Hungary at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Hungary at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	HUN
NOC:	Hungarian Olympic Committee external link (Hungarian)
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Medals	Gold 7	Silver 10	Bronze 15	Total 32
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Hungary competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

1 Medals
2 Results by event

[edit] Medals

Hungary finished in sixth position in the final medal rankings, with seven gold medals and 32 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

László Foltán and István Vaskuti — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs

Zoltán Magyar — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse

Károly Varga — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle Prone

Sándor Wladár — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke

Péter Baczakó — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

Ferenc Kocsis — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

Norbert Növényi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

[edit] Silver

István Joós and István Szabó — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs

Ernõ Kolczonay — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

Magda Maros — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition

László Horváth, Tibor Maracskó and Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

Zoltán Verrasztó — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke

Lajos Rácz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

István Tóth — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight

József Balla — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze

János Váradi — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

István Lévai — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

Éva Rakusz and Mária Zakariás — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs

Imre Gedõvári — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual

Imre Gedõvári, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, György Nébald and Rudolf Nébald — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team

Edit Kovács, Magda Maros, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Gertrúd Stefanek and Zsuzsanna Szõcs — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
Ferenc Donáth, György Guczoghy, Zoltán Kelemen, Zoltán Magyar, Péter Kovács, and István Vámos — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises

Tibor Kincses — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)

András Ozsvár — Judo, Men's Open Class

Zoltán Verrasztó — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley

György Szalai — Weightlifting, Heavyweight

Endre Molnár, István Szivós, Attila Sudár, György Gerandás, György Horkai, Gábor Csapó, István Kiss, István Udvardi, László Kuncz, Tamás Faragó, and Károly Hauszler — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Ferenc Seres — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight

István Kovács — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Szabólcs Detre and Zsolt Detre — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

After missing the 1976 archery competition, Hungary returned in 1980. The nation was represented by two women and two men, including 1972 veteran Bela Nagy. Nagy placed 5th, only three points behind the bronze medallist.

Women's Individual Competition:

Judit Kovacs — 2323 points (→ 12th place)
Margit Szobi — 2216 points (→ 21st place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Bela Nagy — 2446 points (→ 5th place)
Istvan Balasz — 2241 points (→ 28th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

Ferenc Szekeres

Final — 2:15:18 (→ 12th place)

Women's Pentathlon

Margit Papp — 4562 points (→ 5th place)
1. 100 metres — 13.96s
2. Shot Put — 14.94m
3. High Jump — 1.74m
4. Long Jump — 6.35m
5. 800 metres — 2:15.80

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

György Gedó
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Charles Lubulwa (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round
3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

János Váradi → Bronze Medal
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Rabiraj Thapa (Nepal) after referee stopped contest in first round
3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Daniel Radu (Romania) on points (4-1)
4. Semi Finals — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Sándor Farkas
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (1-4)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Róbert Gönczi
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Lost to Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (0-5)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Tibor Dezamits
1. First Round — Defeated Alphonse Matoubela (Congo) on points (5-0)
2. Second Round — Lost to Yordan Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (1-4)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

Imre Bacskai
1. First Round — Defeated Paul Kamela Fogang (Cameroon) on points (4-1)
2. Second Round — Lost to Serik Konakbayev (Soviet Union) after retiring in second round

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Imre Csjef
1. First Round — Lost to Paul Rasamimanana (Madagascas) after knock-out in second round

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Csaba Kuzma
1. First Round — Lost to Michael Madsen (Madagascas) on points (3-2)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

István Lévai → Bronze Medal
1. First Round — Bye
2. Quarter Finals — Defeated Anders Eklund (Sweden) on points (4-1)
3. Semi Finals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (Cuba) on points (0-5)