Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent 131 individual competitors (77 men and 54 women) plus the men's and women's water polo teams and the women's handball team (13+13 + 14 athletes, respectively) for a total of 171 athletes taking part in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Hungary's gold medal count of 3 was the lowest in the nation's Summer Olympic history since the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics. Its total medal count of 10 was the lowest since the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	171 in 18 sports
Flag bearers	Zoltán Kammerer (opening) Attila Vajda (closing)
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 3 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Main articles: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Attila Vajda Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m 22 August  Gold Natasa Dusev-Janics Katalin Kovács Canoeing Women's K-2 500 m 23 August  Gold Hungary men's national water polo team Zoltán Szécsi Tamás Varga Norbert Madaras Dénes Varga Tamás Kásás Norbert Hosnyánszky Gergely Kiss Tibor Benedek Dániel Varga Péter Biros Gábor Kis Tamás Molnár István Gergely Water polo Men's tournament 24 August  Silver László Cseh Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley 10 August  Silver László Cseh Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly 13 August  Silver Zoltán Fodor Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg 14 August  Silver László Cseh Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley 15 August  Silver Natasa Dusev-Janics Katalin Kovács Danuta Kozák Gabriella Szabó Canoeing Women's K-4 500 m 22 August  Bronze Ildikó Mincza-Nébald Fencing Women's individual épée 13 August  Bronze Tamás Kiss György Kozmann Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m 22 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Canoeing 2 1 1 4 Water polo 1 0 0 1 Swimming 0 3 0 3 Wrestling 0 1 0 1 Fencing 0 0 1 1 Total 3 5 2 10

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zoltán Czukor	50 km walk	—						4:20:07	46
Dániel Kiss	110 m hurdles	13.61	3 Q	13.63	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Róbert Fazekas	Discus throw	62.64	11 q	63.43	8
Zoltán Kővágó		60.79	21	Did not advance
Lajos Kürthy	Shot put	18.74	34	Did not advance
Gábor Máté	Discus throw	62.44	13	Did not advance
Csongor Olteán	Javelin throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Krisztián Pars	Hammer throw	80.27	1 Q	80.96	4

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Attila Zsivoczky	Result	11.86	NM	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	679	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Edina Füsti	20 km walk	—				1:37:03	39
Anikó Kálovics	10000 m	—				32:24.83	22
Krisztina Papp	5000 m	16:08.86	13	—		Did not advance
Barbara Petráhn	400 m	53.06	4	Did not advance
Beáta Rakonczai	Marathon	—				DNF
Petra Teveli		—				2:48:32	65
Edit Vári	100 m hurdles	13.59	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Krisztina Molnár	Pole vault	4.15	26	Did not advance
Éva Orbán	Hammer throw	65.41	34	Did not advance
Nikolett Szabó	Javelin throw	57.15	22	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Györgyi Farkas	Result	14.66	1.74	12.06	26.10	6.09	43.45	2:14.05	5760	28*
	Points	887	903	665	788	877	734	906

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[1] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Farkas moved up a position.

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hungary qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Szellő qualified at the World Championships.^[2] Varga and Kalucza brought the Hungarian boxing squad up to four by qualifying at the first European qualifying event.^[3] Bedák was the fifth and final Hungarian to join the team, at the 2nd European tournament.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pál Bedák	Light flyweight	Zhakypov (KAZ) L 6–7	Did not advance
Norbert Kalucza	Flyweight	Bye	Arroyo (PUR) L 6–14	Did not advance
Miklós Varga	Lightweight	Akshalov (KAZ) L 3–12	Did not advance
Gyula Káté	Light welterweight	Joyce (IRL) L 5–9	Did not advance
Imre Szellő	Light heavyweight	Bye	González (VEN) W RSC	Jeffries (GBR) L 2–10	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zoltán Benkő	K-1 1000 m	3:29.542	2 QS	3:34.473	3 Q	3:32.120	9
Ákos Vereckei	K-1 500 m	1:36.099	1 QS	1:42.155	3 Q	1:38.318	6
Attila Vajda	C-1 500 m	1:49.942	4 QS	1:51.029	1 Q	1:50.156	9
	C-1 1000 m	3:55.319	1 QF	Bye		3:50.467
Zoltán Kammerer Gábor Kucsera	K-2 500 m	1:30.099	3 QF	Bye		1:30.285	4
	K-2 1000 m	3:17.636	1 QF	Bye		3:15.049	4
Tamás Kiss György Kozmann	C-2 1000 m	3:46.020	4 QS	3:42.482	2 Q	3:40.258
Mátyás Sáfrán Mihály Sáfrán	C-2 500 m	1:43.642	6 QS	1:45.032	8	Did not advance
István Beé Gábor Bozsik Márton Sík Ákos Vereckei	K-4 1000 m	2:57.242	2 QF	Bye		2:59.009	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katalin Kovács	K-1 500 m	1:49.424	1 QF	Bye		1:51.139	4
Nataša Janić Katalin Kovács	K-2 500 m	1:42.162	1 QF	Bye		1:41.308
Nataša Janić Katalin Kovács Danuta Kozák Gabriella Szabó	K-4 500 m	1:34.321	1 QF	Bye		1:32.971

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
László Bodrogi	Men's road race	Did not finish
	Men's time trial	1:07:27	27
Péter Kusztor	Men's road race	6:35:44	66

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
András Parti	Men's cross-country	2:06:00	23

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Vilmos Radasics	Men's BMX	38.830	31	18	6	Did not advance
Anikó Hódi	Women's BMX	41.772	15	—		18	6	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nóra Barta	3 m springboard	276.15	18 Q	318.15	11 Q	269.25	12
Villő Kormos		247.95	24	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gábor Boczkó	Individual épée	Bye	Rota (ITA) W 11–10	Fernández (VEN) W 15–9	Zawrotniak (POL) W 15–12	Jeannet (FRA) L 12–15	Abajo (ESP) L 7–8	4
Géza Imre		Bye	Kim S-G (KOR) W 15–14	Confalonieri (ITA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Krisztián Kulcsár		Bye	Yin Lc (CHN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre Iván Kovács Krisztián Kulcsár	Team épée	—			China (CHN) L 43–45	Classification semi-final  Ukraine (UKR) W 41–29	5th place final  Venezuela (VEN) W 40–25	5
Tamás Decsi	Individual sabre	Bye	Szilágyi (HUN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Zsolt Nemcsik		Bye	Zhou Hm (CHN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Áron Szilágyi		Bye	Decsi (HUN) W 15–9	Smart (USA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Tamás Decsi Balázs Lontay Zsolt Nemcsik Áron Szilágyi	Team sabre	—			United States (USA) L 44–45	Classification semi-final  China (CHN) L 38–45	7th place final  Egypt (EGY) W 45–25	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ildikó Mincza-Nébald	Individual épée	—	Yeung C L (HKG) W 15–11	Schalm (CAN) W 15–13	Duplitzer (GER) W 15–11	Brânză (ROU) L 14–15	Li N (CHN) W 15–11
Emese Szász		—	Bentaleb (ALG) W 15–4	Shutova (RUS) L 12–15	Did not advance
Edina Knapek	Individual foil	Bye	Sun C (CHN) W 15–13	Su Ww (CHN) W 15–10	Vezzali (ITA) L 3–15	Did not advance
Aida Mohamed		Bye	Luan (CAN) W 15–7	Lamonova (RUS) L 5–15	Did not advance
Gabriella Varga		Bye	González (VEN) W 2–15	Nam H-H (KOR) L 4–15	Did not advance
Edina Knapek Aida Mohamed Virgine Ujlaky Gabriella Varga	Team foil	—			Germany (GER) W 35–31	United States (USA) L 33–35	Italy (ITA) L 23–32	4
Orsolya Nagy	Individual sabre	Bye	Touya (FRA) W 15–13	Ward (USA) L 5–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Róbert Gál	Floor	13.425	—					13.425	74	Did not advance
	Pommel horse	—	13.225	—				13.225	65	Did not advance
	Parallel bars	—				12.900	—	12.900	74	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Dorina Böczögő	All-around	13.200	13.375	13.950	13.925	54.450	52	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Hungary roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coach: János Hajdu

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 CB Bernadett Ferling (1977-07-13)13 July 1977 (aged 31) 1.80 m 132 300 Dunaferr SE 6 LW Orsolya Vérten (1982-07-22)22 July 1982 (aged 26) 1.70 m 65 175 Győri Audi ETO KC 10 CB Krisztina Pigniczki (1975-09-18)18 September 1975 (aged 32) 1.71 m 143 224 Dunaferr SE 12 GK Orsolya Herr (1984-11-23)23 November 1984 (aged 23) 1.76 m 41 0 Győri Audi ETO KC 13 CB Anita Görbicz (1983-05-13)13 May 1983 (aged 25) 1.75 m 131 541 Győri Audi ETO KC 16 GK Katalin Pálinger (1978-12-06)6 December 1978 (aged 29) 1.83 m 212 1 Győri Audi ETO KC 17 LB Tímea Tóth (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 27) 1.82 m 111 333 Hypo Niederösterreich 18 P Piroska Szamoránszky (1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 22) 1.72 m 45 118 Budapest Bank-FTC 22 RW Bernadett Bódi (1986-03-09)9 March 1986 (aged 22) 1.75 m 5 9 Randers HK 23 LB Gabriella Szűcs (1984-08-31)31 August 1984 (aged 23) 1.84 m 66 101 DVSC-Aquaticum 26 P Rita Borbás (1980-12-21)21 December 1980 (aged 27) 1.67 m 59 106 CS Oltchim Vâlcea 31 RB Ágnes Hornyák (1982-09-02)2 September 1982 (aged 25) 1.80 m 60 44 Győri Audi ETO KC 83 RW Mónika Kovacsicz (1983-11-20)20 November 1983 (aged 24) 1.70 m 45 130 Viborg HK 87 LB Zsuzsanna Tomori (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 21) 1.87 m 24 24 Győri Audi ETO KC

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	5	4	1	0	148	125	+23	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
South Korea	5	3	1	1	155	127	+28	7
Hungary	5	2	1	2	129	142	−13	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	123	137	−14	4
Brazil	5	1	1	3	124	137	−13	3
Germany	5	1	0	4	123	134	−11	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 August 2008 10:45	Hungary	30 – 24	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Vérten, Görbicz 7	(15–14)	Islas Helgesson 6
	2× 7×	Report	2× 4×

11 August 2008 10:45	Brazil	28 – 28	Hungary	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Amorim 10	(12–17)	Görbicz 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 6× 1×

13 August 2008 20:45	Germany	24 – 25	Hungary	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Krause 9	(14–12)	Görbicz 9
	3× 4×	Report	4× 7×

15 August 2008 20:45	Hungary	24 – 33	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Görbicz 6	(15–16)	Postnova 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

17 August 2008 20:45	Hungary	22 – 33	South Korea	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Görbicz 7	(11–19)	Oh Seong-ok 6
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 14:15	Romania	30 – 34	Hungary	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
	Maier 11	(14–16)	Kovacsicz 7
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Semifinal

21 August 2008 20:15	Hungary	20 – 22	Russia	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Tóth 5	(9–14)	Bliznova 7
	4× 6×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Bronze medal game

23 August 2008 13:30	South Korea	33 – 28	Hungary	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Moon Pil-hee 10	(13–15)	Ferling 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 7×

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miklós Ungvári	−66 kg	Wu Rt (CHN) W 0011–0001	Kedelashvili (GEO) W 1000–0000	Gadanov (RUS) L 0002–0011	Did not advance
Dániel Hadfi	−100 kg	—	Ben Saleh (LBA) W 1001–0001	Moussima (CMR) W 1002–0010	Zhitkeyev (KAZ) L 0100–1111	Did not advance	Bye	Mekić (BIH) W 1001–0011	Matyjaszek (POL) L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Barna Bor	+100 kg	Bye	El Shehaby (EGY) L 0010–0120	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Éva Csernoviczki	−48 kg	Menezes (BRA) W 1000–0000	Dumitru (ROU) L 0010–0101	Did not advance		Bye	Kim Y-R (KOR) W 0001–0000	Pareto (ARG) L 0001–0110	Did not advance
Bernadett Baczkó	−57 kg	Bye	Pekli (AUS) L 0100–0101	Did not advance		Bye	Jelassi (TUN) W 1011–0000	Harel (FRA) L 0010–0110	Did not advance
Anett Mészáros	−70 kg	Bye	Kuzina (RUS) W 0010–0002	Ueno (JPN) L 0000–0200	Did not advance	Bye	Wang J (CHN) W 1010–0000	Rousey (USA) L 0000–1010	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Gábor Balogh	Men's	179	20	1084	19–16	10	856	2:07.32	21	1276	348	27	852	10:01.90	32	996	5064	26
Viktor Horváth		187	4	1180	16–19	21	784	2:05.17	15	1300	304	25	896	9:32.25	16	1112	5272	19
Leila Gyenesei	Women's	171	30	988	13–22	=29	712	2:13.84	4	1316	28	8	1172	11:02.35	25	1072	5260	24
Zsuzsanna Vörös		182	12	1120	15–20	=24	760	2:16.96	=11	1280	124	23	1076	11:04.30	26	1064	5300	20

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zsolt Hirling Tamás Varga	Lightweight double sculls	6:19.60	3 R	6:50.48	4 SC/D	6:28.84	1 FC	6:23.02	14

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Áron Gádorfalvi	RS:X	15	19	16	12	24	26	10	9	18	13	EL	162	19
Zsombor Berecz	Laser	27	31	36	23	18	22	24	14	37	CAN	EL	232	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Diána Detre	RS:X	22	20	19	21	22	25	26	20	17	19	EL	211	22

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roland Gerebics	Double trap	136	9	Did not advance
Péter Sidi	10 m air rifle	595	6 Q	698.4	6
	50 m rifle prone	588	39	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1163	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Zsófia Csonka	10 m air pistol	378	29	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	287	27	Did not advance
Diána Igaly	Skeet	66	13	Did not advance
Anita Tóth	10 m air rifle	390	35	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	569	37	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Richárd Bodor	100 m breaststroke	1:00.97	19	Did not advance
László Cseh	200 m butterfly	1:54.48	2 Q	1:54.35	4 Q	1:52.70
	200 m individual medley	1:58.29	2 Q	1:58.19	4 Q	1:56.52
	400 m individual medley	4:09.26	2 Q	—		4:06.16
Balázs Gercsák	400 m freestyle	3:54.14	32	—		Did not advance
Csaba Gercsák	10 km open water	—				DNF
Dániel Gyurta	100 m breaststroke	1:01.31	24	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:08.68 OR	1 Q	2:09.73	5 Q	2:09.22	5
Tamás Kerékjártó	200 m butterfly	1:57.29	22	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:00.60	17	Did not advance
Gergő Kis	1500 m freestyle	15:09.67	19	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:10.66	5 Q	—		4:12.84	6
Norbert Kovács	200 m freestyle	1:49.34	35	Did not advance
Ádám Madarassy	100 m butterfly	53.93	50	Did not advance
Balázs Makány	100 m freestyle	49.27	28	Did not advance
Roland Rudolf	100 m backstroke	56.25	36	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:59.44	19	Did not advance
Krisztián Takács	50 m freestyle	22.14	14 Q	21.84	9	Did not advance
Tamás Kerékjártó Gergő Kis Norbert Kovács Dominik Kozma	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:14.14	13	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katalin Bor	200 m breaststroke	2:29.95	27	Did not advance
Beatrix Boulsevicz	200 m butterfly	2:10.00	18	Did not advance
Eszter Dara	100 m butterfly	58.39	13 Q	58.84	13	Did not advance
Éva Dobár	50 m freestyle	26.33	41	Did not advance
Katinka Hosszú	200 m individual medley	2:13.05	17	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:37.55	12	—		Did not advance
Boglárka Kapás	400 m freestyle	4:16.22	29	—		Did not advance
Emese Kovács	200 m butterfly	2:12.73	27	Did not advance
Zsuzsanna Jakabos	400 m individual medley	4:37.86	13	—		Did not advance
Ágnes Mutina	200 m freestyle	1:57.25	5 Q	1:58.15	11	Did not advance
Réka Nagy	800 m freestyle	8:40.38	26	—		Did not advance
Réka Pecz	100 m breaststroke	1:12.17	41	Did not advance
Nikolett Szepesi	100 m backstroke	1:01.77	24	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:11.47	18	Did not advance
Orsolya Tompa	100 m freestyle	56.57	40	Did not advance
Evelyn Verrasztó	200 m backstroke	2:11.02	17	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:12.52	11 Q	2:12.18	9	Did not advance
Eszter Dara Zsuzsanna Jakabos Ágnes Mutina Evelyn Verrasztó	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:55.26	7 Q	—		7:55.53	6

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
János Jakab	Men's singles	Bye	Chila (FRA) W 4–3	Süß (GER) L 1–4	Did not advance
Petra Lovas	Women's singles	Bye	Ódorová (SVK) L 2–4	Did not advance
Georgina Póta		Bye		Hadačová (CZE) W 4–3	Wang N (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Krisztina Tóth		Bye		Paškauskienė (LTU) W 4–3	Wang C (USA) L 1–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ágnes Szávay	Women's singles	Zheng J (CHN) L 6–4, 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Gréta Arn Ágnes Szávay	Women's doubles	—	Morita / Sugiyama (JPN) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Csaba Kuttor	Men's	18:09	0:28	59:13	0:36	37:27	1:55:53.38	47
Zita Szabó	Women's	20:28	0:30	1:05:58	0:33	39:17	2:06:46.70	38

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hungary participated in both the men's and the women's tournaments. The men's team won the gold medal, while the women's team finished in fourth place.

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Hungarian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Zoltán Szécsi	GK	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	22 December 1977	ZF Eger
2	Tamás Varga	CB	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	14 July 1975	Szeged Beton
3	Norbert Madaras	D	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	1 December 1979	Pro Recco
4	Dénes Varga	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	29 March 1987	Vasas SC
5	Tamás Kásás	D	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	20 July 1976	Pro Recco
6	Norbert Hosnyánszky	D	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	4 March 1984	Fiorentina
7	Gergely Kiss	CF	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	112 kg (247 lb)	21 September 1977	Honvéd-Domino
8	Tibor Benedek	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	12 July 1972	Pro Recco
9	Dániel Varga	D	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	25 September 1983	Vasas SC
10	Péter Biros	D	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	5 April 1976	ZF Eger
11	Gábor Kis	CF	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	27 September 1982	ZF Eger
12	Tamás Molnár	CF	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	2 August 1975	Honvéd-Domino
13	István Gergely	GK	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	112 kg (247 lb)	20 August 1976	Honvéd-Domino

Head coach: Dénes Kemény

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Hungary	5	4	1	0	60	36	+24	9	Qualified for the semifinals
Spain	5	4	0	1	52	34	+18	8	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Montenegro	5	2	2	1	43	33	+10	6
Australia	5	2	1	2	45	40	+5	5	Will play for places 7–10
Greece	5	1	0	4	39	56	−17	2	Will play for places 7–12
Canada	5	0	0	5	21	61	−40	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

10 August 2008 10:50	Report	Hungary	10–10	Montenegro	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Margeta (SLO), Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 2–4, 2–2
		Dé. Varga 2, Kásás 2, Benedek 2	Goals	M. Janović 4, Ivović 2, Gojković 2

12 August 2008 14:00	Report	Greece	6–17	Hungary	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Rak (CRO), Ciric (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 2–2, 1–4, 1–4
		Schizas 2	Goals	Biros 4, Benedek 3, Madaras 2, Dá. Varga 2, Molnár 2

14 August 2008 12:10	Report	Hungary	8–5	Spain	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Ciric (SRB), Chaney (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 0–0, 2–0
		Dé. Varga 2, Benedek 2, Kis 2	Goals	Molina 2

16 August 2008 15:20	Report	Australia	12–13	Hungary	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Klopper (NED), Rak (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–5, 4–2, 3–2
		Figlioli 3, Whalan 2	Goals	Molnár 3, Kiss 2, Biros 2, Kis 2

18 August 2008 10:50	Report	Hungary	12–3	Canada	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Ciric (SRB), Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 1–2, 5–0
		Madaras 2, Kásás 2, Biros 2, Molnár 2	Goals	Graham 2

Semifinal

22 August 2008 18:20	Report	Hungary	11–9	Montenegro	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Simion (ROU), Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–3, 3–0, 2–2
		Kiss 3, Madaras 2	Goals	N. Janović 2, Uskoković 2, Gojković 2

Final

24 August 2008 15:40	Report	Hungary	14–10	United States	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Brguljan (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 6–4, 3–4, 2–1, 3–1
		Dá. Varga 3, Biros 3, Dé. Varga 2	Goals	Azevedo 4, Beaubien 2, Smith 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Hungarian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[7]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Patricia Horvath	GK	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	7 December 1977	Honvéd-Domino
2	Krisztina Szremkó	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	6 January 1972	Szentes
3	Anett Györe	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	10 December 1981	Honvéd-Domino
4	Dóra Kisteleki	D	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	11 May 1983	Honvéd-Domino
5	Mercédesz Stieber	D	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	4 September 1974	Florence
6	Orsolya Takács	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	20 May 1985	Ocmino-Erse
7	Rita Drávucz	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	14 April 1980	Florence
8	Krisztina Zantleitner	CB	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	8 May 1974	Osc Budapest
9	Fruzsina Brávik	D	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	6 October 1986	Dove Dunaújváros
10	Anikó Pelle	D	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	28 September 1978	Siracusa
11	Ágnes Valkai	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	27 February 1981	Rome
12	Ágnes Primász	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	5 March 1980	Osc Budapest
13	Ildikó Zirighné Sós	GK	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	27 December 1976	Osc Budapest

Head coach: Gabor Godova

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Hungary	3	2	1	0	28	20	+8	5	Qualified for semifinals
Australia	3	2	1	0	25	22	+3	5	Qualified for quarterfinals
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	27	27	0	2
Greece	3	0	0	3	16	27	−11	0	Will play for places 7th–8th

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008 13:00	Report	Hungary	11–9	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Radoslaw Piotr Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–3, 1–1
		Pelle 4, Kisteleki 2, Stieber 2, Valkai 2	Goals	de Bruijn 4, van den Berg 3

13 August 2008 13:00	Report	Hungary	7–7	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Mario Brguljan (MNE), Ahmet Erhan Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 1–2, 4–3
		Drávucz 3, Pelle 2, Valkai 2	Goals	R. Rippon 2, B. Knox 2, M. Rippon 2

15 August 2008 15:40	Report	Hungary	10–4	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ), Decio Jr Patelli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 3–0, 3–2
		Kisteleki 2, Stieber 2, Drávucz 2, Pelle 2	Goals	Gerolymou 1, Liosi 1, Roumpesi 1, Asimaki 1

Semifinals

19 August 2008 15:40	Report	Hungary	7–8	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Mario Brguljan (MNE), Sergey Antsiferov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 3–3, 1–1
		Pelle 3 Drávucz, Primász 2	Goals	van den Ham, van Belkum 3 Cabout, Sijbring 1

Bronze medal game

21 August 2008 17:00	Report	Australia	12–11	Hungary	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Sergey Antsiferov (RUS), Mladen Rak (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–1, 1–1  OT: 2–1, 0–1  PSO: 3–2
		Knox, Gynther 3 Fraser 2 Beadsworth, R. Rippon, Santoromito, M. Rippon 1	Goals	Kisteleki 4 Valkai 3 Drávucz 2 Zantleitner, Pelle 1

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
János Baranyai	Men's −77 kg	145	=17	DNF	—	—	DNF

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
István Veréb	−74 kg	Askren (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						20
Gergely Kiss	−96 kg	Ceban (MDA) W 3–1 PP	Kurbanov (UZB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					8
Ottó Aubéli	−120 kg	Bye	Temengil (PLW) W 3–1 PP	Musuľbes (SVK) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				8

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tamás Lőrincz	−66 kg	Adikyan (ARM) W 3–1 PP	S Guénot (FRA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Milián (CUB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		9
Péter Bácsi	−74 kg	Dantzler (USA) W 3–1 PP	Julfalakyan (ARM) W 3–1 PP	Samurgashev (RUS) W 3–1 PP	Kvirkvelia (GEO) L 0–5 VT	Bye		C Guénot (FRA) L 1–3 PP	5
Zoltán Fodor	−84 kg	Bye	Ma Sy (CHN) W 3–1 PP	Gadabadze (AZE) W 3–1 PP	Avluca (TUR) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Minguzzi (ITA) L 1–3 PP
Lajos Virág	−96 kg	Bye	Wheeler (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					17
Mihály Deák-Bárdos	−120 kg	Bye	Taub (CAN) W 3–1 PP	Szczepaniak (FRA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				8

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marianna Sastin	−63 kg	Bye	Dugrenier (CAN) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					15

See also

• Hungary at the 2008 Summer Paralympics