Hungary at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	178 in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Rita Kőbán
Medals Rank: 13	Gold 8	Silver 6	Bronze 3	Total 17
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Hungary competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold

• Tímea Nagy — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual

• Zoltán Kammerer and Botond Storcz — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs

• Gábor Horváth, Zoltán Kammerer, Ákos Vereckei and Botond Storcz — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours

• György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles

• Ferenc Novák and Imre Pulai — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs

• Szilveszter Csollány — Gymnastics, Men's Rings

• Ágnes Kovács — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Tibor Benedek, Péter Biros, Rajmund Fodor, Tamás Kásás, Gergely Kiss, Zoltan Kosz, Tamás Märcz, Tamás Molnár, Barnabás Steinmetz, Zoltán Szécsi, Bulcsu Szekely, Zsolt Varga, and Attila Vári — Water Polo, Men's team competition

Silver

• Gábor Balogh — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition

• Katalin Kovács and Szilvia Szabó — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs

• Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Erzsébet Viski and Szilvia Szabó — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours

• Beatrix Balogh, Rita Deli, Ágnes Farkas, Andrea Farkas, Anikó Kántor, Beatrix Kökény, Anita Kulcsár, Dóra Lőwy, Anikó Nagy, Ildikó Pádár, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Bojana Radulovics, Beáta Siti, and Tamásné Zsémbery — Handball, Women's team competition

• Erzsébet Márkus — Weightlifting, Women's 69 kg

• Sándor Bárdosi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (85 kg)

Bronze

• Zsolt Erdei — Boxing, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

• Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztián Veréb — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs

• Diána Igaly — Shooting, Women's Skeet Shooting

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 m

• Zsolt Szeglet

• Round 1 — 46.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 m

• Balazs Koranyi

• Round 1 — 01:46.21
• Semifinal — 01:47.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Balazs Kovacs

• Round 1 — 13.83
• Round 2 — 13.78 (→ did not advance)

• Levente Csillag

• Round 1 — 13.66
• Round 2 — 13.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Tibor Bedi

• Round 1 — 51.54 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m

• Laszlo Babaly, Miklos Gyulai, Viktor Kovacs, and Geza Pauer

• Round 1 — 39.52 (did not advance)

Men's 4x400 m

• Tibor Bedi, Zeteny Dombi, Attila Kilvinger, and Zsolt Szeglet

• Round 1 — 03:06.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Szilard Kiss

• Qualifying — 18.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Robert Fazekas

• Qualifying — 61.76 (→ did not advance)

• Gabor Mate

• Qualifying — 60.86 (→ did not advance)

• Zoltán Kővágó

• Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Tibor Gecsek

• Qualifying — 77.33
• Final — 77.70 (→ 7th place)

• Zsolt Nemeth

• Qualifying — 73.95 (→ did not advance)

• Adrián Annus

• Qualifying — 75.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Zsolt Czingler

• Qualifying — 16.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Sándor Urbanik

• Final — 0:01:26 (→ 29th place)

• Gyula Dudás

• Final — 1:28:34 (→ 37th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Gyula Dudás

• Final — 4:17:55 (→ 37th place)

• Zoltán Czukor

• Final — DSQ

Men's Decathlon

• Attila Zsivoczky

• 100 m — 11.10
• Long Jump — 7.00
• Shot Put — 14.96
• High Jump — 2.06
• 400 m — 48.61
• 100 m Hurdles — 15.27
• Discus Throw — 47.43
• Pole Vault — 4.80
• Javelin Throw — 65.87
• 1,500 m — 04:23.37

• • Points — 8277.00 (→ 8th place)

• Zsolt Kürtösi

• 100 m — 11.00
• Long Jump — 7.19
• Shot Put — 15.13
• High Jump — 2.00
• 400 m — 48.81
• 100 m Hurdles — 14.15
• Discus Throw — 46.62
• Pole Vault — 4.80
• Javelin Throw — 57.16
• 1,500 m — 04:43.39

• • Points — 8149.00 (→ 11th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m

• Barbara Petrahn

• Round 1 — 52.86
• Round 2 — 52.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• Anikó Kálovics

• Round 1 — 33:20.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Nikolett Szabo

• Qualifying — 58.86 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Katalin Divós

• Qualifying — 62.74 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Tünde Vaszi

• Qualifying — 6.70
• Final — 6.59 (→ 8th place)

• Zita Ajkler

• Qualifying — 6.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Dóra Györffy

• Qualifying — 1.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

• Zsuzsanna Szabó

• Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

• Katalin Donath

• Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Mária Urbanik

• Final — 1:34:45 (→ 18th place)

