Hungary at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	HUN
Nocname:	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2016
Website:
Location:	Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:	160
Sports:	21
Flagbearer:	Áron Szilágyi (opening)^[1] Katinka Hosszú (closing)^[2]
Rank:	12
Gold:	8
Silver:	3
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Hungarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Hungary was not invited to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, because of its role in the first World War, and it was also part of the Soviet boycott, when Los Angeles hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=f7f6a8		bgcolor=dce5e5		bgcolor=ffdab9		Total
Swimming	3	2	2	7
Canoeing	3	0	0	3
Fencing	2	1	1	4
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Total	8	3	4	15

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#F7F6A8		bgcolor=#DCE5E5		bgcolor=#FFDAB9		Total
Male	1	2	2	5
Female	7	1	2	10
Total	8	3	4	15

Multiple medallists

The following competitors won several medals at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
			Women's 400 m individual medley Women's 100 m backstroke Women's 200 m individual medley Women's 200 m backstroke
			Women's K-2 500 m Women's K-1 500 m Women's K-4 500 m
		Canoeing	Women's K-2 500 m Women's K-4 500 m
		Fencing	Men's épée Men's team épée

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:| width=75% align=left valign=top |

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
	9	10	19
	0	1	1
	2	0	2
	10	5	15
	1	0	1
	0	1	1
	6	4	10
	1	1	2
	5	3	8
	2	2	4
	3	0	3
	3	2	5
	4	4	8
	25	12	37
	1	2	3
	0	2	2
	2	2	4
	13	13	26
	1	0	1
	6	2	8
Total	94	66	160

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Medals by date
Day	Date	bgcolor=f7f6a8		bgcolor=dce5e5		bgcolor=ffdab9		Total
Day 1	6 August	2	0	0	2
Day 2	7 August	0	0	0	0
Day 3	8 August	1	0	0	1
Day 4	9 August	1	1	1	3
Day 5	10 August	1	0	0	1
Day 6	11 August	0	0	0	0
Day 7	12 August	0	2	2	4
Day 8	13 August	0	0	0	0
Day 9	14 August	0	0	1	1
Day 10	15 August	0	0	0	0
Day 11	16 August	1	0	0	1
Day 12	17 August	0	0	0	0
Day 13	18 August	1	0	0	1
Day 14	19 August	0	0	0	0
Day 15	20 August	1	0	0	1
Day 16	21 August	0	0	0	0
Total		8	3	4	15

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Hungarian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^{[3] [4]}

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Balázs Baji	110 m hurdles	13.52	2 Q	13.52	4	Did not advance
Gáspár Csere	Marathon	2:28:03	109
Máté Helebrandt	20 km walk	1:22:31 PB	28
Gábor Józsa	Marathon	2:23:22	87
Sándor Rácz	align=left rowspan=3	50 km walk
Miklós Srp
Bence Venyercsán	4:19:15	44

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Zsófia Erdélyi	Marathon	2:39:04	52
Barbara Kovács	align=left rowspan=2	20 km walk	1:42:11	58
Viktória Madarász	1:33:59	25
Krisztina Papp	Marathon	2:42:03	65
Rita Récsei	20 km walk	1:42:41	59
Tünde Szabó	Marathon	2:45:37	83

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Zoltán Kővágó	Men's discus throw	63.34	9 q	64.50	7
Krisztián Pars	Men's hammer throw	75.49	4 q	75.28	7
Anita Márton	Women's shot put	18.51	6 Q	19.87
Barbara Szabó	Women's high jump	1.80	=32	Did not advance

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Györgyi Farkas	Result	13.79 PB	1.86	14.39	25.38 SB	6.31 SB	48.07 SB	2:11.76 PB	6442 PB	8
Points	1008	1054	820	852	946	823	939
Xénia Krizsán	Result	13.66	1.77	13.78	25.24	6.08	49.78 SB	2:13.46 PB	6257	16
Points	1027	941	779	865	874	856	915

Badminton

See main article: article, Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. Laura Sarosi picked up one of the spare athlete berths freed by the Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^{[5] [6]}

Boxing

See main article: article, Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. London 2012 Olympian Zoltán Harcsa had claimed his Olympic spot with a semifinal victory in the men's middleweight division at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey, while welterweight boxer Imre Bacskai secured an additional place on the Hungarian roster with his quarterfinal triumph at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^{[7] [8]}

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Imre Bacskai	Men's welterweight	L 0–3	Did not advance
Zoltán Harcsa	Men's middleweight	W 2–1	L	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article, Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Sprint

Hungarian canoeists have qualified a total of eleven boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[9] Meanwhile, three additional boats (men's K-1 200 m, men's K-1 1000 m, and men's K-2 1000 m) were awarded to the Hungarian squad by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany.^[10]

A total of 15 canoeists (ten men and five women) were selected to the Hungarian roster for the Olympics, following their internal selection trials (June 10 to 12). Meanwhile, the women's K-4 500 m crew (Csipes, Fazekas, Kozák, and Szabó) rounded out the flatwater canoeing lineup at the European Championships in Moscow, Russia on June 26, 2016. Missing in the roster was Beijing 2008 kayak champion Attila Vajda and four-time medalist Zoltán Kammerer in the men's kayak four.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Péter Molnár	K-1 200 m	35.102	3 Q	35.207	6 FB	37.896	15
Jonatán Hajdu	C-1 200 m	40.147	2 Q	40.718	4 FB	39.811	10
Bálint Kopasz	K-1 1000 m	3:38.011	5 Q	3:34.772	5 FB	3:32.392	10
Henrik Vasbányai	C-1 1000 m	4:01.953	3 Q	4:03.113	3 FB		16
Benjámin Ceiner Tibor Hufnágel	K-2 1000 m	3:25.580	3 Q	3:18.474	3 FA	3:15.387	7
Péter Molnár Sándor Tótka	K-2 200 m	31.438	2 Q	32.138	1 FA	32.412	4
Róbert Mike Henrik Vasbányai	C-2 1000 m	3:35.501	3 Q	3:56.126	3 FA	3:46.198	4
Benjámin Ceiner Tibor Hufnágel Attila Kugler Tamás Somorácz	K-4 1000 m	3:00.369	5 Q	3:00.645	5 FB	3:10.388	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natasa Dusev-Janics	K-1 200 m	41.403	3 Q	40.962	4 FB	41.673	9
Danuta Kozák	K-1 500 m	1:53.427	1 Q	1:54.241	1 FA	1:52.494
Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák	K-2 500 m	1:41.092	1 FA	1:43.687
Gabriella Szabó Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Krisztina Fazekas-Zur	K-4 500 m	1:29.497	1 FA	1:31.48

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: article, Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Mountain biking

Hungary has qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, by picking up the spare berth from host Brazil, as the next highest-ranked eligible NOC, not yet qualified, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.

Diving

See main article: article, Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary has received an invitation from FINA to send a diver competing in the women's individual platform to the Olympics, based on her results at the 2016 FINA World Cup series.^{[12] [13]}

Fencing

See main article: article, Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungarian fencers have qualified a full squad in the men's team épée by picking up the spare berth freed up by Africa for being the next highest ranking nation in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[14]

Defending Olympic men's sabre champion Áron Szilágyi and foil fencer Aida Mohamed, who has been aiming to appear at four Olympics, secured their spots on the Hungarian team by finishing among the top 14 in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. Meanwhile, Tamás Decsi (men's sabre), Emese Szász (women's épée), two-time Olympian Edina Knapek (women's foil), and junior European women's sabre champion Anna Márton did the same feat as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the Europe zone.^[15]

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	Épée		W 15–9	L 8–15	Did not advance
Géza Imre		W 15–8	W 15–8	W 15–9	W 15–13	L 14–15
András Rédli	W 14–13	L 9–15	Did not advance
Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre András Rédli Péter Somfai	Team épée		W 45–42	L 40–45	W 39–37
Tamás Decsi	align=left rowspan=2	Sabre		L 10–15	Did not advance
Áron Szilágyi		W 15–9	W 15–12	W 15–10	W 15–12	W 15–8

