Hungary at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors	217 (159 men and 58 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Tibor Komáromi (wrestling)
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 11 Silver 12 Bronze 7 Total 30
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Hungary competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 217 competitors, 159 men and 58 women, took part in 156 events in 23 sports.

Medalists

Main articles: 1992 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1992 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Krisztina Egerszegi	Swimming	Women's 400 metre individual medley	26 July
Gold	Tamás Darnyi	Swimming	Men's 400 metre individual medley	27 July
Gold	Krisztina Egerszegi	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	28 July
Gold	Attila Repka	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg	28 July
Gold	Antal Kovács	Judo	Men's 95 kg	28 July
Gold	Péter Farkas	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg	30 July
Gold	Krisztina Egerszegi	Swimming	Women's 200 metre backstroke	31 July
Gold	Tamás Darnyi	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley	31 July
Gold	Henrietta Ónodi	Gymnastics	Women's vault	1 August
Gold	Bence Szabó	Fencing	Men's sabre	2 August
Gold	Kinga Czigány Éva Dónusz Rita Kőbán Erika Mészáros	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 metres	8 August
Silver	Norbert Rózsa	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	26 July
Silver	Tünde Szabó	Swimming	Women's 100 metre backstroke	28 July
Silver	Attila Mizsér	Modern pentathlon	Men's individual	29 July
Silver	Norbert Rózsa	Swimming	Men's 200 metre breaststroke	29 July
Silver	Bertalan Hajtós	Judo	Men's 71 kg	31 July
Silver	Henrietta Ónodi	Gymnastics	Women's floor	1 August
Silver	József Csák	Judo	Men's 65 kg	1 August
Silver	Ferenc Hegedűs Ernő Kolczonay Iván Kovács Krisztián Kulcsár Gábor Totola	Fencing	Men's team épée	6 August
Silver	Zsolt Gyulay	Canoeing	Men's K-1 500 metres	7 August
Silver	Rita Kőbán	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 metres	7 August
Silver	Péter Abay Imre Bujdosó Csaba Köves György Nébald Bence Szabó	Fencing	Men's team sabre	7 August
Silver	Attila Ábrahám Ferenc Csipes László Fidel Zsolt Gyulay	Canoeing	Men's K-4 1000 metres	8 August
Bronze	Imre Csősz	Judo	Men's +95 kg	27 July
Bronze	Attila Czene	Swimming	Men's 200 metre individual medley	31 July
Bronze	Éva Dónusz Rita Kőbán	Canoeing	Women's K-2 500 metres	7 August
Bronze	István Kovács	Boxing	Light flyweight	7 August
Bronze	György Mizsei	Boxing	Light middleweight	7 August
Bronze	Zoltán Béres	Boxing	Light heavyweight	7 August
Bronze	György Zala	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres	8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	3	3
Athletics	13	11	24
Badminton	0	3	3
Boxing	8	–	8
Canoeing	9	4	13
Cycling	3	1	4
Diving	0	3	3
Equestrian	5	0	5
Fencing	15	5	20
Gymnastics	6	8	14
Handball	15	0	15
Judo	7	5	12
Modern pentathlon	3	–	3
Rowing	5	3	8
Sailing	7	1	8
Shooting	12	6	18
Swimming	10	4	14
Table tennis	0	1	1
Tennis	1	0	1
Water polo	13	–	13
Weightlifting	10	–	10
Wrestling	17	–	17
Total	159	58	217

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

After missing the 1984 and 1988 archery competition, Hungary returned in 1992. The nation was represented by three women, only one of whom advanced to the elimination rounds. She won her first match before falling in the second round.