• Anikó Szebenszky

• Final — 1:36:46 (→ 29th place)

Women's Marathon

• Judit Földing-Nagy

• Final — 2:30:54 (→ 17th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Rita Ináncsi

• 100 m Hurdles — 15.11
• High Jump — 1.69
• Shot Put — DNS
• 200 m — DNS

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Pál Lakatos
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Károly Balzsay
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Zsolt Erdei
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Vladislav Vizilter of Kyrgyzstan
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Oleksandr Zubrihin of Ukraine
  • Semifinal — Lost to Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov of Russia → Bronze Medal

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Ákos Vereckei

• Qualifying Heat — 01:42.089
• Semifinal — 01:39.574
• Final — 02:00.145 (→ 4th place)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Roland Kökény

• Qualifying Heat — 03:38.066
• Semifinal — 03:39.455 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Zoltan Kammerer and Botond Storcz

• Qualifying Heat — 01:31.144
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:47.055 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

• Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztian Vereb

• Qualifying Heat — 03:13.677
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 03:16.357 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Gabor Horvath, Zoltan Kammerer, Botond Storcz, and Ákos Vereckei

• Qualifying Heat — 02:58.096
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 02:55.188 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Gyorgy Kolonics

• Qualifying Heat — 01:51.492
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 02:24.813 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• Gyorgy Zala

• Qualifying Heat — 04:00.754
• Semifinal — 04:03.226 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák

• Qualifying Heat — 01:42.816
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:51.284 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák

• Qualifying Heat — 03:38.492
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 03:43.103 (→ 5th place)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Rita Kőbán

• Qualifying Heat — 01:50.777
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 02:19.668 (→ 6th place)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó

• Qualifying Heat — 01:42.298
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:58.580 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

• Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski

• Qualifying Heat — 01:33.312
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:34.946 (→ Silver Medal)

Cycling

Track Cycling

Women's Sprint

• Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi
  • Qualifying — 11.545
  • 1/8 Finals — Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine
  • 1/8 Finals Repechage — Heat 1; 1st place
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Oxana Grichina of Russia
  • Finals 5-8 — (→ 5th place)

Women's 500 m Time Trial

• Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi
  • Final — 35.778 (→ 12th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Imre Lengyel

• Preliminary — 382.98
• Semi-final — 222.60 — 605.58
• Final — 390.87 — 613.47 (→ 11th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Andras Hajinal

• Preliminary — 316.14 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Orsolya Pintér

• Preliminary — 239.64 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Competition

• Gabor Balogh — 5353pts (→ Silver Medal)
• Peter Sarfalvi — 4971pts (→ 17th place)

Women's Competition

• Zsuzsanna Vörös — 4866 pts (→ 15th place)
• Nora Simoka — 3042pts (→ 23rd place)

Sailing

Five men and one woman competed for Hungary in the Sailing venue at the 2000 Olympics. The best finish was 15th.

Men's Mistral

• Aron Gadorfalvi

• Race 1 — (24)
• Race 2 — 19
• Race 3 — 19
• Race 4 — 23
• Race 5 — 21
• Race 6 — 23
• Race 7 — 21
• Race 8 — 17
• Race 9 — 14
• Race 10 — (37) OCS
• Race 11 — 20
• Final — 177 (24thplace)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Balazs Hajdu

• Race 1 — (26) DSQ
• Race 2 — 6
• Race 3 — 16
• Race 4 — 16
• Race 5 — 3
• Race 6 — 5
• Race 7 — (26) DNF
• Race 8 — 8
• Race 9 — 22
• Race 10 — 10
• Race 11 — 16
• Final — 102 (15th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Marcell S. Goszleth and Adam C. Szorenyi

• Race 1 — (30) OCS
• Race 2 — 20
• Race 3 — 19
• Race 4 — 18
• Race 5 — 25
• Race 6 — 24
• Race 7 — 26
• Race 8 — 17
• Race 9 — (29)
• Race 10 — 28
• Race 11 — 27
• Final — 204 (29th place)

Men's Laser

• Tamas Eszes

• Race 1 — 5
• Race 2 — (26)
• Race 3 — 9
• Race 4 — 13
• Race 5 — (44) DSQ
• Race 6 — 14
• Race 7 — 16
• Race 8 — 26
• Race 9 — 5
• Race 10 — 26
• Race 11 — 13
• Final — 127 (18thplace)

Women's Mistral

• Luca Gadorfalvi

• Race 1 — 23
• Race 2 — (26)
• Race 3 — 24
• Race 4 — 24
• Race 5 — (28)
• Race 6 — 21
• Race 7 — 25
• Race 8 — 21
• Race 9 — 15
• Race 10 — 23
• Race 11 — 25
• Final — 201 (25th place)

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Attila Zubor

• Preliminary Heat — 23.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Attila Zubor

• Preliminary Heat — 49.79
• Semi-final — 49.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Béla Szabados

• Preliminary Heat — 1:50.10
• Semi-final — 1:49.36 (→ did not advance)

• Attila Zubor

• Preliminary Heat — 1:50.11
• Semi-final — 1:49.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Zoltán Szilágyi

• Preliminary Heat — 03:58.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Zsolt Gáspár

• Preliminary Heat — 53.29
• Semi-final — 53.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Viktor Bodrogi

• Preliminary Heat — 02:00.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Károly Güttler

• Preliminary Heat — 01:01.66
• Semi-final — 01:01.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Norbert Rózsa

• Preliminary Heat — 02:15.27
• Semi-final — 02:14.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Péter Horváth

• Preliminary Heat — 55.81
• Semi-final — 55.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Viktor Bodrogi

• Preliminary Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Attila Czene

• Preliminary Heat — 02:02.66
• Semi-final — 02:01.56
• Final — 02:01.16 (→ 4th place)

• István Batházi

• Preliminary Heat — 02:03.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• István Batházi

• Preliminary Heat — 04:18.85 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle

• Attila Czene, Zsolt Gáspár, Jacint Simon, and Béla Szabados

• Preliminary Heat — 07:24.48 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Medley

• Péter Horváth, Károly Güttler, Zsolt Gáspár, and Attila Zubor

• Preliminary Heat — 03:38.58
• Final — 03:39.09 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Gyongyver Lakos

• Preliminary Heat — 57.71 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Éva Risztov

• Preliminary Heat — 04:18.48 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Éva Risztov

• Preliminary Heat — 08:43.07 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Orsolya Ferenczy

• Preliminary Heat — 01:01.15 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Éva Risztov

• Preliminary Heat — 02:11.32 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Ágnes Kovács

• Preliminary Heat — 01:08.50
• Semi-final — 01:07.79
• Final — 01:08.09 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Ágnes Kovács

• Preliminary Heat — 02:24.92
• Semi-final — 02:24.03 — Olympic Record
• Final — 02:24.35 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Annamaria Kiss

• Preliminary Heat — 01:06.12 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Annamaria Kiss

• Preliminary Heat — 02:20.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Medley

• Orsolya Ferenczy, Annamaria Kiss, Ágnes Kovács, and Gyongyver Lakos

• Preliminary Heat — 04:11.11 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized Swimming

Duet

• Zsuzsanna Hamori, Petra Marschalko

• Technical Routine — 28.957 Did not compete in free routine

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Attila Sávolt

• First Round — Lost to Paradorn Srichaphan (THA), 2-6 6-4 5-7

Women's Singles Competition

• Rita Kuti-Kis

• First Round — Lost to Amanda Coetzer (RSA), 1-6 1-6

• Petra Mandula

• First Round — Lost to Conchita Martínez (ESP), 1-6 0-6

• Katalin Marosi

• First Round — Lost to Monica Seles (USA), 0-6 1-6

Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition

• Csaba Kuttor — 1:51:05.74 (→ 30th place)

Women's Individual Competition

• Nora Edocseny — 2:05:20.03 (→ 19th place)
• Erika Molnar — 2:05:39.50 (→ 23rd place)
• Aniko Gog — 2:14:50.55 (→ 39th place)

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• 3-2-0

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated Italy (8-5)

• Semifinals

• Defeated Yugoslavia (8-7)

• Final

• Defeated Russia (13-6)

• Team Roster

• Tibor Benedek
• Péter Biros
• Rajmund Fodor
• Tamás Kásás
• Gergely Kiss
• Zoltán Kósz
• Tamás Marcz
• Tamás Molnár
• Barnabás Steinmetz
• Zoltán Szécsi
• Bulcsú Székely
• Attila Vári
• Zsolt Varga

• Head Coach: Dénes Kemény

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Péter Tamtom	– 105 kg	175.0	180.0	180.0	215.0	215.0	—	DNF	—
Tibor Stark	+ 105 kg	180.0	190.0	195.0	220.0	230.0	—	425.0	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Erzsébet Márkus	– 69 kg	105.0	110.0	112.5	125.0	130.0	137.5	242.5
Gyöngyi Likerecz	– 75 kg	102.5	105.0	107.5	122.5	125.0	125.0	227.5	5
Melinda Szik	+ 75 kg	102.5	102.5	107.5	122.5	127.5	127.5	235.0	9

References

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