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
Emese Szász	Épée		W 15–11	W 15–11	W 15–4	W 10–6	W 15–13
Edina Knapek	align=left rowspan=2	Foil		L 9–15	Did not advance
Aida Mohamed		W 15–12	L 6–15	Did not advance
Anna Márton	Sabre		W 15–14	L 12–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

See main article: article, Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

Hungary has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. These Olympic berths had been awarded each to the Hungarian male and female gymnast, who both participated respectively in the apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^{[16] [17]} On June 8, 2016, the Hungarian Gymnastics Federation had selected London 2012 top 8 finalist Vid Hidvégi (pommel horse), and rookie Zsófia Kovács (women's all-around) for the Olympics.^[18]

Men

Women

Judo

See main article: article, Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary has qualified a total of eight judokas (five men and three women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games by virtue of their top 22 national finish for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.^{[19] [20]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miklós Ungvári	−73 kg		W 011–000	W 100–000	L 000–010	Did not advance	W 000–000	L 000–100	5
László Csoknyai	−81 kg		L 000–001	Did not advance
Krisztián Tóth	−90 kg		W 100–000	L 000–100	Did not advance
Miklós Cirjenics	−100 kg		L 000–100	Did not advance
Barna Bor	+100 kg		W 101–000	L 000–000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Éva Csernoviczki	−48 kg		W 003–000	L 000–010	Did not advance	L 000–100	Did not advance	7
Hedvig Karakas	−57 kg	W 101–000	W 000–000	L 000–010	Did not advance	L 000–001	Did not advance	7
Abigél Joó	−78 kg	W 111–000	W 002–000	L 000–100	Did not advance	L 000–001	Did not advance	7

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article, Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungarian athletes have qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Sarolta Kovács accepted an unused quota place in the women's event through her sixth-place finish at the 2015 World Championships, while her teammate Zsófia Földházi had claimed an Olympic spot as one of the three highest-ranked modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, at the 2016 World Championships.^{[21] [22]} Bence Demeter and London 2012 bronze medalist Ádám Marosi were ranked among the top 10 modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, in the men's event based on the UIPM World Rankings as of June 1, 2016.^[23]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
				Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Bence Demeter	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	19–16	3	12	214	2:03.89	17	329	35	29	265	11:21.98	13	619	1430	17
Ádám Marosi	16–19	0	26	196	2:01.66	9	335	7	9	293	11:19.84	9	621	1445	12
Zsófia Földházi	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	11–24	2	33	168	2:12.05	7	304	78	29	222	12:46.02	10	534	1228	27
Sarolta Kovács	17–18	1	16	203	2:09.02	3	313	32	24	268	13:17.09	24	503	1287	17

Rowing

See main article: article, Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary has qualified two boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. The men's single sculls and men's pair rowers had confirmed their Olympic boats by virtue of a top two national finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár	Men's single sculls	7:12.86	2 QF	6:52.80	4 SC/D	7:18.88	1 FC	6:57.75	14
Adrián Juhász Béla Simon	Men's pair	6:59.28	3 SA/B	6:29.12	4 FB	7:03.34	9

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: article, Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungarian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^{[25] [26]}

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Áron Gádorfalvi	Men's RS:X	30	28	29	25	20	20	25	DNF	26	27	24	23	EL	277	25
Benjámin Vadnai	Men's Laser	9	44	21	21	DNF	30	30	39	29	25	EL	248	33
Zsombor Berecz	Men's Finn	9	UFD	5	12	1	7	12	18	16	12	EL	92	12
Sára Cholnoky	Women's RS:X	22	14	21	19	24	24	13	22	25	DNF	25	DNF	EL	235	23
Mária Érdi	Women's Laser Radial	20	22	1	5	26	20	10	18	9	20	EL	125	14

