Pál Kovács

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Medal record
Pál Kovács
Pál Kovács
Competitor for Flag of Hungary Hungary
Men's fencing
Olympic Games
Gold 1936 Berlin Team sabre
Gold 1948 London Team sabre
Gold 1952 Helsinki Team sabre
Gold 1952 Helsinki Individual sabre
Gold 1956 Melbourne Team sabre
Gold 1960 Rome Team Sabre
Bronze 1948 London Individual sabre
World Championships
Gold Budapest 1933 Team sabre
Gold Paris 1937 Team sabre
Gold Stockholm 1951 Team sabre
Gold Brussels 1953 Team sabre
Gold Luxembourg 1954 Team sabre
Gold Rome 1955 Team sabre
Gold Paris 1957 Team sabre
Gold Philadelphia 1958 Team sabre

Pál Kovács (July 17, 1912, in Debrecen – July 8, 1995, in Budapest) was a Hungarian Olympic fencer, who began as a high jumper, but eventually switched to fencing.

By the time Kovács won his first gold, in 1936, he had already been a member of the winning Hungarian team at the 1933 World Championships. The Hungarians would go on to win team sabre gold in five successive Olympics, lasting from 1936 until 1960. The same team won gold eight back-to-back World Championships (including the two Olympics, which double as World Championships in their respective years). Kovács also won individual gold in 1952, as well as individual bronze in 1948.

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