Hungary at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Hungary
games=1988 Summer
competitors=188
sports=20
flagbearer=István Vaskuti
gold=11
silver=6
bronze=6
total=23
rank=6

Hungary competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. The nation returned after boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Gold

* Zsolt Gyulai — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 m Kayak Singles

* Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, Zsolt Gyulai, and Sándor Hódosi — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours

* Imre Bujdosó, László Csongrádi, Imre Gedővári, György Nébald, and Bence Szabó — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition

* János Martinek — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition

* János Martinek, Attila Mizsér, and László Fábián — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

* Zsolt Borkai — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse

* József Szabó — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* Tamás Darnyi — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley

* Tamás Darnyi — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley

* Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke

* András Sike — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Silver

* Erika Géczi, Rita Kőbán, Erika Mészáros and Éva Rakusz — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours

* Károly Güttler — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

* Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke

* István Messzi — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (82½ kg)

* József Jacsó — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (110 kg)
* Tibor Komáromi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Bronze

* Róbert Isaszegi — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

* Attila Ábrahám and Ferenc Csipes — Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs

* István Busa, Zsolt Érsek, Róbert Gátai, Pál Szekeres, and István Szelei — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition

* Zsuzsanna Jánosi, Edit Kovács, Gertrúd Stefanek, Zsuzsanna Szőcs, and Katalin Tuschák — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition

* Zoltán Kovács — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

* Attila Záhonyi — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone

* István Messzi — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (82½ kg)

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
* Bela Vago:* Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
* Laszlo Szalma:* Qualification — 7.91m :* Final — 8.00m (→ 6th place)

Men's Hammer Throw
* Tibor Gecsek:* Qualification — 77.12m:* Final — 78.36m (→ 6th place)

* Imre Szitas:* Qualification — 76.24m:* Final — 77.04m (→ 7th place)

* Jozsef Vida:* Qualification — 74.30m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon
* Dezso Szabo — 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 50km Walk
* Sandor 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 (– 48kg)
* 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 Michael Carbajal (United States), 1:4

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Laszlo Szöke :# First Round – Lost to John Wanjau (Kenya) on points

=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* János Martinek — 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)

=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
*# Heat – 58.65 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke
* Tamás Deutsch
*# Heat – 2:03.17
*# B-Final – 2:04.42 (→ 14th place)

* Tamás Darnyi
*# Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* Károly Güttler
*# 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
*# Heat – 2:14.97
*# Final – 2:13.52 (→ Gold Medal)

* Peter Szabó
*# Heat – 2:17.10
*# Final – 2:17.12 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Tamás Darnyi
*# Heat – 2:02.15
*# Final – 2:00.17 (→ Gold Medal)

* József Szabó
*# Heat – 2:09.08 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* Tamás Darnyi
*# Heat – 4:16.55
*# Final – 4:14.75 (→ Gold Medal)

* József Szabó
*# Heat – 4:20.85
*# Final – 4:18.15 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler, 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
*# Heat – 1:02.09
*# Final – 1:01.56 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Backstroke
* Krisztina Egerszegi
*# Heat – 2:11.01
*# Final – 2:09.29 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Gabriella Csépe
*# Heat – 1:11.10
*# B-Final – 1:11.24 (→ 14th place)

=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:* Peter Kuna:* Gabor Bujka:* Gabor Schmiedt:* Zsolt Petovary:* Istvan Pinter:* Tibor Keszthelyi:* Balazs Vincze:* Zoltan Mohi:* Tibor Pardi:* Laszlo Toth:* Andras Gyongyosi:* Zoltan Kosz:* Imre TothHead Coach: Zoltan Kasas