Hungary at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Hungary
games=1968 Summer
competitors=167
sports=15
flagbearer=Gergely Kulcsár
gold=10
silver=10
bronze=12
total=32
rank=4

Hungary competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Medalists

Gold

*Gyula Zsivótzky — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
*Angéla Németh — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
*Mihály Hesz — Canoeing, Men's K1 1.000m Kayak Singles
*Tibor Tatai — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canadian Singles
*Győző Kulcsár — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
*Csaba Fenyvesi, Győző Kulcsár, Pál Nagy, Zoltán Nemere, and Pál Schmitt — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
*András Balczó, István Móna, and Ferenc Török — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
*István Básti, Antal Dunai, Lajos Dunai, Károly Fatér, László Fazekas, István Juhász, László Keglovich, Lajos Kocsis, Iván Menczel, László Nagy, Ernő Noskó, Dezső Novák, Miklós Páncsics, István Sárközi, Miklós Szalay, Zoltán Szarka, and Lajos Szűcs — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
*János Varga — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
*István Kozma — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Silver

*Antal Kiss — Athletics, Men's 50km Walk
*Csaba Giczi and István Timár — Canoeing, Men's K2 1.000m Kayak Pairs (Men)
*Gyula Petrikovics and Tamás Wichmann — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000m Canadian Pairs
*Anna Pfeffer and Katalin Rozsnyói — Canoeing, Men's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
*Jenő Kamuti — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
*Ildikó Bóbis, Paula Marosi, Mária Gulácsy, Lídia Dömölky, and Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
*András Balczó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
*József Csermely, Antal Melis, Zoltán Melis, and György Sarlós — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
*László Hammerl — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
*Imre Földi — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight

Bronze

*Lázár Lovász — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
*Gergely Kulcsár — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
*Jolán Kleiber — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
*Annamária Kovács — Athletics, Women's Pentathlon
*István Csizmadia, Csaba Giczi, Imre Szőllősi, and István Tímár — Canoeing, Men's K2 K4 1.000m Kayak Fours
*Tibor Pézsa — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
*Péter Bakonyi, János Kalmár, Tamás Kovács, Miklós Meszéna, and Tibor Pézsa — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
*Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
*Károly Bakos — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight
* András Bodnár, Zoltán Dömötör, László Felkai, Ferenc Konrád III, János Konrád II, Mihály Mayer, László Sárosi, János Steinmetz, Endre Molnár, Dénes Pácsik and István Szívós — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
*Károly Bajkó — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
*József Csatári — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight

Results by event

=Water Polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Defeated West Germany (6:4):* Defeated Spain (7:1):* Defeated United States (5:1):* Defeated Soviet Union (6:5):* Defeated Brazil (8:2):* Defeated Cuba (7:1)
*Semifinals:* Lost to Yugoslavia (6:8)
*Bronze Medal Match:* Defeated Italy (9:4) → Bronze Medal
*Team Roster:*Mihály Mayer:*András Bodnár:*Zoltán Dömötör:*László Felkai:*Ferenc Konrád:*János Konrád:*Endre Molnár:*Dénes Pócsik:*László Sárosi:*János Steinmetz:*István Szivós

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]