Hungary at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Hungary competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Hungary at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Hungary
World Aquatics code	HUN
National federation	Hungarian Swimming Federation
Website	www.musz.hu (in Hungarian)
in Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors	67 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 5 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 5
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kristóf Rasovszky	Open water swimming	Men's 5 km	July 13
Gold	Katinka Hosszú	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	July 22
Gold	Kristóf Milák	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	July 24
Gold	Boglárka Kapás	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	July 25
Gold	Katinka Hosszú	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	July 28

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Hungary's artistic swimming team consisted of 12 athletes (12 female).^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Janka Dávid Boglárka Gács Szabina Kassai (R)	Duet technical routine	75.8968	29	Did not advance
	Duet free routine	76.0333	28	Did not advance
Anna Apáthy Janka Dávid Dóra Farkas Boglárka Gács Szabina Hungler Kamilla Kassai Anna Szabó Virág Teravágimov Lilien Götz (R) Lili Péntek (R)	Team technical routine	75.6005	18	Did not advance
Anna Apáthy Janka Dávid Dóra Farkas Boglárka Gács Szabina Hungler Kamilla Kassai Anna Szabó Virág Teravágimov Alice di Franco (R) Mira Gerstenkorn (R)	Team free routine	76.8667	19	Did not advance
Anna Apáthy Janka Dávid Alice di Franco Dóra Farkas Boglárka Gács Lilien Götz Szabina Hungler Kamilla Kassai Anna Szabó Virág Teravágimov Mira Gerstenkorn (R) Lili Péntek (R)	Highlight routine	—		77.5667	7
Anna Apáthy Janka Dávid Dóra Farkas Boglárka Gács Mira Gerstenkorn Szabina Hungler Kamilla Kassai Lili Péntek Anna Szabó Virág Teravágimov Alice di Franco (R) Lilien Götz (R)	Free routine combination	77.4000	12 Q	77.9333	12

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Hungary qualified three male and three female open water swimmers.^[2][3][4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gergely Gyurta	25 km	4:52:57.5	10
Kristóf Rasovszky	5 km	53:22.1
	10 km	1:47:59.5	4
	25 km	DNF
Dániel Székelyi	5 km	53:34.4	6
	10 km	1:50:11.3	27

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anna Olasz	5 km	58:12.2	17
	10 km	1:54:58.7	16
	25 km	5:11:51.5	6
Réka Rohács	5 km	58:14.8	18
	10 km	1:55:26.7	=22
Onon Sömenek	25 km	5:11:54.7	8

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Réka Rohács Gergely Gyurta Anna Olasz Kristóf Rasovszky	Team	55:02.7	8

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Hungary's swimming team consisted of 24 athletes (15 male and 9 female).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gábor Balog	50 m backstroke	25.29	18	Did not advance
Péter Bernek	200 m individual medley	2:02.56	31	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:15.49	9 QR	—		4:13.83	5
Richárd Bohus	50 m backstroke	25.12	14 Q	24.88	10	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	54.07	18 Q	53.94	15	Did not advance
László Cseh	50 m butterfly	23.94	32	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	51.88	7 Q	51.86	10	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	1:57.79	1 Q	1:58.17	10	Did not advance
Gergely Gyurta	1500 m freestyle	15:14.20	20	—		Did not advance
Dávid Horváth	100 m breaststroke	1:02.38	46	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:12.83	29	Did not advance
Ákos Kalmár	800 m freestyle	7:54.55	19	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:00.99	12	—		Did not advance
Tamás Kenderesi	200 m butterfly	1:56.82	11 Q	1:56.25 SO: 1:59.39	8 Q	1:57.10	8
Dominik Kozma	200 m freestyle	1:46.55	8 Q	1:45.57	6 Q	1:45.90	7
Maxim Lobanovszkij	50 m freestyle	22.11	13 Q	21.89	11	Did not advance
Nándor Németh	50 m freestyle	22.51	30	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.36	6 Q	48.29	7 Q	48.10 NR	6
Kristóf Milák	100 m butterfly	51.42	2 Q	50.95	3 Q	51.26	4
	200 m butterfly	1:54.19	1 Q	1:52.96	1 Q	1:50.73 WR
Szebasztián Szabó	50 m butterfly	23.07	4 Q	23.09	6 Q	22.90	5
Ádám Telegdy	200 m backstroke	1:57.20	6 Q	1:57.07	6 Q	1:56.86	7
Dávid Verrasztó	400 m individual medley	4:16.95	13	—		Did not advance
Dominik Kozma Kristóf Milák Péter Holoda Nándor Németh Richárd Bohus* Szebasztián Szabó*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:13.90	8 Q	—		3:12.85	7
Dominik Kozma Péter Bernek Ákos Kalmár Nándor Németh	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:13.64	15	—		Did not advance
Richárd Bohus Dávid Horváth Sebastian Sabo Nándor Németh	4×100 m medley relay	3:35.11	12	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Beatrix Bordás	50 m butterfly	26.98	29	Did not advance
Katalin Burián	50 m backstroke	28.84	24	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:01.22	23	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:09.70	7 Q	2:09.40	8 Q	2:08.65	7
Katinka Hosszú	200 m freestyle	1:59.44	17	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	DNS		Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:08.34	2 Q	2:07.48	5 Q	2:10.08	8
	200 m individual medley	2:07.02	1 Q	2:07.17	1 Q	2:07.53
	400 m individual medley	4:35.40	1 Q	—		4:30.39
Zsuzsanna Jakabos	200 m individual medley	2:13.29	17	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:38.93	8 Q	—		4:39.15	7
Boglárka Kapás	400 m freestyle	4:07.05	7 Q	—		4:05.36	6
	800 m freestyle	8:50.13	27	—		Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:07.60	2 Q	2:07.33	3 Q	2:06.78
Ajna Késely	400 m freestyle	4:03.51	3 Q	—		4:01.31 NR	4
	800 m freestyle	8:32.34	10	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:54.48	4 Q	—		16:01.35	6
Liliána Szilágyi	100 m butterfly	59.32	26	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.16	3 Q	2:07.83	4 Q	2:07.68	6
Anna Sztankovics	50 m breaststroke	31.13	12 Q	31.41	12	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:08.64	=22	Did not advance
Evelyn Verrasztó	100 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
Ajna Késely Evelyn Verrasztó Zsuzsanna Jakabos Katinka Hosszú	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:55.40	7 Q	—		7:54.57	6
Katalin Burián Anna Sztankovics Liliána Szilágyi Evelyn Verrasztó	4×100 m medley relay	4:05.61	19	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Richárd Bohus Anna Sztankovics Szebasztián Szabó Katinka Hosszú	4×100 m medley relay	3:48.44	12	Did not advance

Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster^[5][6]

• Viktor Nagy
• Dániel Angyal
• Bence Bátori
• Balázs Hárai
• Szilárd Jansik
• Tamás Mezei
• Krisztián Manhercz
• Zoltán Pohl
• Tamás Sedlmayer
• Dénes Varga (C)
• Márton Vámos
• Gergő Zalánki
• Soma Vogel
• Coach: Tamás Märcz

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	60	20	+40	6	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	57	19	+38	4	Playoffs
3	South Africa	3	0	1	2	16	54	−38	1
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	15	55	−40	1

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

15 July 2019 17:50	Report	New Zealand	4–24	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: An Jin-yong (KOR), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–7, 2–6, 1–7
		four players	Goals	Zalánki 4

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17 July 2019 11:10	Report	Hungary	13–11	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margenta (SLO), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–4, 3–0, 1–5
		Zalánki 3	Goals	Granados 3

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19 July 2019 08:30	Report	South Africa	5–23	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), An Jin-yong (KOR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–5, 0–8, 2–5
		Badenhorst 2	Goals	Zalánki 5

Quarterfinals

23 July 2019 17:00	Report	Hungary	10–9	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–1, 2–2
		Vámos, Zalánki 3	Goals	four players 2

Semifinals

25 July 2019 18:30	Report	Hungary	10–12	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1-5, 2-2, 3-3
		three players 2	Goals	Echenique 4

Third place game

27 July 2019 17:00	Report	Croatia	10–7	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 2–2, 4–2
		Joković 6	Goals	Hárai, Manhercz 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster^[7][8]

• Edina Gangl
• Dóra Csabai
• Gréta Gurisatti
• Anikó Gyöngyössy
• Brigitta Horváth
• Anna Illés
• Rita Keszthelyi (C)
• Dóra Leimeter
• Alda Magyari
• Natasa Rybanska
• Rebecca Parkes
• Dorottya Szilágyi
• Vanda Vályi
• Coach: Attila Bíró

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	65	23	+42	6	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	91	31	+60	4	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	46	35	+11	2
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	0	3	3	116	−113	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

14 July 2019 12:30	Report	Hungary	64–0	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SIN), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 16–0, 18–0, 16–0, 14–0
		Parkes 11	Goals

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16 July 2019 09:50	Report	Canada	14–15	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–5, 3–5, 5–2
		E. Wright, Fournier 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 7

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18 July 2019 20:30	Report	Hungary	12–17	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 3–5, 1–2, 4–4
		Vályi 4	Goals	Bersneva 4

Playoffs

20 July 2019 15:30	Report	New Zealand	6–17	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Juan Menéndez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 1–4, 2–5
		Houghton, McDowall 2	Goals	Keszthelyi 4

Quarterfinals

22 July 2019 18:30	Report	Italy	6–7	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 1–1, 1–1
		six players 1	Goals	Gurisatti, Leimeter 2

Semifinals

24 July 2019 18:30	Report	Spain	16–10	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–5, 4–1, 2–1
		Tarragó, Forca 4	Goals	Leimeter 4

Bronze Medal match

26 July 2019 17:00	Report	Australia	10–9	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Arancini 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 3