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Timea Kiss	Individual	1207	54	Did not advance
Judit Kovács		1304	16 Q	Wang (CHN) W 103–93	Cho (KOR) L 97–113	Did not advance
Marina Szendey		1265	35	Did not advance
Timea Kiss Judit Kovács Marina Szendey	Team	3776	13 Q	—	United States L 222–235	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tamás Molnár	400 metres	46.21	26 Q	46.80	29	Did not advance
Zoltán Káldy	10,000 metres	28:21.96	9 q	—	28:34.21	12
Gyula Borka	Marathon	—	2:20:46	38
Csaba Szűcs		—	DNF
Sándor Urbanik	20 kilometres walk	—	1:26:08	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
István Bagyula	Pole vault	5.55	9 q	5.30	9
Csaba Almási	Long jump	7.69	26	Did not advance
László Szalma		7.47	34	Did not advance
József Ficsor	Discus throw	58.84	19	Did not advance
Attila Horváth		62.26	4 q	62.82	5
Tibor Gécsek	Hammer throw	76.48	7 Q	77.78	4

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Sándor Munkácsy	Result	11.13	7.28	12.56	1.91	48.69	14.81	41.22	4.40	52.90	4:18.62	7698	20
	Points	832	881	640	723	876	873	689	731	632	821
Dezső Szabó	Result	11.09	7.42	13.73	1.97	48.24	14.86	39.22	5.30	59.14	4:19.96	8199	4
	Points	841	915	712	776	898	867	649	1004	725	812

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ágnes Kozáry	200 metres	24.50	38	Did not advance
Judit Forgács	400 metres	54.87	32 q	54.24	30	Did not advance
Karolina Szabó	Marathon	—	2:40:10	11
Edit Molnár Ágnes Kozáry Éva Baráti Judit Forgács	4 × 400 metres relay	3:33.81	11	—	Did not advance
Andrea Alföldi	10 kilometres walk	—	46:35	18
Ildikó Ilyés		—	45:54	13
Mária Rozsa-Urbanik		—	45:50	12

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Judit Kovács	High jump	1.90	17	Did not advance
Rita Ináncsi	Long jump	NM		Did not advance
Kinga Zsigmond	Javelin throw	60.74	7 q	56.54	10

Combined event – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Total	Rank
Rita Ináncsi	Result	14.53	1.67	13.15	25.43	DNF
	Points	905	818	737	848

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Dakó	Singles	van den Heuvel (NED) L (7–11, 3–11)	Did not advance
Csilla Fórián		van der Knaap (NED) L (3–11, 2–11)	Did not advance
Andrea Harsági		Krasowska (POL) L (11–5, 0–11, 6–11)	Did not advance
Andrea Dakó Csilla Fórián	Doubles	—	Schmidt / Ubben (GER) L (4–15, 6–15)	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pál Lakatos	Light flyweight	Ganchenko (EUN) W RSC R2	Cho (KOR) W 20–15	Petrov (BUL) L 8–17	Did not advance
István Kovács	Flyweight	Yadav (IND) W 21–5	Jensen (DEN) W 14–0	Ávila (DOM) W 17–3	Choe (PRK) L 5–10	Did not advance
László Bognár	Bantamweight	Ri (PRK) L RSC R3	Did not advance
János Petrovics	Lightweight	Odion (NGR) L 8–18	Did not advance
László Szűcs	Light welterweight	Shailer (NZL) W 7–0	Fulanse (ZAM) W 15–7	Kjäll (FIN) L 1–9	Did not advance
György Mizsei	Light middleweight	De Chiara (ITA) W 13–4	Simangunsong (INA) W 17–5	Masoe (ASA) W 17–3	Lemus (CUB) L 2–10	Did not advance
Zoltán Béres	Light heavyweight	Mwaselle (TAN) W 30–13	Muhammad (PAK) W RSC R1	Raforme (SEY) W 11–3	Zaulychnyi (EUN) L RSC R3	Did not advance
István Szikora	Super heavyweight	Bye	Rusinov (BUL) L 4–12	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Imre Pulai	C-1 500 metres	1:54.68	2 SF	Bye	1:54.64	2 F	1:54.86	5
György Zala	C-1 1000 metres	4:06.43	1 SF	Bye	4:05.29	4 F	4:07.35
Attila Pálizs György Kolonics	C-2 500 metres	1:41.71	2 F	—	Bye	1:43.27	7
	C-2 1000 metres	3:37.55	3 SF	—	3:43.96	1 F	3:42.86	5
Zsolt Gyulay	K-1 500 metres	1:41.78	3 R	1:41.44	1 SF	1:42.70	5 F	1:40.64
Ferenc Csipes	K-1 1000 metres	3:40.49	2 SF	Bye	3:49.73	9	Did not advance
Ferenc Csipes Zsolt Gyulay	K-2 500 metres	1:41.85	6 R	1:31.27	2 SF	1:29.85	5 F	1:32.34	7
Krisztián Bártfai András Rajna	K-2 1000 metres	3:18.52	3 R	3:18.80	1 SF	3:19.28	4 F	3:20.71	6
Ferenc Csipes Zsolt Gyulay László Fidel Attila Ábrahám	K-4 1000 metres	2:54.08	1	—	2:55.39	2 F	2:54.82

