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Highlights
A dismembered Hungary returns to the Olympics and takes 2 Gold!
Swimming Legend, Zoltan Halmay, takes Silver in Architecture after French objection to his deserving Gold
Fencers take Silver and Bronze
Gold Medalists:
Dr. Halasy Gyula (1891-1970) Skeet Shooting/loveszet agyaggalamb
Dr. Posta Sandor (1888-1952) Fencing/kardvivasSee all 1924 medalists (in Hungarian)
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Hungary slowly recovers...
Though Halasy and Posta overcame much adversity, the disaster of WWI is seen in this sub-par showing. It wasn't until 1928 that Hungary was able to regain its Olympic prowess.
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