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
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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 311 (220 men, 91 women)
Medals
Rank: 6		 Gold
7		 Silver
10		 Bronze
15		 Total
32
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Hungary competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

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[edit] Medals

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

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Károly Varga — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle Prone
  • Ferenc Kocsis — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • István Joós and István Szabó — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
  • Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
  • László Horváth, Tibor Maracskó and Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
  • Lajos Rácz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
  • József Balla — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Éva Rakusz and Mária Zakariás — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
  • Tibor Kincses — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
  • András Ozsvár — Judo, Men's Open Class
  • 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

  • Final — 2:15:18 (→ 12th place)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 16.45 m
  • Final — 16.47 m (→ 7th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Miklós Nemeth
  • Qualification — 84.84 m
  • Final — 82.40 m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification — 88.76 m
  • Final — 79.52 m (→ 10th 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)

[edit] Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Karoly Nemedi
  • Preliminary Round — 475.17 points (→ 17th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

  • Karoly Nemedi
  • Preliminary Round — 429.75 points (→ 14th place, did not advance)

[edit] Handball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Drew with Poland (20-20)
  • Drew with East Germany (14-14)
  • Defeated Spain (20-17)
  • Defeated Denmark (16-15)
  • Defeated Cuba (26-22)
  • Classification Match
  • Bronze Medal Match: Lost to Romania (18-20) → 4th place
  • Team Roster

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual competition:

  • Tamás Szombathelyi — 5502pts, Silver Medal
  • Tibor Maracskó — 5279pts, 5th place
  • László Horváth — 5131pts, 19th place


Men's Team Competition:

  • Szombathelyi, Maracskó, and Horváth — 15912 pts, Silver Medal

[edit] Swimming

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

  • Ágnes Fodor
  • Gabriella Kindl
  • Éva Miklósfalvy

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Klara Gulyas
  • Heats — did not start (→ did not advance)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Lost to Romania (2-3)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
  • Semi Finals
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Bronze Medal Game
  • Lost to Bulgaria (2-3) → 4th place
  • Team Roster
  • Julianna Szalonna
  • Éva Szalay
  • Gyöngyi Bardi
  • Agnes Juhász
  • Lucia Bánhegyi
  • Gabriella Fekete
  • Emoke Szegedi-Vargha
  • Emerencia Király
  • Agnes Torma
  • Erzsébet Varga
  • Gabriella Lengyel
  • Bernadett Koszegi

[edit] Water polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Drew with Romania (6-6)
  • Defeated Netherlands (5-3)
  • Defeated Greece (8-5)
  • Final Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (4-5)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (7-8)
  • Defeated Spain (6-5)
  • Defeated Cuba (7-5)
  • Defeated Netherlands (8-7) → Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Endre Molnár
  • István Szivós
  • Attila Sudár
  • György Gerandás
  • György Horkai
  • Gábor Csapó
  • István Kiss
  • István Udvardi
  • László Kuncz
  • Tamás Faragó
  • Károly Hauszler