Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

György Gedó György Gedó (born 23 April 1949) is a retired Hungarian light-flyweight boxer. He competed in the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972. He was the European light-flyweight champion in 1969 and 1971.Csaba Fenyvesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual *

Sándor Erdős Sándor Erdős (born 21 August 1947 in Budapest) is a Hungarian épée fencer. Olympics Erdős won a gold medal in the team épée at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. At the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 � ...

, Csaba Fenyvesi, Győző Kulcsár, István Osztrics, and

Pál Schmitt Pál Schmitt (; born 1942) is a Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2010 until his resignation in 2012, following his academic misconduct controversy. Schmitt was a successful fencer in his ...

— Fencing, Men's Épée Team *

Imre Földi Imre Földi (; 8 May 1938 – 23 April 2017) was a Hungarian weightlifter. Competing at a record of five Olympic Games, he won a gold medal in 1972 and silver medals in 1964 and 1968. During his career he set 21 world records, and after ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight * Csaba Hegedűs — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Silver

* András Balczó, Zsigmond Villányi, and

Pál Bakó Pál Bakó (born 8 June 1946) is a Hungarian former modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: Mün ...

— Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition * László Orbán — Boxing, Men's Lightweight *

János Kajdi János Kajdi (30 December 1939 – 10 April 1992) was a boxer from Hungary. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the lightweight, light-welterweight and welterweight (– 67 kg) division, respectively, and won a silver medal ...

— Boxing, Men's Welterweight * József Deme and

János Rátkai János Rátkai (born 30 May 1951) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Munich in 1972. Rátkai ...

— Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs *

Tamás Wichmann Tamás Wichmann (4 February 1948 – 12 February 2020) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1966 to 1983. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals. This included two silver (C-1 1000 m: 1972 ...

— Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles *

Jenő Kamuti Dr. Jenő Kamuti ( hu, Kamuti Jenő, born September 17, 1937, in Budapest) is a former Hungarian foil fencer. Fencing career Kamut was a member of the Hungarian foil team from 1956 to 1976. He was World Team Champion in foil in 1957 and Unive ...

— Fencing, Men's Foil Individual *

Péter Marót Péter Marót (27 May 1945 – 7 June 2020) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual sabre and a bronze in the team event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events Januar ...

— Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual *

Ildikó Bóbis Ildikó is a Hungarian feminine given name of Germanic origin; its original Germanic version is Ilda or Hilda. Its meaning is "battle" or "warrior" in ancient Germanic languages. Its medieval Latin version was Ildico, which the Hungarians adopte ...

— Fencing, Women's Foil Individual *

Ildikó Bóbis Ildikó is a Hungarian feminine given name of Germanic origin; its original Germanic version is Ilda or Hilda. Its meaning is "battle" or "warrior" in ancient Germanic languages. Its medieval Latin version was Ildico, which the Hungarians adopte ...

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Ildikó Rónay Ildikó is a Hungarian feminine given name of Germanic origin; its original Germanic version is Ilda or Hilda. Its meaning is "battle" or "warrior" in ancient Germanic languages. Its medieval Latin version was Ildico, which the Hungarians adopte ...

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Ildikó Schwarczenberger Ildikó Tordasi (née Schwarczenberger; 9 September 1951 – 13 July 2015) was a Hungarian foil fencer. She competed in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won four medals. Schwarczenberger was named Hungarian Sportswoman of The Year ...

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Mária Szolnoki Mária Szolnoki (born 16 June 1947) is a Hungarian fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as M ...

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Ildikó Rejtő Ildikó Rejtő (also known as ''Györgyné Sági'', formerly ''Jenőné Újlaky''; born 11 May 1937) is a retired Hungarian two-time Olympic and five-time World Champion foil fencer. Early and personal life She was born in Budapest, Hungary, ...

— Fencing, Women's Foil Team * Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke * Lajos Szűcs — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight *

István Géczi István Géczi (, 16 March 1944 – 10 September 2018) was a Hungarian football goalkeeper, who played for Ferencvárosi TC. He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and also participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and ...

, Péter Vépi, Miklós Páncsics, Péter Juhász, Lajos Szűcs,

Mihály Kozma Mihály Kozma (born 1 November 1949) was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Budapest Honvéd FC and Belgium's Thor Waterschei He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and also participated in UEFA Euro ...

