Hungary at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	HUN
Year:	2018
Date:	9–25 February 2018
Games:	Winter Olympics
Games Link:	2018 Winter Olympics
Flagcaption:	Flag of Hungary
Alt:	Refer to caption
Nocname:	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website:
Location:	Pyeongchang, South Korea
Competitors:	19
Sports:	6
Flagbearer:	Konrád Nagy^[1]
Rank:	21
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Hungary competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. With the men's 5000 metre relay victory in short track speed skating, the nation had won its first ever Winter Olympic gold,^[2] and first Winter medal since 1980. Hungarian athletes have participated in all Winter Olympic Games.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	2	2	4
Cross-country skiing	1	1	2
Figure skating	0	1	1
Freestyle skiing	0	1	1
Short track speed skating	5	5	10
Speed skating	1	0	1
Total	9	10	19

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Hungary qualified four athletes, two male and two female, and one team.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Márton Kékesi		1:51.72	53

	1:16.64	53	1:15.22	40	2:31.86	42
	1:26.08	62	53.94	29	2:20.02	35
align=left rowspan=2	Dalibor Šamšal		1:16.09	51	1:16.79	50	2:32.88	44
	1:25.17	60	2:20.02	29	2:15.47	32
align=left rowspan=2	Szonja Hozmann		1:21.77	54	1:17.62	49	2:39.39	49

align=left rowspan=2	Mariann Mimi Maróty		1:29.74	65
	1:09.95	58	1:02.83	52	2:12.78	53

Mixed

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Hungary qualified two athletes, one male and one female.

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Deficit	Rank
Ádám Kónya	Men's 15 km freestyle	39:27.2	+5:43.3	89
Emőke Szőcs	Women's 10 km freestyle	31:04.6	+6:04.1	77

Sprint

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Hungary qualified one female figure skater, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[4] ^[5]

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification.

Halfpipe

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics. According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Hungary qualified a full squad of 5 men and 5 women each.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Csaba Burján	1500 m	2:19.284	5	Did not advance
Viktor Knoch	500 m	1:06.040	4	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Shaoang Liu	500 m	40.526	1 Q			did not advance
1000 m			did not advance
1500 m	2:14.160	3 Q		Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Shaolin Sándor Liu	500 m	40.650	1 Q	40.471	2 Q	40.399	3 FB	40.651	5
1000 m	1:31.547	1 Q	1:24.012	1 Q	1:26.488	2 FA		8
1500 m	2:12.835	1 Q	2:45.709	5 AA	2:11.520	5
Csaba Burján Viktor Knoch Shaoang Liu Shaolin Sándor Liu	5000 m relay	6:34.866	2 FA	6:31.971 OR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sára Bácskai	1500 m			Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Petra Jászapáti	500 m	55.641	2 Q	43.043	4	did not advance
1000 m	1:29.838	4	Did not advance
1500 m	2:25.022	2 Q	2:23.210	2 Q	2:26.138	6
Andrea Keszler	500 m	43.274	2 Q	43.053	3	did not advance
Sára Bácskai Bernadett Heidum Petra Jászapáti Andrea Keszler	3000 m relay	4:09.555	3 FB	4:03.603	4

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; AA – Advance to medal round due to being impeded by another skaterround

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Hungary earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cups used for qualification.^[7] ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Konrád Nagy	Men's 1000 m	1:09.92	21
Men's 1500 m	1:49.01	29

Notes and References

Web site: Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018. 9 February 2018. olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 10 February 2018.
Web site: Hungarians hail their first-ever winter Olympic gold . https://web.archive.org/web/20180227054021/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/22/c_136992226.htm . dead . 27 February 2018 . Xinhua.net . 13 November 2021.
Web site: Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018 . 25 January 2018 . www.data.fis-ski.com/ . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 25 January 2018.
Web site: Figure Skating Quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 . 4 April 2017 . www.isu.org/ . . 28 July 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170723214404/http://www.isu.org/en/single-and-pair-skating-and-ice-dance/news/2017/04/figure-skating-quota-places-for-the-xxiii-olympic-winter-games-2018 . 23 July 2017 .
Web site: Magyar Olimpiai Csapat - Phjongcshang 2018 . hu . Hungarian Olympic Team - Pyeongchang 2018 . 24 March 2017 . Hungarian Olympic Committee . 1 January 2018 . 9 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181008/http://olimpia.hu/magyar-olimpiai-csapat-pjongcsang-2018 . dead .
Web site: XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating. International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. 24 November 2017.
Web site: Communication No. 2136: XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang Entries Speed Skating. 20 December 2017. www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 26 December 2017.