Hungary at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	HUN
Nocname:	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Website:
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	178 (109 men and 69 women)
Sports:	23
Flagbearer:	Rita Kőbán (canoeing)
Rank:	13
Gold:	8
Silver:	6
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 178 competitors, 109 men and 69 women, took part in 137 events in 23 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's épée
			K-2 500 metres
	Gábor Horváth Zoltán Kammerer Ákos Vereckei Botond Storcz		K-4 1000 metres
			C-1 500 metres
			C-2 500 metres
			Men's rings
			Women's 200 m breaststroke
			Men's tournament
			Men's Competition
			Women's K-2 500 metres
			Women's K-4 500 metres
	Hungary women's national handball team		Women's tournament
			Women's 69 kg
			Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
			Middleweight
			Men's K-2 1000 metres
	Diána Igaly		Women's skeet

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men's Competition

Men's 400 m

• Zsolt Szeglet

• Round 1 – 46.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 m

• Balázs Korányi

• Round 1 – 01:46.21

• Semifinal – 01:47.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Balázs Kovács

• Round 1 – 13.83

• Round 2 – 13.78 (→ did not advance)
• Levente Csillag

• Round 1 – 13.66

• Round 2 – 13.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Tibor Bedi

• Round 1 – 51.54 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m

• Laszlo Babaly, Miklós Gyulai, Viktor Kovács, and Géza Pauer

• Round 1 – 39.52 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m

• Tibor Bedi, Zétény Dombi, Attila Kilvinger, and Zsolt Szeglet

• Round 1 – 03:06.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Szilard Kiss

• Qualifying – 18.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Róbert Fazekas

• Qualifying – 61.76 (→ did not advance)
• Gábor Máté

• Qualifying – 60.86 (→ did not advance)
• Zoltán Kővágó

• Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Tibor Gécsek

• Qualifying – 77.33

• Final – 77.70 (→ 7th place)
• Zsolt Németh

• Qualifying – 73.95 (→ did not advance)
• Adrián Annus

• Qualifying – 75.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Zsolt Czingler

• Qualifying – 16.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Sándor Urbanik

• Final – 0:01:26 (→ 29th place)
• Gyula Dudás

• Final – 1:28:34 (→ 37th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Gyula Dudás

• Final – 4:17:55 (→ 37th place)
• Zoltán Czukor

• Final – DSQ

Men's Decathlon

• Attila Zsivoczky

• 100 m – 11.10

• Long jump – 7.00

• Shot put – 14.96

• High jump – 2.06

• 400 m – 48.61

• 100 m Hurdles – 15.27

• Discus throw – 47.43

• Pole vault – 4.80

• Javelin throw – 65.87

• 1,500 m – 04:23.37
  • Points – 8277.00 (→ 8th place)
• Zsolt Kürtösi

• 100 m – 11.00

• Long jump – 7.19

• Shot put – 15.13

• High jump – 2.00

• 400 m – 48.81

• 100 m Hurdles – 14.15

• Discus throw – 46.62

• Pole vault – 4.80

• Javelin throw – 57.16

• 1,500 m – 04:43.39
  • Points – 8149.00 (→ 11th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m

• Barbara Petráhn

• Round 1 – 52.86

• Round 2 – 52.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• Anikó Kálovics

• Round 1 – 33:20.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Nikolett Szabó

• Qualifying – 58.86 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Katalin Divós

• Qualifying – 62.74 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Tünde Vaszi

• Qualifying – 6.70

• Final – 6.59 (→ 8th place)
• Zita Ajkler

• Qualifying – 6.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Dóra Győrffy

• Qualifying – 1.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

• Zsuzsanna Szabó

• Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)
• Katalin Donath

• Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Mária Urbanik

• Final – 1:34:45 (→ 18th place)
• Anikó Szebenszky

• Final – 1:36:46 (→ 29th place)

Women's Marathon

• Judit Földing-Nagy

• Final – 2:30:54 (→ 17th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Rita Ináncsi

• 100 m Hurdles – 15.11

• High jump – 1.69

• Shot put – DNS

• 200 m – DNS

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Pál Lakatos
  • Round 1 – Bye
  • Round 2 – Lost to Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight ( - 71 kg)

• Károly Balzsay
  • Round 1 – Bye
  • Round 2 – Lost to Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight ( - 75 kg)

• Zsolt Erdei
  • Round 1 – Bye
  • Round 2 – Defeated Vladislav Vizilter of Kyrgyzstan
  • Quarterfinal – Defeated Oleksandr Zubrihin of Ukraine
  • Semifinal – Lost to Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov of Russia → Bronze Medal

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Ákos Vereckei

• Qualifying heat – 01:42.089

• Semifinal – 01:39.574

• Final – 02:00.145 (→ 4th place)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Roland Kökény

