Tamás Kovács (born 18 September 1983 in Hódmezővásárhely) is a Hungary, Hungarian long-distance runner. He competed in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 72nd with a time of 2:27:48. Kovacs has a career best of 2:14:23 in the marathon, which he set in Italy in 2011. He has also run under 1:04 twice in the half marathon. Kovacs attended High Point University in North Carolina, USA, where he competed in cross country and track & field from 2005 to 2008. He set HPU records in the 3,000-meter, 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter and was 2008 Big South Conference champion in the 10,000-meter.

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1983 births Living people Hungarian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from Hódmezővásárhely Sportspeople from Csongrád-Csanád County 21st-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub