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Hungary at the 1996 Summer Olympics
| Hungary at the Olympic Games | ||||
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| IOC code: | HUN | |||
| NOC: | Hungarian Olympic Committee external link (Hungarian) |
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| 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta | ||||
| Medals | Gold 7 |
Silver 4 |
Bronze 10 |
Total 21 |
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Hungary competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Medals
Hungary finished in 12th position in the final medal rankings, with seven gold medals and 21 medals overall.
Gold
- Balazs Kiss — Athletcis, Men's Hammer Throw
- István Kovács — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs
- Rita Köbán — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
- Norbert Rózsa — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Attila Czene — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
Silver
- Attila Adrovicz, Ferenc Csipes, Gábor Horváth and András Rajna — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours
- Csaba Köves, József Navarrete and Bence Szabó — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
- Szilveszter Csollany — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
- Károly Güttler — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Bronze
- Imre Pulai — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles
- György Zala — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles
- Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Singles
- Géza Imre — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Horvathne Szalay — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
- Éva Erdõs, Andrea Farkas, Beata Hoffmann, Anikó Kántor, Erzsébet Kocsis, Beatrix Kökény, Eszter Matefi, Auguszta Matyas, Anikó Meksz, Anikó Nagy, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Beata Siti, Anna Szanto, Katalin Szilagyi, and Beatrix Tóth — Handball, Women's Team Competition
- Janós Martinek — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
- Ágnes Kovács — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Attila Feri — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (70 kg)
Results by event
Archery
Hungary's two veterans in Atlanta were both defeated in the first round.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Judit Kovács → Round of 64, 45th place (0-1)
- Timea Kiss → Round of 64, 51st place (0-1)
Athletics
Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Dusan Kovács
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- Heat — 49.23 s
- Semi Final — 48.57 s (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Janos Uzsoki
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- Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
- Attila Horváth
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- Qualification — 62.90 m
- Final — 62.28 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
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- Qualification — 78.34m
- Final — 81.24m (→ Gold Medal)
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- Qualification — 73.68m (→ did not advance)
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- Qualification — 72.58m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
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- Final Result — 7755 points (→ 27th place)
Women's Heptathlon
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- Final Result — 6336 points (→ 6th place)
Women's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 6.73m
- Final — 6.60m (→ 9th place)
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- Qualification — 6.02m (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump
- Zita Balint
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- Qualification — NM (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon
- Judit Nagy — 2:38.43 (→ 36th place)
Women's 10 km Walk
- Maria Urbanikne Rozsa — 43:32 (→ 9th place)
- Aniko Szebenzky — 45:57 (→ 27th place)
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- István Kovács → Gold Medal
- First Round — Defeated Soner Karaoz (Turkey), 15-3
- Second Round — Defeated Khurshed Khasanov (Tajikstan), 17-3
- Quarter Finals — Defeated George Olteanu (Romania), 24-2
- Semi Finals — Defeated Vichairachanon Khadpo (Thailand), 12-7
- Final — Defeated Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 14-7
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Janos Nagy
- First Round — Defeated John Kelman (Barbados), referee stopped contest in third round
- Second Round — Defeated Daniel Attah (Nigeria), 14-12
- Quarter Finals — Lost to Pablo Chacon (Argentina), 7-18
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
- József Nagy
- First Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- György Mizsei
- First Round — Defeated Richard Rowles (Australia), 10-2
- Second Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 6-14
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Zsolt Erdei
- First Round — Defeated Juan Pablo Lopez (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third round
- Second Round — Lost to Malik Beyleroglu (Turkey), 8-9
Modern Pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
- Janós Martinek — 5501 pts (→ Bronze Medal)
- Akos Hanzely — 5435 pts (→ 6th place)
- Peter Sarfalvi — 5196 pts (→ 21st place)
Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Attila Zubor
- Heat – 50.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
- Béla Szabados
- Heat – 51.26 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Attila Czene
- Heat – 1:51.59 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
- Miklós Kollár
- Heat – 1:52.19 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Béla Szabados
- Heat – 3:59.36 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Tamás Deutsch
- Heat – 56.96 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Olivér Ágh
- Heat – 2:01.84
- B-Final – 2:02.17 (→ 12th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Károly Güttler
- Heat – 1:01.80
- Final – 1:01.49 (→ 4th place)
- Norbert Rózsa
- Heat – 1:02.72
- B-Final – scratched
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Norbert Rózsa
- Heat – 2:14.66
- Final – 2:12.57 (→ Gold Medal)
- Károly Güttler
- Heat – 2:13.89
- Final – 2:13.03 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Peter Horváth
- Heat – 53.69
- B-Final – 53.48 (→ 11th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Peter Horváth
- Heat – 1:58.76
- Final – 1:59.12 (→ 8th place)
- Attila Czene
- Heat – 2:00.50
- B-Final – 1:58.99 (→ 9th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Attila Czene
- Heat – 2:02.10
- Final – 1:59.91 (→ Gold Medal)
- Attila Zubor
- Heat – 2:06.24 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- István Batházi
- Heat – 4:27.37
- B-Final – DSQ
- Gergő Kiss
- Heat – 4:28.05 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler,
Peter Horváth, and Attila Zubor
- Heat – 3:41.05
- Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler,
Peter Horváth, and Attila Czene
- Final – 3:40.84 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Anna Nyíry
- Heat – 57.82 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Rita Kovács
- Heat – 9:06.97 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Krisztina Egerszegi
- Heat – 2:09.18
- Final – 2:07.83 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Ágnes Kovács
- Heat – 1:09.05
- Final – 1:09.55 (→ 7th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Ágnes Kovács
- Heat – 2:29.58
- Final – 2:26.57 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Edit Klocker
- Heat – 1:03.61 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Edit Klocker
- Heat – 2:17.90 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Krisztina Egerszegi
- Heat – 4:43.09
- Final – 4:42.53 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Krisztina Egerszegi, Ágnes Kovács,
Edit Klocker, and Anna Nyíry
- Heat – 4:10.92 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Sandor Noszaly
- First round — Lost to Oleg Ogorodov (Uzbekistan) 5-7, 6-7
Women's Singles Competition
- Virag Csurgo
- First round — Defeated Aleksandra Olsza (Poland) 6-2 7-5
- Second round — Lost to Kimiko Date (Japan) 2-6 3-6
- Andrea Temesvari
- First round — Lost to Judith Wiesner (Austria) 6-7 4-6
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