• Qualifying heat – 03:38.066

• Semifinal – 03:39.455 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Zoltan Kammerer and Botond Storcz

• Qualifying heat – 01:31.144

• Semifinal – Bye

• Final – 01:47.055 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

• Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztian Vereb

• Qualifying heat – 03:13.677

• Semifinal – Bye

• Final – 03:16.357 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Gabor Horvath, Zoltan Kammerer, Botond Storcz, and Ákos Vereckei

• Qualifying heat – 02:58.096

• Semifinal – Bye

• Final – 02:55.188 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Gyorgy Kolonics

• Qualifying heat – 01:51.492

• Semifinal – Bye

• Final – 02:24.813 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• György Zala

• Qualifying heat – 04:00.754

• Semifinal – 04:03.226 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák

• Qualifying heat – 01:42.816

• Semifinal – Bye

• Final – 01:51.284 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák

• Qualifying heat – 03:38.492

• Semifinal – Bye

• Final – 03:43.103 (→ 5th place)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Rita Kőbán

• Qualifying heat – 01:50.777

• Semifinal – Bye

• Final – 02:19.668 (→ 6th place)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó

• Qualifying heat – 01:42.298

• Semifinal – Bye

• Final – 01:58.580 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

• Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski

• Qualifying heat – 01:33.312

• Semifinal – Bye

• Final – 01:34.946 (→ Silver Medal)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Track Cycling

Women's Sprint

• Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi
  • Qualifying – 11.545
  • 1/8 Finals – Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine
  • 1/8 Finals Repechage – Heat 1; 1st place
  • Quarterfinal – Lost to Oxana Grichina of Russia
  • Finals 5-8 – (→ 5th place)

Women's 500 m Time Trial

• Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi
  • Final – 35.778 (→ 12th place)

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Imre Lengyel

• Preliminary – 382.98

• Semi-final – 222.60 – 605.58

• Final – 390.87 – 613.47 (→ 11th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Andras Hajinal

• Preliminary – 316.14 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Orsolya Pintér

• Preliminary – 239.64 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Thirteen fencers, seven men and six women, represented Hungary in 2000.

Men's foil

• Márk Marsi

Men's épée

• Attila Fekete
• Iván Kovács

Men's team épée

• Attila Fekete, Márk Marsi, Iván Kovács

Men's sabre

• Domonkos Ferjancsik
• Csaba Köves
• Zsolt Nemcsik

Men's team sabre

• Zsolt Nemcsik, Csaba Köves, Domonkos Ferjancsik, Péter Takács

Women's foil

• Aida Mohamed
• Edina Knapek
• Gabriella Lantos

Women's team foil

• Edina Knapek, Gabriella Lantos, Aida Mohamed

Women's épée

• Tímea Nagy
• Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza
• Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth

Women's team épée

• Tímea Nagy, Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza, Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Men's Competition

• Gábor Balogh – 5353pts (→ Silver Medal)
• Péter Sárfalvi – 4971pts (→ 17th place)

Women's Competition

• Zsuzsanna Vörös – 4866 pts (→ 15th place)
• Nóra Simóka – 3042pts (→ 23rd place)

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Five men and one woman competed for Hungary in the Sailing venue at the 2000 Olympics. The best finish was 15th.

Men's Mistral

• Aron Gadorfalvi

• Race 1 – (24)

• Race 2 – 19

• Race 3 – 19

• Race 4 – 23

• Race 5 – 21

• Race 6 – 23

• Race 7 – 21

• Race 8 – 17

• Race 9 – 14

• Race 10 – (37) OCS

• Race 11 – 20

• Final – 177 (24thplace)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Balázs Hajdú

• Race 1 – (26) DSQ

• Race 2 – 6

• Race 3 – 16

• Race 4 – 16

• Race 5 – 3

• Race 6 – 5

• Race 7 – (26) DNF

• Race 8 – 8

• Race 9 – 22

• Race 10 – 10

• Race 11 – 16

• Final – 102 (15th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Marcell S. Goszleth and Adam C. Szorenyi

• Race 1 – (30) OCS

• Race 2 – 20

• Race 3 – 19

• Race 4 – 18

• Race 5 – 25

• Race 6 – 24

• Race 7 – 26

• Race 8 – 17

• Race 9 – (29)

• Race 10 – 28

• Race 11 – 27

• Final – 204 (29th place)

Men's Laser

• Tamas Eszes

• Race 1 – 5

• Race 2 – (26)

• Race 3 – 9

• Race 4 – 13

• Race 5 – (44) DSQ

• Race 6 – 14

• Race 7 – 16

• Race 8 – 26

• Race 9 – 5

• Race 10 – 26

• Race 11 – 13

• Final – 127 (18thplace)

Women's Mistral

• Luca Gadorfalvi

• Race 1 – 23

• Race 2 – (26)

• Race 3 – 24

• Race 4 – 24

• Race 5 – (28)

