The Hungarian Athletics Championships () are an annual outdoor track and field competition organized and supervised by the Hungarian Athletics Association, which serves as the Hungarian national championships for the sport.
History The history of competitive athletics in Hungary dates back to 1875, when the Magyar Athletikai Club (MAC) was founded and organized the first public athletics event in the country. MAC continued to hold compeititons in the next decades, and with the growing popularity of the sport they were joined by newly founded clubs which had their own contests and gave out the Hungarian champion title. These, however, were not officially recognized national championships yet and the rules were also not standardized.
The turning point came in 1896, when Hungary celebrated its millennium and as part of the Millenary Feast sports events of great dimensions were held in Budapest in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I, attracting over 5,000 athletes. The competition turned out to be a complete success, which gave a big boost to the athletics. A year later, on 21 March 1897 the Hungarian Athletics Association (HAA) was created and two races of the 1896 championship – the 100 yard and the 1 mile event – were approved as official competitions, making Alajos Szokolyi and František Horn the first Hungarian Athletics Championships winners, respectively. Adding long jump and shot put in 1897, and 120 yard hurdles and 440 yard in 1901 to the events' list, MAC continued to organize the championships until 1903, subsequently taken over by the HAA.
Events
Men 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5000 m 10000 m 110 m hurdles 400 m hurdles 3000 m steeplechase 4 × 100 m relay 4 × 400 m relay High jump Pole vault Long jump Triple jump Shot put Discus throw Hammer throw Javelin throw
Women 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5000 m 10000 m 100 m hurdles 400 m hurdles 3000 m steeplechase 4 × 100 m relay 4 × 400 m relay High jump Pole vault Long jump Triple jump Shot put Discus throw Hammer throw Javelin throw
Venues
Championships records Men EventRecordAthlete/TeamDateMeetPlaceShot put20.56 m Szilárd Kiss26 July 20022002 ChampionshipsDebrecen5000 m walk (track)19:32.59 Máté Helebrandt8 July 20232023 ChampionshipsBudapest4 × 800 m relay7:20.6 Ferencvárosi TCJános HrenekImre ÖtvösImre Deák NagyBéla Horváth29 May 19771977 ChampionshipsBudapest4 × 1500 m relay15:09.3 Tatabányai Bányász SCGábor MolnárJános LiczulIstván SzalaiLászló Zöld25 September 19821982 ChampionshipsBudapest
Women EventRecordAthlete/TeamDateMeetPlace200 m23.06 Irén Orosz29 July 19811981 ChampionshipsBudapest100 m hurdles12.72 Luca Kozák8 July 20232023 ChampionshipsBudapestPole vault4.60 m Hanga Klekner2 August 20252025 ChampionshipsBudapest4 × 800 m relay8:35.69 Újpesti Dózsa Sport ClubMárta GombosHeléna BarócsiAndrea BartakovicsKatalin Rácz29 May 19881988 ChampionshipsBudapest
See also Hungarian Athletics Association Lists of Hungarian Athletics Championships champions
References
External links Official website of the Hungarian Athletics Association (in Hungarian) List of Hungarian Athletics Championships winners (men) (in Hungarian) List of Hungarian Athletics Championships winners (women) (in Hungarian)