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Antal Dunai Antal Dunai, also known as Dunai II (né ''Dujmov'', 21 March 1943) is a Hungarian former footballer with Yugoslav origins. He became a first division player at Pécsi Dózsa, but he spent the majority of his career at Újpesti Dózsa from ...

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Lajos Kű Lajos Kű (born 5 July 1948) is a Hungarian former footballer who played as a midfielder for Videoton, Ferencvárosi TC, Club Brugge and SC Eisenstadt. In his second game for Club Brugge, he played in the 1978 European Cup Final against Liver ...

, Béla Váradi,

Ede Dunai Ede Dunai, also known as Dunai III (born 14 July 1949) was a Hungarian football player who played for Újpesti Dózsa. Dunai III is most famous for his participation in the silver medal-winning Hungarian team on the 1972 Summer Olympics ...

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László Bálint László Bálint (born 1 February 1948, in Budapest) is a former Hungarian footballer. During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC, Club Brugge K.V., Toulouse FC and Grenoble Foot 38. He earned 76 caps and scored 3 goals for the ...

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Lajos Kocsis Lajos Kocsis (18 June 1947 in Szeged – 9 October 2000 in Budapest) was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Bp. Honvéd SE. He was an Olympic champion in 1968. Club career Kocsis started his career in his native town of Szeged, ...

, Kálmán Tóth, László Branikovics, József Kovács, Csaba Vidács, and Ádám Rothermel — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition *

András Bodnár András Bodnár (born April 9, 1942) is a former Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes ...

, Tibor Cservenyák,

István Görgényi István Görgényi (born 2 November 1946) is a Hungarian former water polo player who won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics and coached the Australian women's national water polo team to the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympi ...

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Tamás Faragó Tamás Faragó (born 5 August 1952) is a former Hungarian water polo player. He competed in all major international tournaments between 1970 and 1980 and won three medals at the Summer Olympics and five at the world and European championships. ...

, Zoltán Kásás, Ferenc Konrád, István Magas, Dénes Pócsik, László Sárosi, Endre Molnár, and István Szívós, Jr. — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

* András Botos — Boxing, Men's Featherweight *

Géza Csapó Géza Csapó (29 December 1950 – 14 September 2022) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in K-1 1000 m event with a silver in 1976 and a bronze in 19 ...

— Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles * Anna Pfeffer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles * Gyözõ Kulcsár — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual *

Péter Marót Péter Marót (27 May 1945 – 7 June 2020) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual sabre and a bronze in the team event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events Januar ...

, Péter Bakonyi,

Pál Gerevich Pál Gerevich (born 10 August 1948) is a Hungarian fencer, who won two Olympic bronze medals in the team sabre competitions. Pál Gerevich won the world championships in sabre fencing in 1977 and is currently coaching the Viennese fencing club ...

, Tamás Kovács, and

Tibor Pézsa Tibor Pézsa (born 15 November 1935) is a retired Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre A sabre (French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the l ...

— Fencing, Men's * Ilona Békési,

Mónika Császár Mónika Császár (born 17 November 1954) is a retired Hungarian gymnast. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a bronze medal in the team competition. Her best individual result was fourth place on the ...

, Márta Kelemen, Anikó Kéry, Krisztina Medveczky, and

Zsuzsanna Nagy Zsuzsanna Nagy (born 10 June 1986) is a Hungarian former competitive ice dancer. With Máté Fejes, she is the 2011 Pavel Roman Memorial champion and a two-time Hungarian national champion. They competed in the final segment at two European Ch ...

— Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises *

Lajos Papp Lajos Papp (8 April 1944 – 31 October 1993) was a Hungarian sport shooter who won a bronze medal in the 300 m free rifle event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad ( ...

— Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions *

András Hargitay András Hargitay (born 17 March 1956) is a retired swimmer from Hungary, who won the bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He finished fourth in the same event at the 1976 and 1980 Games, missing the bron ...

— Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley * Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly * Sándor Holczreiter — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight *

János Benedek János Benedek (born 20 November 1944 in Kiskunmajsa) is a Hungarian former weightlifter who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight *

György Horváth György Horvath (21 December 1943 – 17 October 1988) was a Hungarian weightlifter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1 ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight * Ferenc Kiss — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight * László Klinga — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight *

Károly Bajkó Károly Bajkó (1 August 1944 – 9 June 1997) was a Hungarian wrestler. He was born in Békés. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1968, and in Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling ...

— Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight *

József Csatári József Csatári (17 December 1943 – 30 January 2021)Hamvas Agnes Hajdene, at 22nd place in the women's competition. Women's Individual Competition: * Hamvas Agnes Hajdene — 2265 points (→ 22nd place) Men's Individual Competition: * Bela Nagy — 2302 points (→ 34th place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres * András Zsinka :* Heat — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance) Men's High Jump * Ádám Szepesi :* Qualifying Round — 2.15 m :* Final — 2.18 m (→ 5th place) * István Major :* Qualifying Round — 2.15 m :* Final — 2.15 m (→ 6th place) * Jozsef Tihanyi :* Qualification Round — 2.09 m (→ did not advance) Men's Discus Throw * Géza Fejér :* Qualifying Round — 61.58 m :* Final — 62.62 m (→ 5th place) * Ferenc Tégla :* Qualifying Round — 60.60 m :* Final — 60.60 m (→ 7th place) *

János Murányi János Murányi (born January 13, 1944 in Mezőkövesd, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) is a retired male discus thrower from Hungary. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he ended up in 12th place in the overal ...

:* Qualifying Round — 60.34 m :* Final — 57.92 m (→ 12th place) Women's High Jump *

Erika Rudolf Erika Rudolf (July 21, 1954 in Budapest – February 2009) was a Hungarian high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In ...

:* Qualifying Round — 1.76m :* Final — 1.79m (→ 16th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) * Sandor Orbán :* First Round — Lost to Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), walkover Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) *

János Kajdi János Kajdi (30 December 1939 – 10 April 1992) was a boxer from Hungary. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the lightweight, light-welterweight and welterweight (– 67 kg) division, respectively, and won a silver medal ...

→ Silver Medal :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Defeated James Vrij (HOL), 4:1 :* Third Round — Defeated Damdinjavyn Bandi (MGL), KO-2 :* Quarterfinals — Defeated

Maurice Hope Maurice Hope (born 6 December 1951) is a British former boxer, who was world junior middleweight champion. Born in Antigua, he grew up in Hackney, London. He represented Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Box ...

(GBR), 5:0 :* Semifinals — Defeated Richard Murunga (KEN), 4:1 :* Final — Lost to Emilio Correa (CUB), 0:5 Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) * Jozsef Reder :* First Round — Lost to

Ion Alexe Ion Alexe (born 25 July 1946) is a retired heavyweight boxer from Romania. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1972, losing to Teófilo Stevenson Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence (29 March 1952 – 11 June 2012) wa ...

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Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Hungary in 1972. ; Individual road race * András Takács — 23rd place * Tibor Debreceni — 64th place * Imre Géra — 67th place * József Peterman — did not finish (→ no ranking) ; Team time trial * Tibor Debreceni * Imre Géra * József Peterman * András Takács

Equestrian

Fencing

19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1972. Hungary finished top of the fencing medal table with eight in total: two gold, four silver, and two bronze. ; Men's foil *

Jenő Kamuti Dr. Jenő Kamuti ( hu, Kamuti Jenő, born September 17, 1937, in Budapest) is a former Hungarian foil fencer. Fencing career Kamut was a member of the Hungarian foil team from 1956 to 1976. He was World Team Champion in foil in 1957 and Unive ...

* Sándor Szabó * László Kamuti ; Men's team foil * Sándor Szabó, Csaba Fenyvesi, László Kamuti, István Marton,

Jenő Kamuti Dr. Jenő Kamuti ( hu, Kamuti Jenő, born September 17, 1937, in Budapest) is a former Hungarian foil fencer. Fencing career Kamut was a member of the Hungarian foil team from 1956 to 1976. He was World Team Champion in foil in 1957 and Unive ...

; Men's épée * Csaba Fenyvesi * Győző Kulcsár *

Pál Schmitt Pál Schmitt (; born 1942) is a Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2010 until his resignation in 2012, following his academic misconduct controversy. Schmitt was a successful fencer in his ...

