Flag Bearing Hungarian Athlete Hungarian water polo player Dezso Gyarmaty carries his country ' s national flag with Kossuth Arms on a black patch , replacing the communist emblem , as Hungary ' s Olympic team arrive at the Melbourne airport . over 1000 Hungarians living in Melbourne gathered at the airport . Many weeping , to welcome the 60 athletets . It has been reported from Australia , that at the request of the Hungarians , the communist flag of Hungary was removed from entrance to the to the Olympic Village at Heidelberg and Replaced by the new Hungarian flag . They also removed communist emblems from ther coach and replaced them with banners commemorating an earlier revolution of Kossuth . Two Hungarian coach drivers , removed communist flags with shouts of " DOwn with communists " and " Long live free Hungary " , the flag was ripped to pieces 12th November 1956