1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Hungary)

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Hungary took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 232 athletes (187 men and 45 women) in 134 competitions in 20 sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the javelin thrower Gergely Kulcsár .

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Béla Nagy Singles: 34th place

Women Ágnes Hamvas Individual: 22nd place

Boxing

Men

• András Botos

  Featherweight: bronze

• György Gedó

  Light flyweight: gold

• János Kajdi

  Welterweight: silver

• László Orbán

  Lightweight: silver

• József Réder

  Heavyweight: 1st round

• Imre Tóth

  Light Heavyweight: 2nd Round

fencing

Men Peter Bakonyi Saber, team: bronze Sándor Erdős Epee, team: gold Csaba Fenyvesi Foil, team: 4th place Epee, single: gold Epee, team: gold Pál Gerevich Saber, team: bronze Jenő Kamuti Foil, single: silver Foil, team: 4th place László Kamuti Foil, singles: Round of 16 Foil, team: 4th place Tamás Kovács Saber, singles: 6th place Saber, team: bronze Győző Kulcsár Epee, single: bronze Epee, team: gold Péter Marót Saber, single: silver Saber, team: bronze István Marton Foil, team: 4th place István Osztrics Epee, team: gold Tibor Pézsa Saber, Singles: Quarterfinals Saber, team: bronze Pál Schmitt Epee, singles: quarter-finals Epee, team: gold Sándor Szabó Foil, singles: semi-finals Foil, team: 4th place

Women Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis Foil, single: silver Foil, team: silver Ildikó Rejtő-Ujlaky-Sági Foil, singles: quarter-finals Foil, team: silver Ildikó Rónay-Matuscsák Foil, team: silver Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi Foil, team: silver Mária Szolnoki Foil, singles: quarter-finals Foil, team: silver

Soccer

Men

• silver

• Squad
  • goal

  1 István Géczi

  13 Imre Rapp

  19 Ádám Rothermel

  • Defense

  2 Péter Vépi

  3 Miklós Páncsics

  4 Péter Juhász

  14 Ede Dunai

  16 László Bálint

  • midfield

  6 Csaba Vidáts

  7 Mihály Kozma

  10 Lajos Kű

  12 József Kovács

  15 László Branikovits

  17 Lajos Kocsis

  • Storm

  5 Lajos Szűcs

  8 Kálmán Tóth

  9 Antal Dunai

  11 Béla Várady

  18 István Básti

Weightlifting

Men

• Jenő Ambrózi

  Lightweight:

• János Benedek

  Featherweight: bronze

• Imre Foldi

  Bantamweight: gold

• János Hanzlik

  Heavyweight: 6th place

• Sándor Holczreiter

  Flyweight: bronze

• György Horváth

  Light Heavyweight: Bronze

• András Stark

  Middleweight: 7th place

• Gábor Szarvas

  Middleweight: 6th place

• Lajos Szűcs

  Flyweight: silver

Handball

Men

• 8th place

• Squad

  János Adorján

  Béla Bartalos

  János Csík

  László Harka

  József Horváth

  Gyula Huth

  Sándor Kaló

  István Marosi

  Lajos Simó

  János Stiller

  István Szabó

  László Szabó

  Sándor Takács

  Istvan Varga

  Károly Vass

  Sándor Vass

Judo

Men

• Antal Hetényi

  Light middleweight: 5th place

• László Ipacs

  Middleweight: 13th place

• Mihály Petrovszky

  Heavyweight: 16th place

  Open class: 11th place

• Ferenc Szabó

  Lightweight: 7th place

• Imre Varga

  Light heavyweight: 19th place

canoe

Men Géza Csapó Kayak single, 1000 meters: bronze József Deme & János Rátkai Kayak twos, 1000 meters: silver Zoltán Bakó , István Szabó , Csongor Vargha & Péter Várhelyi Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: 6th place Tamás Wichmann Canoe single, 1000 meters: silver Miklós Darvas & Péter Povázsay Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: 5th place

Women Katalin Hollósy Kayak twos, 500 meters: 4th place Anna pepper Kayak single, 500 meters: bronze Kayak twos, 500 meters: 4th place

athletics

Men József Bakai Decathlon: 20th place József Csík Javelin throw: 12th place János Dalmati 50 kilometers of walking: 22nd place Sándor Eckschmiedt Hammer throw: 6th place István Encsi Hammer throw: 11th place Géza Fejér Discus throw: 5th place Gábor Katona Long jump: 17th place in qualification Triple jump: 13th place in qualification Antal Kiss 50 kilometers of walking: 26th place Gergely Kulcsár Javelin throw: 14th place in qualification Istvan Major High jump: 6th place Loránd Milassin 110 meter hurdles: prelims János Murányi Discus throw: 12th place Miklós Németh Javelin throw: 7th place Ferenc Szekeres Marathon: 33rd place Ádám Szepesi High jump: 5th place Ferenc Tégla Discus throw: 7th place József Tihanyi High jump: 27th place in qualification Gyula Tóth Marathon: 27th place Vilmos Varjú Shot put: 8th place András Zsinka 800 meters: heats Gyula Zsivótzky Hammer throw: 5th place

Women Györgyi Balogh 400 meters: 8th place Judit Bognár Shot put: 11th place Ilona Bruzsenyák Long jump: 10th place Pentathlon: 8th place Magdolna Komka High jump: 23rd place Mária Kucserka Javelin throw: 10th place Magdolna Kulcsár 800 meters: heats 1500 meters: prelims / DNF Angéla Németh Javelin throw: 13th place in qualification Irén Orosz 400 meters: heats Margit Papp Pentathlon: 23rd place Magda Paulányi Javelin throw: 11th place Erika Rudolf High jump: 16th place Sára Ligetkutiné 1500 meters: heats

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Pál Bakó

  Individual: 15th place

  Team: silver

• András Balczó

  Single: gold

  Team: silver

• Zsigmond Villányi

  Singles: 12th place

  Team: silver

Cycling

Men

• Tibor Debreceni

  Road race: 64th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 7th place

• Imre Géra

  Road race: 67th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 7th place

• József Peterman

  Road race: DNF

  100 kilometers team time trial: 7th place

• András Takács

  Road race: 23rd place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 7th place

horse riding

• Ajtony Ákos

  Jumping, singles: 49th place

  Jumping, team: 17th place

• Sándor Bognár

  Jumping, team: 17th place

• József Horváth

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• János Krizsán

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

• László Móra

  Jumping, singles: DNF

  Jumping, team: 17th place

• István Szabácsy

  Eventing, individual: 38th place

  Eventing, team: DNF

• Pál Széplaki

  Jumping, singles: 47th place

• József Varró

  Eventing, individual: DNF

  Eventing, team: DNF

Wrestling

Men

• Károly Bajkó

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: bronze

• József Csatári

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

  Heavyweight, freestyle: bronze

• József Doncsecz

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Henrik Gál

  Flyweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Csaba Hegedűs

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Miklós Hegedűs

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Ferenc Kiss

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• László Klinga

  Bantamweight, freestyle: bronze

• István Kovács

  Middleweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Attila Laták

  Light flyweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• István Maróthy

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• József Pércsi

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• László Réczi

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• József Rusznyák

  Lightweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Ferenc Seres

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Antal Steer

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• László Szabó

  Featherweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• Miklós Urbanovics

  Welterweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Janos Varga

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

rowing

Men

• László Balogh & György Sarlós

  Two without a helmsman: reunion

• József Csermely , Csaba Czakó , András Kormos & Antal Melis

  Foursome without a helmsman: hope run

• Ágoston Bányai , Imre Dávid , Antal Gelley , Péter Kokas , Zoltán Melis , Róbert Örlschléger , András Pályi , László Romvári & Béla Zsitnik, Jr.

  Eighth: 7th place

shoot

• László Hammerl

  Small caliber, three-position battle: 17th place

  Small bore, lying: 8th place

• István Jenei

  Running target: 22nd place

• Pál Katkó

  Free pistol: 20 place

• Szilárd Kun

  Rapid fire pistol: 23rd place

• Kornél Marosvári

  Free pistol: 7th place

• Béla Nagy

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 11th place

• Sándor Nagy

  Small caliber, three position fight: 23rd place

  Small bore, lying: 48th place

• Lajos Papp

  Free rifle, three position fight: bronze

• Gyula Szabó

  Running target: 13th place

swim

Men Attila Császári 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place László Cseh, Sr. 100 meters back: heats 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place András Hargitay 200 meter butterfly: 6th place 200 meter medley: 5th place 400 meter medley: bronze 4 x 100 meter layers: 8th place (only preliminary) Róbert Rudolf 100 meters back: heats 200 meters back: heats Csaba Sós 1500 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Sándor Szabó 100 meter chest: heats 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place István Szentirmay 100 meters freestyle: prelims 100 meter butterfly: semi-finals 4 x 100 meter medley: 8th place János Tóth 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats Zoltán Verrasztó 1500 meters freestyle: prelims 100 meters back: heats 200 meters back: 7th place