; Men's team épée * Csaba Fenyvesi, Győző Kulcsár,

Pál Schmitt Pál Schmitt (; born 1942) is a Hungarian Olympic fencer and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2010 until his resignation in 2012, following his academic misconduct controversy. Schmitt was a successful fencer in his ...

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Sándor Erdős Sándor Erdős (born 21 August 1947 in Budapest) is a Hungarian épée fencer. Olympics Erdős won a gold medal in the team épée at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. At the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 � ...

, István Osztrics ; Men's sabre *

Péter Marót Péter Marót (27 May 1945 – 7 June 2020) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual sabre and a bronze in the team event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events Januar ...

* Tamás Kovács *

Tibor Pézsa Tibor Pézsa (born 15 November 1935) is a retired Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre A sabre (French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the l ...

; Men's team sabre *

Tibor Pézsa Tibor Pézsa (born 15 November 1935) is a retired Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre A sabre (French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the l ...

,

Péter Marót Péter Marót (27 May 1945 – 7 June 2020) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal in the individual sabre and a bronze in the team event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events Januar ...

, Péter Bakonyi, Tamás Kovács,

Pál Gerevich Pál Gerevich (born 10 August 1948) is a Hungarian fencer, who won two Olympic bronze medals in the team sabre competitions. Pál Gerevich won the world championships in sabre fencing in 1977 and is currently coaching the Viennese fencing club ...

; Women's foil * Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis *

Mária Szolnoki Mária Szolnoki (born 16 June 1947) is a Hungarian fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as M ...

* Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő ; Women's team foil * Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi,

Mária Szolnoki Mária Szolnoki (born 16 June 1947) is a Hungarian fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as M ...

, Ildikó Rónay-Matuscsák

Football

;Men's Team Competition *First Round (Group C) :* Defeated Iran (5-0) :* Drew with Brazil (2-2) :* Defeated Denmark (2-0) *Second Round (Group 1) :* Defeated East Germany (2-0) :* Defeated West Germany (4-1) :* Defeated Mexico (2-0) *Final :* Lost to Poland (2-1) → Silver Medal *Team Roster :*

László Bálint László Bálint (born 1 February 1948, in Budapest) is a former Hungarian footballer. During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC, Club Brugge K.V., Toulouse FC and Grenoble Foot 38. He earned 76 caps and scored 3 goals for the ...

:* László Branikovits :*

Antal Dunai Antal Dunai, also known as Dunai II (né ''Dujmov'', 21 March 1943) is a Hungarian former footballer with Yugoslav origins. He became a first division player at Pécsi Dózsa, but he spent the majority of his career at Újpesti Dózsa from ...

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Ede Dunai Ede Dunai, also known as Dunai III (born 14 July 1949) was a Hungarian football player who played for Újpesti Dózsa. Dunai III is most famous for his participation in the silver medal-winning Hungarian team on the 1972 Summer Olympics ...

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István Géczi István Géczi (, 16 March 1944 – 10 September 2018) was a Hungarian football goalkeeper, who played for Ferencvárosi TC. He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and also participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup and ...

:* Péter Juhász :*

Lajos Kocsis Lajos Kocsis (18 June 1947 in Szeged – 9 October 2000 in Budapest) was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Bp. Honvéd SE. He was an Olympic champion in 1968. Club career Kocsis started his career in his native town of Szeged, ...

:* József Kovács :*

Mihály Kozma Mihály Kozma (born 1 November 1949) was a Hungarian football midfielder, who played for Budapest Honvéd FC and Belgium's Thor Waterschei He won a silver medal in football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and also participated in UEFA Euro ...

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Lajos Kű Lajos Kű (born 5 July 1948) is a Hungarian former footballer who played as a midfielder for Videoton, Ferencvárosi TC, Club Brugge and SC Eisenstadt. In his second game for Club Brugge, he played in the 1978 European Cup Final against Liver ...

