Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code HUN
NOC Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website www.mob.hu (Hungarian) (English)
in Beijing
Competitors 171 in 18 sports
Flag bearer Zoltán Kammerer (opening)
Attila Vajda (closing)
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold Silver Bronze Total
3 5 2 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent 131 individual competitors (77 men and 54 women) plus the men's and women's water polo teams and the women's handball team (13+13 + 14 athletes, respectively) for a total of 171 Hungarian athletes taking part in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Hungary's gold medal count of 3 was the lowest in the nation's Summer Olympic history since the Paris Summer Olympic Games of 1924. Its total medal count of 10 was the lowest since the 1928 Summer Olympic Games in Amsterdam.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Vajda, AttilaAttila Vajda Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m 22 August
 Gold Janics, NatasaNatasa Janics
Katalin Kovács
Canoeing Women's K-2 500 m 23 August
 Gold men's national water polo team, HungaryHungary men's national water polo team
Zoltán Szécsi Tibor Benedek
Tamás Varga Dániel Varga
Norbert Madaras Péter Biros
Dénes Varga Gábor Kis
Tamás Kásás Tamás Molnár
Norbert Hosnyánszky István Gergely
Gergely Kiss
Water polo Men's tournament 24 August
 Silver Cseh, LászlóLászló Cseh Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley 10 August
 Silver Cseh, LászlóLászló Cseh Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly 13 August
 Silver Fodor, ZoltánZoltán Fodor Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg 14 August
 Silver Cseh, LászlóLászló Cseh Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley 15 August
 Silver Janics, NatasaNatasa Janics
Katalin Kovács
Danuta Kozák
Gabriella Szabó
Canoeing Women's K-4 500 m 22 August
 Bronze Mincza-Nébald, IldikóIldikó Mincza-Nébald Fencing Women's individual épée 13 August
 Bronze Kiss, TamásTamás Kiss
György Kozmann
Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m 22 August
Medals by sport
Sport 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Total
Canoeing 2 1 1 4
Water polo 1 0 0 1
Swimming 0 3 0 3
Wrestling 0 1 0 1
Fencing 0 0 1 1
Total 3 5 2 10

Athletics

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Zoltán Czukor 50 km walk N/A 4:20:07 46
Dániel Kiss 110 m hurdles 13.61 3 Q 13.63 5 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Róbert Fazekas Discus throw 62.64 11 q 63.43 8
Zoltán Kővágó 60.79 21 Did not advance
Lajos Kürthy Shot put 18.74 34 Did not advance
Gábor Máté Discus throw 62.44 13 Did not advance
Csongor Olteán Javelin throw NM Did not advance
Krisztián Pars Hammer throw 80.27 1 Q 80.96 4
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Attila Zsivoczky Result 11.86 NM DNS DNF
Points 679 0 0
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Edina Füsti 20 km walk N/A 1:37:03 39
Anikó Kálovics 10000 m N/A 32:24.83 22
Krisztina Papp 5000 m 16:08.86 13 N/A Did not advance
Barbara Petráhn 400 m 53.06 4 Did not advance
Beáta Rakonczai Marathon N/A DNF
Petra Teveli N/A 2:48:32 65
Edit Vári 100 m hurdles 13.59 8 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Krisztina Molnár Pole vault 4.15 26 Did not advance
Éva Orbán Hammer throw 65.41 34 Did not advance
Nikolett Szabó Javelin throw 57.15 22 Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Györgyi Farkas Result 14.66 1.74 12.06 26.10 6.09 43.45 2:14.05 5760 28*
Points 887 903 665 788 877 734 906

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.[1] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Farkas moved up a position.

