Hungary at the 1988 Summer Olympics

 

Hungary at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	HUN
NOC:	Hungarian Olympic Committee external link (Hungarian)
1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 11	Silver 6	Bronze 6	Total 23
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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Hungary competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Medals

Gold

• Zsolt Gyulai — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 m Kayak Singles

• Attila Àbrahám, Ferenc Csipes, Zsolt Gyulai, and Sándor Hódosi — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours

• Imre Bujdosó, László Csongrádi, Imre Gedõvári, György Nébald, and Bence Szabó — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition

• János Martinek — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition

• János Martinek, Attila Mizsér, and László Fábián — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

• Zsolt Borkai — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse

• József Szabó — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Tamás Darnyi — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Tamás Darnyi — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke

• András Sike — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Silver

• Erika Géczi, Rita Köbán, Erika Mészáros and Éva Rakusz — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours

• Károly Güttler — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke

• István Messzi — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (82½ kg)

• József Jacsó — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (110 kg)

• Tibor Komáromi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Bronze

• Róbert Isaszegi — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

• Attila Àbrahám and Ferenc Csipes — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs

• István Busa, Zsolt Érsek, Róbert Gátai, Pál Szekeres, and István Szelei — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition

• Zsuzsanna Jánosi, Edit Kovács, Gertrúd Stefanek, Zsuzsanna Szõcs, and Katalin Tuschák — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition

• Zoltán Kovács — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

• Attila Záhonyi — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone

• István Messzi — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (82½ kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• Bela Vago

1. Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Laszlo Szalma

1. Qualification — 7.91m
2. Final — 8.00m (→ 6th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Dezso Szabo — 8093 points (→ 13th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.02s
2. Long Jump — 7.29m
3. Shot Put — 12.92m
4. High Jump — 2.06m
5. 400 metres — 48.23s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.96s
7. Discus Throw — 39.54m
8. Pole Vault — 5.00m
9. Javelin Throw — 56.80m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:17.85s

Men's 50km Walk

• Sandor Urbanik

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Karolina Szabo

• Final — 2"32.26 (→ 13th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

• Róbert Isaszegi → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Colin Moore (Guyana), 5:0
  3. Third Round — Defeated Sadoon Abboud (Iraq), RSC-1
  4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Chatchai Sasakul (Thailand), 3:2
  5. Semifinals — Lost to Michael Carbajal (United States), 1:4

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Laszlo Szöke

1. First Round – Lost to John Wanjau (Kenya) on points

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• János Martinek — 5404 pts (→ Gold Medal)
• Attila Mizsér — 5281 pts (→ 4th place)
• László Fábián — 5201 pts (→ 7th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Martinek, Mizser, and Fábián — 15886 pts (→ Gold Medal)

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Mihály-Richard Bodór
  1. Heat – 52.77 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Zoltán Szilágyi
  1. Heat – 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

• Norbert Agh
  1. Heat – 1:54.72 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Zoltán Szilágyi
  1. Heat – 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

• Norbert Agh
  1. Heat – 1:54.72 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Valter Kalaus
  1. Heat – 3:53.44
  2. B-Final – 3:53.24 (→ 10th place)

• Zoltán Szilágyi
  1. Heat – 3:56.29
  2. B-Final – 3:56.00 (→ 16th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Valter Kalaus
  1. Heat – 15:23.01 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

• Norbert Agh
  1. Heat – 15:52.80 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Tamás Deutsch
  1. Heat – 58.65 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Tamás Deutsch
  1. Heat – 2:03.17
  2. B-Final – 2:04.42 (→ 14th place)

• Tamás Darnyi
  1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Károly Güttler
  1. Heat – 1:02.80
  2. Final – 1:02.05 (→ Silver Medal)

• Tamás Debnár
  1. Heat – 1:03.08
  2. Final – 1:02.50 (→ 5th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• József Szabó
  1. Heat – 2:14.97
  2. Final – 2:13.52 (→ Gold Medal)

• Peter Szabó
  1. Heat – 2:17.10
  2. Final – 2:17.12 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Tamás Darnyi
  1. Heat – 2:02.15
  2. Final – 2:00.17 (→ Gold Medal)

• József Szabó
  1. Heat – 2:09.08 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Tamás Darnyi
  1. Heat – 4:16.55
  2. Final – 4:14.75 (→ Gold Medal)

• József Szabó
  1. Heat – 4:20.85
  2. Final – 4:18.15 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler, Valter Kalaus, and Mihály-Richard Bodór
  1. Heat – 3:52.24 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Judit Csabai
  1. Heat – 4:25.52 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Judit Csabai
  1. Heat – 8:56.37 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Krisztina Egerszegi
  1. Heat – 1:02.09
  2. Final – 1:01.56 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Krisztina Egerszegi
  1. Heat – 2:11.01
  2. Final – 2:09.29 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Gabriella Csépe
  1. Heat – 1:11.10
  2. B-Final – 1:11.24 (→ 14th place)

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated Greece (12-10)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (9-10)
• Drew with Spain (6-6)
• Defeated China (14-7)
• Lost to United States (9-10)

• Classification Round (Group D)

• Drew with Italy (9-9)
• Defeated Australia (13-5) → 5th place

• Team Roster

• Peter Kuna
• Gabor Bujka
• Gabor Schmiedt
• Zsolt Petovary
• Istvan Pinter
• Tibor Keszthelyi
• Balazs Vincze
• Zoltan Mohi
• Tibor Pardi
• Laszlo Toth
• Andras Gyongyosi
• Zoltan Kosz
• Imre Toth

Head Coach: Zoltan Kasas

Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea

Afghanistan • Algeria • American Samoa • Andorra • Angola • Antigua‑Barbuda • Argentina • Aruba • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Bahrain • Bangladesh • Barbados • Belgium • Belize • Benin • Bermuda • Bhutan • Bolivia • Botswana • Brazil • British Virgin Islands • Brunei • Bulgaria • Burkina Faso • Burma • Cameroon • Canada • Cayman Islands • Central African Republic • Chad • Chile • China • Chinese Taipei • Colombia • Congo • Cook Islands • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Djibouti • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Egypt • El Salvador • Equatorial Guinea • Fiji • Finland • France • Gabon • Gambia • East Germany • West Germany • Ghana • Great Britain • Greece • Grenada • Guam • Guatemala • Guinea • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Iraq • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • Jordan • Kenya • South Korea • Kuwait • Laos • Lebanon • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Malawi • Malaysia • Maldives • Mali • Malta • Mauritania • Mauritius • Mexico • Monaco • Mongolia • Morocco • Mozambique • Nepal • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Niger • Nigeria • Norway • Oman • Pakistan • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Qatar • Romania • Rwanda • Saint Vincent‑Grenadines • Samoa • San Marino • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Singapore • Solomon Islands • Somalia • Soviet Union • Spain • Sri Lanka • Sudan • Suriname • Swaziland • Sweden • Switzerland • Syria • Tanzania • Thailand • Togo • Tonga • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • Uganda • United Arab Emirates • United States • Uruguay • Vanuatu • Venezuela • Vietnam • Virgin Islands • North Yemen • South Yemen • Yugoslavia • Zaire • Zambia • Zimbabwe

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