Women Andrea Gyarmati 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 4th place 100 meter back: silver 200 meters back: heats 100 meter butterfly: bronze Ágnes Kaczander-Kiss 100 meters chest: 4th place 200 meters chest: 6th place 200 meter medley: prelims 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Éva Kiss 100 meters chest: semi-finals 200 meters chest: 8th place 200 meter medley: prelims Edit Kovács 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 4th place Magdolna Patóh 100 meter freestyle: 7th place 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 4th place 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Ildikó Szekeres 100 meters back: heats 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs Judit Turóczy 100 meters freestyle: prelims 4 x 100 meter freestyle: 4th place 100 meter butterfly: prelims 200 meter medley: prelims 4 x 100 meter layers: preliminary runs

sailing

• György Fináczy

  Finn dinghy: 8th place

• András Gosztonyi & György Holovits

  Star: 8th place

• Szabolcs Izsák & Benedek Litkey

  Flying Dutchman: 16th place

do gymnastics

Men István Bérczi Individual all-around: 64th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 67th place in qualification Horse: 52nd place in qualification Bars: 56th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 84th place in qualification Rings: 77th place in qualification Pommel horse: 45th place in qualification Béla Herczeg Individual all-around: 57th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 78th place in qualification Horse: 71st place in qualification Bars: 32nd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 67th place in qualification Rings: 92nd place in qualification Pommel horse: 29th place in qualification István Kiss Individual all-around: 46th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 74th place in qualification Horse: 54th place in qualification Bars: 47th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 56th place in qualification Rings: 40th place in qualification Pommel horse: 45th place in qualification Antal Kisteleki Individual all-around: 62nd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 80th place in qualification Horse: 47th place in qualification Bars: 68th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 72nd place in qualification Rings: 42nd place in qualification Pommel horse: 64th place in qualification Zoltán Magyar Individual all-around: 29th place Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 33rd place in qualification Horse: 12th place in the qualification Bars: 52nd place in qualification Horizontal bar: 35th place in qualification Rings: 47th place in qualification Pommel horse: 24th place in qualification Imre Molnár Individual all-around: 19th place Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 25th place in qualification Horse: 11th place in qualification Bars: 24th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 32nd place in qualification Rings: 29th place in qualification Pommel horse: 8th place in qualification

Women Ilona Békési Individual all-around: 9th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 13th place in qualification Horse: 19th place in qualification Uneven bars: 5th place Balance beam: 10th place in qualification Mónika Császár Individual all-around: 14th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 19th place in qualification Horse: 16th place in qualification Uneven bars: 31st place in qualification Balance beam: 4th place Márta Kelemen Individual all-around: 34th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 53rd place in qualification Horse: 22nd place in qualification Uneven bars: 9th place in qualification Balance beam: 16th place in qualification Anikó Kéry Individual all-around: 17th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 13th place in qualification Horse: 15th place in the qualification Uneven bars: 13th place in qualification Balance beam: 27th place in qualification Krisztina Medveczky Individual all-around: 13th place Team all-around: bronze Floor: 25th place in qualification Horse: 35th place in qualification Uneven bars: 10th place in qualification Balance beam: 9th place in qualification Zsuzsa Nagy Individual all-around: 41st place in qualification Team all-around: bronze Floor: 62nd place in qualification Horse: 37th place in qualification Uneven bars: 39th place in qualification Balance beam: 34th place in qualification

volleyball

Women

• 5th place

• Squad

  Lucia Bánhegyi-Radó

  Zsuzsa Bokros-Török

  Katalin Eichler-Schadek

  Emőke Énekes-Szegedi

  Judit Fekete

  Mária Gál

  Judit Kiss-Gerhardt

  Ilona Makláry-Buzek

  Judit Schlégl-Blaumann

  Éva Sebők-Szalay

  Emerencia Siry-Király

  Ágnes Torma

Water polo

Men

• silver

• Squad

  András Bodnár

  Tibor Cservenyák

  Tamás Faragó

  István Görgényi

  Zoltán Kásás

  Ferenc Konrád

  István Magas

  Endre Molnár

  Dénes Pócsik

  László Sárosi

  István Szívós

Web links

• Hungarian Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )