History of orienteering maps by countries
HUNGARY

countries - history of o-mapping
Suggestions, amendments warmly welcome: László Zentai - editor


January 6 1925: The first Hungarian orienteering training in Nagyszénás area.
January 11 1925: The first Hungarian orienteering event in Hűvösvölgy area (Budapest), organized by Henrik Ripszám (club name: Munkás TE).
November 25 1925: The second Hungarian orienteering event (Munkás TE)
November 28 1926: The third Hungarian orienteering event (Munkás TE)
November 15 1927: The organizer (Munkás TE) hadn't got a permission to organize the next event (Erzsébet kilátó)

March 22 1934: Club event of Duna Sport Club (organized by Ottó Berend).
April 14 1935: First fieldwork practice of Duna Sport Club.
June 10 1935: The second club (Pénzintézeti SE) organized their fieldwork practice.
March 28 1936: The permission of the event planned by Duna Sport Club was withdrawn one day before the event (Tahi area). March 13 1938: The second club event of Duna Sport Club (Dobogókő).
September 17-18 1938: Night event of the Hungarian Tourist Association (Magyar Turista Egyesület - MTE).
April 2 1939: Next fieldwork practice of Duna Sport Club (Magyarkúti turistaház).
May 6-7 1939: The second night event of the MTE.
1939: On the forest walking event of Gyopár SE (Kolozsvár, Cluj-Napoca) the winner run the whol course.
1941: The teaching of map reading was started in secondary schools.
1942: The decision of MTE: every club have to organize a fieldwork practice every year.
August 22-23 1942: The first national fieldwork practice (Szár)
October 24 1943: National fieldwork practice for the prize of the minister of Defence (Gödöllő area).
June 3-4 1944: Combined (day, night) event (Pomáz, Pilisszentkereszt).
April 14 1946: The first event after WWII (Duna Sport Club).
October 22 1947: The Federation (MTE) formed a Fieldwork Practice Committee and start to create the uniform rules.
October 16 1949: The first course for controllers: they organiezd the first national fieldwork practice championship (torbágy area), some called this event the first orienteering championship.
Whit 1950: The first relay event (Mecsek mountains).
September 17 1950: The first national team championship (Hegyes-tető area).
End of 1950: The National Gymnastic and Sport Committee was formed.
October 24-26 1952: The first national individual championship (only M21). The winner is Lajos Thuróczy.
1955: Forming of the magazine Tourism (Természetjárás). Conflicts between tourists and "runners".
July 1957: The Hunagrian orienteers first time took part on event abroad (Czehoslovakia).
August 20 1957: The first international event in Hungary (I. Balaton Cup, Zamárdi area).
Summer 1959: Orienteers of the club Budapesti Pedagógus spent two weeks in Finland. Organization of the first national university championships.
May 21-22 1961: The foundation of IOF (member countries: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Germany (BRD and DDR), Hungary, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland).
November 5 1961: The first national individual champioships for juniors. The winner is László Deseő.
September 22-23 1962: The first European Championships (Löten, Norway).
October 7 1962: The first national championhips for woman (individual and team).
1963: The first colour orienteering map: 1.2 Mb, 152 kB.
1964: The first colour map specially made for orienteering (Fehérkőlápa, made by Endre Kővári).
June 20-24 1969: IOF Congress in Budapest.
January 1 1970: The foundation of the independent Hungarian Orienteering Federation. President: István Slezák. Secretary general: Iván Skerletz. Members: Mária Hardicsay, Miklós Székely, László Szőnyi, László Valtinyi, Lajos Vittek. The local (county) federations are also formed.
September 14 1972: Sarolta Monspart, the winner of the WOC, the first non-Scandinavian winner.
July 15-20 1976: Sarolta Monspart, the first foreign winner of O-Ringen.
August 31 - September 4 1983: The 10th WOC in Hungary (Zalaegerszeg).

edited by László Zentai, 2001