Dusán Kovács (born 31 July 1971 in

Balassagyarmat Balassagyarmat (Hungarian: ; formerly ''Balassa-Gyarmath''; german: Jahrmarkt; sk, Balážske Ďarmoty or ) is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád comitatus. Balassagyarmat is the capital city of Palóc country as the promi ...

) is a retired Hungarian athlete who specialised in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. He represented his country at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, as well as three consecutive World Championships starting in 1993. In addition he won two bronze medals at the

1993 Summer Universiade The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as XVII Summer Universiade or World University Games Buffalo '93, took place in Buffalo, New York, United States. Sports * * * * * * * * * * * * Venues *Athletics – University at Buffalo St ...

. His personal best in the event is 48.45 seconds set at the 1997 World Championships in Athens where he narrowly missed the final. This is the standing national record. He is now an athletics commentator for Hungarian Eurosport.

Competition record

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1971 births Living people People from Balassagyarmat Hungarian male hurdlers Hungarian decathletes Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Hungary Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Hungary Competitors at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Nógrád County Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub