Hungary at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the Olympic Games
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At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis
Competitors	4 in 2 sports
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 4
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Hungary competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States. 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

Further information: 1904 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1904 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Zoltán Halmay	Swimming	Men's 50 yd freestyle	September 6
			Men's 100 yd freestyle	September 5
Silver	Géza Kiss	Swimming	Men's 1 mile freestyle	September 6
Bronze	Géza Kiss	Swimming	Men's 880 yd freestyle	September 7

Default sort order: Medal, Date, Name

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	2	1	1	4
Total	2	1	1	4

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	0	2
Swimming	2	0	2
Total	4	0	4

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

Medals by date
Date				Total
5 September	1	0	0	1
6 September	1	1	0	2
7 September	0	0	1	1
Total	2	1	1	4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Béla Mező	60 m	unknown	4	Did not advance
	100 m	unknown	3	N/A		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Lajos Gönczy	High jump	1.75	4
	Standing high jump	1.35	5
Béla Mező	Long jump	unknown	7-10

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zoltán Halmay	50 yd freestyle	29.6	1 Q	28.2	1
	100 yd freestyle	1:06.2	1 Q	1:02.8
Géza Kiss	880 yd freestyle	N/A		unknown
	1 mile freestyle	N/A		28:28.2

Note

¹Halmay tied with Leary in the final. A swim-off was held between them, which Halmay won and was awarded with the gold medal. His time was 28.0, Leary's time was 28.6.

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database