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Los Angeles 1932

The beginnings of the Olympic movement in Hungary go back further than the Games in Athens. Ferenc Kemeny, a great pacifist and member of the International Peace Bureau, was one of Pierre de Coubertin's first kindred spirits, with whom he struck up a friendship in the 1880's. He took an active part in the Congress for the re-establishment of the Games held in Paris in 1894 and was one of the founder members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coubertin supported Kemeny's suggestion to hold the first Olympics in Budapest in 1896 in honor of Hungary's 1000 years of statehood.Hungarian Olympic Triumph!
by Bryan Dawson

Did you know...as of 2016, Hungary ranks 8th in the world in medals at the Summer Olympic Games despite its being torn apart after WWI and losing half her population and 2/3 of her territory. This does not include an additional 6 medals won in the Winter Olympics nor the Hungarians that won medals as nationals of other countries after borders were redrawn or after large-scale emigration.

Ferenc Kemeny,
founding
member of the International Olympic Committee.

The beginnings of the Olympic movement in Hungary go back further than the Games in Athens. Ferenc Kemeny, a great pacifist and member of the International Peace Bureau, was one of Pierre de Coubertin's first kindred spirits, with whom he struck up a friendship in the 1880's.

Kemeny took an active part in the Congress for the re-establishment of the Games held in Paris in 1894 and was one of the founding members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coubertin supported Kemeny's suggestion to hold the first Olympics in Budapest in 1896 in honor of Hungary's 1000 years of statehood. While the dream of hosting an Olympics is not yet realized, Hungary has won more Olympic medals than any other nation that has never hosted the Games.

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1932 Los Angeles Highlights

  • The 1932 Hungarian Men's Fencing continued Hungary's historic streak of a Gold through 14 CONSECUTIVE Olympics!
    • Legendary Fencer Gerevich Aladar wins first of his RECORD 7 GOLD MEDALS!
    • Petschauer Attila wins 2nd consecutive Gold
    • Pelle Istvan takes 2 Golds and 2 Silvers!
    • Piller Gyorgy wins 2 Golds
  • Men's Team Waterpolo begins Hungary's Olympic Championship legacy with their first Gold!
  • Future Wrestling Gold Medalist, Karpati Karoly, wins Silver
  • Future Wrestling Gold Medalist, Zombori Odon, wins Silver
Medal
Name Event
Gold
Énekes István Boxing flyweight / ökölvívás légsúly
Gold
Kabos Endre Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat
Gold
Gerevich Aladár (Gerei Aladár) Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat
Gold
Glykais Gyula Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat
Gold
Nagy Ernő Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat
Gold
Petschauer Attila Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat
Gold
Piller-Jekelfalussy György Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat
Gold
Garay János Team Fencing / vívás kard csapat
Gold
Piller-Jekelfalussy György Individual Fencing / vívás kard egyéni
Gold
Bródy György Team Waterpolo / vizilabda csapat
Gold
Barta István (Berger István) Team Waterpolo / vizilabda csapat
Gold
Halassy Olivér (Haltmayer Olivér) Team Waterpolo / vizilabda csapat
Gold
Homonnai Márton (Hlavacsek Márton) Team Waterpolo / vizilabda csapat
Gold
Ivády Sándor dr. Team Waterpolo / vizilabda csapat
Gold
Keserű Alajos Team Waterpolo / vizilabda csapat
Gold
Keserű Ferenc dr. Team Waterpolo / vizilabda csapat
Gold
Sárkány Miklós Team Waterpolo / vizilabda csapat
Gold
Vértesy (Vrábel) József Team Waterpolo / vizilabda csapat
Gold
Németh János Team Waterpolo / vizilabda csapat
Gold
Pelle István dr. Gymnastics Pommel Horse / torna lólengés
Gold
Pelle István dr. Gymnastics / műszabadgyakorlat
Silver
Pelle István dr. Gymnastics / torna korlát
Silver
Pelle István dr. Gymnastics / torna összetett egyéni
Silver
Zombori Ödön (Zanich, Janicsek) Wrestling / birkózás szabadfogás 56 kg
Silver
Manno Miltiades Sculpture / művészet szobrászat
Silver
Kárpáti Károly (Kellner Károly) Wrestling / birkózás kötöttfogás 66 kg
Bronze
Bogen-Bogáti Erna Individual Fencing / vívás tőr egyéni
Bronze
Bárány István dr. Swimming freestyle relay / 4x200 m gyors
Bronze
Szabados László Swimming freestyle relay / 4x200 m gyors
Bronze
Székely András Swimming freestyle relay / 4x200 m gyors
Bronze
Wanié András Swimming freestyle relay / 4x200 m gyors
Bronze
Soós-Ruszka Hradetzky Zoltán Shooting / sportlövészet kisöbű puska fekvő
Bronze
Tunyogi József Wrestling / birkózás szabadfogás 79 kg
Bronze
Kabos Endre Individual Fencing / vívás kard egyéni
Bronze
Szollás László dr. Figure Skating - pairs / műkorcsolya páros
Bronze
Rotter Emília Figure Skating - pairs / műkorcsolya páros

See all 1932 medalists (in Hungarian)



Featured 1932 Olympians

Aladar GerevichGerevich Aladar:
(b. Jaszbereny 3/16/1910, d. 5/14/1991)

The "Greatest of all Olympic Fencers"...
Aladar Gerevich is the greatest of all Olympic fencers. His six successive gold medals in the sabre team event at every Games from 1932 to 1960 stands as a record for any Olympic sport.When told in 1960 that he was too old to compete for a place in the Hungarian team, he challenged the entire team and defeated them all. In the sabre, he won individual gold in 1948, silver in 1952, and bronze in 1936, and a further bronze in the foil team event in 1952. He confirmed his reputation1932 Fencing Team Hungary as the world's greatest sabreur with three individual titles at the World Championships (1935, 1951, 1955) and he competed on nine winning Hungarian sabre teams at the World Championships. In addition to his 1952 Olympic medal in team foil, he won the Hungarian national championship with the foil seven times. His wife Erna Bogathy is part of three generations of medal winners. Her father Albert Bogen (1882-1961) was part of the Austrian Sabre team that won silver in 1912 (behind Hungary), she won bronze (under the name Erna Bogen) in foil in 1932, and their son Pal Gerevich (born during the Olympics in 1948) was part of the silver winningHungarian Sabre team of '72 and '80. Gerevich  later coached at the Vasa Sports Club in Budapest.

See more at International Olympic Committee Heroes

Endre Kabos Piller Gyorgy Enekes Istvan Pelle Istvan 1932 Water Polo Team Hungary

Teammates, Fencers Piller Gyorgy, won 2 golds, while Kabos Endre wins Gold and Bronze. Enekes Istvan wins boxing Gold and Gymnast Pelle Istvan wins 2 Golds. The Waterpolo Team begins Hungary's Olympic 7-time Championship legacy with their first Gold.

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