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rita Kőbán	K-1 500 metres	1:53.36	2	1:50.97	1 F	1:51.96
Rita Kőbán Éva Dónusz	K-2 500 metres	1:42.54	2	1:40.63	1 F	1:40.81
Éva Dónusz Kinga Czigány Erika Mészáros Rita Kőbán	K-4 500 metres	1:32.94	1 F	Bye	1:38.32

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Four cyclists, three men and one woman, represented Hungary in 1992.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Károly Eisenkrammer	Road race	4:52:07	80
Csaba Steig		4:35:56	58

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Éva Izsák	Road race	2:29:22	51

Track

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Laps	Points	Rank	Laps	Points	Rank
Miklós Somogyi	Points race	−1 lap	13	9 Q	DNF

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ágnes Gerlach	3 m springboard	265.86	18	Did not advance
Brigitta Cserba	10 m platform	236.10	27	Did not advance
Ibolya Nagy		269.52	21	Did not advance

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Zsolt Bubán	Hofeherke	Individual	74.60	66	153.60	228.20	64	DNF
Tibor Herczegfalvy	Lump		85.20	76	113.40	198.60	56	10.00	208.60	24	208.60	54
Attila Ling	Hamupipoke		71.80	61	DNF
Attila Soós Jr.	Zsizsik		87.80	77	64.80	152.60	32	0.00	152.60	1	152.60	31
Zsolt Bubán Tibor Herczegfalvy Attila Ling Attila Soós Jr.	See above	Team	231.80	18	DNF

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Vilmos Göttler	Kemal 36	Individual	42.00	43	14.00	74	44.00	44	100.00	58	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Hungary in 1992.

Men's foil

• Zsolt Érsek
• István Busa
• Róbert Kiss

Men's team foil

• István Busa, Zsolt Érsek, Róbert Gátai, Róbert Kiss, Zsolt Németh

Men's épée

• Iván Kovács
• Krisztián Kulcsár
• Ferenc Hegedűs

Men's team épée

• Iván Kovács, Krisztián Kulcsár, Ferenc Hegedűs, Ernő Kolczonay, Gábor Totola

Men's sabre

• Bence Szabó
• Csaba Köves
• György Nébald

Men's team sabre

• Bence Szabó, Csaba Köves, György Nébald, Péter Abay, Imre Bujdosó

Women's foil

• Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi
• Gertrúd Stefanek
• Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza

Women's team foil

• Gabriella Lantos, Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza, Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi, Ildikó Pusztai, Gertrúd Stefanek

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women’s Team

• Henrietta Ónodi

• Andrea Molnár

• Bernadett Balázs

• Kinga Horváth

• Ildikó Balog

• Krisztina Molnár

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Hungary — South Korea 18-22
• Hungary — Brazil 21-27
• Hungary — Iceland 16-22
• Hungary — Sweden 21-25
• Hungary — Czechoslovakia 18-20

• Classification Match

• 7th/8th place: Hungary — Romania 23-19 (→ Seventh place)

• Team roster

• Imre Biró
• Attila Borsos
• Otto Csicsay
• István Csoknyai
• József Éles
• Ferenc Füzesi
• Sándor Györffi
• Attila Horváth
• Mihály Iváncsik
• László Marosi
• Richard Mezei
• Zsolt Perger
• Jakab Sibalin
• László Sótonyi
• János Szathmári
• Igor Zubjuk

• Head coach: Attila Joosz

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1992. Attila Mizsér won a silver medal in the individual event.