Boxing

Hungary qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Szellő qualified at the World Championships.[2] Varga and Kalucza brought the Hungarian boxing squad up to four by qualifying at the first European qualifying event.[3] Bedák was the fifth and final Hungarian to join the team, at the 2nd European tournament.[4]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Pál Bedák Light flyweight  Zhakypov (KAZ)
L 6–7
Did not advance
Norbert Kalucza Flyweight Bye  Arroyo (PUR)
L 6–14
Did not advance
Miklós Varga Lightweight  Akshalov (KAZ)
L 3–12
Did not advance
Gyula Káté Light welterweight  Joyce (IRL)
L 5–9
Did not advance
Imre Szellő Light heavyweight Bye  González (VEN)
W RSC
 Jeffries (GBR)
L 2–10
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Zoltán Benkő K-1 1000 m 3:29.542 2 QS 3:34.473 3 Q 3:32.120 9
Ákos Vereckei K-1 500 m 1:36.099 1 QS 1:42.155 3 Q 1:38.318 6
Attila Vajda C-1 500 m 1:49.942 4 QS 1:51.029 1 Q 1:50.156 9
C-1 1000 m 3:55.319 1 QF Bye 3:50.467 1st, gold medalist(s)
Zoltán Kammerer
Gábor Kucsera
K-2 500 m 1:30.099 3 QF Bye 1:30.285 4
K-2 1000 m 3:17.636 1 QF Bye 3:15.049 4
Tamás Kiss
György Kozmann
C-2 1000 m 3:46.020 4 QS 3:42.482 2 Q 3:40.258 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Mátyás Sáfrán
Mihály Sáfrán
C-2 500 m 1:43.642 6 QS 1:45.032 8 Did not advance
István Beé
Gábor Bozsik
Márton Sík
Ákos Vereckei
K-4 1000 m 2:57.242 2 QF Bye 2:59.009 5
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Katalin Kovács K-1 500 m 1:49.424 1 QF Bye 1:51.139 4
Nataša Janić
Katalin Kovács
K-2 500 m 1:42.162 1 QF Bye 1:41.308 1st, gold medalist(s)
Nataša Janić
Katalin Kovács
Danuta Kozák
Gabriella Szabó
K-4 500 m 1:34.321 1 QF Bye 1:32.971 2nd, silver medalist(s)

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
László Bodrogi Men's road race Did not finish
Men's time trial 1:07:27 27
Péter Kusztor Men's road race 6:35:44 66

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
András Parti Men's cross-country 2:06:00 23

BMX

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Vilmos Radasics Men's BMX 38.830 31 18 6 Did not advance
Anikó Hódi Women's BMX 41.772 15 N/A 18 6 Did not advance

Diving

Women
Athlete Events Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Nóra Barta 3 m springboard 276.15 18 Q 318.15 11 Q 269.25 12
Villő Kormos 247.95 24 Did not advance

Fencing

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Gábor Boczkó Individual épée Bye  Rota (ITA)
W 11–10
 Fernández (VEN)
W 15–9
 Zawrotniak (POL)
W 15–12
 Jeannet (FRA)
L 12–15
 Abajo (ESP)
L 7–8
4
Géza Imre Bye  Kim S-G (KOR)
W 15–14
 Confalonieri (ITA)
L 9–15
Did not advance
Krisztián Kulcsár Bye  Yin Lc (CHN)
L 9–15
Did not advance
Gábor Boczkó
Géza Imre
Iván Kovács
Krisztián Kulcsár
Team épée N/A  China (CHN)
L 43–45
Classification semi-final
 Ukraine (UKR)
W 41–29
5th place final
 Venezuela (VEN)
W 40–25
5
Tamás Decsi Individual sabre Bye  Szilágyi (HUN)
L 9–15
Did not advance
Zsolt Nemcsik Bye  Zhou Hm (CHN)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Áron Szilágyi Bye  Decsi (HUN)
W 15–9
 Smart (USA)
L 10–15
Did not advance
Tamás Decsi
Balázs Lontay
Zsolt Nemcsik
Áron Szilágyi
Team sabre N/A  United States (USA)
L 44–45
Classification semi-final
 China (CHN)
L 38–45
7th place final
 Egypt (EGY)
W 45–25
7
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ildikó Mincza-Nébald Individual épée N/A  Yeung C L (HKG)
W 15–11
 Schalm (CAN)
W 15–13
 Duplitzer (GER)
W 15–11
 Brânză (ROU)
L 14–15
 Li N (CHN)
W 15–11
3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Emese Szász N/A  Bentaleb (ALG)
W 15–4
 Shutova (RUS)
L 12–15
Did not advance
Edina Knapek Individual foil Bye  Sun C (CHN)
W 15–13
 Su Ww (CHN)
W 15–10
 Vezzali (ITA)
L 3–15
Did not advance
Aida Mohamed Bye  Luan (CAN)
W 15–7
 Lamonova (RUS)
L 5–15
Did not advance
Gabriella Varga Bye  González (VEN)
W 2–15
 Nam H-H (KOR)
L 4–15
Did not advance
Edina Knapek
Aida Mohamed
Virgine Ujlaky
Gabriella Varga
Team foil N/A  Germany (GER)
W 35–31
 United States (USA)
L 33–35
 Italy (ITA)
L 23–32
4
Orsolya Nagy Individual sabre Bye  Touya (FRA)
W 15–13
 Ward (USA)
L 5–15
Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Róbert Gál Floor 13.425 N/A 13.425 74 Did not advance
Pommel horse N/A 13.225 N/A 13.225 65 Did not advance
Parallel bars N/A 12.900 N/A 12.900 74 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Dorina Böczögő All-around 13.200 13.375 13.950 13.925 54.450 52 Did not advance

Handball

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Hungary roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[5][6]

Head coach: János Hajdu

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 CB Ferling, BernadettBernadett Ferling (1977-07-13)13 July 1977 (aged 31) 1.80 m 132 300 Hungary Dunaferr SE
6 LW Vérten, OrsolyaOrsolya Vérten (1982-07-22)22 July 1982 (aged 26) 1.70 m 65 175 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
10 CB Pigniczki, KrisztinaKrisztina Pigniczki (1975-09-18)18 September 1975 (aged 32) 1.71 m 143 224 Hungary Dunaferr SE
12 GK Herr, OrsolyaOrsolya Herr (1984-11-23)23 November 1984 (aged 23) 1.76 m 41 0 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
13 CB Görbicz, AnitaAnita Görbicz (1983-05-13)13 May 1983 (aged 25) 1.75 m 131 541 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
16 GK Pálinger, KatalinKatalin Pálinger (1978-12-06)6 December 1978 (aged 29) 1.83 m 212 1 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
17 LB Tóth, TímeaTímea Tóth (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 27) 1.82 m 111 333 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich
18 P Szamoránszky, PiroskaPiroska Szamoránszky (1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 22) 1.72 m 45 118 Hungary Budapest Bank-FTC
22 RW Bódi, BernadettBernadett Bódi (1986-03-09)9 March 1986 (aged 22) 1.75 m 5 9 Denmark Randers HK
23 LB Szűcs, GabriellaGabriella Szűcs (1984-08-31)31 August 1984 (aged 23) 1.84 m 66 101 Hungary DVSC-Aquaticum
26 P Borbás, RitaRita Borbás (1980-12-21)21 December 1980 (aged 27) 1.67 m 59 106 Romania CS Oltchim Vâlcea
31 RB Hornyák, ÁgnesÁgnes Hornyák (1982-09-02)2 September 1982 (aged 25) 1.80 m 60 44 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
83 RW Kovacsicz, MónikaMónika Kovacsicz (1983-11-20)20 November 1983 (aged 24) 1.70 m 45 130 Denmark Viborg HK
87 LB Tomori, ZsuzsannaZsuzsanna Tomori (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 21) 1.87 m 24 24 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
Group play
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Russia 5 4 1 0 148 125 +23 9
 South Korea 5 3 1 1 155 127 +28 7
 Hungary 5 2 1 2 129 142 -13 5
 Sweden 5 2 0 3 123 137 -14 4
 Brazil 5 1 1 3 124 137 -13 3
 Germany 5 1 0 4 123 134 -11 2
9 August 2008
10:45
Hungary  30 – 24  Sweden Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
Vérten, Görbicz 7 (15–14) Islas Helgesson 6
  Report  
11 August 2008
10:45
Brazil  28 – 28  Hungary Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
Amorim 10 (12–17) Görbicz 8
  Report   Red card
13 August 2008
20:45
Germany  24 – 25  Hungary Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Krause 9 (14–12) Görbicz 9
  Report  
15 August 2008
20:45
Hungary  24 – 33  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Görbicz 6 (15–16) Postnova 8
  Report  
17 August 2008
20:45
Hungary  22 – 33  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Görbicz 7 (11–19) Oh Seong-ok 6
  Report  
Quarterfinal
19 August 2008
14:15
Romania  30 – 34  Hungary Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
Maier 11 (16–14) Kovacsicz 7
  Red card Report  
Semifinal
21 August 2008
20:15
Hungary  20 – 22  Russia Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
Tóth 5 (9–14) Bliznova 7
  Report   Red card
Bronze medal game
23 August 2008
13:30
South Korea  33 – 28  Hungary Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
Moon Pil-hee 10 (13–15) Ferling 7
  Report  