:* Miklós Páncsics :* Ádám Rothermel :* Lajos Szűcs :* Kálmán Tóth :* Béla Várady :* Péter Vépi :* Csaba Vidáts

Gymnastics

Handball

Hungary's first two games resulted in victories over the

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and Japan, guaranteeing the team a berth in the second round regardless of the result of the third game. However, that loss to

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

carried over into the second round, putting the Hungarians at a disadvantage. Losses to

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and

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put Hungary into last place in the division. The team played against Sweden for seventh and eighth places, losing 19–18. Men's Team Competition: * Hungary - 8th place (2-4-0) * Roster -

János Adorján János Adorján (October 30, 1938 in Budapest – December 15, 1995 in Budapest) is a former Hungarian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () a ...

, Béla Bartalos,

János Csík János Csík (born 20 December 1946 in Orosháza) is a former Hungarian handball player and handball coach. In 1972 he was part of the Hungarian team which finished eighth in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially ...

, László Harka, József Horváth, Gyula Hurth, Sandor Kaló, István Marosi, Lajos Simó, János Stiller,

István Szabó István Szabó (; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó is one of the most notable Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian-speaking world since the ...

, László Szabó, Sándor Takács, István Varga, Károly Vass, and Sandor Vass

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1972. András Balczó won an individual gold while the team won silver. Men's Individual Competition: * András Balczó - 5412 points (→ Gold Medal) * Zsigmond Villányi - 5047 points (12th place) *

Pál Bakó Pál Bakó (born 8 June 1946) is a Hungarian former modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: Mün ...

- 4879 points (15th place) Men's Team Competition: * Balczó, Villányi, and Bakó - 15348 points (→ Silver Medal) Alternate Member: Peter Kelemen

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Hungary in 1972.

Lajos Papp Lajos Papp (8 April 1944 – 31 October 1993) was a Hungarian sport shooter who won a bronze medal in the 300 m free rifle event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad ( ...

won bronze in the 300 m rifle, three positions event. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

* Szilárd Kun ;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...

* Kornél Marosvári * Pál Katkó ; 300 m rifle, three positions *

Lajos Papp Lajos Papp (8 April 1944 – 31 October 1993) was a Hungarian sport shooter who won a bronze medal in the 300 m free rifle event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad ( ...

* Béla Nagy ; 50 m rifle, three positions * László Hammerl * Sándor Nagy ; 50 m rifle, prone * László Hammerl * Sándor Nagy ;

50 m running target 50 meter running target or 50 meter running boar is an ISSF shooting event, shot with a .22-calibre rifle at a target depicting a boar moving sideways across a 10-meter wide opening. It was devised as a replacement for 100 meter running deer in th ...

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Gyula Szabó Gyula Szabó (15 July 1930 – 4 April 2014) was a Hungarians, Hungarian actor. He won two Mari Jászai Prizes. He appeared in forty movies between 1953 and 2002. He is best known for appearing in movies such as ''Ifjú szívvel'' (1953), ...

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István Jenei István Jenei (21 May 1953 – 25 February 2011) was a Hungarian sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre running target event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad ...

Swimming

Men's 100m Frbeestyle * István Szentirmay :* Heat — 54.71s (→ did not advance) * Attila Csészéri :* Heat — 55.37s (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle * Attila Csészéri :* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

Water polo

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group B) :* Defeated The Netherlands (3-0) :* Drew with West Germany (3-3) :* Defeated Greece (6-1) :* Defeated Australia (10-2) *Final Round (Group I) :* Defeated Italy (8-7) :* Defeated United States (5-3) :* Defeated Yugoslavia (4-2) :* Drew with Soviet Union (3-3) → Silver Medal * Team Roster :*

András Bodnár András Bodnár (born April 9, 1942) is a former Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes ...

:* Tibor Cservenyák :*

István Görgényi István Görgényi (born 2 November 1946) is a Hungarian former water polo player who won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics and coached the Australian women's national water polo team to the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympi ...

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Tamás Faragó Tamás Faragó (born 5 August 1952) is a former Hungarian water polo player. He competed in all major international tournaments between 1970 and 1980 and won three medals at the Summer Olympics and five at the world and European championships. ...

:* Zoltán Kásás :* Ferenc Konrád :* István Magas :* Dénes Pócsik :* László Sárosi :* Endre Molnár :* István Szívós, Jr.

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hungary At The 1972 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

1972 in Hungarian sport

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References