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 ...

competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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, Spain. 217 competitors, 159 men and 58 women, took part in 156 events in 23 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Archery

After missing the 1984 and 1988 archery competition, Hungary returned in 1992. The nation was represented by three women, only one of whom advanced to the elimination rounds. She won her first match before falling in the second round. Women's Individual Competition: * Judit Kovacs — Round of 16, 16th place (1-1) * Marina Szendei — Ranking round, 35th place (0-0) * Timea Kiss — Ranking round, 54th place (0-0) Women's Team Competition: * Kovacs, Szendei, and Kiss — Round of 16, 15th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's 400 metres *

Tamás Molnár Tamás Molnár (born August 2, 1975) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympi ...

Men's 10,000 metres * Zoltán Káldy :* Heat — 28:21.96 :* Final — 28:34.21 (→ 12th place) Men's Marathon * Gyula Borka — 2:20.46 (→ 38th place) *

Csaba Szűcs Csaba Szűcs (born 29 January 1965 in Kiskunfélegyháza, Bács-Kiskun) is a retired Hungary, Hungarian athlete, who specialized in the long-distance running events. He represented his native Eastern European country at the 1992 Summer Olympics i ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's 20 km Walk * Sándor Urbanik :* Final — 1:26:08 (→ 8th place) Men's Pole Vault *

István Bagyula István Bagyula (born 2 January 1969) is a retired Hungarian pole vaulter. Bagyula was born in Budapest and is a former world junior record holder, having equalled Radion Gataullin's 1984 record of at the 1988 World Junior Championships. A new ...

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 — 7.47 m (→ did not advance) * Csaba Almási :* Qualification — 7.69 m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw * Tibor Gécsek :* Qualification — 76.48 m :* Final — 77.78 m (→ 4th place) Men's Discus Throw * Attila Horváth :* Qualification — 62.26 m :* Final — 62.82 m (→ 5th place) * József Ficsór :* Qualification — 58.84 m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon * Dezső Szabó * Sándor Munkácsy
Women's 200 metres * Ágnes Kozáry Women's 400 metres * Judit Forgács Women's Marathon * Karolina Szabó — 2:40.10 (→ 11th place) Women's 4×400 metres Relay * Edit Molnár * Ágnes Kozáry * Éva Baráti * Judit Forgács Women's 10 km Walk * Mária Urbanik :* Final — 45:50 (→ 12th place) * Ildikó Ilyés :* Final — 45:54 (→ 13th place) * Andrea Alföldi :* Final — 46:35 (→ 18th place) Women's High Jump *

Judit Kovács Judit Kovács (born 7 June 1969 in Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar) is a retired female high jumper from Hungary. Her personal best jump was 1.94 metres, achieved in August 1992 in Budapest. She finished sixth at the 1990 European Athletics Championshi ...

:* Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump * Rita Ináncsi Women's Javelin Throw * Kinga Zsigmond :* Qualification — 60.74 m :* Final — 56.54 m (→ 10th place) Women's Heptathlon * Rita Ináncsi

Badminton

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) *

Pál Lakatos Pál Lakatos (born 7 June 1968 in Vásárosnamény) is a retired boxer from Hungary, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) and 2000 (Sydney, Australia). He once won the silver medal at the Europe ...

:* First Round — Defeated Vladimir Ganzcenko (EUN), RSC-2 :* Second Round — Defeated Dong-Bum Cho (KOR), 20:15 :* Quarterfinals — Lost to

Daniel Petrov Daniel Bozhilov Petrov ( bg, Даниел Божилов Петров) (born 8 September 1971 in Varna) is a Bulgarian boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the cate ...

(ROM), 8:17 Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) * János Petrovics :* First Round — Lost to Moses Odion (NIG),

Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists, three men and one woman, represented Hungary in 1992. ; Men's road race * Csaba Steig * Károly Eisenkrammer ; Men's points race * Miklós Somogyi ; Women's road race * Éva Izsák — 2:29:22 (→ 51st place)

Diving

Women's 3m Springboard * Ágnes Gerlach :* Preliminary Round — 265.86 points (→ did not advance, 18th place) Women's 10m Platform * Ibolya Nagy :*Preliminary Round — 269.52 points (→ did not advance, 21st place) * Brigitta Cserba :*Preliminary Round — 236.10 points (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Equestrianism

Mixed Jumping Individual * Vilmos Göttler Mixed Three-Day Event Individual * Attila Soós, Jr. * Tibor Herczegfalvy * Attila Ling * Zsolt Bubán Mixed Three-Day Event Team * Attila Soós, Jr. * Tibor Herczegfalvy * Attila Ling * Zsolt Bubán

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Hungary in 1992. ; Men's foil * Zsolt Érsek * István Busa * Róbert Kiss ; Men's team foil * István Busa, Zsolt Érsek, Róbert Gátai, Róbert Kiss, Zsolt Németh ; Men's épée *

Iván Kovács Iván Kovács (born 8 February 1970) is a Hungarian épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapo ...

Krisztián Kulcsár Krisztián Kulcsár (born 28 June 1971) is a Hungarian fencer, who has won two Olympic silver medals in the team épée competition. He became world champion in 2007. As of 2013, he is deputy chairman of the Hungarian Fencing Federation. Kulcs� ...

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 ...

; Men's team épée *

, Ernő Kolczonay, Gábor Totola ; Men's sabre * Bence Szabó * Csaba Köves * György Nébald ; Men's team sabre * Bence Szabó, Csaba Köves, György Nébald, Péter Abay, Imre Bujdosó ; Women's foil * Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi * Gertrúd Stefanek * Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza ; Women's team foil *

Gabriella Lantos Gabriella Lantos (born 24 September 1970) is a Hungarian fencer. She competed in the foil events at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2 ...

, Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza, Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi, Ildikó Pusztai, Gertrúd Stefanek

Gymnastics

Women’s Team :*

Henrietta Ónodi Henrietta Ónodi (born May 22, 1974) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in 1992. After retiring from gymnastics in 1997 she moved to the United States, married American O ...

:* Andrea Molnár :* Bernadett Balázs :* Kinga Horváth :* Ildikó Balog :* Krisztina Molnár

Handball

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group A) :* Hungary — South Korea 18-22 :* Hungary — Brazil 21-27 :* Hungary — Iceland 16-22 :* Hungary — Sweden 21-25 :* Hungary — Czechoslovakia 18-20 *Classification Match :* 7th/8th place: Hungary — Romania 23-19 (→ Seventh place) *Team roster :* Imre Biró :* Attila Borsos :* Otto Csicsay :*

István Csoknyai István Csoknyai (; born 24 October 1964) is a Hungarian former international handball player and the head coach of Balatonfüredi KSE. Career Club Csoknyai started his career by his hometown club Dunaferr SE in 1983, and except a short spell ...

:* József Éles :*

Ferenc Füzesi Ferenc Füzesi (1 July 1960 – 6 April 2020) was a Hungarian handball player, born in Nagyatád. He played for the Hungarian national handball team, and participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Hungary placed 7th after beating Romania ...

:* Sándor Györffi :* Attila Horváth :* Mihály Iváncsik :* László Marosi :* Richard Mezei :* Zsolt Perger :* Jakab Sibalin :* László Sótonyi :* János Szathmári :* Igor Zubjuk *Head coach: Attila Joosz

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1992. Attila Mizsér won a silver medal in the individual event. ;Individual * Attila Mizsér * László Fábián * Attila Kálnoki Kis ;Team * Attila Mizsér * László Fábián * Attila Kálnoki Kis

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle * Béla Szabados :* Heat — 50.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 200 m Freestyle * Béla Szabados :* Heat — 1:52.50 (→ did not advance, 27th place) * Zoltán Szilágyi :* Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking) Men's 400 m Freestyle * Zoltán Szilágyi :* Heat — 3:56.68 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Men's 1500 m Freestyle * Zoltán Szilágyi :* Heat — 15:52.80 (→ did not advance, 21st 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 — 56.47 :* B-Final — 56.70 (→ 13th place) * Olivér Ágh :* Heat — 59.02 (→ did not advance, 41st place) Men's 200 m Backstroke *

:* Heat — 2:00.50 :* Final — 2:00.06 (→ 7th place) * Olivér Ágh :* Heat — 2:04.52 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke *

Norbert Rózsa Norbert Rózsa (born 9 February 1972) is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who competed at three consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He won two silver medals, in the 100 m and 200 m breaststr ...

:* Heat — 1:02.25 :* Final — 1:01.68 (→ Silver Medal) *

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 — 1:02.28 :* B-Final — 1:01.84 (→ 9th place) Men's 200 m Breaststroke *

:* Heat — 2:12.95 :* Final — 2:11.23 (→ Silver Medal) *

:* Heat — 2:14.31 :* Final — 2:13.32 (→ 5th place) Men's 100 m Butterfly * Péter Horváth :* Heat — 56.09 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley *

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 — 2:01.29 :* Final — 2:00.76 (→ Gold Medal) *

Attila Czene Attila Czene (born 20 June 1974) is a former medley swimmer from Hungary, who won the gold medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native co ...

:* Heat — 2:02.05 :* Final — 2:01.00 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's 400 m Individual Medley *

:* Heat — 4:18.34 :* Final — 4:14.23 (→ Gold Medal) *

:* Heat — 4:26.31 :* B-Final — 4:21.28 (→ 9th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Péter Horváth, and Béla Szabados :* Heat — 3:43.61 :* Final — 3:42.03 (→ 6th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle * Judit Kiss Judit Kiss was the youngest member of the Hungarian team at the 1992 Summer Olympics (12 years, 184 days) :* Heat — 4:24.01 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 800 m Freestyle * Judit Kiss :* Heat — 8:58.16 (→ did not advance, 18th 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 — 1:00.85 :* Final — 1:00.68 (→ Gold Medal) *

Tünde Szabó Tünde Szabó (born May 31, 1974, in Nyíregyháza, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg) is a Hungarian retired female swimmer and politician. Aged eighteen she won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, one at the 1991 World Champio ...

:* Heat — 1:02.14 :* Final — 1:01.14 (→ Silver Medal) Women's 200 m Backstroke *

:* Heat — 2:07.34 :* Final — 2:07.06 (→ Gold Medal) *

:* Heat — 2:13.81 :* Final — 2:12.94 (→ 6th place) 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 — 1:10.58 :* Final — 1:10.19 (→ 6th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke *

:* Heat — 2:32.04 :* B-Final — 2:31.15 (→ 9th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley *

:* Heat — 4:43.83 :* Final — 4:36.54 (→ Gold Medal)

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition * László Markovits :* First round — Lost to

Mark Koevermans Mark Koevermans (born 3 February 1968) is a former tennis player from the Netherlands, who turned professional in 1987. He represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the th ...

(Netherlands) 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, 2-6 Men's Doubles Competition * László Markovits and Sándor Noszály :* First round — Lost to George Cosac and

Dinu Pescariu Dinu Mihail Pescariu (born 12 April 1974) is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in Barcelona (1992) and in Atlanta (1996). He reached his h ...

(Romania) retired

Water polo

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round :* Tied with Italy (7-7) :* Defeated Cuba (12-11) :* Lost to Spain (5-8) :* Defeated Greece (12-7) :* Tied with the Netherlands (13-13) *Classification Matches :* Defeated Germany (8-7) :* Lost to Australia (8-9) → Sixth place *Team roster :*

Tibor Benedek Tibor Benedek (12 July 1972 – 18 June 2020) was a Hungarian water polo player and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 ...

:* István Dóczi :* András Gyöngyösi :* Péter Kuna :*

Gábor Nemes Gábor Nemes (born 30 November 1964) is a Hungarian water polo player. His team placed sixth in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics. See also * Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of men's Olympic w ...

:* Imre Péter :* Zsolt Petõváry :* Gábor Schmiedt :* Frank Tóth :* Imre Tóth :* László Tóth :* Zsolt Varga :* Balázs Vincze *Head coach:

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 ...

Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight (– 56 kg) * Tibor Karczag * Ferenc Lénárt Men's Featherweight (– 60 kg) * Attila Czanka Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 82.5 kg) * László Barsi * István Mészáros Men's Middle-Heavyweight (– 90 kg) * István Dudás *

István Halász István Halász (12 October 1951 – 4 June 2016) was a Hungarian football midfielder who played for Hungary in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Men's Heavyweight I (– 100 kg) *

Andor Szanyi Andor Szanyi is a weightlifter who competed for Hungary. His entire career has been marred by controversy after he was stripped of the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for cheating. He claimed the gold medal at the 1985 World Weightlif ...

Men's Heavyweight II (– 110 kg) *

László Németh László Németh (18 April 1901 – 3 March 1975) was a Hungary, Hungarian dentist, writer, dramatist and essayist. He was born in Baia Mare, Nagybánya the son of József Németh (1873–1946) and Vilma Gaál (1879–1957). Over the Chr ...

Tibor Stark Tibor Stark (born 14 February 1972 in Tata, Komárom-Esztergom) is a retired male weightlifter from Hungary. He competed for his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympique ...

Wrestling

References

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