Hungary at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Hungary at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in St. Moritz, Switzerland 30 January–8 February 1948
Competitors	22 (17 men and 5 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	András Harangvölgyi (cross-country)
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Hungary competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Andrea Kékesy Ede Király	Figure skating	Pairs

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lajos Máté	Downhill					4:09.0	84
György Libik						3:55.3	77
Károly Kővári						3:49.1	65
Tamás Székely						3:36.0	52
Sándor Mazány						3:31.4	49
Péter Szikla						3:30.4	48
György Libik	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Lajos Máté		1:40.1	50	1:20.5	42	3:00.6	48
Tamás Székely		1:26.9 (+0:05)	35	1:15.8	34	2:42.7	35
Péter Szikla		1:15.1	22	1:14.1	32	2:29.2	25

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Lajos Máté	2:19.3	1:46.2	66	89.62	66
Károly Kővári	1:32.5	1:24.2	40	48.35	46
Tamás Székely	1:28.4	1:20.9	35	37.79	35
Péter Szikla	1:24.1	1:12.1	20	29.14	30

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anikó Iglói	Downhill					3:07.1	36
Anikó Iglói	Slalom	1:30.2	24	1:18.7	20	2:48.9	22

Women's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Anikó Iglói	DNF	–	–	DNF	–

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Imre Beták	1'29:24	57
	András Harangvölgyi	1'28:10	49

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Ede Király	5	5	174.400	42	5

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Éva Lindner	22	17	134.188	192	21
Marika Saáry	17	14	140.944	142	17

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Marianna Nagy László Nagy	9.909	89	7
Andrea Kékesy Ede Király	11.109	26

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank
Pál ványa	Normal hill	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ferenc Hemrik		53.0	61.0	183.3	34

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Iván Ruttkay	47.4	37
	Ákos Elekfy	46.8	34
	Kornél Pajor	45.7	21
	Janós Kilián	44.8	14
1500 m	Gedeon Ladányi	2:31.3	39
	Janós Kilián	2:22.5	15
	Kornél Pajor	2:22.2	14
	Iván Ruttkay	2:21.2	10
5000 m	Gedeon Ladányi	9:30.2	35
	Ákos Elekfy	9:18.6	29
	Iván Ruttkay	8:46.9	13
	Kornél Pajor	8:45.2	10
10,000 m	Janós Kilián	20:23.8	16
	Iván Ruttkay	20:16.5	15
	Kornél Pajor	17:45.6	4

References

• Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com