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

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungarian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[27] The shooting squad was announced on March 30, 2016, with the rifle specialist Péter Sidi remarkably going to his fifth Olympics, and pistol shooter Zsófia Csonka to her fourth.^[28]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	István Péni	10 m air rifle	624.0	13	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1172	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Péter Sidi	10 m air rifle	625.9	6 Q	142.7	5
50 m rifle prone	623.3	10	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1162	34	Did not advance
Norbert Szabián	50 m rifle prone	617.3	42	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Miklós Tátrai	10 m air pistol	567	42	Did not advance
50 m pistol	539	34	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Zsófia Csonka	25 m pistol	581	10	Did not advance
Viktória Egri	10 m air pistol	376	36	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Julianna Miskolczi	10 m air rifle	414.0	22	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	577	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Renáta Tobai-Sike	10 m air pistol	380	17	Did not advance
25 m pistol	577	16	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

See main article: article, Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Hungarian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^{[29] [30]}

A total of 35 swimmers (24 men and 11 women) were named to the Hungarian roster for the Olympics at the end of the qualifying period, the largest ever in history, with London 2012 breaststroke champion Dániel Gyurta, five-time medalist László Cseh, and multiple-time World champion Katinka Hosszú racing in the pool at their fourth straight Games.^[31]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gábor Balog	100 m backstroke	54.48	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Péter Bernek	200 m freestyle	1:49.73	37	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:48.58	21	Did not advance
Richárd Bohus	100 m freestyle	48.86	24	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	László Cseh	100 m butterfly	51.52	2 Q	51.57	4 Q	51.14
200 m butterfly	1:55.14	2 Q	1:55.18	3 Q	1:56.24	7
Dávid Földházi	200 m backstroke	1:59.69	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Dániel Gyurta	100 m breaststroke	1:00.26	16**	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:11.28	17	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Gergely Gyurta	1500 m freestyle	15:06.24	19	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:14.81	11	Did not advance
Dávid Horváth	200 m breaststroke	2:13.24	30	Did not advance
Tamás Kenderesi	200 m butterfly	1:54.73	1 Q	1:53.96	1 Q	1:53.62
Gergő Kis	400 m freestyle	3:54.15	38	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Dominik Kozma	100 m freestyle	48.92	26	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:46.68	12 Q	1:47.53	15	Did not advance
Márk Papp	10 km open water	1:53:11.7	13
Bence Pulai	100 m butterfly	52.73	26	Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky	1500 m freestyle	15:29.36	35	Did not advance
Krisztián Takács	50 m freestyle	22.12	17	Did not advance
Ádám Telegdy	200 m backstroke	1:59.09	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Dávid Verrasztó	200 m individual medley			Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:15.04	12	Did not advance
Richárd Bohus Péter Holoda Dominik Kozma Krisztián Takács	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:15.21	12	Did not advance
Péter Bernek Benjámin Grátz Gergő Kis Dominik Kozma	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:18.51	16	Did not advance
Gábor Balog Richárd Bohus László Cseh Dániel Gyurta Dominik Kozma	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.89	9	Did not advance

** Gyurta was tied for sixteenth place, but withdrew from the swim-off.^[32]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Réka György	200 m backstroke	2:12.99	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=5	Katinka Hosszú	100 m backstroke	59.13	4 Q	58.94	2 Q	58.45 NR
200 m backstroke	2:06.09 NR	1 Q	2:06.03 NR	1 Q	2:06.05
200 m butterfly			Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:07.45	1 Q	2:08.13	2 Q	2:06.58
400 m individual medley	4:28.58	1 Q	4:26.36
align=left rowspan=2	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	200 m individual medley	2:11.69	9 Q	2:12.05	10	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:38.52	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Boglárka Kapás	400 m freestyle	4:04.11	7 Q	4:02.37 NR	4
800 m freestyle	8:19.43	2 Q	8:16.37 NR
align=left rowspan=2	Ajna Késely	200 m freestyle	1:59.20	25	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	4:12.40	21	Did not advance
Flóra Molnár	50 m freestyle	25.07	25	Did not advance
Anna Olasz	10 km open water	1:57:45.5	14
align=left rowspan=2	Éva Risztov	800 m freestyle	8:33.36	14	Did not advance
10 km open water	1:57:42.8	13
Dalma Sebestyén	200 m breaststroke	2:27.94	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Liliána Szilágyi	100 m butterfly	57.70 NR	9 Q	58.31	12	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:06.99	4 Q	2:07.34	10	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Anna Sztankovics	100 m breaststroke	1:08.06	24	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:27.97	20	Did not advance
Evelyn Verrasztó	200 m freestyle	1:59.44	28	Did not advance
Katinka Hosszú Zsuzsanna Jakabos Boglárka Kapás Ajna Késely Evelyn Verrasztó	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:51.17	5 Q	7:51.03	6

