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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 ...
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1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
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, Mexico. 167 competitors, 135 men and 32 women, took part in 116 events in 15 sports.


Medalists


Gold

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Gyula Zsivótzky Gyula Zsivótzky (25 February 1937 – 29 September 2007) was a Hungarian hammer thrower. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, silvers in 1960 and 1964, and finished fifth in 1972. Zsivótzky set two world record: one in 1965 and the othe ...
— Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw * Angéla Németh — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw *
Mihály Hesz Mihály Hesz (born 15 December 1943) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-1 1000 m event with a gold in 1968 and a silve ...
— Canoeing, Men's K1 1.000m Kayak Singles * Tibor Tatai — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canadian Singles * Győző Kulcsár — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual * Csaba Fenyvesi, Győző Kulcsár, Pál Nagy, Zoltán Nemere, 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 * András Balczó,
István Móna István Móna (17 September 1940 – 28 July 2010) was a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. He was born in Nyíregyháza. Olympics Móna won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no ...
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Ferenc Török Ferenc Török (born 3 August 1935) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. Olympics Ferenc Török received an individual gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and a bronze medal with the Hungarian team.
— Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition * István Básti,
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 Dunai Lajos Dunai (29 November 1942 – 18 December 2000) was a Hungarian footballer. He was born in Budapest. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he won a gold medal with the Hungarian team. He played for Csillaghegy, III. ...
, Károly Fatér,
László Fazekas László Fazekas (born 15 October 1947) is a Hungarian former football player who played the third most international games for the Hungarian national team. Fazekas played in the 1978 and the 1982 World Cup. In the latter tournament, he sco ...
, István Juhász,
László Keglovich László Keglovich ( hr, Ladislav Keglović, born 4 February 1940) is a Hungarian former football player and manager. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ...
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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, ...
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Iván Menczel Iván Menczel (14 December 1941 – 26 November 2011) was a Hungarian football midfielder and Olympic champion. Menczel won the Olympic Games title in Mexico City in 1968, and in addition he was member of the Hungarian team which partic ...
, László Nagy,
Ernő Noskó Ernő Noskó (born 26 May 1945) was a Hungarian football player who played for Újpesti Dózsa. Noskó is most famous for his participation in the gold medal-winning Hungarian team on the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ...
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Dezső Novák Dezső Novák (3 February 1939 – 26 February 2014) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a defender. During his club career he played for Ferencvárosi TC. For the Hungary national team, he participated in the 1964 European Nations' ...
, Miklós Páncsics, István Sárközi, Miklós Szalay, Zoltán Szarka, and Lajos Szűcs — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition * János Varga — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight * István Kozma — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight


Silver

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Antal Kiss Antal Kiss (30 December 1935 – 8 April 2021) was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 50 kilometre walk.
— Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk * Csaba Giczy and István Timár — Canoeing, Men's K2 1.000m Kayak Pairs (Men) * Gyula Petrikovics and
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 C2 1.000m Canadian Pairs * Anna Pfeffer and Katalin Rozsnyói — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs *
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 *
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 ...
, Paula Marosi, Mária Gulácsy, Lídia Dömölky, and
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 * András Balczó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition * József Csermely, Antal Melis, Zoltán Melis, and György Sarlós — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours * László Hammerl — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone *
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


Bronze

* Lázár Lovász — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw * Gergely Kulcsár — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw *
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek (; 29 August 1939 – 20 July 2022) was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw event during her career. In 1964, she finished sixth in the discus competition at the Olympics. She competed for Hungar ...
— Athletics, Women's Discus Throw * Annamária Kovács — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon * István Csizmadia, Csaba Giczy, Imre Szőllősi, and István Tímár — Canoeing, Men's K2 K4 1.000m Kayak Fours *
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 Sabre Individual * Péter Bakonyi, János Kalmár, Tamás Kovács, Miklós Meszéna, 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 Sabre Team *
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 Individual *
Károly Bakos Károly Bakos (born 2 March 1943) is a Hungarian former weightlifter who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juego ...
— Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight *
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 ...
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Zoltán Dömötör Zoltán Dömötör (21 August 1935 – 20 November 2019) was a Hungarian swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest. Dömötö ...
, László Felkai, Ferenc Konrád III, János Konrád II,
Mihály Mayer Mihály Mayer (December 27, 1933 – September 4, 2000) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes ...
, László Sárosi, János Steinmetz, Endre Molnár, Dénes Pácsik and István Szívós Jr. — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition *
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 Greco-Roman Welterweight *
József Csatári József Csatári (17 December 1943 – 30 January 2021)Individual road race * Imre Géra *
Ferenc Keserű Ferenc Keserű (27 August 1903 – 16 July 1968) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed at the 1924, 1928, and 1932 Summer Olympics. Born in Budapest, he first competed at the Olympics in 1924. As a member of the Hungarian wa ...
* András Takács * Tibor Magyar ; Team time trial * András Takács * András Mészáros * Imre Géra * Tibor Magyar ; Sprint * András Baranyecz ; 1000m time trial * Tibor Lendvai ;
Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
* András Baranyecz * Tibor Lendvai


Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1968. ; 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,
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 ...
, László Kamuti, Gábor Füredi, Attila May ; Men's épée * Győző Kulcsár * Csaba Fenyvesi * Zoltán Nemere ; Men's team épée * Zoltán Nemere, Győző Kulcsár, Pál B. Nagy, Csaba Fenyvesi,
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 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 ...
* Tamás Kovács * Péter Bakonyi ; 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 ...
, Miklós Meszéna, János Kalmár, Péter Bakonyi, Tamás Kovács ; Women's foil * Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis ; Women's team foil * Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Paula Marosi, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, Mária Gulácsy


Football


Gymnastics


Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1968. They won gold in the team event and András Balczó won a silver in the individual event. ;Individual * András Balczó *
István Móna István Móna (17 September 1940 – 28 July 2010) was a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. He was born in Nyíregyháza. Olympics Móna won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no ...
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Ferenc Török Ferenc Török (born 3 August 1935) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. Olympics Ferenc Török received an individual gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and a bronze medal with the Hungarian team.
;Team * András Balczó * István Móna * Ferenc Török


Rowing


Sailing


Shooting

Six shooters, all men, represented Hungary in 1968. ;
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 ...
* Aladár Dobsa * 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 ...
* László Mucza ; 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 ( ...
* Ferenc Petrovácz ; 50 m rifle, three positions * László Hammerl * Ferenc Petrovácz ; 50 m rifle, prone * László Hammerl *
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 ( ...


Swimming


Water polo

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group A) :* Defeated West Germany (6:4) :* Defeated Spain (7:1) :* Defeated United States (5:1) :* Defeated Soviet Union (6:5) :* Defeated Brazil (8:2) :* Defeated Cuba (7:1) *Semifinals :* Lost to Yugoslavia (6:8) *Bronze Medal Match :* Defeated Italy (9:4) → Bronze Medal *Team Roster :*
Mihály Mayer Mihály Mayer (December 27, 1933 – September 4, 2000) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He is one of eight male athletes ...
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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 ...
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Zoltán Dömötör Zoltán Dömötör (21 August 1935 – 20 November 2019) was a Hungarian swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest. Dömötö ...
:* László Felkai :* Ferenc Konrád :* János Konrád :* Endre Molnár :* Dénes Pócsik :* László Sárosi :* János Steinmetz :* István Szívós Jr.


Weightlifting


Wrestling


References


External links


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