Judo

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Miklós Ungvári −66 kg  Wu Rt (CHN)
W 0011–0001
 Kedelashvili (GEO)
W 1000–0000
 Gadanov (RUS)
L 0002–0011
Did not advance
Dániel Hadfi −100 kg N/A  Ben Saleh (LBA)
W 1001–0001
 Moussima (CMR)
W 1002–0010
 Zhitkeyev (KAZ)
L 0100–1111
Did not advance Bye  Mekić (BIH)
W 1001–0011
 Matyjaszek (POL)
L 0010–0011
Did not advance
Barna Bor +100 kg Bye  El Shehaby (EGY)
L 0010–0120
Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Éva Csernoviczki −48 kg  Menezes (BRA)
W 1000–0000
 Dumitru (ROU)
L 0010–0101
Did not advance Bye  Kim Y-R (KOR)
W 0001–0000
 Pareto (ARG)
L 0001–0110
Did not advance
Bernadett Baczkó −57 kg Bye  Pekli (AUS)
L 0100–0101
Did not advance Bye  Jelassi (TUN)
W 1011–0000
 Harel (FRA)
L 0010–0110
Did not advance
Anett Mészáros −70 kg Bye  Kuzina (RUS)
W 0010–0002
 Ueno (JPN)
L 0000–0200
Did not advance Bye  Wang J (CHN)
W 1010–0000
 Rousey (USA)
L 0000–1010
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(3000 m)
Total points Final rank
Points Rank MP Points Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Gábor Balogh Men's 179 20 1084 19–16 10 856 2:07.32 21 1276 348 27 852 10:01.90 32 996 5064 26
Viktor Horváth 187 4 1180 16–19 21 784 2:05.17 15 1300 304 25 896 9:32.25 16 1112 5272 19
Leila Gyenesei Women's 171 30 988 13–22 =29 712 2:13.84 4 1316 28 8 1172 11:02.35 25 1072 5260 24
Zsuzsanna Vörös 182 12 1120 15–20 =24 760 2:16.96 =11 1280 124 23 1076 11:04.30 26 1064 5300 20

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Zsolt Hirling
Tamás Varga
Lightweight double sculls 6:19.60 3 R 6:50.48 4 SC/D 6:28.84 1 FC 6:23.02 14

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Áron Gádorfalvi RS:X 15 19 16 12 24 26 10 9 18 13 EL 162 19
Zsombor Berecz Laser 27 31 36 23 18 22 24 14 37 CAN EL 232 29
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Diána Detre RS:X 22 20 19 21 22 25 26 20 17 19 EL 211 22

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Roland Gerebics Double trap 136 9 Did not advance
Péter Sidi 10 m air rifle 595 6 Q 698.4 6
50 m rifle prone 588 39 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1163 25 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Zsófia Csonka 10 m air pistol 378 29 Did not advance
25 m pistol 287 27 Did not advance
Diána Igaly Skeet 66 13 Did not advance
Anita Tóth 10 m air rifle 390 35 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 569 37 Did not advance

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Richárd Bodor 100 m breaststroke 1:00.97 19 Did not advance
László Cseh 200 m butterfly 1:54.48 2 Q 1:54.35 4 Q 1:52.70 2nd, silver medalist(s)
200 m individual medley 1:58.29 2 Q 1:58.19 4 Q 1:56.52 2nd, silver medalist(s)
400 m individual medley 4:09.26 2 Q N/A 4:06.16 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Balázs Gercsák 400 m freestyle 3:54.14 32 N/A Did not advance
Csaba Gercsák 10 km open water N/A DNF
Dániel Gyurta 100 m breaststroke 1:01.31 24 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:08.68 OR 1 Q 2:09.73 5 Q 2:09.22 5
Tamás Kerékjártó 200 m butterfly 1:57.29 22 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:00.60 17 Did not advance
Gergő Kis 1500 m freestyle 15:09.67 19 N/A Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:10.66 5 Q N/A 4:12.84 6
Norbert Kovács 200 m freestyle 1:49.34 35 Did not advance
Ádám Madarassy 100 m butterfly 53.93 50 Did not advance
Balázs Makány 100 m freestyle 49.27 28 Did not advance
Roland Rudolf 100 m backstroke 56.25 36 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:59.44 19 Did not advance
Krisztián Takács 50 m freestyle 22.14 14 Q 21.84 9 Did not advance
Tamás Kerékjártó
Gergő Kis
Norbert Kovács
Dominik Kozma
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:14.14 13 N/A Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Katalin Bor 200 m breaststroke 2:29.95 27 Did not advance
Beatrix Boulsevicz 200 m butterfly 2:10.00 18 Did not advance
Eszter Dara 100 m butterfly 58.39 13 Q 58.84 13 Did not advance
Éva Dobár 50 m freestyle 26.33 41 Did not advance
Katinka Hosszú 200 m individual medley 2:13.05 17 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:37.55 12 N/A Did not advance
Boglárka Kapás 400 m freestyle 4:16.22 29 N/A Did not advance
Emese Kovács 200 m butterfly 2:12.73 27 Did not advance
Zsuzsanna Jakabos 400 m individual medley 4:37.86 13 N/A Did not advance
Ágnes Mutina 200 m freestyle 1:57.25 5 Q 1:58.15 11 Did not advance
Réka Nagy 800 m freestyle 8:40.38 26 N/A Did not advance
Réka Pecz 100 m breaststroke 1:12.17 41 Did not advance
Nikolett Szepesi 100 m backstroke 1:01.77 24 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:11.47 18 Did not advance
Orsolya Tompa 100 m freestyle 56.57 40 Did not advance
Evelyn Verrasztó 200 m backstroke 2:11.02 17 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:12.52 11 Q 2:12.18 9 Did not advance
Eszter Dara
Zsuzsanna Jakabos
Ágnes Mutina
Evelyn Verrasztó
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:55.26 7 Q N/A 7:55.53 6

Table tennis

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
János Jakab Men's singles Bye  Chila (FRA)
W 4–3
 Süß (GER)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Petra Lovas Women's singles Bye  Ódorová (SVK)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Georgina Póta Bye  Hadačová (CZE)
W 4–3
 Wang N (CHN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Krisztina Tóth Bye  Paškauskienė (LTU)
W 4–3
 Wang C (USA)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ágnes Szávay Women's singles  Zheng J (CHN)
L 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Did not advance
Gréta Arn
Ágnes Szávay
Women's doubles N/A  Morita /
Sugiyama (JPN)
L 3–6, 3–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Csaba Kuttor Men's 18:09 0:28 59:13 0:36 37:27 1:55:53.38 47
Zita Szabó Women's 20:28 0:30 1:05:58 0:33 39:17 2:06:46.70 38

Water polo

Hungary participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team won the gold medal, while the women's team finished in fourth place.

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Hungarian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[7]

Name
Pos. Height Weight Date of birth Club
1Szecsi, ZoltanZoltán SzécsiGK1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)96 kg (212 lb)22 December 1977Hungary ZF Eger
2Varga, TamasTamás VargaCB2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)105 kg (231 lb)14 July 1975Hungary Szeged Beton
3Madaras, NorbertNorbert MadarasD1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)91 kg (201 lb)1 December 1979Italy Pro Recco
4Varga, DenesDénes VargaD1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)97 kg (214 lb)29 March 1987Hungary Vasas SC
5Kasas, TamasTamás KásásD2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)94 kg (207 lb)20 July 1976Italy Pro Recco
6Hosnyanszky, NorbertNorbert HosnyánszkyD1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)94 kg (207 lb) 4 March 1984Italy Fiorentina
7Kiss, GergelyGergely KissCF1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)112 kg (247 lb) 21 September 1977Hungary Honvéd-Domino
8Benedek, TiborTibor BenedekD1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)96 kg (212 lb) 12 July 1972Italy Pro Recco
9Varga, DanielDániel VargaD2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)95 kg (209 lb) 25 September 1983Hungary Vasas SC
10Biros, PeterPéter BirosD1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)95 kg (209 lb) 5 April 1976Hungary ZF Eger
11Kis, GaborGábor KisCF1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)108 kg (238 lb) 27 September 1982Hungary ZF Eger
12Molnar, TamasTamás MolnárCF1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)104 kg (229 lb) 2 August 1975Hungary Honvéd-Domino
13Gergely, IstvanIstván GergelyGK2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)112 kg (247 lb) 20 August 1976Hungary Honvéd-Domino
Head coach: Dénes Kemény
Group play
Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Will play for places 7–10
Will play for places 7–12
Team
GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 5 4 1 0 60 36 +24 9
 Spain 5 4 0 1 52 34 +18 8
 Montenegro 5 2 2 1 43 33 +10 6
 Australia 5 2 1 2 45 40 +5 5
 Greece 5 1 0 4 39 56 17 2
 Canada 5 0 0 5 21 61 40 0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008
10:50
Game reference Hungary  1010  Montenegro Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 3-1, 2-4, 2-2
Dé. Varga 2, Kásás 2, Benedek 2 Goals M. Janović 4, Ivović 2, Gojković 2
12 August 2008
14:00
Game reference Greece  617  Hungary Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Rak (CRO), Ciric (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2-7, 2-2, 1-4, 1-4
Schizas 2 Goals Biros 4, Benedek 3, Madaras 2, Dá. Varga 2, Molnár 2
14 August 2008
12:10
Game reference Hungary  85  Spain Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Chaney (USA)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 4-2, 0-0, 2-0
Dé. Varga 2, Benedek 2, Kis 2 Goals Molina 2
16 August 2008
15:20
Game reference Australia  1213  Hungary Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Klopper (NED), Rak (CRO)
Score by quarters: 4-4, 1-5, 4-2, 3-2
Figlioli 3, Whalan 2 Goals Molnár 3, Kiss 2, Biros 2, Kis 2
18 August 2008
10:50
Game reference Hungary  123  Canada Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Littlejohn (GBR)
Score by quarters: 3-1, 3-0, 1-2, 5-0
Madaras 2, Kásás 2, Biros 2, Molnár 2 Goals Graham 2
Semifinal
22 August 2008
18:20
Game reference Hungary  119  Montenegro Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Simion (ROU), Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3-4, 3-3, 3-0, 2-2
Kiss 3, Madaras 2 Goals N. Janović 2, Uskoković 2, Gojković 2
Final
24 August 2008
15:40
Game reference 1st, gold medalist(s) Hungary  1410  United States 2nd, silver medalist(s) Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Brguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 6-4, 3-4, 2-1, 3-1
Dá. Varga 3, Biros 3, Dé. Varga 2 Goals Azevedo 4, Beaubien 2, Smith 2

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Hungarian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[7]

Name
Pos. Height Weight Date of birth Club
1Horvath, PatriciaPatricia HorvathGK1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)73 kg (161 lb)7 December 1977Hungary Honvéd-Domino
2Szremko, KrisztinaKrisztina SzremkóCB1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)84 kg (185 lb)6 January 1972Hungary Szentes
3Gyore, AnettAnett GyöreD1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)70 kg (150 lb)10 December 1981Hungary Honvéd-Domino
4Kisteleki, DoraDóra KistelekiD1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)62 kg (137 lb)11 May 1983Hungary Honvéd-Domino
5Stieber, MercedeszMercédesz StieberD1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)70 kg (150 lb)4 September 1974Italy Florence
6Takacs, OrsolyaOrsolya TakácsD1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)85 kg (187 lb) 20 May 1985Hungary Ocmino-Erse
7Dravusz, RitaRita DrávuczD1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)66 kg (146 lb) 14 April 1980Italy Florence
8Zantleitner, KrisztinaKrisztina ZantleitnerCB1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)72 kg (159 lb) 8 May 1974Hungary Osc Budapest
9Bravik, FruzsinaFruzsina BrávikD1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)83 kg (183 lb) 6 October 1986Hungary Dove Dunaújváros
10Pelle, AnikoAnikó PelleD1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)72 kg (159 lb) 28 September 1978Italy Siracusa
11Valkai, AgnesÁgnes ValkaiD1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)64 kg (141 lb) 27 February 1981Italy Rome
12Primasz, AgnesÁgnes PrimászD1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)65 kg (143 lb) 5 March 1980Hungary Osc Budapest
13Zirighne Sos, IldikoIldikó Zirighné SósGK1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)67 kg (148 lb) 27 December 1976Hungary Osc Budapest
Head coach: Gabor Godova
Group play
Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Will play for places 7–8
Team
GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 2 1 0 28 20 +8 5
 Australia 3 2 1 0 25 22 +3 5
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 27 27 0 2
 Greece 3 0 0 3 16 27 11 0

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008
13:00
Game reference Hungary  119  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Caputi (ITA), Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 3-2, 4-3, 1-1
Pelle 4, Kisteleki 2, Stieber 2, Valkai 2 Goals de Bruijn 4, van den Berg 3
13 August 2008
13:00
Game reference Hungary  77  Australia Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Brguljan Mario (MNE), Tulga Ahmet Erhan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 1-1, 1-2, 4-3
Drávucz 3, Pelle 2, Valkai 2 Goals R. Rippon 2, B. Knox 2, M. Rippon 2
15 August 2008
15:40
Game reference Hungary  104  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Patelli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-1, 3-0, 3-2
Kisteleki 2, Stieber 2, Drávucz 2, Pelle 2 Goals Gerolymou 1, Liosi 1, Roumpesi 1, Asimaki 1
Semifinals
19 August 2008
15:40
Game reference Hungary  78  Netherlands Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Antsiferov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-3, 3-3, 1-1
Pelle 3, Drávucz 2, Primász 2 Goals van den Ham 3, van Belkum 3
Bronze medal game
21 August 2008
17:00
Game reference 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Australia  9 (3)9 (2)  Hungary Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Antsiferov (RUS), Rak (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-3, 3-1, 1-1  OT: 2-1, 0-1, 3-2 (PS)
B. Knox 3, Gynther 3, Fraser 2 Goals Kisteleki 4, Valkai 3, Drávucz 2

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
János Baranyai Men's −77 kg 145 =17 DNF DNF

Wrestling

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
István Veréb −74 kg  Askren (USA)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 20
Gergely Kiss −96 kg  Ceban (MDA)
W 3–1 PP
 Kurbanov (UZB)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 8
Ottó Aubéli −120 kg Bye  Temengil (PLW)
W 3–1 PP
 Musuľbes (SVK)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 8
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tamás Lőrincz −66 kg  Adikyan (ARM)
W 3–1 PP
 S Guénot (FRA)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance  Milián (CUB)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 8
Péter Bácsi −74 kg  Dantzler (USA)
W 3–1 PP
 Julfalakyan (ARM)
W 3–1 PP
 Samurgashev (RUS)
W 3–1 PP
 Kvirkvelia (GEO)
L 0–5 VT
Bye  C Guénot (FRA)
L 1–3 PP
5
Zoltán Fodor −84 kg Bye  Ma Sy (CHN)
W 3–1 PP
 Gadabadze (AZE)
W 3–1 PP
 Avluca (TUR)
W 3–1 PP
Bye  Minguzzi (ITA)
L 1–3 PP
2nd, silver medalist(s)
Lajos Virág −96 kg Bye  Wheeler (USA)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 17
Mihály Deák-Bárdos −120 kg Bye  Taub (CAN)
W 3–1 PP
 Szczepaniak (FRA)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 8
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marianna Sastin −63 kg Bye  Dugrenier (CAN)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance 15

See also

References

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