Hungary at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	209 in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Antal Kovács
Medals Rank: 13	Gold 8	Silver 6	Bronze 3	Total 17
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Hungary competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold

• Natasa Janics — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m

• Natasa Janics and Katalin Kovács — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m

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

• Tímea Nagy — Fencing, Women's Individual Epee

• Zsuzsanna Vörös — Modern Pentathlon, Women's Competition

• Diána Igaly — Shooting, Women's Skeet

• Tibor Benedek, Péter Biros, Rajmund Fodor, István Gergely, Tamás Kásás, Gergely Kiss, Norbert Madaras, Tamás Molnár, Ádám Steinmetz, Barnabás Steinmetz, Zoltán Szécsi, Tamás Varga, and Attila Vári — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

• István Majoros — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg

Silver

• Zoltán Kővágó — Athletics, Men's Discus

• Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski, Kinga Bóta — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m

• Zsolt Nemcsik — Fencing, Men's Individual Sabre

• Gábor Boczkó, Krisztián Kulcsár, and Iván Kovács — Fencing, Men's Team Epee

• Dániel Gyurta — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Eszter Krutzler — Weightlifting, Women's 69 kg

Bronze

• György Kozmann and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 1,000 m

• Attila Vajda — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m

• László Cseh — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 metres:

• Roland Németh

• Round 1 — 10.28
• Round 2 — 10.38

• Gábor Dobos

• Round 1 — 10.68

Men's 110 m Hurdles:

• Levente Csillag

• Round 1 — 13.74

Men's 200 metres:

• Géza Pauer

• Round 1 — 21.02
• Round 2 — 20.90

Men's 400 metres:

• Zsolt Szeglet

• Round 1 — 46.15

Men's Triple Jump:

• Péter Tölgyesi

• Round 1 — 16.36 metres (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump:

• László Boros

• Round 1 — 2.15 metres (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump:

• Tamás Margl

• Round 1 — 7.38 metres (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put:

• Zsolt Biber

• Round 1 — 19.31 metres (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus:

• Zoltán Kővágó

• Final — 67.04 (→ Silver Medal)

• Gábor Máté

• Final — 57.84 (→ 11th place)

• Róbert Fazekas

• Final — DSQ

Men's Javelin:

• Gergely Horváth

• Round 1 — 73.95 metres (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer:

• Krisztián Pars

• Final — 78.73 metres (→ 5th place)

• Adrián Annus

• Final — DSQ

Men's Decathlon:

• Attila Zsivóczky

• 8287 points (6th place)

Men's 20 km Walk:

• Gyula Dudás

• 1:28:18 (30th place)

Men's 50 km Walk:

• Zoltán Czukor

• 4:03:51 (24th place)

• János Tóth

• 4:29:33 (41st place)

Women's Competition

Women's 1,500 metres:

• Judit Varga

• Round 1 — 4:09.36

Women's 5,000 metres:

• Krisztina Papp

• Round 1 — 15:58.44

Women's 10,000 metres:

• Anikó Kálovics

• 32:21.47 (→ 20th place)

Women's Marathon:

• Simona Staicu

• 2:48:57 (→ 45th place)

• Beáta Rakonczai

• 2:49:41 (→ 48th place)

• Ida Kovács

• 3:03:21 (→ 60th place)

Women's 20 km Walk:

• Edina Füsti

• 1:39:45 (→ 44th place)

Women's Long Jump:

• Tünde Vaszi

• Round 1 — 6.55 metres
• Final — 6.73 metres (→ 8th place)

• Zita Ajkler

• Round 1 — 6.39 metres

Women's Pole Vault:

• Krisztina Molnár

• Round 1 — 4.30 metres

Women's Shot Put:

• Éva Kürti

• Round 1 — 14.60 metres

Women's Discus:

• Éva Kürti

• Round 1 — 52.52 metres

Women's Javelin:

• Nikolett Szabó

• Round 1 — 60.20 metres

Women's Hammer:

• Katalin Divós

• Round 1 — 67.64 metres

• Julianna Tudja

• Round 1 — 66.85 metres

• Éva Orbán

• Round 1 — 65.76 metres

Boxing

Hungary sent five boxers to Athens. In the first round, two were defeated while two advanced by winning and a third received a bye. All three that advanced lost in the round of 16. Their combined record was 2-5.

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Pál Bedák

• Round of 32 — Lost to Jeyhun Abiyev of Azerbaijan, 23-8

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Zsolt Bedák

• Round of 32 — Defeated Abner Mares of Mexico, 36-27
• Round of 16 — Lost to Maksym Tretyak of Ukraine, 27-24

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Gyula Káté

• Round of 32 — Lost to Baik Jong-Sub of Korea, 30-23

Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)

• Vilmos Balog

• Round of 32 — Bye
• Round of 16 — Lost to Juan Camilo Novoa of Colombia, 33-24

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Károly Balzsay

• Round of 32 — Defeated Sahraoui Mohamed of Tunisia, 29-24
• Round of 16 — Lost to Yordani Despaigne Herrera of Cuba, 38-25

Canoeing

Men's C1 500 metres:

• Márton Joób - final, 7th place

Men's C1 1,000 metres:

• Attila Vajda - final, bronze medal

Men's C2 500 metres:

• György Kozmann and György Kolonics - final, 7th place

Men's C2 1,000 metres:

• György Kozmann and György Kolonics - final, bronze medal

Men's K1 500 metres:

• Ákos Vereckei - final, 5th place

Women's K1 500 metres:

• Natasa Janics - final, gold medal

Men's K1 1,000 metres:

• Roland Kökény - final, 6th place

Men's K2 500 metres:

• Zoltán Kammerer and Botond Storcz - final, 5th place

Women's K2 500 metres:

• Katalin Kovács and Natasa Janics - final, gold medal

Men's K2 1,000 metres:

• Zoltán Benkő and István Beé - final, 9th place

Women's K4 500 metres:

• Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski, and Kinga Bóta - final, silver medal

Men's K4 1,000 metres:

• Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Horváth - final, gold medal

Cycling

Road cycling

Men's Individual Road Race:

• László Bodrogi - 74th place, 5:56:45

Men's Individual Time Trial:

• László Bodrogi - 21st place, 1:00:38.05

Mountain biking

Men's Cross Country:

• Zsolt Vinczeffy - 43rd place, -2 laps

Diving

Men's 10m Platform:

• András Hajnal

• Prelim — 305.79 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 3m Springboard:

• Nóra Barta

• Prelim — 279.24
• Semifinal — 212.28 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

• Villő Kormos

• Prelim — 193.68 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Fencing

Men's épée individual:

• Iván Kovács - defeated in round of 16
• Géza Imre - defeated in round of 32
• Gábor Boczkó - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:

• Tímea Nagy - gold medal
• Ildikó Mincza-Nebald - 4th place
• Adrien Hormay - defeated in round of 32

Women's foil individual:

• Aida Mohamed - 4th place
• Gabriella Varga - defeated in quarterfinals

Men's sabre individual:

• Zsolt Nemcsik - silver medal
• Domonkos Ferjancsik - defeated in round of 16
• Balázs Lengyel - defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:

• Orsolya Nagy - defeated in round of 32

Men's épée team:

• Gabor Boczkó, Krisztián Kulcsár, and Iván Kovács - silver medal

Women's épée team:

• Ildikó Mincza-Nebald, Adrienn Hormay and Hajnalka Tóth - 5th place

Men's sabre team:

• Zsolt Nemcsik, Kende Fodor, and Domonkos Ferjancsik - 5th place

Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

• Róbert Gál - advanced in one exercise
  • Vault - 6th place

Women's artistic:

• Krisztina Szarka - did not advance in any exercise

Handball

Men's: 4th place

• Preliminary round: 4-0-1
• Quarterfinal: defeated Korea, 30-25
• Semifinal: lost to Croatia, 33-31
• Bronze medal match: lost to Russia, 28-26

Women's: 5th place

• Preliminary round: 3-0-1
• Quarterfinal: lost to France, 25-23
• Classification (5-8): defeated Brazil, 36-31
• Classification (5/6): defeated Spain, 38-29

Judo

Men's 66 kg:

• Miklós Ungvári - defeated in round of 16

Men's 100 kg:

• Antal Kovács - defeated in round of 32

Modern pentathlon

Men's

• Gábor Balogh - 5296 pts, 8th place
• Ákos Kállai - 5132 pts, 18th place

Women's:

• Zsuzsanna Vörös - 5448 pts, gold medal
• Csilla Füri - 5144 pts, 12th place

Sailing

Men's 470 class

• Péter Czégai, Csaba Cserép - 27th place

Men's Finn class

• Balázs Hajdú - 23rd place

Men's Sailboard

• Áron Gádorfalvi - 22nd place

Women's 470 class

• Márta Weöres, Anna Payr - 19th place

Women's Sailboard

• Lívia Győrbíró - 24th place

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Krisztián Takács

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Attila Zubor

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Tamás Szűcs

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Boldizsár Kiss

Men's 1,500 m Freestyle

• Gergő Kis

Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

• Balázs Gercsák
• Tamás Kerékjártó
• Balázs Makány
• Tamás Szűcs

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• László Cseh
• Péter Horváth

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Viktor Bodrogi

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Richárd Bodor

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Dániel Gyurta
• Richárd Bodor

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Zsolt Gáspár

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Dávid Kolozár

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• László Cseh
• Tamás Kerékjártó

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• László Cseh

Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

• Richárd Bodor
• László Cseh
• Zsolt Gáspár
• Attila Zubor

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Zsuzsanna Csobánki

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Ágnes Mutina

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Katinka Hosszú

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Éva Risztov

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Nikolett Szepesi

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Evelyn Verrasztó

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Ágnes Kovács

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Ágnes Kovács

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Beatrix Boulsevicz

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Éva Risztov
• Beatrix Boulsevicz

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Ágnes Kovács

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Éva Risztov
• Zsuzsanna Jakabos

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Bike	Run	Total	Rank
Csaba Kuttor	Individual	—	—	—	did not start	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim	Bike	Run	Total	Rank
Erika Molnár	Individual	20:36	1:17:59	39:18	2:17:53.38	38

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Serbia and Montenegro (6:4)
• Defeated Croatia (10:8)
• Defeated United States (7:5)
• Defeated Kazakhstan (14:4)
• Defeated Russia (7:6)

• Semifinal

• Defeated Russia (7:5)

• Final

• Defeated Serbia and Montenegro (8:7) → Gold Medal

• Team Roster

• Tibor Benedek
• Péter Biros
• Rajmund Fodor
• István Gergely
• Tamás Kásás
• Gergely Kiss
• Norbert Madaras
• Tamás Molnár
• Ádám Steinmetz
• Barnabás Steinmetz
• Zoltán Szécsi
• Tamás Varga
• Attila Vári

• Head Coach: Dénes Kemény

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to United States (6:7)
• Lost to Russia (8:9)
• Defeated Canada (5:4)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Italy (5:8)

• Classification Match

• 5th/6th place: Lost to Russia (11:12)

• Team Roster

• Rita Dravucz
• Anett Gyore
• Dora Kisteleki
• Anikó Pelle
• Ágnes Primász
• Mercedes Stieber
• Krisztina Szremko
• Zsuzsanna Tiba
• Andrea Toth
• Agnes Valkay
• Erzsebet Valkay
• Krisztina Zantleitner
• Ildiko Zirighne Sos

• Head Coach: Tamás Faragó

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
László Tancsics	– 56 kg	122.5	6	150.0	7	272.5	7

Officials

• President: Pál Schmitt
• Secretary General: Tamás Aján

External links

• Official Website