Hungary at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Hungary
games=2004 Summer
competitors=209
sports=19
flagbearer=Antal Kovács
gold=8
silver=6
bronze=3
total=17
rank=13

Hungary competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres:
* Roland Németh - Round 1: 10.28 s, Round 2: 10.38 s
* Gábor Dobos - Round 1: 10.68 s

Men's 110 metre hurdles:
* Levente Csillag - Round 1: 13.74 s

Men's 200 metres:
* Géza Pauer - Round 1: 21.02 s, Round 2: 20.90 s

Men's 400 metres:
* Zsolt Szeglet - Round 1: 46.15 s

Women's 1500 metres:
* Judit Varga - Round 1: 4:09.36

Women's 5000 metres:
* Krisztina Papp - Round 1: 15:58.44

Women's 10000 metres:
* Aniko Kálovics - 32:21.47 (20th place)

Men's decathlon:
* Attila Zsivóczky - 8287 points (6th place)

Women's marathon:
* Simona Staicu - 2:48:57 (45th place)
* Beáta Rakonczai - 2:49:41 (48th place)
* Ida Kovács - 3:03:21 (60th place)

Men's 20 km walk:
* Gyula Dudás – 1:28:18 (30th place)

Women's 20 km walk:
* Edina Füsti - 1:39:45 (44th place)

Men's 50 km walk:
* Zoltán Czukor – 4:03:51 (24th place)
* János Tóth – 4:29:33 (41st place)

Men's long jump:
* Tamás Margl - Round 1, 7.38 metres (did not advance)

Women's long jump:
* Tünde Vaszi - Round 1: 6.55 metres, Final: 6.73 metres (8th place)
* Zita Ajkler - Round 1: 6.39 metres

Men's triple jump:
* Péter Tölgyesi - Round 1, 16.36 metres (did not advance)

Men's high jump:
* László Boros - Round 1, 2.15 metres (did not advance)

Women's pole vault:
* Krisztina Molnár - Round 1: 4.30 metres

Men's shot put:
* Zsolt Biber - Round 1, 19.31 metres (did not advance)

Women's shot put:
* Éva Kürti - Round 1: 14.60 metres

Men's discus:
* Zoltán Kővágó - Final, 67.04 (silver medal)
* Gábor Máté - Final, 57.84 (11th place)
* Róbert Fazekas - Final, DQ

Women's discus:
* Éva Kürti - Round 1: 52.52 metres

Men's javelin:
* Gergely Horváth - Round 1, 73.95 metres (did not advance)

Women's javelin:
* Nikolett Szabó - Round 1: 60.20 metres

Men's hammer:
* Krisztián Pars - Final, 78.73 metres (5th place)
* Adrián Annus - Final, DQ

Women's hammer:
* Katalin Divós - Round 1: 67.64 metres
* Julianna Tudja - Round 1: 66.85 metres
* Éva Orbán - Round 1: 65.76 metres

=Boxing=

Hungary sent five boxers to Athens. In the first round, two were defeated while two advanced by winning and a third received a bye. All three that advanced lost in the round of 16. Their combined record was 2-5.

Light Flyweight (48kg)
* Pál Bedák
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Jeyhun Abiyev of Azerbaijan, 23-8

Bantamweight (54kg)
* Zsolt Bedák
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Abner Mares Martinez of Mexico, 36-27
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Maksym Tretyak of Ukraine, 27-24

Lightweight (60kg)
* Gyula Káté
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Jong Sub Baik of Korea, 30-23

Welterweight (69kg)
* Vilmos Balog
*# Round of 32 - Bye
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Juan Camilo Novoa of Colombia, 33-24

Middleweight (75kg)
* Károly Balzsay
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Sahraoui Mohamed of Tunisia, 29-24
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Yordani Despaigne Herrera of Cuba, 38-25

=Canoeing=

Men's C1 500 metres:
* Márton Joób - final, 7th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:
* Attila Vajda - final, bronze medal

Men's C2 500 metres:
* György Kozmann and György Kolonics - final, 7th place

Men's C2 1000 metres:
* György Kozmann and György Kolonics - final, bronze medal

Men's K1 500 metres:
* Ákos Vereckei - final, 5th place

Women's K1 500 metres:
* Natasa Janics - final, gold medal

Men's K1 1000 metres:
* Roland Kökény - final, 6th place

Men's K2 500 metres:
* Zoltán Kammerer and Botond Storcz - final, 5th place

Women's K2 500 metres:
* Katalin Kovács and Natasa Janics - final, gold medal

Men's K2 1000 metres:
* Zoltán Benkő and István Beé - final, 9th place

Women's K4 500 metres:
* Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski, and Kinga Bóta - final, silver medal

Men's K4 1000 metres:
* Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Horváth - final, gold medal

=Cycling=

Road cycling

Men's road race:
* László Bodrogi - 74th place, 5:56:45

Men's time trial:
* László Bodrogi - 21st place, 1:00:38.05

Mountain biking

Men's cross country:
* Zsolt Vinczeffy - 43rd place, -2 laps

=Diving=

Men's 10m Platform:
* András Hajnal:* Prelim — 305.79 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 3m Springboard:
* Nóra Barta:* Prelim — 279.24:* Semifinal — 212.28 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

* Villő Kormos :* Prelim — 193.68 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

=Fencing=

Men's épée individual:
* Iván Kovács - defeated in round of 16
* Géza Imre - defeated in round of 32
* Gábor Boczkó - defeated in round of 32

Women's épée individual:
* Tímea Nagy - gold medal
* Ildikó Mincza-Nebald - 4th place
* Adrien Hormay - defeated in round of 32

Women's foil individual:
* Aida Mohamed - 4th place
* Gabriella Varga - defeated in quarterfinals

Men's sabre individual:
* Zsolt Nemcsik - silver medal
* Domonkos Ferjancsik - defeated in round of 16
* Balázs Lengyel - defeated in round of 32

Women's sabre individual:
* Orsolya Nagy - defeated in round of 32

Men's épée team:
* Gabor Boczkó, Krisztián Kulcsár, and Iván Kovács - silver medal

Women's épée team:
* Ildikó Mincza-Nebald, Adrienn Hormay and Hajnalka Tóth - 5th place

Men's sabre team:
* Zsolt Nemcsik, Kende Fodor, and Domonkos Ferjancsik - 5th place

=Gymnastics=

Men's artistic:
* Róbert Gál - advanced in one exercise
** Vault - 6th place

Women's artistic:
* Krisztina Szarka - did not advance in any exercise

=Handball=

Men's: 4th place
* Preliminary round: 4-0-1
* Quarterfinal: defeated Korea, 30-25
* Semifinal: lost to Croatia, 33-31
* Bronze medal match: lost to Russia, 28-26

Women's: 5th place
* Preliminary round: 3-0-1
* Quarterfinal: lost to France, 25-23
* Classification (5-8): defeated Brazil, 36-31
* Classification (5/6): defeated Spain, 38-29

=Judo=

Men's 66 kg:
* Miklós Ungvári - defeated in round of 16

Men's 100 kg:
* Antal Kovács - defeated in round of 32

=Modern pentathlon=

Men's
* Gábor Balogh - 5296 pts, 8th place
* Ákos Kállai - 5132 pts, 18th place

Women's:
* Zsuzsanna Vörös - 5448 pts, gold medal
* Csilla Füri - 5144 pts, 12th place

=Sailing=

Men's 470 class
* Péter Czégai, Csaba Cserép - 27th placeMen's Finn class
* Balázs Hajdú - 23rd placeMen's Sailboard
* Áron Gádorfalvi - 22nd place

Women's 470 class
* Márta Weöres, Anna Payr - 19th placeWomen's Sailboard
* Lívia Győrbíró - 24th place

=Triathlon=

Hungary sent two triathletes to the second Olympic triathlon. Both were veterans of four years earlier, though neither did as well as they had before.

Women's:
* Erika Molnár - 2:17:53.38 (38th place)

Men's:
* Csaba Kuttor - DNS

=Water polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Defeated Serbia and Montenegro (6:4):* Defeated Croatia (10:8):* Defeated United States (7:5):* Defeated Kazakhstan (14:4):* Defeated Russia (7:6)
*Semifinal:* Defeated Russia (7:5)
*Final:* Defeated Serbia and Montenegro (8:7) → Gold Medal
*Team Roster:*Tibor Benedek:*Péter Biros:*Rajmund Fodor:*István Gergely:*Tamás Kásás:*Gergely Kiss:*Norbert Madaras:*Tamás Molnár:*Ádám Steinmetz:*Barnabás Steinmetz:*Zoltán Szécsi:*Tamás Varga:*Attila Vári
*Head Coach: Dénes Kemény

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Lost to United States (6:7):* Lost to Russia (8:9):* Defeated Canada (5:4)
* Quarterfinals:* Lost to Italy (5:8)
* Classification Match:* 5th/6th place: Lost to Russia (11:12)
*Team Roster:*Rita Dravucz:*Anett Gyore:*Dora Kisteleki:*Anikó Pelle:*Ágnes Primász:*Mercedes Stieber:*Krisztina Szremko:*Zsuzsanna Tiba:*Andrea Toth:*Agnes Valkay:*Erzsebet Valkay:*Krisztina Zantleitner:*Ildiko Zirighne Sos
*Head Coach: Tamás Faragó

Officials

*President: Pál Schmitt
*Secretary General: Tamás Aján

External links

* [http://www.athens2004.com/en/OlympicMedals/medals?noc=HUN Official Website]