Hungarian Fencing Federation

The Hungarian Fencing Federation (Hungarian: Magyar Vívó Szövetség, MVSz) is the national organization for fencing in Hungary. It was founded in 1914 and has been affiliated to the International Fencing Federation since 1917. Its headquarters is in Budapest.

Hungarian Fencing Federation
SportFencing
JurisdictionHungary
AbbreviationMVSZ
AffiliationFIE
Affiliation date1917
Regional affiliationEFC
HeadquartersBudapest
PresidentZsolt Csampa

Hungary has hosted the World Fencing Championships five times (in 1959, 1975, 1991, 2000, and 2013). The chairman of the Hungarian Fencing Federation is Zsolt Csampa (since 2012).

Current officers
  • President: Zsolt Csampa
  • General vice president: Jenő Kamuti
  • Vice president: Antal Perczel
  • Professional vice president: Lajos Szlovenszky
  • Secretary: Pál Polgár

International organizations in Hungary

World Championships:

European Championships:

International achievements
Event Pos.
Olympic Games 35 22 26 3rd
World Championships 89 82 92 3rd
European Championships 28 30 39 3rd

Olympic Games
Year Host city No. of
fencers		 Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 5 0 0 0 0 -
1908 London 8 2 1 0 3 II.
1912 Stockholm 13 2 1 1 4 I.
1924 Paris 10 1 1 2 4 III.
1928 Amsterdam 17 2 1 0 3 III.
1932 Los Angeles 10 2 0 2 4 III.
1936 Berlin 19 3 0 1 4 II.
1948 London 18 3 0 2 5 II.
1952 Helsinki 17 2 2 2 6 II.
1956 Melbourne 18 2 1 1 4 II.
1960 Rome 21 2 2 0 4 II.
1964 Tokyo 20 4 0 0 4 I.
1968 Mexico City 20 2 2 3 7 II.
1972 Munich 19 2 4 2 8 I.
1976 Montreal 18 1 0 2 3 IV.
1980 Moscow 18 0 2 3 5 IV.
1988 Seoul 20 1 0 2 3 V.
1992 Barcelona 20 1 2 0 3 V.
1996 Atlanta 15 0 1 2 3 V.
2000 Sydney 13 1 0 0 1 V.
2004 Athens 15 1 2 0 3 III.
2008 Beijing 15 0 0 1 1 XII.
2012 London 4 1 0 0 1 V.
2016 Rio de Janeiro 9
2020 Tokyo
Total 35 22 26 83 III.

Fencing clubs of Hungary

Point classification for Hungarian clubs (2015)

See also

References
  1. "Egyesületi pontverseny 2015 (kard)" (PDF) (in Hungarian). hunfencing.hu.
  2. "Egyesületi pontverseny 2015 (tőr)" (PDF) (in Hungarian). hunfencing.hu.
  3. "Egyesületi pontverseny 2015 (párbajtőr)" (PDF) (in Hungarian). hunfencing.hu.
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