Hungary at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	HUN
Npcname:	Hungarian Paralympic Committee
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	16
Sports:	6
Rank:	49
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto

Hungary competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 100m butterfly S9
			Men's 400m freestyle S9
			Men's 100m freestyle S9
			Women's 100m breaststroke SB5
			Men's 50m backstroke S5
			Men's Individual Foil B

Sports

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dezso Beres	Mixed individual BC4		L 2-3	3	did not advance
			L 6-7
			W 9-1
Jozsef Gyurkota			L 0-5	4	did not advance
			L 1-4
			L 2-7
Dezso Beres Jozsef Gyurkota	Pairs BC4	/	L 4-6	4	did not advance
		/	L 2-6
		/	L 4-5

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Gabor Papp	Men's +100kg	W 1011–0000	W 1001-0001	L 0111-1110	L 0000-1000
Gabor Vincze	Men's 81kg	Bye	L 0001-1100	L 0000-0002	did not advance

Women

Powerlifting

See main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Sandor Sas	100kg	195.0	7
Csaba Szavai	+100kg	NMR

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. One Hungarian athlete competed in the following event in sailing:^[1]

• Single-Person Keelboat - 2.4mR

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Gyula Gurisatti	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	551	25	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	551	19	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	510	21	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Janos Becsey	S7	50m freestyle	31.99	8 Q	31.46	7
		100m freestyle	1:09.78	8 Q	1:09.20	8
	SB7	100m breaststroke	1:41.40	12	did not advance
	SM7	200m individual medley	2:58.31	8 Q	DSQ
Zoltan Bencsura	S6	50m butterfly	36.95	9	did not advance
Ferenc Csuri	S8	50m freestyle	29.13	10	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:03.55	11	did not advance
		100m butterfly	1:07.96	8 Q	1:08.17	7
	SM8	200m individual medley	2:40.46	10	did not advance
Ervin Kovacs	S5	50m backstroke	39.82	3 Q	40.61	4
		50m butterfly	39.97	4 Q	39.33	4
	SB4	100m breaststroke	1:45.01	4 Q	1:44.12	4
	SM5	200m individual medley	3:14.70	4 Q	3:12.02	4
Tamás Sors	S9	50m freestyle	26.73	7 Q	26.21	5
		100m freestyle	57.59	4 Q	56.80
		400m freestyle	4:26.21	4 Q	4:20.26
		100m butterfly	59.38	1 Q	59.34
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:22.98	3 Q	2:21.42	4
Zsolt Vereczkei	S5	50m backstroke	40.50	4 Q	38.78
		50m freestyle	40.82	11	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dorottya Baka	S7	100m backstroke	1:40.14	9	did not advance
Katalin Engelhardt	S5	50m freestyle	44.89	7 Q	45.78	8
		100m freestyle	1:42.71	9	did not advance
		200m freestyle	3:32.37	9	did not advance
	SB4	100m breaststroke	2:10.62	7 Q	2:09.72	7
Fanni Illes	S6	100m backstroke	1:44.37	11	did not advance
		400m freestyle	6:43.09	9	did not advance
	SB5	100m breaststroke	2:06.29	8 Q	2:07.52	8
	SM6	200m individual medley	3:58.59	13	did not advance
Gitta Raczko	S7	50m butterfly	44.81	9	did not advance
	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:56.88	5 Q	1:54.49
	SM7	200m individual medley	3:28.30	6 Q	3:30.36	8
Diana Zambo	S5	50m backstroke	51.19	4 Q	52.04	6
		200m freestyle	3:56.25	14	did not advance

Table tennis

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andras Csonka	Men's singles C8	L 0-3	W 3-1	W 3-0	2	did not advance
Dezso Berecki	Men's singles C9-10	L 1–3	W 3–1	1 Q	L 0–3	did not advance
Gyula Zborai		L 0-3	L 2-3	3	did not advance
Dezso Berecki Gyula Zborai	Men's team C9-10	L 1-3	did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Pál Szekeres won his last competitive medal at his fifth and final consecutive Paralympics: he won a bronze medal in the men's foil.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gabor Horvath	Men's épée A		L 0–5	6	did not advance
			L 4-5
			L 0-5
			L 3-5
			L 1-5
	Men's foil A		L 1-5	4 Q	L 3-15	did not advance
			L 0-5
			L 4-5
			W 5-4
			W 5-1
			L 5-1
Gyula Mato	Men's foil A		L 1-5	4 Q	L 11-15	did not advance
			L 1-5
			L 2-5
			W 5-1
			W 5-4
	Men's sabre A		L 0-5	3 Q	L 12-15	did not advance
			W 5-2
			L 2-5
			W 5-3
			W 5-2
Pál Szekeres	Men's foil B		L 2-5	3 Q	W 15-6	W 15-11	L 4-15	W 15-10
			L 3-5
			W 5-1
			W 5-1
			W 5-1
	Men's sabre B		L 3-5	3 Q	L 12-15	did not advance
			L 4-5
			W 5-2
			L 3-5
			W 5-1

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gyongyi Dani	Women's épée B		L 0-5	4 Q	L 12-15	did not advance
			L 4-5
			L 3-5
			W 5-2
			W 5-1
	Women's foil B		L 1-5	2 Q	L 8-15	did not advance
			W 5-3
			W 5-3
			W 5-2
			W 5-3
Veronika Juhasz	Women's épée A		L 3–5	2 Q	L 12-15	did not advance
			W 5-3
			W 5-3
			W 5-4
			W 5-4
	Women's foil A		L 0-5	6	did not advance
			L 1-5
			L 3-5
			L 3-5
			L 2-5
Zsuzsanna Krajnyak	Women's épée A		L 3-5	3 Q	W 15-5	L 10-15	L 14-15	4
			L 3-5
			W 5-4
			W 5-2
			W 5-0
	Women's foil A		L 3-5	3 Q	L 1-15	did not advance
			W 5-1
			L 4-5
			L 2-5
			W 5-0
Judit Palfi	Women's épée B		L 3-5	5 Q	W 15-9	L 4-15	did not advance
			L 3-5
			L 4-5
			L 1-5
			W 5-3
	Women's foil B		L 3-5	4 Q	L 4-15	did not advance
			L 3-5
			L 1-5
			W 5-4
			W 5-0

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Laszlo Farkas	Men's singles	L 3-6, 4-6	did not advance
Csaba Prohaszka		L 1-6, 1-6	did not advance
Laszlo Farkas Csaba Prohaszka	Men's doubles	/ L 2-6, 2-6	did not advance

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Hungary at the Paralympics
• Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee

Notes and References

1. http://www.sailing.org/24411.php "National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition"
2. http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/wheelchairfencing/n214587708.shtml "Hungarian Paralympic athlete Pál Szekeres's goal is to win gold"