Table tennis

See main article: article, Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary has entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Remarkably going to her third Olympics, Georgina Póta was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the women's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[33] Meanwhile, Póta's teammate Petra Lovas and London 2012 Olympian Ádám Pattantyús granted their invitations from ITTF to compete in their respective singles events, as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.^[34]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ádám Pattantyús	Men's singles		W 4–1	L 0–4	Did not advance
Petra Lovas	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles		W 4–0	L 1–4	Did not advance
Georgina Póta	W 4–1	L 2–4	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article, Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary has entered two tennis player into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Tímea Babos (world no. 39) qualified directly for the women's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.^[35] Having been directly entered to the singles, Babos also opted to play with her rookie partner Réka Luca Jani in the women's doubles.^[36]

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
Tímea Babos	Women's singles	L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Tímea Babos Réka Luca Jani	Women's doubles		L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article, Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary has qualified a total of four triathletes for the following events at the Games. Gabon Faldum, Tamás Tóth, Margit Vanek, and London 2012 Olympian Zsófia Kovács were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the men's and women's event, respectively, based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[37]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Gábor Faldum	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	18:00	0:45	55:56	0:33	33:06	1:48:20	20
Tamás Tóth	17:30	0:47	57:02	0:38	34:05	1:50:02	33
Zsófia Kovács	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	19:20	0:53	1:04:29	0:36	36:11	2:01:29	24
Margit Vanek	19:10	0:59	1:04:35	0:41	41:29	2:06:54	45

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hungary men's	Men's tournament	D 13–13	D 9–9	D 8–8	W 17–7	W 10–6	1	L 2–4^P FT: 9–9	W 13–4	W 12–10	5
Hungary women's	Women's tournament	W 13–11	L 10–11	L 6–11	3	W 5–3^P FT: 8–8	L 10–14	L 6–7^P FT: 12–12	4

Men's tournament

See main article: article, Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Hungary men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top four finish at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Trieste.^[38]

Team roster

Group play--------------------

Quarterfinal----

Classification semifinal (5–8)----

Fifth place match

Women's tournament

See main article: article, Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Hungary women's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top finish and securing a lone outright berth at the 2016 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.^[39]

Team roster

Group play------------

Quarterfinal----

Semifinal----

Bronze medal match

Weightlifting

See main article: article, Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary has qualified one male weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 European Championships.^[40]

Wrestling

See main article: article, Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary has qualified a total of ten wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to book an Olympic spot in the men's Greco-Roman 85 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while four additional licenses were awarded to Hungarian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^{[41] [42]} Three further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Hungarian roster at the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament.

The wrestling team was named to the Olympic roster on June 24, 2016, with London 2012 silver medalist Tamás Lőrincz and Péter Bácsi competing in the ring at their third straight Games.^[43]

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	−86 kg		L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance			L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	13
Dániel Ligeti	−125 kg		W 4–0 ^ST	L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				7

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		L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					16
Péter Bácsi	−75 kg	W 4–0 ^ST	W 4–0 ^ST	W 3–0 ^PO	L 0–3 ^PO	L 1–3 ^PP	5
Viktor Lőrincz	−85 kg	W 3–0 ^PO	W 4–0 ^ST	W 3–1 ^PP	L 1–3 ^PP	L 1–3 ^PP	5
Balázs Kiss	−98 kg	W 3–0 ^PO	L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					9

Women'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
Marianna Sastin	−63 kg	L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						17
Zsanett Németh	−75 kg		L 1–4 ^SP	Did not advance			L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	10

See also

• Hungary at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Hungarian Olympic Committee, Rio Portal
• Web site: Rio 2016 Olympics official website . 10 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502095913/http://www.rio2016.com/en . 2 May 2014 . bot: unknown . dmy-all .

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