Hungary at the 1936 Winter Olympics
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competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics
1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin...

in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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, Germany
Germany
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.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event

Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Sunday February 9, 1936 to Saturday February 15, 1936.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 
Pairs

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Downhill Slalom Total
Time Rank Time 1 Time 2 Rank Total points Rank
Levente Balatoni Combined 6:36.6 38 DNF DNF
László Szalay 6:14.4 32 1:27.6 1:29.9 12 79.68 19
Károly Kővári 6:00.4 27 1:44.8 1:43.6 28 75.05 27
Imre Csík 5:48.2 21 1:48.5 2:08.2 32 72.24 30

Figure skating

Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Dénes Pataky Men's singles 7 11 60 374.8 9
Elemér Terták
Elemér Terták
Elemér Terták was an Hungarian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the bronze medal at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships, the 1937 European Championships, and the 1937 World Figure Skating Championships. He also competed in the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, finishing...

9 8 56 379.0 8


Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Éva von Botond Women's singles 11 17 106 356.1 15


Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Piroska Szekrényessy
Attila Szekrényessy
38.5 10.6 4
Emília Rotter
László Szollás
László Szollás
László Szollás was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Emília Rotter he won the World Figure Skating Championship four times in five years , and were the 1932 World silver medalists. They were the 1934 European Champions and 1930 & 1931 silver medalists...

32.5 10.8

Ice hockey

Group C

Top two teams advanced to semifinals
Pld W L T GF GA Pts
3 3 0 0 10 0 6
3 2 1 0 14 5 4
3 1 2 0 4 7 2
3 0 3 0 4 20 0

6 February 11-2
(1-1,2-0,8-1)
7 February 3-0
(0-0,1-0,2-0)
8 February 3-0
(1-0,1-0,1-0)

Group A

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round.
Pld W L T GF GA Pts
3 2 0 1 8 3 5
3 2 1 0 22 4 4
3 1 1 1 5 8 3
3 0 3 0 2 22 0

11 February 2-1
(0-0,1-0,1-1)
12 February 15-0
(3-0,9-0,3-0)
13 February 5-1
(1-0,3-1,1-0)

  • Team Roster
  • István Hircsák
  • Ferenc Monostori
  • Miklós Barcza
  • László Róna
  • Frigyes Helmeczi
  • Sándor Minder
  • András Gergely
  • László Gergely
  • Béla Háray
    Béla Háray
    Béla Háray is a Hungarian ice hockey and field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Budapest....

  • Zoltán Jeney
  • Sándor Miklos
  • Ferenc Szmosi
  • Mátyás Farkas
  • György Margó
    György Margó
    György Margó was a Hungarian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Budapest....


Nordic combined

Events:
  • 18 km cross-country skiing
  • normal hill ski jumping


The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event
Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 4x10 km relay was added to the competition.The relay event was held on Monday, February 10, 1936, the 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936, and the 50 km event was held on Saturday, February 15,...

 of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athlethes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.
Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
László Szalay Individual DNF DNF
Károly Kovári DNF DNF

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
1500 m László Hídvéghy 2:29.0 25
5000 m László Hídvéghy 8:53.2 17
10,000 m László Hídvéghy 18:04.0 14
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