, István Szívós, György Kárpáti, Károly Szittya, Róbert Antal, Dezső Fábián, István Hasznos, Dezső Lemhényi, and Miklós Martin — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

* Imre Hódos — Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Bantamweight

* Miklós Szilvásy — Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Welterweight

Silver

* Margit Korondi, Ágnes Keleti, Edit Weckinger, Olga Tass, Erzsébet Köteles, Mária Kövi, Andrea Bodó, and Irén Karcsics — Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition

* Gábor Novák — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C1 10.000 metres

* János Parti — Canoe / Kayak, Men's Flatwater C1 1000 metres (Canoe Single)

* Ilona Elek — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

* Aladár Gerevich — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

* Gábor Benedek — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition

* Szilárd Kun — Shooting, Men's 25 metres Rapid Fire Pistol (60 Shot)

* Éva Novák — Swimming, Women's 200 metres Breaststroke

* Éva Novák — Swimming, Women's 400 metres Freestyle

* Imre Polyák — Wrestling Greco-Roman, Men's Featherweight

Bronze

* László Zarándi, Géza Varásdi, György Csányi, Béla Goldoványi — Athletics, Men's 4 x 100 metres Relay

* Antal Róka — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk

* Ödön Földessy — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

* Imre Németh — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw

* József Gurovits and Ferenc Varga — Canoe / Kayak Flatwater, Men's K2 10,000 metres

* Tibor Berczelly, Aladár Gerevich, Lajos Maszlay, Endre Palócz, József Sákovits, and Endre Tilli — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition

* Tibor Berczelly — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

* Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam

* Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises

* Margit Korondi — Gymnastics, Women's Individual All-Round

* Ágnes Keleti — Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars

* Andrea Bodó, Irén Karcsics, Erzsébet Köteles, Ágnes Keleti, Margit Korondi, Edit Weckinger, Olga Tass, and Mária Kövi — Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition Portable Apparatus

* István Szondy — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition

* Ambrus Balogh — Shooting, Men's 50m Pistol (60 Shots)

* Judit Temes — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle

* György Gurics — Wrestling Freestyle, Men's Middleweight

Results by event

=Basketball=

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:*Laszlo Bánhegyi:*Pal Bogár:*Gyorgy Bokor :*Tibor Cselkó :*Tibor Czinkán :*Janos Greminger :*Laszlo Hódy:*Tibor Mezofi:*Peter Papp :*Janos Simon :*Gyula Telegdy:*Tibor Zsiros

=Boxing=

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 → 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)

=Cycling=

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