Hungary at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Hungary
games=1996 Summer
competitors=214
sports=22
flagbearer=Bence Szabó
gold=7
silver=4
bronze=10
total=21
rank=12

Hungary competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Hungary finished in 12th position in the final medal rankings, with seven gold medals and 21 medals overall.

Gold

* Balázs Kiss — Athletcis, Men's Hammer Throw

* István Kovács — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

* Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs

* Rita Kőbán — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles

* Norbert Rózsa — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* Attila Czene — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley

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

Silver

* Attila Adrovicz, Ferenc Csipes, Gábor Horváth and András Rajna — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours

* Csaba Köves, József Navarrete and Bence Szabó — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team

* Szilveszter Csollány — Gymnastics, Men's Rings

* Károly Güttler — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Bronze

* Imre Pulai — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles

* György Zala — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles

* Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Singles

* Géza Imre — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual

* Györgyi Szalay — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual

* Éva Erdős, Andrea Farkas, Beáta Hoffmann, Anikó Kántor, Erzsébet Kocsis, Beatrix Kökény, Eszter Mátéfi, Auguszta Mátyás, Anikó Meksz, Anikó Nagy, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Beáta Siti, Anna Szántó, Katalin Szilágyi, and Beatrix Tóth — Handball, Women's Team Competition

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

* Ágnes Kovács — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke

* Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley

* Attila Feri — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (70 kg)

Results by event

=Archery=

Hungary's two veterans in Atlanta were both defeated in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:
* Judit Kovács → Round of 64, 45th place (0-1)
* Timea Kiss → Round of 64, 51st place (0-1)

=Athletics=

Men's 400 m Hurdles
* Dusan Kovács :* Heat — 49.23 s :* Semi Final — 48.57 s (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
* János Uzsoki:* Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's Triple Jump
* Tibor Ordina:* Qualification — 16.04m (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's Discus Throw
* Attila Horváth:* Qualification — 62.90 m:* Final — 62.28 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Hammer Throw
* Balázs Kiss:* Qualification — 78.34m:* Final — 81.24m (→ Gold Medal)

* Zsolt Németh:* Qualification — 73.68m (→ did not advance)

* Adrian Annus:* Qualification — 72.58m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon
* Zsolt Kurtosi:* Final Result — 7755 points (→ 27th place)
Women's Heptathlon
* Rita Inancsi:* Final Result — 6336 points (→ 6th place)

Women's Long Jump
* Tunde Vaszi:* Qualification — 6.73m :* Final — 6.60m (→ 9th place)

*Rita Inancsi:* Qualification — 6.02m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump
* Zita Balint:* Qualification — NM (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon
* Judit Nagy — 2:38.43 (→ 36th place)

Women's 10 km Walk
* Maria Urbanikne Rozsa — 43:32 (→ 9th place)
* Aniko Szebenzky — 45:57 (→ 27th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
*István Kovács → Gold Medal
*# First Round — Defeated Soner Karaoz (Turkey), 15-3
*# Second Round — Defeated Khurshed Khasanov (Tajikstan), 17-3
*# Quarter Finals — Defeated George Olteanu (Romania), 24-2
*# Semi Finals — Defeated Vichairachanon Khadpo (Thailand), 12-7
*# Final — Defeated Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 14-7

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
*Janos Nagy
*# First Round — Defeated John Kelman (Barbados), referee stopped contest in third round
*# Second Round — Defeated Daniel Attah (Nigeria), 14-12
*# Quarter Finals — Lost to Pablo Chacon (Argentina), 7-18

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
*József Nagy
*# First Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*György Mizsei
*# First Round — Defeated Richard Rowles (Australia), 10-2
*# Second Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 6-14

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
*Zsolt Erdei
*# First Round — Defeated Juan Pablo Lopez (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third round
*# Second Round — Lost to Malik Beyleroglu (Turkey), 8-9

=Diving=

Men's 3m Springboard
*Imre Lengyel:* Preliminary Heat — 346.74:* Semi Final — 204.51 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 3m Springboard
*Orsolya Pintér:* Preliminary Heat — 206.52 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* János Martinek — 5501 pts (→ Bronze Medal)
* Ákos Hanzély — 5435 pts (→ 6th place)
* Péter Sárfalvi — 5196 pts (→ 21st place)

=Swimming=

Men's 100 m Freestyle
* Attila Zubor
*# Heat – 50.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

* Béla Szabados
*# Heat – 51.26 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle
* Attila Czene
*# Heat – 1:51.59 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

* Miklós Kollár
*# Heat – 1:52.19 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle
* Béla Szabados
*# Heat – 3:59.36 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Tamás Deutsch
*# Heat – 56.96 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke
* Olivér Ágh
*# Heat – 2:01.84
*# B-Final – 2:02.17 (→ 12th place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* Károly Güttler
*# Heat – 1:01.80
*# Final – 1:01.49 (→ 4th place)

* Norbert Rózsa
*# Heat – 1:02.72
*# B-Final – scratched

Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* Norbert Rózsa
*# Heat – 2:14.66
*# Final – 2:12.57 (→ Gold Medal)

* Károly Güttler
*# Heat – 2:13.89
*# Final – 2:13.03 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Peter Horváth
*# Heat – 53.69
*# B-Final – 53.48 (→ 11th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly
* Peter Horváth
*# Heat – 1:58.76
*# Final – 1:59.12 (→ 8th place)

* Attila Czene
*# Heat – 2:00.50
*# B-Final – 1:58.99 (→ 9th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Attila Czene
*# Heat – 2:02.10
*# Final – 1:59.91 (→ Gold Medal)

* Attila Zubor
*# Heat – 2:06.24 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* István Batházi
*# Heat – 4:27.37
*# B-Final – DSQ

* Gergő Kiss
*# Heat – 4:28.05 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler, Peter Horváth, and Attila Zubor
*# Heat – 3:41.05
* Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler, Peter Horváth, and Attila Czene
*# Final – 3:40.84 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Anna Nyíry
*# Heat – 57.82 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle
* Rita Kovács
*# Heat – 9:06.97 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke
* Krisztina Egerszegi
*# Heat – 2:09.18
*# Final – 2:07.83 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Ágnes Kovács
*# Heat – 1:09.05
*# Final – 1:09.55 (→ 7th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Ágnes Kovács
*# Heat – 2:29.58
*# Final – 2:26.57 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Edit Klocker
*# Heat – 1:03.61 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly
* Edit Klocker
*# Heat – 2:17.90 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley
* Krisztina Egerszegi
*# Heat – 4:43.09
*# Final – 4:42.53 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* Krisztina Egerszegi, Ágnes Kovács, Edit Klocker, and Anna Nyíry
*# Heat – 4:10.92 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition
* Sandor Noszaly
*# First round — Lost to Oleg Ogorodov (Uzbekistan) 5-7, 6-7

Women's Singles Competition
* Virag Csurgo
*# First round — Defeated Aleksandra Olsza (Poland) 6-2 7-5
*# Second round — Lost to Kimiko Date (Japan) 2-6 3-6

* Andrea Temesvari
*# First round — Lost to Judith Wiesner (Austria) 6-7 4-6

=Water Polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):*Defeated Russia (8-7):*Defeated Germany (9-8):*Defeated Netherlands (10-8):*Defeated Spain (8-7):*Defeated Yugoslavia (12-8)
*Quarterfinals:*Defeated Greece (12-8)
*Semifinals:*Lost to Spain (6-7)
*Bronze Medal Match:*Lost to Italy (18-20) → Fourth place
*Team Roster:*Tibor Benedek:*Rajmund Fodor:*Tamás Kásás:*Zoltan Kosz:*András Gyöngyösi:*Péter Kuna:*László Tóth:*Balázs Vincze:*Frank Tóth:*Zsolt Varga:*Tamás Dala:*Attila Monostori:*Zsolt Németh
*Head Coach: György Horkai