Hungary competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 212 competitors, 147 men and 65 women, took part in 145 events in 24 sports.
Medalists
Gold Balázs Kiss — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw István Kovács — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs Rita Kőbán — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles Norbert Rózsa — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke Attila Czene — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
Silver Attila Adrovicz, Ferenc Csipes, Gábor Horváth and András Rajna — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours Csaba Köves, József Navarrete and Bence Szabó — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Szilveszter Csollány — Gymnastics, Men's Rings Károly Güttler — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Bronze Imre Pulai — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles György Zala — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Singles Géza Imre — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Gyöngyi Szalay — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual Éva Erdős, Andrea Farkas, Beáta Hoffmann, Anikó Kántor, Erzsébet Kocsis, Beatrix Kökény, Eszter Mátéfi, Auguszta Mátyás, Anikó Meksz, Anikó Nagy, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Beáta Siti, Anna Szántó, Katalin Szilágyi, and Beatrix Tóth — Handball, Women's Team Competition János Martinek — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition Ágnes Kovács — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley Attila Feri — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (70 kg)
Archery
Hungary's two veterans in Atlanta were both defeated in the first round.
Women's Individual Competition: Judit Kovács → Round of 64, 45th place (0–1) Timea Kiss → Round of 64, 51st place (0–1)
Athletics
Men's 400 m Hurdles Dusan Kovács Heat — 49.23 s Semi Final — 48.57 s (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump János Uzsoki Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's Triple Jump Tibor Ordina Qualification — 16.04m (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's Discus Throw Attila Horváth Qualification — 62.90 m Final — 62.28 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Hammer Throw Balázs Kiss Qualification — 78.34m Final — 81.24m (→ Gold Medal)
Zsolt Németh Qualification — 73.68m (→ did not advance)
Adrián Annus Qualification — 72.58m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon Zsolt Kürtösi Final Result — 7755 points (→ 27th place)
Women's Heptathlon Rita Ináncsi Final Result — 6336 points (→ 6th place)
Women's Long Jump Tünde Vaszi Qualification — 6.73m Final — 6.60m (→ 9th place)
Rita Ináncsi Qualification — 6.02m (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump Zita Balint Qualification — NM (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon Judit Nagy — 2:38.43 (→ 36th place)
Women's 10 km Walk Mária Urbanik – 43:32 (→ 9th place) Anikó Szebenszky – 45:57 (→ 27th place)
Badminton
Boxing
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) István Kovács → Gold Medal First Round — Defeated Soner Karaoz (Turkey), 15-3 Second Round — Defeated Khurshed Khasanov (Tajikistan), 17-3 Quarter Finals — Defeated George Olteanu (Romania), 24-2 Semi Finals — Defeated Vichairachanon Khadpo (Thailand), 12-7 Final — Defeated Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 14-7
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) János Nagy First Round — Defeated John Kelman (Barbados), referee stopped contest in third round Second Round — Defeated Daniel Attah (Nigeria), 14-12 Quarter Finals — Lost to Pablo Chacón (Argentina), 7–18
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) József Nagy First Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) György Mizsei First Round — Defeated Richard Rowles (Australia), 10-2 Second Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 6–14
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Zsolt Erdei First Round — Defeated Juan Pablo López (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third round Second Round — Lost to Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey), 8–9
Canoeing
Cycling
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard Imre Lengyel Preliminary Heat — 346.74 Semi Final — 204.51 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 3m Springboard Orsolya Pintér Preliminary Heat — 206.52 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Fifteen fencers, nine men and six women, represented Hungary in 1996.
Men's foil Zsolt Érsek Márk Marsi Róbert Kiss
Men's team foil Márk Marsi, Róbert Kiss, Zsolt Érsek
Men's épée Géza Imre Iván Kovács Krisztián Kulcsár
Men's team épée Géza Imre, Iván Kovács, Krisztián Kulcsár
Men's sabre József Navarrete Bence Szabó Csaba Köves
Men's team sabre Bence Szabó, Csaba Köves, József Navarrete
Women's foil Aida Mohamed Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi Gabriella Lantos
Women's team foil Aida Mohamed, Gabriella Lantos, Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi
Women's épée Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth Tímea Nagy Adrienn Hormay
Women's team épée Adrienn Hormay, Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth, Tímea Nagy
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition: János Martinek — 5501 pts (→ Bronze Medal) Ákos Hanzély — 5435 pts (→ 6th place) Péter Sárfalvi — 5196 pts (→ 21st place)
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Men's Laser sailing Tamás Eszes
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle Attila Zubor Heat — 50.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Béla Szabados Heat — 51.26 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Attila Czene Heat — 1:51.59 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Miklós Kollár Heat — 1:52.19 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Béla Szabados Heat — 3:59.36 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke Tamás Deutsch Heat — 56.96 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke Olivér Ágh Heat — 2:01.84 B-Final — 2:02.17 (→ 12th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Károly Güttler Heat — 1:01.80 Final — 1:01.49 (→ 4th place)
Norbert Rózsa Heat — 1:02.72 B-Final — scratched
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Norbert Rózsa Heat — 2:14.66 Final — 2:12.57 (→ Gold Medal)
Károly Güttler Heat — 2:13.89 Final — 2:13.03 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Péter Horváth Heat — 53.69 B-Final — 53.48 (→ 11th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly Péter Horváth Heat — 1:58.76 Final — 1:59.12 (→ 8th place)
Attila Czene Heat — 2:00.50 B-Final — 1:58.99 (→ 9th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Attila Czene Heat — 2:02.10 Final — 1:59.91 (→ Gold Medal)
Attila Zubor Heat — 2:06.24 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley István Batházi Heat — 4:27.37 B-Final — DSQ
Gergő Kis Heat — 4:28.05 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler, Péter Horváth, and Attila Zubor Heat — 3:41.05 Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler, Péter Horváth, and Attila Czene Final — 3:40.84 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Anna Nyíry Heat — 57.82 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle Rita Kovács Heat — 9:06.97 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Krisztina Egerszegi Heat — 2:09.18 Final — 2:07.83 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Ágnes Kovács Heat — 1:09.05 Final — 1:09.55 (→ 7th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke Ágnes Kovács Heat — 2:29.58 Final — 2:26.57 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 100 m Butterfly Edit Klocker Heat — 1:03.61 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly Edit Klocker Heat — 2:17.90 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley Krisztina Egerszegi Heat — 4:43.09 Final — 4:42.53 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Krisztina Egerszegi, Ágnes Kovács, Edit Klocker, and Anna Nyíry Heat — 4:10.92 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition Sándor Noszály First round — Lost to Oleg Ogorodov (Uzbekistan) 5–7, 6–7 Alternates Gergely Kisgyorgy Daniel Somogyi
Women's Singles Competition Virág Csurgó First round — Defeated Aleksandra Olsza (Poland) 6-2 7-5 Second round — Lost to Kimiko Date (Japan) 2–6 3–6
Andrea Temesvári First round — Lost to Judith Wiesner (Austria) 6–7 4–6
Water polo
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) Defeated Russia (8–7) Defeated Germany (9–8) Defeated Netherlands (10–8) Defeated Spain (8–7) Defeated Yugoslavia (12–8) Quarterfinals Defeated Greece (12–8) Semifinals Lost to Spain (6–7) Bronze Medal Match Lost to Italy (18–20) → Fourth place
Team roster Tibor Benedek Rajmund Fodor Tamás Kásás Zoltan Kosz András Gyöngyösi Péter Kuna László Tóth Balázs Vincze Frank Tóth Zsolt Varga Tamás Dala Attila Monostori Zsolt Németh Head coach: György Horkai
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank123123Tibor Karczag– 54 kg107.5107.5107.5———DNF—Zoltán Farkas– 59 kg130.0132.5132.5140.0145.0150.0280.08Adrián Popa– 64 kg130.0135.0137.5167.5172.5172.5307.55Zoltán Kecskés– 64 kg130.0135.0137.5162.5167.5170.0302.58Attila Feri– 70 kg152.5152.5155.0187.5187.5192.5340.0Gábor Molnár– 70 kg145.0145.0145.0———DNF—Tibor Stark+ 108 kg180.0185.0187.5220.0227.5230.0415.08
Wrestling
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