• Race 6 – 21

• Race 7 – 25

• Race 8 – 21

• Race 9 – 15

• Race 10 – 23

• Race 11 – 25

• Final – 201 (25th place)

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Attila Zubor

• Preliminary heat – 23.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Attila Zubor

• Preliminary heat – 49.79

• Semi-final – 49.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Béla Szabados

• Preliminary heat – 1:50.10

• Semi-final – 1:49.36 (→ did not advance)
• Attila Zubor

• Preliminary heat – 1:50.11

• Semi-final – 1:49.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Zoltán Szilágyi

• Preliminary heat – 03:58.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Zsolt Gáspár

• Preliminary heat – 53.29

• Semi-final – 53.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Viktor Bodrogi

• Preliminary heat – 02:00.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Károly Güttler

• Preliminary heat – 01:01.66

• Semi-final – 01:01.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Norbert Rózsa

• Preliminary heat – 02:15.27

• Semi-final – 02:14.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Péter Horváth

• Preliminary heat – 55.81

• Semi-final – 55.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Viktor Bodrogi

• Preliminary heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Attila Czene

• Preliminary heat – 02:02.66

• Semi-final – 02:01.56

• Final – 02:01.16 (→ 4th place)
• István Batházi

• Preliminary heat – 02:03.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• István Batházi

• Preliminary heat – 04:18.85 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

• Attila Czene, Zsolt Gáspár, Jacint Simon, and Béla Szabados

• Preliminary heat – 07:24.48 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley

• Péter Horváth, Károly Güttler, Zsolt Gáspár, and Attila Zubor

• Preliminary heat – 03:38.58

• Final – 03:39.09 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Gyongyver Lakos

• Preliminary heat – 57.71 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Éva Risztov

• Preliminary heat – 04:18.48 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Éva Risztov

• Preliminary heat – 08:43.07 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Orsolya Ferenczy

• Preliminary heat – 01:01.15 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Éva Risztov

• Preliminary heat – 02:11.32 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Ágnes Kovács

• Preliminary heat – 01:08.50

• Semi-final – 01:07.79

• Final – 01:08.09 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Ágnes Kovács

• Preliminary heat – 02:24.92

• Semi-final – 02:24.03 – Olympic Record

• Final – 02:24.35 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Annamaria Kiss

• Preliminary heat – 01:06.12 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Annamaria Kiss

• Preliminary heat – 02:20.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley

• Orsolya Ferenczy, Annamaria Kiss, Ágnes Kovács, and Gyongyver Lakos

• Preliminary heat – 04:11.11 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Duet

• Zsuzsanna Hamori, Petra Marschalko

• Technical routine – 28.957 Did not compete in free routine

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Men's Singles Competition

• First round – Lost to Paradorn Srichaphan (THA), 2-6 6-4 5–7

Alternates

Daniel SomogyiGergely Kisgyorgy

Women's Singles Competition

• First round – Lost to Amanda Coetzer (RSA), 1-6 1–6

• First round – Lost to Conchita Martínez (ESP), 1-6 0–6

• First round – Lost to Monica Seles (USA), 0-6 1–6

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Men's Individual Competition

• Csaba Kuttor – 1:51:05.74 (→ 30th place)

Women's Individual Competition

• Nora Edocseny – 2:05:20.03 (→ 19th place)
• Erika Molnar – 2:05:39.50 (→ 23rd place)
• Aniko Gog – 2:14:50.55 (→ 39th place)

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round

• 3-2-0
• Quarterfinals

• Defeated Italy (8-5)
• Semifinals

• Defeated Yugoslavia (8-7)
• Final

• Defeated Russia (13-6)
• Team roster

• Tibor Benedek

• Péter Biros

• Rajmund Fodor

• Tamás Kásás

• Gergely Kiss

• Zoltán Kósz

• Tamás Märcz

• Tamás Molnár

• Barnabás Steinmetz

• Zoltán Szécsi

• Bulcsú Székely

• Attila Vári

• Zsolt Varga
• Head coach: Dénes Kemény

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
width=30%	Péter Tamton	- 105 kg	175.0	180.0	180.0	215.0	215.0	—	DNF	—
width=30%	Tibor Stark	+ 105 kg	180.0	190.0	195.0	220.0	230.0	—	425.0	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
width=30%	Erzsébet Márkus	- 69 kg	105.0	110.0	112.5	125.0	130.0	137.5	242.5
width=30%	Gyöngyi Likerecz	- 75 kg	102.5	105.0	107.5	122.5	125.0	125.0	227.5	5
width=30%	Melinda Szik	+ 75 kg	102.5	102.5	107.5	122.5	127.5	127.5	235.0	9

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hungary at the 2000 Summer Games . 2012-03-04 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120814070211/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/HUN/summer/2000/ . 14 August 2012 .