Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	171 in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Zoltán Kammerer
Medals Rank: 20	Gold 3	Silver 5	Bronze 2	Total 10
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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 Hungarian athletes taking part in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Hungary's gold medal count of 3 was the lowest in the nation's Summer Olympic history since the Paris Summer Olympic Games of 1924. Its total medal count of 11 was the lowest since the 1928 Summer Olympic Games in Amsterdam.

Contents 1 Medalists 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Athletics 2.1 Men 2.2 Women 3 Boxing 4 Canoeing 4.1 Flatwater 5 Cycling 5.1 BMX 5.2 Mountain Biking 5.3 Road 6 Diving 7 Fencing 8 Gymnastics 8.1 Artistic 9 Handball 9.1 Women's competition 9.1.1 Team Roster 9.1.2 Women's Results 10 Judo 11 Modern Pentathlon 12 Rowing 13 Sailing 14 Shooting 15 Swimming 15.1 Men 15.2 Women 16 Table tennis 17 Tennis 18 Triathlon 19 Water polo 19.1 Men's tournament 19.1.1 Group play 19.1.2 Medal round 19.2 Women's tournament 19.2.1 Group play 19.2.2 Medal round 20 Weightlifting 21 Wrestling 22 See also 23 References

Medalists

Gold

• Attila Vajda — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000 m

• Natasa Janics and Katalin Kovács — Canoeing, Women's K-2 500 m

• Hungary national water polo team — Water polo, Men's Team Competition

Silver

• László Cseh — Swimming, Men's 400 m individual medley

• László Cseh — Swimming, Men's 200 m butterfly

• Zoltán Fodor — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg

• László Cseh — Swimming, Men's 200 m individual medley

• Natasa Janics, Katalin Kovács, Danuta Kozák, and Gabriella Szabó — Canoeing, Women's K-4 500 m

Bronze

• Ildikó Mincza-Nébald — Fencing, Women's individual épée

• Tamás Kiss and György Kozmann — Canoeing, Men's C-2 1000 m

Athletics

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
110 m hurdles	Dániel Kiss	13.61	23rd	13.63	21st	Did not advance
50 km walk	Zoltán Czukor							4:20:07	46th

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shot put	Lajos Kürthy	18.74	34th	Did not advance
Discus throw	Róbert Fazekas	62.64	11th	63.43	8th
	Zoltán Kővágó	60.79	21st	Did not advance
	Gábor Máté	62.44	13th	Did not advance
Javelin throw	Csongor Olteán	No mark		Did not advance
Hammer throw	Krisztián Pars	80.27	1st	80.96	4th

Combined events

Decathlon	Event	Attila Zsivóczky
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.86	679	39th
	Long jump	No mark	0	39th
	Shot put	Did Not Start
	High jump
	400 m
	110 m hurdles
	Discus throw
	Pole vault
	Javelin throw
	1500 m
Final			DNF	-

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
400 m	Barbara Petráhn	53.06	35th			Did not advance
5,000 m	Krisztina Papp	16:08.86	27th					Did not advance
10,000 m	Anikó Kálovics							32:24.83	22nd
100 m hurdles	Edit Vári	13.59	36th	Did not advance
Marathon	Beáta Rakonczai							DNF	-
	Petra Teveli							2:48:32	65th
20 km walk	Edina Füsti							1:37:03	39th

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pole vault	Krisztina Molnár	4.15	26th	Did not advance
Javelin throw	Nikolett Szabó	57.15	22nd	Did not advance
Hammer throw	Éva Orbán	65.41	34th	Did not advance

Combined events

Heptathlon	Event	Györgyi Farkas
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m hurdles	14.66	887	41st
	High jump	1.74	903	24th
	Shot Put	12.06	665	35th
	200 m	26.10	788	39th
	Long jump	6.09	877	19th
	Javelin throw	43.45	734	18th
	800 m	2:14.05	906	14th
Final			5760	28th

Boxing

Hungary qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Szellő qualified at the World Championships.^[1] Varga and Kalucza brought the Hungarian boxing squad up to four by qualifying at the first European qualifying event.^[2] Bedák was the fifth and final Hungarian to join the team, at the 2nd European tournament.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Pál Bedák	Light flyweight	Zhakypov (KAZ) L 6-7	Did not advance
Norbert Kalucza	Flyweight		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		González (VEN) W RSCH	Jeffries (GBR) L 2-10	Did not advance

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katalin Kovács	K-1 500 m	1:49.424	1st			1:51.139	4th
Natasa Janics Katalin Kovács	K-2 500 m	1:42.162	1st			1:41.308
Natasa Janics Katalin Kovács Danuta Kozák Gabriella Szabó	K-4 500 m	1:34.321	1st			1:32.971

Cycling

BMX

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals			Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Place (Time)	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vilmos Radasics	Individual	38.830	31st	6 (38.725) 8 (39.220) 4 (39.276)	18	6th	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Semifinals			Final
		Time	Rank	Place (Time)	Total	Rank	Time	Rank
Anikó Hódi	Individual	41.772	15th	6 (44.021) 5 (41.867) 7 (40.169)	18	6th	Did not advance

Mountain Biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
András Parti	Cross-country	2:06.000	23rd

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
László Bodrogi	Road race	did not finish
	Time trial	1h 7' 27 (+5:16)	27th
Péter Kusztor	Road race	6h 35' 44 (+11:55)	66th

Diving

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nóra Barta	3 m Individual Springboard	276.15	18th	318.15	11th	269.25	12th
Villő Kormos	3 m Individual Springboard	247.95	24th	Did not advance

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Third place	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Gábor Boczkó	Individual épée	Alfredo Rota (ITA) 11 - 10	Silvio Fernández (VEN) 15 - 9	Radosław Zawrotniak (POL) 15 - 12	Fabrice Jeannet (FRA) 15 - 12	José Luis Abajo (ESP) 8 - 7	Did not advance
Géza Imre	Individual épée	Kim Seung Gu (KOR) 15 - 14	Diego Confalonieri (ITA) 15 - 9	Did not advance
Krisztián Kulcsár	Individual épée	Yin Lianchi (CHN) 15 - 9	Did not advance
Tamás Decsi	Individual sabre	Áron Szilágyi (HUN) 15 - 9	Did not advance
Áron Szilágyi	Individual sabre	Tamás Decsi (HUN) 15 - 9	Keeth Smart (USA) 15 - 10	Did not advance
Zsolt Nemcsik	Individual sabre	Zhou Hanming (CHN) 15 - 13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Third place	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ildikó Mincza-Nébald	Individual épée	Yeung Chui Ling (HKG) 15 - 11	Sherraine Schalm (CAN) 15 - 13	Imke Duplitzer (GER) 15 - 11	Ana Maria Brânză (ROU) 15 - 14	Li Na (CHN) 15 - 11	Did not advance
Emese Szász	Individual épée	Hadia Bentaleb (ALG) 15 - 4	Lubov Shutova (RUS) 15 - 12	Did not advance
Gabriella Varga	Individual foil	Mariana González (VEN) 15 - 2	Nam Hyun-Hee (KOR) 15 - 4	Did not advance
Aida Mohamed	Individual foil	Jujie Luan (CAN) 15 - 7	Evgenia Lamonova (RUS) 15 - 5	Did not advance
Edina Knapek	Individual foil	Sun Chao (CHN) 15 - 13	Su Wanwen (CHN) 15 - 10	Maria Valentina Vezzali (ITA) 15 - 3	Did not advance
Orsolya Nagy	Individual sabre	Anne-Lise Touya (FRA) 15 - 13	Rebecca Ward (USA) 15 - 5	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Classification 5-8	Placement 5-6/7-8	Semifinals	Third Place	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre Krisztián Kulcsár Iván Kovács	Men's Team épée	China L 45-43	Ukraine W 41-29	Venezuela W 40-25	Did not advance
Tamás Decsi Áron Szilágyi Zsolt Nemcsik Balázs Lontay	Men's Team sabre	United States L 45-44	China L 45-38	Egypt W 45-25	Did not advance
Gabriella Varga Aida Mohamed Edina Knapek Virgine Ujlaky	Women's Team foil	Germany W 35-31			United States L 35-33	Italy L 32-23	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Róbert Gál	All-around	-	13.425	13.225	-	12.900	-	39.550	82nd	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
		Vault	Floor	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Dorina Böczögő	All-around	13.375	13.200	13.950	13.925	54.450	52nd	Did not advance

Handball

Women's competition

Team Roster

#	Name	Position	Club	Date of Birth	Height	Weight
2	Bernadett Ferling	centre back	Dunaferr SE	July 13, 1977(1977-07-13) (age 31)	180	70
6	Orsolya Vérten	left wing	Győri Audi ETO KC	July 22, 1982(1982-07-22) (age 26)	170	70
10	Krisztina Pigniczki	centre back	Dunaferr SE	September 18, 1975(1975-09-18) (age 32)	171	65
12	Orsolya Herr	goalkeeper	Győri Audi ETO KC	November 23, 1984(1984-11-23) (age 23)	176	77
13	Anita Görbicz	centre back	Győri Audi ETO KC	May 13, 1983(1983-05-13) (age 25)	175	57
16	Katalin Pálinger	goalkeeper	Győri Audi ETO KC	December 6, 1978(1978-12-06) (age 29)	183	73
17	Tímea Tóth	left back	Hypo Niederösterreich	September 16, 1980(1980-09-16) (age 27)	182	71
18	Piroska Szamoránszky	pivot	Budapest Bank-FTC	July 9, 1986(1986-07-09) (age 22)	172	74
22	Bernadett Bódi	right wing	Randers HK	March 9, 1986(1986-03-09) (age 22)	175	63
23	Gabriella Szűcs	left back	DVSC	August 31, 1984(1984-08-31) (age 24)	184	79
26	Rita Borbás	pivot	CS Oltchim Vâlcea	December 21, 1980(1980-12-21) (age 27)	167	64
31	Ágnes Hornyák	right back	Győri Audi ETO KC	September 2, 1982(1982-09-02) (age 25)	180	70
83	Mónika Kovacsicz	right wing	Viborg HK	November 20, 1983(1983-11-20) (age 24)	170	64
87	Zsuzsanna Tomori	left back	Győri Audi ETO KC	June 18, 1987(1987-06-18) (age 21)	187	75

Head Coach: János Hajdu

Women's Results

Preliminary Round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Russia	5	4	1	0	148	125	+23	9
South Korea	5	3	1	1	155	127	+28	7
Hungary	5	2	1	2	129	142	-13	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	102	112	-10	4
Brazil	5	1	1	3	94	104	-10	3
Germany	5	1	0	4	127	145	-18	2

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

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August 11 10:45	Brazil	28–28	Hungary	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
	Amorim 10	(Report)	Görbicz 8

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August 13 20:45	Germany	24–25	Hungary	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding (DEN), Hansen (DEN)
	Krause 9	(Report)	Görbicz 9

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August 15 20:45	Hungary	24–33	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din (ROM), Dinu (ROM)
	Görbicz 6	(Report)	Postnova 8

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August 17 20:45	Hungary	22–33	South Korea	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto (ESP), Hualin (ESP)
	Görbicz 7	(Report)	Oh 6

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

August 21 20:15	Hungary	20–22	Russia	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
	Tóth 5	(Report)	Bliznova 7

Bronze Medal Match

August 23 13:30	South Korea	33–28	Hungary	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Chernega (RUS), Poladenko (RUS)
	Moon 10	(Report)	Ferling 7

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Miklós Ungvári	−66 kg	Ritubilige (CHN) W 0011 / 0001	Kedelashvili (GEO) W 1000 / 0000	Gadanov (RUS) L 0011 / 0002	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		Mekić (BIH) W 1001 / 0011	Matyjaszek (POL) L 0010 / 0011	Did not advance
Barna Bor	+100 kg		El Shehaby (EGY) L 0010 / 0120	Did not advance

Women

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

Modern Pentathlon

Men

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Gábor Balogh	1084	856	1276	852	996	5064	26th
Viktor Horváth	1180	784	1300	896	1112	5272	19th

Women

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total Points	Rank
Leila Gyenesei	988	712	1316	1172	1072	5260	24th
Zsuzsanna Vörös	1120	760	1280	1076	1064	5300	20th

Rowing

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals C/D		Final C		Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zsolt Hirling & Tamás Varga	Lightweight double sculls	6:19.60	3rd	6:50.48	4th	6:28.84	1st	6:23.02	2nd	14th

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Áron Gádorfalvi	Sailboard	15	19	16	12	24	26	10	9	18	13		162	19th
Zsombor Berecz	Laser	27	31	36	23	18	22	24	14	37			232	29th

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Diána Detre	Sailboard	22	20	19	21	22	25	26	20	17	19		211	22nd

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Péter Sidi	10 m air rifle	595	6th	103.4	698.4	6th
	50 m rifle Prone	588	39th	Did not advance		39th
	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1163	25th	Did not advance		25th
Roland Gerebics	Double trap	136	9th	Did not advance		9th

Women

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

Swimming

Men

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

Women

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

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
János Jakab	Singles		Patrick Chila (FRA) W 4-3 7-11, 10-12, 9-11, 11-7, 11-1, 11-8, 11-9	Christian Süß (GER) L 1-4 7-11, 11-4, 8-11, 8-11, 8-11	Eliminated

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Georgina Póta	Singles			Dana Hadačová (CZE) W 4-3 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 12-14, 4-11, 12-10, 12-10	Wang Nan (CHN) L 0-4 6-11, 7-11, 6-11, 2-11	Eliminated
Petra Lovas	Singles		Eva Ódorová (SVK) L 2-4 9-11, 6-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-9, 10-12	Eliminated
Krisztina Tóth	Singles			Rūta Paškauskienė (LTU) W 4-3 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6, 4-11, 6-11, 11-3	Wang Chen (USA) L 1-4 7-11, 7-11, 6-11, 13-11, 2-11	Eliminated

Tennis

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Ágnes Szávay	Singles	Zheng Jie (CHN)	L 6-4, 3-6, 5-7	Did not advance
Ágnes Szávay Gréta Arn	Doubles			Ayumi Morita (JPN)  Ai Sugiyama (JPN)	L 3-6, 3-6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Csaba Kuttor	Individual	18:09	59:13	37:27	1:55:53.38	47th

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Cycling	Run	Total	Rank
Zita Szabó	Individual	20:28	1:05:58	39:17	2:06:46.70	38th

Water polo

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

Roster

The following is the Hungarian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

№		Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
01 !1	Szecsi, ZoltanZoltán Szécsi	GK	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	96 kg (210 lb)	01977-12-22 22 December 1977	ZF Eger
02 !2	Varga, TamasTamás Varga	CB	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	105 kg (230 lb)	01975-07-14 14 July 1975	Szeged Beton
03 !3	Madaras, NorbertNorbert Madaras	D	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (200 lb)	01979-12-01 1 December 1979	Pro Recco
04 !4	Varga, DenesDénes Varga	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	97 kg (210 lb)	01987-03-29 29 March 1987	Vasas SC
05 !5	Kasas, TamasTamás Kásás	D	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	94 kg (210 lb)	01976-07-20 20 July 1976	Pro Recco
06 !6	Hosnyanszky, NorbertNorbert Hosnyánszky	D	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (210 lb)	01984-03-04 4 March 1984	Fiorentina
07 !7	Kiss, GergelyGergely Kiss	CF	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	112 kg (250 lb)	01977-09-21 21 September 1977	Honvéd-Domino
08 !8	Benedek, TiborTibor Benedek	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (210 lb)	01972-07-12 12 July 1972	Pro Recco
09 !9	Varga, DanielDániel Varga	D	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (210 lb)	01983-09-25 25 September 1983	Vasas SC
10	Biros, PeterPéter Biros	D	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (210 lb)	01976-04-05 5 April 1976	ZF Eger
11	Kis, GaborGábor Kis	CF	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	108 kg (240 lb)	01982-09-27 27 September 1982	ZF Eger
12	Molnar, TamasTamás Molnár	CF	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (230 lb)	01975-08-02 2 August 1975	Honvéd-Domino
13	Gergely, IstvanIstván Gergely	GK	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	112 kg (250 lb)	01976-08-20 20 August 1976	Honvéd-Domino

Head coach: Dénes Kemény

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–10
	Will play for places 7–12

	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	5	4	1	0	60	36	+24	9
Spain	5	4	0	1	52	34	+18	8
Montenegro	5	2	2	1	43	33	+10	6
Australia	5	2	1	2	45	40	+5	5
Greece	5	1	0	4	39	56	−17	2
Canada	5	0	0	5	21	61	−40	0

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

10 August 2008 10:50	Game reference	Hungary	10 – 10	Montenegro	Ying Tung Natatorium 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	Game reference	Greece	6 – 17	Hungary	Ying Tung Natatorium 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	Game reference	Hungary	8 – 5	Spain	Ying Tung Natatorium 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	Game reference	Australia	12 – 13	Hungary	Ying Tung Natatorium 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

02008-08-18 18 August 2008 10:50	Game reference	Hungary	12 – 3	Canada	Ying Tung Natatorium 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

Medal round

Semifinal

22 August 2008 18:20	Game reference	Hungary	11 – 9	Montenegro	Ying Tung Natatorium 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

02008-08-24 24 August 2008 15:40	Game reference	1 ! Hungary	14 – 10	United States 2 !	Ying Tung Natatorium 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

Roster

The following is the Hungarian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

№		Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
01 !1	Horvath, PatriciaPatricia Horvath	GK	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (160 lb)	01977-12-07 7 December 1977	Honvéd-Domino
02 !2	Szremko, KrisztinaKrisztina Szremkó	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (190 lb)	01972-01-06 6 January 1972	Szentes
03 !3	Gyore, AnettAnett Györe	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	01981-12-10 10 December 1981	Honvéd-Domino
04 !4	Kisteleki, DoraDóra Kisteleki	D	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	62 kg (140 lb)	01983-05-11 11 May 1983	Honvéd-Domino
05 !5	Stieber, MercedeszMercédesz Stieber	D	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	01974-09-04 4 September 1974	Florence
06 !6	Takacs, OrsolyaOrsolya Takács	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (190 lb)	01985-05-20 20 May 1985	Ocmino-Erse
07 !7	Dravusz, RitaRita Drávucz	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	66 kg (150 lb)	01980-04-14 14 April 1980	Florence
08 !8	Zantleitner, KrisztinaKrisztina Zantleitner	CB	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	72 kg (160 lb)	01974-05-08 8 May 1974	Osc Budapest
09 !9	Bravik, FruzsinaFruzsina Brávik	D	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	83 kg (180 lb)	01986-10-06 6 October 1986	Dove Dunaújváros
10	Pelle, AnikoAnikó Pelle	D	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	72 kg (160 lb)	01978-09-28 28 September 1978	Siracusa
11	Valkai, AgnesÁgnes Valkai	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (140 lb)	01981-02-27 27 February 1981	Rome
12	Primasz, AgnesÁgnes Primász	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (140 lb)	01980-03-05 5 March 1980	Osc Budapest
13	Zirighne Sos, IldikoIldikó Zirighné Sós	GK	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (150 lb)	01976-12-27 27 December 1976	Osc Budapest

Head coach: Gabor Godova

Group play

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Will play for places 7–8

	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	28	20	+8	5
Australia	3	2	1	0	25	22	+3	5
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	27	27	0	2
Greece	3	0	0	3	16	27	−11	0

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

11 August 2008 13:00	Game reference	Hungary	11 – 9	Netherlands	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Caputi (ITA), 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	Game reference	Hungary	7 – 7	Australia	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Brguljan Mario (MNE), Tulga Ahmet Erhan (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	Game reference	Hungary	10 – 4	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), 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

Medal round

Semifinals

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

Bronze medal game

21 August 2008 17:00	Game reference	3 ! Australia	9 (3) – 9 (2)	Hungary	Ying Tung Natatorium Referees: Antsiferov (RUS), Rak (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-3, 3-1, 1-1  OT: 2-1, 0-1, 3-2 (PS)
		B. Knox 3, Gynther 3, Fraser 2	Goals	Kisteleki 4, Valkai 3, Drávucz 2

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
János Baranyai	– 77 kg	0	-	0	-	DNF	-

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
István Veréb	−74 kg	Ben Askren (USA) L 2-0, 0-4	Did not advance
Gergely Kiss	−96 kg	Nicolai Ceban (MDA) W 5-3, 5-0	Kurban Kurbanov (UZB) L 1-1, 0-3, 4-5	Did not advance
Ottó Aubéli	−120 kg		Florian Skilang Temengil (PLW) W 4-0, 7-1	David Musuľbes (SVK) L 1-2, 0-2	Did not advance

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Marianna Sastin	−63 kg		Martine Dugrenier (CAN) L 0-2, 0-6	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tamás Lőrincz	−66 kg	Arman Adikyan (ARM) W 2-2, 2-1	Steeve Guenot (FRA) L 2-0, 1-1, 1-1	Did not advance		Alain Milian (CUB) L 1-1, 1-1	Did not advance
Péter Bácsi	−74 kg	TC Dantzler (USA) W 5-1, 2-2, 3-0	Arsen Julfalakyan (ARM) W 3-1, 4-4, 1-1	Varteres Samourgachev (RUS) W 2-2, 4-1	Manuchar Kvirkelia (GEO) L 1-2, 5-2, 0-3			Christophe Guenot (FRA) L 1-3, 4-0, 2-4
Zoltán Fodor	−84 kg		Ma Sanyi (CHN) W 2-0, 2-1	Shalva Gadabadze (AZE) W 1-1, 3-0, 1-1	Nazmi Avluca (TUR) W 2-1, 1-1			Andrea Minguzzi (ITA) L 1-1, 1-1, 0-4
Lajos Virág	−96 kg		Adam Wheeler (USA) L 1-1, 1-1, 1-1	Did not advance
Mihály Deák-Bárdos	−120 kg		Ari Taub (CAN) W 2-1, 4-1	Yannick Szczepaniak (FRA) L 1-1, 2-0, 1-1	Did not advance

See also

• Hungary at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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