Hungary at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	HUN
Nocname:	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1976
Website:
Location:	Montreal
Competitors:	178 (124 men and 54 women)
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Jenő Kamuti
Rank:	10
Gold:	4
Silver:	5
Bronze:	13
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 178 competitors, 124 men and 54 women, took part in 109 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Miklós Németh - Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
• Ildikó Schwarczenberger - Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
• Zoltán Magyar - Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
• Gábor Csapó, Tibor Cservenyák, Tamás Faragó, György Gerendás, György Horkai, György Kenéz, Ferenc Konrád, Endre Molnár, László Sárosi, Attila Sudár, and István Szívós, Jr. - Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Silver

• Zoltán Sztanity - Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles
• Géza Csapó - Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
• Anna Pfeffer and Klára Rajnai - Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
• György Kőszegi - Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
• József Balla - Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

Bronze

• Zoltán Bakó and István Szabó - Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
• Tamás Wichmann - Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
• Tamás Buday and Oszkár Frey - Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
• Tamás Buday and Oszkár Frey - Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
• Klára Rajnai - Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
• Győző Kulcsár - Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
• Ildikó Bóbis, Edit Kovács, Magda Maros, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, and Ildikó Rejtő - Fencing, Women's Foil Team
• Márta Egervári - Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
• Éva Angyal, Ágota Bujdosó, Klára Horváth, Zsuzsanna Pethő, Katalin Tóth Harsányi, Rozália Toman, Márta Pacsai, Ilona Nagy, Marianna Nagy, Erzsébet Németh, Amália Sterbinszky, Borbála Tóth Harsányi, and Mária Vanya - Handball, Women's Team Competition
• József Tuncsik - Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)
• Tamás Kancsal, Tibor Maracskó, and Svetiszláv Sasics - Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
• Péter Baczakó - Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
• László Réczi - Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's High Jump

• Endre Kelemen

• Qualification - 2.13m (→ did not advance)
• István Major

• Qualification - 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Ferenc Tégla

• Qualification - 61.66m

• Final - 60.54m (→ 11th place)
• Janós Farago

• Qualification - 60.06m

• Final - 57.48m (→ 14th place)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

• Imre Stankovics - 1:32:06 (→ 16th place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• György Gedó

• First Round - Defeated Said Bashiri (IRN), KO-2

• Second Round - Defeated Serdamba Batsuk (MGL), 5:0

• Quarterfinals - Lost to Payao Pooltarat (THA), 1:4

Men's Flyweight ( - 51 kg)

• Sandor Orbán

• First Round - Lost to Said Ahmed El-Ashry (EGY), 0:5

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics. One cyclist represented Hungary in 1976.

Individual pursuit

• Gábor Szűcs - 16th place

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1976.

Men's foil

• József Komatits
• Lajos Somodi Jr.
• Jenő Kamuti

Men's team foil

• József Komatits, Csaba Fenyvesi, Lajos Somodi Jr., Jenő Kamuti, Sándor Erdős

Men's épée

• Győző Kulcsár
• István Osztrics
• Csaba Fenyvesi

Men's team épée

• Csaba Fenyvesi, Sándor Erdős, István Osztrics, Pál Schmitt, Győző Kulcsár

Men's sabre

• Imre Gedővári
• Tamás Kovács
• Péter Marót

Men's team sabre

• Péter Marót, Tamás Kovács, Imre Gedővári, Ferenc Hammang, Csaba Körmöczi

Women's foil

• Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi
• Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis
• Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő

Women's team foil

• Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Magda Maros, Edit Kovács

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1976, winning bronze in the team event.

Individual

• Tamás Kancsal
• Tibor Maracskó
• Szvetiszláv Sasics

Team

• Tamás Kancsal
• Tibor Maracskó
• Szvetiszláv Sasics

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Lost to Japan (0-3)

• Defeated Canada (3-1)

• Defeated Peru (3-1)
• Semi Finals

• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
• Bronze Medal Match

• Lost to South Korea (1-3) → Fourth place
• Team roster

• Zsuzsa Szloboda

• Gyöngyi Bardi

• Eva Biszku

• Agnes Hubai

• Agnes Torma

• Eva Szalay
• Head coach: Gabriella Kotsis

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hungary at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . 2011-04-06 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127203740/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/1976/ . 2012-01-27 .