Kammala wannan jumla: Szabó ya lashe lambar azurfa a wasan karshe na farko na gasar zakarun Turai, inda ya zama na biyu ga Luigi Beccali a kan mita 1500 a ranar farko ta gasar
1934 Gasar Zakarun Turai a Turin. Daga baya a cikin wasannin guda, Szabó ya doke wanda aka fi so a gida, Mario Lanzi, a wasan karshe na mita 800 - alƙalai sun ba shi zinare bayan maza biyu sun tsallake layin a cikin lokaci na 1: 52.0. Szabó bai iya maimaita nasararsa a wasannin Olympics na 1936 ba; an cire shi bayan ya gama na huɗu a wasan kusa da na karshe sama da mita 800 kuma ya gama na bakwai a wasan karshe na mita 1500. Watanni biyu bayan wasannin Olympics, a ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 1936, Szabó ya karya tarihin duniya na Jules Ladoumègue a kan mita 2000 tare da lokaci na 5: 20.4. A shekara mai zuwa, a ranar 30 ga Satumba, 1937, ya gudu da sa'o'i 8:56.0 don karya rikodin duniya na Gunnar Höckert sama da mil biyu.