Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	HUN
Nocname:	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	171
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Zoltán Kammerer (opening) Attila Vajda (closing)
Rank:	21
Gold:	3
Silver:	5
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	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 athletes taking part in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Hungary's gold medal count of 3 was the lowest in the nation's Summer Olympic history since the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics. Its total medal count of 10 was the lowest since the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Medalists

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=f7f6a8		bgcolor=dce5e5		bgcolor=ffdab9		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

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zoltán Czukor	50 km walk	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	align=left rowspan=2	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		—	Did not advance
Krisztián Pars	Hammer throw	80.27	1 Q	80.96	4

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Attila Zsivoczky	Result	11.86			—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Points	679	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Edina Füsti	20 km walk	1:37:03	39
Anikó Kálovics	10000 m	32:24.83	22
Krisztina Papp	5000 m	16:08.86	13	Did not advance
Barbara Petráhn	400 m	53.06	4	Did not advance
Beáta Rakonczai	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon
Petra Teveli	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				200 m			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

See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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	L 6–7	Did not advance
Norbert Kalucza	Flyweight		L 6–14	Did not advance
Miklós Varga	Lightweight	L 3–12	Did not advance
Gyula Káté	Light welterweight	L 5–9	Did not advance
Imre Szellő	Light heavyweight		W	L 2–10	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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
align=left rowspan=2	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	3:50.467
align=left rowspan=2	Zoltán Kammerer Gábor Kucsera	K-2 500 m	1:30.099	3 QF	1:30.285	4
K-2 1000 m	3:17.636	1 QF	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
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	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	1:51.139	4
Nataša Janić Katalin Kovács	K-2 500 m	1:42.162	1 QF	1:41.308
Nataša Janić Katalin Kovács Danuta Kozák Gabriella Szabó	K-4 500 m	1:34.321	1 QF	1:32.971

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

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	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

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	18	6	Did not advance

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nóra Barta	align=left rowspan=2	3 m springboard	276.15	18 Q	318.15	11 Q	269.25	12
Villő Kormos	247.95	24	Did not advance

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gábor Boczkó	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée		W 11–10	W 15–9	W 15–12	L 12–15	L 7–8	4
Géza Imre		W 15–14	L 9–15	Did not advance
Krisztián Kulcsár		L 9–15	Did not advance
Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre Iván Kovács Krisztián Kulcsár	Team épée	L 43–45	Classification semi-final W 41–29	5th place final W 40–25	5
Tamás Decsi	align=left rowspan=3	Individual sabre		L 9–15	Did not advance
Zsolt Nemcsik		L 13–15	Did not advance
Áron Szilágyi		W 15–9	L 10–15	Did not advance
Tamás Decsi Balázs Lontay Zsolt Nemcsik Áron Szilágyi	Team sabre	L 44–45	Classification semi-final L 38–45	7th place final W 45–25	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ildikó Mincza-Nébald	align=left rowspan=2	Individual épée		W 15–11	W 15–13	W 15–11	L 14–15	W 15–11
Emese Szász		W 15–4	L 12–15	Did not advance
Edina Knapek	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil		W 15–13	W 15–10	L 3–15	Did not advance
Aida Mohamed		W 15–7	L 5–15	Did not advance
Gabriella Varga		W 2–15	L 4–15	Did not advance
Edina Knapek Aida Mohamed Virgine Ujlaky Gabriella Varga	Team foil	W 35–31	L 33–35	L 23–32	4
Orsolya Nagy	Individual sabre		W 15–13	L 5–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Róbert Gál	Floor	13.425	13.425	74	Did not advance
Pommel horse		13.225	13.225	65	Did not advance
Parallel bars	12.900		12.900	74	Did not advance

Women

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miklós Ungvári	−66 kg	W 0011–0001	W 1000–0000	L 0002–0011	Did not advance
Dániel Hadfi	−100 kg		W 1001–0001	W 1002–0010	L 0100–1111	Did not advance		W 1001–0011	L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Barna Bor	+100 kg		L 0010–0120	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Éva Csernoviczki	−48 kg	W 1000–0000	L 0010–0101	Did not advance			W 0001–0000	L 0001–0110	Did not advance
Bernadett Baczkó	−57 kg		L 0100–0101	Did not advance			W 1011–0000	L 0010–0110	Did not advance
Anett Mészáros	−70 kg		W 0010–0002	L 0000–0200	Did not advance		W 1010–0000	L 0000–1010	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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	align=left rowspan=2	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	align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

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

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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

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

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roland Gerebics	Double trap	136	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	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
align=left rowspan=2	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
align=left rowspan=2	Anita Tóth	10 m air rifle	390	35	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	569	37	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Richárd Bodor	100 m breaststroke	1:00.97	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	László Cseh	200 m butterfly	1:54.48	2 Q	1:54.35	4 Q	1:52.70
200 m individual medley	1:58.29	2 Q	1:58.19	4 Q	1:56.52
400 m individual medley	4:09.26	2 Q	4:06.16
Balázs Gercsák	400 m freestyle	3:54.14	32	Did not advance
Csaba Gercsák	10 km open water
align=left rowspan=2	Dániel Gyurta	100 m breaststroke	1:01.31	24	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:08.68	1 Q	2:09.73	5 Q	2:09.22	5
align=left rowspan=2	Tamás Kerékjártó	200 m butterfly	1:57.29	22	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:00.60	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Gergő Kis	1500 m freestyle	15:09.67	19	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:10.66	5 Q	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
align=left rowspan=2	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	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
align=left rowspan=2	Katinka Hosszú	200 m individual medley	2:13.05	17	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:37.55	12	Did not advance
Boglárka Kapás	400 m freestyle	4:16.22	29	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	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	Did not advance
Réka Pecz	100 m breaststroke	1:12.17	41	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	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
align=left rowspan=2	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	7:55.53	6

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
János Jakab	Men's singles		W 4–3	L 1–4	Did not advance
Petra Lovas	align=left rowspan=3	Women's singles		L 2–4	Did not advance
Georgina Póta	W 4–3	L 0–4	Did not advance
Krisztina Tóth	W 4–3	L 1–4	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ágnes Szávay	Women's singles	L 6–4, 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Gréta Arn Ágnes Szávay	Women's doubles		L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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

See main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Semifinal

Final

Women's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
István Veréb	−74 kg	L 1–3	Did not advance						20
Gergely Kiss	−96 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance					8
Ottó Aubéli	−120 kg		W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance				8

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tamás Lőrincz	−66 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance		L 1–3	Did not advance		9
Péter Bácsi	−74 kg	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1	L 0–5	L 1–3	5
Zoltán Fodor	−84 kg		W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3
Lajos Virág	−96 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance					17
Mihály Deák-Bárdos	−120 kg		W 3–1	L 1–3	Did not advance				8

Women's freestyle

See also

• Hungary at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blonska thrown out of long jump . 2008-08-21 . . 2008-08-21 .
2. http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/World%20Championships/2007/2008%20Olympic%20Qualified%20Boxers.pdf World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007
3. Web site: 1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament . 2008-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080217155250/http://www.roseto2008.com/ . 2008-02-17 . dead .
4. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1231 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament