Pál Kovács (17 July 1912 – 8 July 1995) was a Hungarian athlete, who began as a hurdler, but eventually switched to fencing.

By the time Kovács won his first fencing gold, in 1936, he had already been a member of the winning Hungarian team at the 1933 World Championships.

The Hungarians won 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).

In 1980, he became vice-president of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime.