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Hungarians in the Olympics
1932, Los Angeles

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Highlights

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 Olympic Domination toward 7 Total Golds!
 Future Wrestling Gold Medalist, Karpati Karoly, wins Silver
 Future Wrestling Gold Medalist, Zombori Odon, wins 2 Silvers

Gold Medalists:

Enekes Istvan (1911-1940), Boxinokolvivas legsuly
Pelle Istvan (1895-1968), Floor Exercises / muszabadgyakorlat lolenges
Pelle Istvan (1895-1968), Pommelled Horse / lolenges
Piller Gyorgy (1889-1960), Fencing/kardvivas 1st Gold

Men's Team Hungary - Fencing/Kardvivas: 4th Gold

Gerevich Aladar (1910-), 1st Gold of 6!
Glykais Gyula (1893-1948),
Kabos Endre (1906-1944), 1st Gold (also took bronze in the individual sabre)
Nagy Erno (1898-1977),
Petschauer Atilla (1904-1943), 2nd Gold
Piller Gyorgy (1899-1960) 2nd Gold

Men's Team Hungary - Water Polo/Vizilabdazas: 1st Gold

Barta Istvan (1895-1948),
Brody Gyorgy (1908-1967), 1st Gold
Halassy Oliver (1909-1946), 1st Gold
Homonnai Marton (1906-1969), 1st Gold
Dr. Ivady Sandor (1903-),
Keseru Alajos (1905-1965),
Keseru Ferenc (1903-1968),
Nemeth Janos (1906-), 1st Gold
Sarkany Miklos (1908- ), 1st Gold
Vertesy Jozsef (1901- )

See all 1932 medalists (in Hungarian)

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

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 to 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 reputation 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 winning Hungarian Sabre team of '72 and '80. Gerevich  later coached at the Vasa Sports Club in Budapest.  

Read more at International Olympic Committee Heroes and see photos and more information.. 

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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