Individual

• Attila Mizsér
• László Fábián
• Attila Kálnoki Kis

Team

• Attila Mizsér
• László Fábián
• Attila Kálnoki Kis

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Béla Szabados

• Heat — 50.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Béla Szabados

• Heat — 1:52.50 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

• Zoltán Szilágyi

• Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Zoltán Szilágyi

• Heat — 3:56.68 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Zoltán Szilágyi

• Heat — 15:52.80 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Tamás Deutsch

• Heat — 56.47
• B-Final — 56.70 (→ 13th place)

• Olivér Ágh

• Heat — 59.02 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Tamás Deutsch

• Heat — 2:00.50
• Final — 2:00.06 (→ 7th place)

• Olivér Ágh

• Heat — 2:04.52 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Norbert Rózsa

• Heat — 1:02.25
• Final — 1:01.68 (→ Silver Medal)

• Károly Güttler

• Heat — 1:02.28
• B-Final — 1:01.84 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Norbert Rózsa

• Heat — 2:12.95
• Final — 2:11.23 (→ Silver Medal)

• Károly Güttler

• Heat — 2:14.31
• Final — 2:13.32 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Péter Horváth

• Heat — 56.09 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Tamás Darnyi

• Heat — 2:01.29
• Final — 2:00.76 (→ Gold Medal)

• Attila Czene

• Heat — 2:02.05
• Final — 2:01.00 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Tamás Darnyi

• Heat — 4:18.34
• Final — 4:14.23 (→ Gold Medal)

• Attila Czene

• Heat — 4:26.31
• B-Final — 4:21.28 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Tamás Deutsch, Norbert Rózsa, Péter Horváth, and Béla Szabados

• Heat — 3:43.61
• Final — 3:42.03 (→ 6th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Judit Kiss

• Heat — 4:24.01 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Judit Kiss

• Heat — 8:58.16 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Krisztina Egerszegi

• Heat — 1:00.85
• Final — 1:00.68 (→ Gold Medal)

• Tünde Szabó

• Heat — 1:02.14
• Final — 1:01.14 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Krisztina Egerszegi

• Heat — 2:07.34
• Final — 2:07.06 (→ Gold Medal)

• Tünde Szabó

• Heat — 2:13.81
• Final — 2:12.94 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Gabriella Csépe

• Heat — 1:10.58
• Final — 1:10.19 (→ 6th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Gabriella Csépe

• Heat — 2:32.04
• B-Final — 2:31.15 (→ 9th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Krisztina Egerszegi

• Heat — 4:43.83
• Final — 4:36.54 (→ Gold Medal)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

• László Markovits

• First round — Lost to Mark Koevermans (Netherlands) 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• László Markovits and Sándor Noszály

• First round — Lost to George Cosac and Dinu Pescariu (Romania) retired

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round

• Tied with Italy (7-7)
• Defeated Cuba (12-11)
• Lost to Spain (5-8)
• Defeated Greece (12-7)
• Tied with the Netherlands (13-13)

• Classification Matches

• Defeated Germany (8-7)
• Lost to Australia (8-9) → Sixth place

• Team roster

• Tibor Benedek
• István Dóczi
• András Gyöngyösi
• Péter Kuna
• Gábor Nemes
• Imre Péter
• Zsolt Petõváry
• Gábor Schmiedt
• Frank Tóth
• Imre Tóth
• László Tóth
• Zsolt Varga
• Balázs Vincze

• Head coach: György Horkai

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 56 kg)

• Tibor Karczag
• Ferenc Lénárt

Men's Featherweight (– 60 kg)

• Attila Czanka

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 82.5 kg)

• László Barsi
• István Mészáros

Men's Middle-Heavyweight (– 90 kg)

• István Dudás
• István Halász

Men's Heavyweight I (– 100 kg)

• Andor Szanyi

Men's Heavyweight II (– 110 kg)

• László Németh
• Tibor Stark

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics