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Hungary At The 2018 Winter Olympics
Hungary competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. With the men's 5000 metre relay victory in short track speed skating, the nation had won its first ever Winter Olympic gold, and first Winter medal since 1980. Hungarian athletes have participated in all Winter Olympic Games. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. Alpine skiing Hungary qualified four athletes, two male and two female, and one team. ;Mixed Cross-country skiing Hungary qualified two athletes, one male and one female. ;Distance ;Sprint Figure skating Hungary qualified one female figure skater, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Freestyle skiing ;Halfpipe Short track speed skating According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Hungary qualified a full squad of 5 men and 5 wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Hungary
The national flag of Hungary ( hu, Magyarország zászlaja) is a horizontal tricolour of red, white and green (red-white-green). In this exact form, it has been the official flag of Hungary since 23 May 1957. The flag's form originates from national republican movements of the 18th and 19th centuries, while its colours are from the Middle Ages. The current Hungarian tricolour flag is the same as the republican movement flag of the United Kingdom (used since 1816) and the colours in that form were already used at least since the coronation of Leopold II in 1790, predating the first use of the Italian Tricolour in 1797. Current flag The modern flag of Hungary originated from the national freedom movement from before 1848, which culminated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The revolution was not only in opposition against the monarchy but also the Habsburg Empire, as well as to form an independent republic. Accordingly, the Hungarian flag features a tricolour element, which is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Skiing At The 2018 Winter Olympics
Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics, Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Phoenix Pyeongchang, Bokwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang County, Pyeongchang, South Korea. The events were scheduled to take place between 9 and 23 February 2018. A total of ten freestyle skiing events were held. Qualification A maximum of 282 quota spots were available to athletes at the games. A maximum of 30 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 16 men or 16 women. Each event had a specific quota amount allocated to it. Competition schedule The following was the competition schedule for all ten events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold. All times are (Korea Standard Time, UTC+9). Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations A total of 268 athletes from 27 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing At The 2018 Winter Olympics – Mixed Team
The team event competition of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics was held on 24 February 2018 at the Yongpyong Alpine Centre in PyeongChang. Rules This was a parallel slalom competition. There were four members on each team (two males and two females), as well as two reserves. There were four races and the winner of each race scored a point for their team (a tied race awards one point per team). The first race was female against female, race two was male against male, race three was female against female and the last race was male against male. If, after four races, both teams had the same number of points, then the race times of each team's fastest man and woman would be added and the team with the best aggregate time won. If there were two non finishes in the same race, whoever progressed further would win the race. Qualified teams Teams and participating athletes: * **Stephanie Brunner ** Katharina Gallhuber **Katharina Liensberger **Manuel Feller **Michael Matt **Marco Schwarz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
