Béla Goldoványi

Béla Goldoványi ( born December 20, 1925 in Budapest, † November 16, 1972 ) was a Hungarian athlete, who specializes in the 100 -meter run and was an international success, especially as a relay runner.

Goldoványi occupied at the Olympic Games in London in 1948 with the Hungarian 4 x 100 - meter relay team to fourth place. In the 100 -meter run, however, he retired from the quarter-final round. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, the Hungarian Season in the lineup László Zarandi, Géza Varasdi, György Csanyi and Béla Goldoványi won the bronze medal behind the Soviet team U.S. and. About 100 meters Goldoványi again reached the quarter- final round.

At the European Athletics Championships in Berne in 1954 he succeeded in winning the title in the 4 x 100 - meter relay. The Hungarian team placed in the Olympic cast of 1952 with a time of 40.6 seconds a championship record and referred the British and the Soviet relay to the places. In his third and final part in the Olympics in 1956 in Melbourne Goldoványi approached in the 100 - meter dash, 200 -meter run and the season, but reached in any of the competitions the final.