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competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in

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. 263 competitors, 182 men and 81 women, took part in 151 events in 21 sports.

Medalists

Gold

* László Foltán and

István Vaskuti István Vaskuti (born December 4, 1955 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the C-2 500 m event in Moscow in 1980. Vaskuti also ...

— Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs *

Zoltán Magyar Zoltán Magyar (born 13 December 1953) was the world's leading pommel horse gymnast in the 1970s. In this event he won two Olympic, three world, three European and two World Cup titles. Magyar had two moves named after him, the Magyar spindle ...

— Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse * Károly Varga — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle Prone * Sándor Wladár — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke *

Péter Baczakó Péter Baczakó (born 27 September 1951 in Ercsi – d. 1 April 2008 in Budapest) was a Hungarian weightlifter. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Overall Baczako won a total o ...

— Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight * Ferenc Kocsis — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight * Norbert Növényi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Silver

István Joós István Joós (born March 27, 1953) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Joós also won three medals at the ...

and

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 ...

— Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs * Ernõ Kolczonay — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual * Magda Maros — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual * Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition * László Horváth, Tibor Maracskó and Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition *

Zoltán Verrasztó Zoltán Verrasztó (born 15 March 1956 in Budapest) is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Hungary. He won two medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Verrasztó claimed silver in the men's 200 m backstroke, an ...

— Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke * Albán Vermes — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke * Lajos Rácz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight * István Tóth — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight * József Balla — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

Bronze

János Váradi János Váradi (born 28 February 1961 in Kemecse, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg) is a retired Hungarian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also captured the silver medals a ...

— Boxing, Men's Flyweight * István Lévai — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight * Éva Rakusz and Mária Zakariás — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs *

Imre Gedővári Imre Gedővári (1 July 1951 – 22 May 2014) was a Hungarian fencer and Olympic gold medalist. He won his first World Championship medal, a silver, in 1975 and made his Olympic debut in 1976. He won his first World Championship gold me ...

— Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual *

, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, György Nébald and Rudolf Nébald — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team * Edit Kovács, Magda Maros, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Gertrúd Stefanek and

Zsuzsanna Szőcs Zsuzsanna Szőcs (born 10 April 1962) is a Hungarian fencer, who won two Olympic medals in the foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a ...

— Fencing, Women's Foil Team *

Ferenc Donáth Ferenc Donáth (born 28 June 1954) is a retired Hungarian gymnast. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officia ...

György Guczoghy György Guczoghy (born 3 March 1962 in Budapest) is a Hungarian gymnast. He received an Olympic bronze medal in gymnastics in 1980. He has also won a bronze and a silver on pommel horse at the World championship. He was named Hungarian Sportsma ...

, Zoltán Kelemen,

, Péter Kovács, and István Vámos — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises * Tibor Kincses — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg) * András Ozsvár — Judo, Men's Open Class *

— Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley * György Szalai — Weightlifting, Heavyweight * Endre Molnár, István Szívós, Jr., Attila Sudár, György Gerandás,

György Horkai György Horkai (born 1 July 1954) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. See also * Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic ...

Gábor Csapó Gábor Csapó (20 September 1950 – 27 November 2022) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He died from respiratory failure on 27 November 2022, at the age of 72.

, István Kiss, István Udvardi,

László Kuncz László Kuncz (29 July 1957 – 6 December 2020) was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of World Aquatics Champion ...

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. ...

, and Károly Hauszler — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition *

Ferenc Seres Ferenc Seres (born 1945) is a Hungarian wrestler. He was born in Tiszakécske Tiszakécske is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary and the administrative centre of the Tiszakécske District Tiszakécske ( hu, Tiszakécskei járás) is ...

— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight * István Kovács — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight * Szabolcs Detre and Zsolt Detre — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman

Archery

After missing the 1976 archery competition, Hungary returned in 1980. The nation was represented by two women and two men, including 1972 veteran Bela Nagy. Nagy placed 5th, only three points behind the bronze medallist. Women's Individual Competition: * Judit Kovacs — 2323 points (→ 12th place) * Margit Szobi — 2216 points (→ 21st place) Men's Individual Competition: * Bela Nagy — 2446 points (→ 5th place) * Istvan Balasz — 2241 points (→ 28th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres * István Nagy :* Heat — 10.68 (→ did not advance) * István Tatár :* Heat — 10.69 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres * Ferenc Kiss * István Nagy Men's 800 metres * András Paróczai :* Heat — 1:47.5 :* Semifinals — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon *

Ferenc Szekeres Ferenc Szekeres (born 21 March 1947) is a retired long-distance runner from Hungary, who twice won the Amsterdam Marathon, in 1979 and 1981. He represented his native country in at two Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=n ...

:* Final — 2:15:18 (→ 12th place) Men's 400 m Hurdles * József Szalai :* Heat — 50.23 :* Semifinals — 51.06 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * István Tatár, István Nagy, László Babály, Sr., and Ferenc Kiss Men's 20 km Walk * János Szálas :* Final — 1:34:10.5 (→ 12th place) Men's 50 km Walk * László Sátor :* Final — 4:10:53 (→ 9th place) Men's High Jump * Zoltán Társi :* Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance) * István Gibicsár :* Qualification — 2.15 m (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump *

László Szalma László Szalma (born 27 October 1957) is a retired Hungarian long jumper. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships—two gold, three silver and one bronze—and finished fourth at the 1980 Olympic Games and the 1983 Wor ...

:* Qualification — 7.91 m :* Final — 8.13 m (→ 4th place) * Béla Bakosi :* Qualification — 7.29 m (→ did not advance) Men's Triple Jump * Béla Bakosi :* Qualification — 16.45 m :* Final — 16.47 m (→ 7th place) Men's Javelin Throw *

Miklós Németh Miklós Németh (, born 24 January 1948) is a retired Hungarian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 24 November 1988 to 23 May 1990. He was one of the leaders of the Socialist Workers' Party, Hungary's Communi ...

:* Qualification — 84.84 m :* Final — 82.40 m (→ 8th place) *

Ferenc Paragi Ferenc Paragi (21 August 1953 – 21 April 2016) was a Hungarian athlete who, on 23 April 1980 established a world record of 96.72 meters in the javelin throw, eclipsing the global standard set by fellow countryman Miklós Németh at the 1976 ...

:* Qualification — 88.76 m :* Final — 79.52 m (→ 10th place)
Women's 200 metres * Irén Orosz-Árva Women's 400 metres * Ilona Pál * Judit Forgács Women's 100 m Hurdles *

Xénia Siska Xénia Siska (born 3 November 1957) is a Hungarian track and field athlete who specialised in the 100 metres hurdles. She is her country's best ever female sprint hurdler, holding from 1984 to 2020 the Hungarian record in the 100 m hurdles ...

:* Heat — 13.23 :* Semifinal — did not finish (→ did not advance) Women's 4×400 metres Relay * Irén Orosz-Árva, Judit Forgács, Éva Tóth, Ilona Pál, and Ibolya Petrika Women's High Jump * Andrea Mátay :* Qualification — 1.88 m :* Final — 1.85 m (→ 10th place) Women's Long Jump * Mária Pap :* Qualifying Round — 6.41 m (→ did not advance, 14th place) * Margit Papp :* Qualifying Round — 6.32 m (→ did not advance, 16th place) Women's Discus Throw *

Ágnes Herczegh Ágnes Herczegh (born 28 August 1950 in Csorna, Győr-Moson-Sopron) is a retired female discus thrower, who competed for Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, ...

:* Qualification — 57.80 m :* Final — 55.06 m (→ 12th place) * Katalin Csőke :* Qualification — 57.38 m (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw * Mária Janák :* Qualification — 57.80 m (→ did not advance) Women's Pentathlon * Margit Papp — 4562 points (→ 5th place) :* 100 metres — 13.96s :* Shot Put — 14.94m :* High Jump — 1.74m :* Long Jump — 6.35m :* 800 metres — 2:15.80

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * György Gedó *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Charles Lubulwa (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round *# Quarter Finals — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) *

→ Bronze Medal *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Defeated Rabiraj Thapa (Nepal) after referee stopped contest in first round *# Quarter Finals — Defeated Daniel Radu (Romania) on points (4-1) *# Semi Finals — Lost to

Viktor Miroshnichenko Viktor Miroshnichenko (russian: Виктор Мирошниченко; born 1 December 1959 in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired Ukrainian boxer, who represented the USSR at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the ...

(Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * Sándor Farkas *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (1-4)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) * Róbert Gönczi *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (0-5)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) * Tibor Dezamits *# First Round — Defeated Alphonse Matoubela (Congo) on points (5-0) *# Second Round — Lost to

Yordan Lesov Yordan Lesov (born 19 December 1959) is a Bulgarian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye i ...

(Bulgaria) on points (1-4)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) * Imre Bacskai *# First Round — Defeated Paul Kamela Fogang (Cameroon) on points (4-1) *# Second Round — Lost to

Serik Konakbayev Serik Kerimbekuly Konakbaev ( kk, Серік Керімбекұлы Қонақбаев, ''Serık Kerımbekūly Qonaqbaev''; russian: Серик Керимбекович Конакбаев; born October 25, 1959 in Pavlodar, Kazakh ...

(Soviet Union) after retiring in second round
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) * Imre Csjef *# First Round — Lost to Paul Rasamimanana (Madagascar) after knock-out in second round
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) *

Csaba Kuzma Csaba Kuzma (born November 20, 1954, in Tatabánya, Komárom-Esztergom) is a retired male light-heavyweight boxer from Hungary, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he was eliminated in ...

*# First Round — Lost to

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(Denmark) on points (3-2)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) * István Lévai → Bronze Medal *# First Round — Bye *# Quarter Finals — Defeated

Anders Eklund Anders Eklund may refer to: * Anders Eklund (boxer) * Anders Eklund (murderer) {{hndis, Eklund, Anders ...

(Sweden) on points (4-1) *# Semi Finals — Lost to

Teófilo Stevenson Teófilo Stevenson Lawrence (29 March 1952 – 11 June 2012) was a Cuban amateur boxer who competed from 1966 to 1986. He won the Val Barker Trophy (1972) and was honored with the Olympic Order (1987). Stevenson is one of only three boxers t ...

(Cuba) on points (0-5)

Canoeing

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Hungary in 1980. ; Individual road race * András Takács * Zoltán Halász * György Szuromi * László Halász ; Team time trial * Tamás Csathó * László Halász * Zoltán Halász * András Takács ; Sprint * László Morcz ;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Ervin Dér * Csaba Pálinkás * Zsigmond Sarkadi Nagy * Gábor Szűcs

Diving

Men's Springboard * Károly Némedi :* Preliminary Round — 475.17 points (→ 17th place, did not advance) Men's Platform * Károly Némedi :* Preliminary Round — 429.75 points (→ 14th place, did not advance)

Equestrian

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1980. ; Men's foil * István Szelei * László Demény * András Papp ; Men's team foil * István Szelei, Ernő Kolczonay, András Papp, László Demény, Jenő Pap ; Men's épée * Ernő Kolczonay, István Osztrics,

László Pető László Pető (born 2 November 1948) is a Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Ol ...

; Men's team épée * Ernő Kolczonay, István Osztrics,

, Jenő Pap, Péter Takács ; Men's sabre *

* Pál Gerevich * György Nébald ; Men's team sabre *

, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, Rudolf Nébald, György Nébald ; Women's foil * Magda Maros * Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi * Gertrúd Stefanek ; Women's team foil * Magda Maros, Edit Kovács, Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Zsuzsa Szőcs, Gertrúd Stefanek

Gymnastics

Handball

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group A) :* Drew with Poland (20-20) :* Drew with East Germany (14-14) :* Defeated Spain (20-17) :* Defeated Denmark (16-15) :* Defeated Cuba (26-22) *Classification Match :* Bronze Medal Match: Lost to Romania (18-20) → 4th place *Team Roster :* Béla Bartalos :* László Szabó :* Péter Kovács :* Sándor Vass :* János Fodor :*

István Szilágyi István Szilágyi (born October 6, 1950, in Tököl) is a Hungarian former handball player. His first major international tournament was the 1974 World Championship, where he finished seventh with Hungary. He represented his country on furthe ...

:* József Kenyeres :* László Jánovszki :* Ambrus Lele :* Ernő Gubányi :* Zsolt Kontra :* Alpár Jegenyés :* Árpád Pál :* Miklós Kovacsics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1980. They won a team silver and Tamás Szombathelyi won an individual silver. Men's Individual competition: * Tamás Szombathelyi — 5502pts, Silver Medal * Tibor Maracskó — 5279pts, 5th place * László Horváth — 5131pts, 19th place
Men's Team Competition: *Szombathelyi, Maracskó, and Horváth — 15912 pts, Silver Medal

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition * János Dzvonyár *

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 ...

* Gábor Mészáros * Sándor Nagy * Róbert Rudolf * Csaba Sós * Albán Vermes *

* Sándor Wladár * Zoltán Wladár Women's Competition * Ágnes Fodor * Éva Miklósfalvy Women's 100 m Breaststroke * Gabriella Kindl :* Heats — 1:14.33 (→ did not advance) Women's 400m Individual Medley * Klara Gulyas :* Heats — did not start (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

;Women's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group B) :* Defeated Brazil (3-2) :* Lost to Romania (2-3) :* Defeated Bulgaria (3-1) *Semi Finals :* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) *Bronze Medal Game :* Lost to Bulgaria (2-3) → 4th place *Team Roster :* Julianna Szalonna :* Éva Szalay :* Gyöngyi Bardi :* Ágnes Juhász :* Lucia Bánhegyi :* Gabriella Fekete :* Emőke Szegedi-Vargha :* Emerencia Király :*

Ágnes Torma Ágnes Torma (born 5 August 1951) is a Hungarian volleyball player. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...

:* Erzsébet Varga :* Gabriella Lengyel :* Bernadett Kőszegi

Water polo

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group A) :* Drew with Romania (6-6) :* Defeated Netherlands (5-3) :* Defeated Greece (8-5) *Final Round (Group A) :* Lost to Soviet Union (4-5) :* Lost to Yugoslavia (7-8) :* Defeated Spain (6-5) :* Defeated Cuba (7-5) :* Defeated Netherlands (8-7) → Bronze Medal *Team Roster :* Endre Molnár :* István Szívós, Jr. :* Attila Sudár :* György Gerandás :*

:* István Kiss :* István Udvardi :*

:* Károly Hauszler

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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