Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

It was the fifth time the nation appeared in swimming, in which Hungary had competed at every Olympic Games.

The squad's last place finish and 0–2 record are somewhat misleading; Hungary lost both its matches by a single goal in each.

Kóczán's bronze medal in the javelin throw was the only athletics medal won by a Hungarian; he and Wardener were the only two to advance to the finals via eliminations (Kárpáti and Ripszám ran the marathon, which consisted of only the final).

The four Hungarian cyclists who finished had a combined time that placed them twelfth in the team competition.

Thirteen fencers represented Hungary, including six of the eight men who had competed in 1908.

The Hungarians dominated the sabre competition to an even greater extent than they had four years earlier, taking all three of the medals and having seven of the eight finalists in the individual event (they had taken the gold and silver, with five of eight finalists in 1908).

The nation entered four gymnasts in the individual competition, with Elemér Pászti having the best performance at 13th place.

Both of the scullers, including defending bronze medalist Károly Levitzky, had byes in the first round but were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Radvány also had a successful Games, advancing to the seventh bout of the elimination round before finally receiving his second loss to take fourth place.