Hungary at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Hungary at the 1952 Winter Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Oslo, Norway February 14-25, 1952
Competitors	12 (8 men and 4 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Ferenc Lőrincz (speed skating)
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Hungary competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Marianna Nagy László Nagy	Figure skating	Pairs

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
József Piroska	Giant Slalom					3:39.3	79
József Piroska	Slalom	1:33.5	78	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ildikó Szendrődi-Kővári	Downhill					2:18.5	32
Ildikó Szendrődi-Kővári	Giant Slalom					2:41.7	37
Ildikó Szendrődi-Kővári	Slalom	1:14.7	25	1:15.6	33	2:30.3	30

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Pál Sajgó	1'13:25	53
50 km	Ignác Berecz	4'46:23	31
	Pál Sajgó	4'38:34	27

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
György Czakó	14	12	132.233	112	12

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Eszter Jurek	24	19	121.478	199	23

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Rank
Éva Szöllősi Gábor Vida	9.244	91.5	10
Marianna Nagy László Nagy	10.822	31

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	József Merényi	46.7	32
	Ferenc Lőrincz	46.1	28
1500 m	József Merényi	2:26.1	21
	Ferenc Lőrincz	2:23.7	10
5000 m	József Merényi	8:56.6	26
	Ferenc Lőrincz	8:51.2	21
10,000 m	József Merényi	18:09.0	17

Sources

• (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). The Official Report of the Organising Committee of the VIth Winter Olympic Games 1952 at Oslo (PDF). Oslo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-31. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1952, full results by sports-reference.com