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. The nation returned after the Soviet bloc boycott of the

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. 188 competitors, 152 men and 36 women, took part in 135 events in 20 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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Athletics

Men's 100 metres * Attila Kovács * István Tatár * György Fetter Men's 200 metres * Attila Kovács Men's 110 metres Hurdles * György Bakos Men's 4×100 metres Relay * György Bakos * László Karaffa * István Tatár * Attila Kovács Men's 3,000m Steeplechase * Bela Vago :* Heat — did not start (→ 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 — 7.91m :* Final — 8.00m (→ 6th place) Men's Pole Vault *

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Men's Hammer Throw * Tibor Gécsek :* Qualification — 77.12m :* Final — 78.36m (→ 6th place) * Imre Szitás :* Qualification — 76.24m :* Final — 77.04m (→ 7th place) * József Vida :* Qualification — 74.30m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon * Dezső Szabó — 8093 points (→ 13th place) :# 100 metres — 11.02s :# Long Jump — 7.29m :# Shot Put — 12.92m :# High Jump — 2.06m :# 400 metres — 48.23s :# 110m Hurdles — 14.96s :# Discus Throw — 39.54m :# Pole Vault — 5.00m :# Javelin Throw — 56.80m :# 1.500 metres — 4:17.85s Men's 20 km Walk * Sándor Urbanik :* Final — 1:23:18 (→ 21st place) Men's 50 km Walk * Sándor Urbanik :* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon * Karolina Szabo :* Final — 2"32.26 (→ 13th place) Women's Javelin Throw * Zsuzsa Malovecz :* Qualification — 64.30m :* Final — 54.58m (→ 12th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * Róbert Isaszegi → Bronze Medal :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Defeated Colin Moore (Guyana), 5:0 :* Third Round — Defeated Sadoon Abboud (Iraq), RSC-1 :* Quarterfinals — Defeated Chatchai Sasakul (Thailand), 3:2 :* Semifinals — Lost to

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(United States), 1:4 Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) * László Szőke :* First Round — Lost to John Wanjau (Kenya) on points

Canoeing

Cycling

One male cyclist represented Hungary in 1988. ; Men's individual pursuit * Miklós Somogyi ; Men's point race * Miklós Somogyi

Diving

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1988. ; Men's foil * Zsolt Érsek * Róbert Gátai *

Pál Szekeres Pál Szekeres (born 22 September 1964) is a retired Hungarian foil and sabre fencer. He has the distinction of being the first person to have won medals at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

; Men's team foil * Zsolt Érsek,

, István Szelei, István Busa, Róbert Gátai ; Men's épée * Ernő Kolczonay * Zoltán Székely * Szabolcs Pásztor ; Men's team épée * László Fábián,

Ferenc Hegedűs Ferenc Hegedűs (born 14 September 1959) is a Hungarian fencer, who won a silver medal in the team Épée competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the ca ...

, Ernő Kolczonay, Szabolcs Pásztor, Zoltán Székely ; Men's sabre * György Nébald *

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 ...

* Imre Bujdosó ; Men's team sabre * György Nébald, Bence Szabó, Imre Bujdosó,

, László Csongrádi ; Women's foil * Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi * Gertrúd Stefanek * Edit Kovács ; Women's team foil * Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi, Gertrúd Stefanek, Zsuzsa Szőcs, Katalin Tuschák, Edit Kovács

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1988. János Martinek won an individual gold and the team also won gold too. Men's Individual Competition: *

János Martinek János Martinek (born 23 May 1965) is a Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. Olympics Martinek participated on the Hungarian team which won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and where he also won an individual g ...

— 5404 pts (→ Gold Medal) * Attila Mizsér — 5281 pts (→ 4th place) * László Fábián — 5201 pts (→ 7th place) Men's Team Competition: * Martinek, Mizser, and Fábián — 15886 pts (→ Gold Medal)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle * Mihály-Richard Bodór :* Heat — 52.77 (→ did not advance, 42nd place) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Zoltán Szilágyi :* Heat — 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place) * Norbert Agh :* Heat — 1:54.72 (→ did not advance, 37th place) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Zoltán Szilágyi :* Heat — 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place) * Norbert Agh :* Heat — 1:54.72 (→ did not advance, 37th place) Men's 400 m Freestyle * Valter Kalaus :* Heat — 3:53.44 :* B-Final — 3:53.24 (→ 10th place) * Zoltán Szilágyi :* Heat — 3:56.29 :* B-Final — 3:56.00 (→ 16th place) Men's 1500 m Freestyle * Valter Kalaus :* Heat — 15:23.01 (→ did not advance, 15th place) * Norbert Agh :* Heat — 15:52.80 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke *

Tamás Deutsch Tamás Deutsch (born 4 December 1969 in Budapest) is a male former backstroke swimmer from Hungary. Swimming career Deutsch competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He won a bronze medal over 200 ...

:* Heat — 58.65 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 200 m Backstroke *

:* Heat — 2:03.17 :* B-Final — 2:04.42 (→ 14th place) *

Tamás Darnyi Tamás Darnyi (born 3 June 1967 in Budapest) is a Magyars, Hungarian retired male swimmer. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest medley swimmers in history. He won four gold medals at two Olympic Games (1988 and 1992) and was unbeat ...

:* Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 100 m Breaststroke *

Károly Güttler Károly Güttler (born 15 June 1968 in Budapest) is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and ending with the 2000 Summer Olympics ...

:* Heat — 1:02.80 :* Final — 1:02.05 (→ Silver Medal) * Tamás Debnár :* Heat — 1:03.08 :* Final — 1:02.50 (→ 5th place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke *

József Szabó József Szabó (born 10 March 1969) is a retired Hungarian swimmer. He competed in three individual events at the 1988 Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke; he placed fourth in the 400 m and 24th in the 200 m medley eve ...

:* Heat — 2:14.97 :* Final — 2:13.52 (→ Gold Medal) *

Péter Szabó Péter Szabó (13 April 1899 – 21 September 1963) was a Hungarian football manager and player. Club career Born in Budapest, Szabó played with MTK Budapest FC where he won three consecutive championships. In 1919 he moves abroad and joins ...

:* Heat — 2:17.10 :* Final — 2:17.12 (→ 8th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley *

:* Heat — 2:02.15 :* Final — 2:00.17 (→ Gold Medal) *

:* Heat — 2:09.08 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley *

:* Heat — 4:16.55 :* Final — 4:14.75 (→ Gold Medal) *

:* Heat — 4:20.85 :* Final — 4:18.15 (→ 4th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Valter Kalaus, and Mihály-Richard Bodór :* Heat — 3:52.24 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle * Judit Csabai :* Heat — 4:25.52 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Women's 800 m Freestyle * Judit Csabai :* Heat — 8:56.37 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Women's 100 m Backstroke *

Krisztina Egerszegi Krisztina Egerszegi (; born 16 August 1974) is a Hungarian former world record holding swimmer and one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era. She is a three-time Olympian (1988, 1992 and 1996) and five-time Olympic ch ...

:* Heat — 1:02.09 :* Final — 1:01.56 (→ Silver Medal) Women's 200 m Backstroke *

:* Heat — 2:11.01 :* Final — 2:09.29 (→ Gold Medal) Women's 100 m Breaststroke *

Gabriella Csépe Gabriella Csépe (born June 13, 1973 in Gyöngyös) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Hungary, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting at the 1988. Her best Olympic results came in 1992, when she f ...

:* Heat — 1:11.10 :* B-Final — 1:11.24 (→ 14th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B) :* Defeated Greece (12-10) :* Lost to Yugoslavia (9-10) :* Drew with Spain (6-6) :* Defeated China (14-7) :* Lost to United States (9-10) * Classification Round (Group D) :* Drew with Italy (9-9) :* Defeated Australia (13-5) → 5th place * Team Roster :* Péter Kuna :* Gábor Bujka :* Gábor Schmiedt :* Zsolt Petőváry :*

István Pintér István Pintér ( sl, Števan Pinter) ( January 25, 1831 – December 11, 1875) was a Hungarian Slovene writer and court in Felsőszölnök. He was born and lived in the Jánoshegy (locally: ''Janošovi brejg''), near Felsőszölnök. His par ...

Tibor Keszthelyi Tibor Keszthelyi (born 19 January 1960) is a Hungarian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly kno ...

:* Balázs Vincze :* Zoltán Mohi :* Tibor Pardi :* László Tóth :* András Gyöngyösi :*

Zoltán Kósz Zoltán Kósz (born 26 November 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kosz also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 4th. He is nickna ...

:* Imre Tóth *Head Coach: Zoltan Kasas

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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