1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (Hungary)

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Hungary took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with a delegation of 188 athletes (152 men and 36 women) in 135 competitions in 20 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the canoeist István Vaskuti .

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men

• Gyula Alvics

  Heavyweight: quarter-finals

• Imre Bácskai

  Welterweight: 2nd round

• Lajos Erős

  Light Heavyweight: Quarter Finals

• Zoltán Füzesy

  Middleweight: quarterfinals

• Róbert Isaszegi

  Light flyweight: bronze

• Lóránt Szabó

  Light welterweight: 2nd round

• László Szőke

  Featherweight: 1st round

• Istvan Turu

  Lightweight: 3rd round

• János Váradi

  Flyweight: 3rd round

fencing

Men Imre Bujdosó Saber, singles: 19th place Saber, team: gold István Busa Foil, team: bronze László Csongrádi Saber, team: gold Zsolt Érsek Foil, singles: 5th place Foil, team: bronze László Fábián Epee, team: 6th place Róbert Gátai Foil, singles: 14th place Foil, team: bronze Imre Gedővári Saber, singles: 15th place Saber, team: gold Ferenc Hegedűs Epee, team: 6th place Ernő Kolczonay Epee, singles: 10th place Epee, team: 6th place György Nébald Saber, singles: 5th place Saber, team: gold Szabolcs Pásztor Epee, singles: 36th place Epee, team: 6th place Zoltán Székely Epee, singles: 20th place Epee, team: 6th place Bence Szabó Saber, team: gold Pál Szekeres Foil, singles: 28th place Foil, team: bronze István Szelei Foil, team: bronze

Women Zsuzsanna Jánosi Foil, singles: 4th place Foil, team: bronze Edit Kovács Foil, singles: 16th place Foil, team: bronze Gertrúd Stefanek Foil, singles: 6th place Foil, team: bronze Zsuzsanna Szőcs Foil, single: Foil, team: bronze Katalin Tuschák Foil, single: Foil, team: bronze

Weightlifting

Men

• Zoltán Balázsfi

  Middle heavyweight: 9th place

• László Barsi

  Lightweight: DNF

• János Bökfi

  I. Heavyweight: 4th place

• Attila Buda

  Middle heavyweight: 5th place

• Kálmán Csengeri

  Middleweight: 4th place disqualified for doping

• József Jacsó

  II. Heavyweight: silver

• Istvan Kerek

  Lightweight: 7th place

• István Messzi

  Lightweight: silver

• Béla Oláh

  Flyweight: 7th place

• Andor Szanyi

  I. Heavyweight: Silver disqualified for doping

Handball

Men

• 4th Place

• Squad

  Imre Bíró

  József Bordás

  Ottó Csicsay

  János Fodor

  János Gyurka

  László Hoffmann

  Mihály Iváncsik

  Mihály Kovács

  Péter Kovács

  László Marosi

  Tibor Oross

  Jakab Sibalin

  László Szabó

  Géza Tóth

Judo

Men

• Tamás Bujkó

  Half light weight: 5th place

• József Csák

  Ultra light weight: 12th place

• István Dubrovszky

  Heavyweight: 5th place

• János Gyáni

  Middleweight: 11th place

• Bertalan Hajtós

  Lightweight: 5th place

• Károly Németh

  Light middleweight: 34th place

• Istvan Varga

  Light heavyweight: 12th place

canoe

Men Attila Ábrahám Kayak twos, 500 meters: bronze Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: gold Ferenc Csipes Kayak single, 1000 meters: 9th place Kayak twos, 500 meters: bronze Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: gold Zsolt Gyulay Kayak single, 500 meters: gold Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: gold Tibor Helyi Two kayaks, 1000 meters: 9th place Sándor Hódosi Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: gold Gusztáv Leikep Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: 7th place Imre Pulai Canoe single, 1000 meters: 6th place András Rajna Two kayaks, 1000 meters: 9th place János Sarusi Kis Canoe two-man, 500 meters: 6th place Attila Szabó Canoe single, 500 meters: 4th place Gábor Takács Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: 7th place István Vaskuti Canoe two-man, 500 meters: 6th place

Women Erika Géczi Kayak foursome, 500 meters: silver Rita Kőbán Kayak single, 500 meters: 4th place Kayak foursome, 500 meters: silver Erika Mészáros Kayak twos, 500 meters: 4th place Kayak foursome, 500 meters: silver Éva Rakusz Kayak twos, 500 meters: 4th place Kayak foursome, 500 meters: silver

athletics

Men István Bagyula Pole vault: 7th place György Bakos 110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: 8th place György Fetter 100 meters: quarter-finals Tibor Gécsek Hammer throw: 6th place László Karaffa 4 x 100 meters: 8th place Attila Kovács 100 meters: semi-finals 200 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: 8th place Dezső Szabó Decathlon: 13th place László Szalma Long jump: 6th place Imre Szitás Hammer throw: 7th place István Tatár 100 meters: quarter-finals 4 x 100 meters: 8th place Sándor Urbanik 20 kilometers of walking: 21st place 50 kilometers of walking: DNF József Vida Hammer throw: 15th place in qualification

Women Erika Fazekas-Veréb 10,000 meters: DNF (prelims) Zsuzsa Malovecz Javelin throw: 12th place Karolina Szabó Marathon: 13th place

Modern pentathlon

Men

• László Fábián

  Singles: 7th place

  Team: gold

• János Martinek

  Single: gold

  Team: gold

• Attila Mizsér

  Singles: 4th place

  Team: gold

Cycling

Men

• Miklós Somogyi

  4000 meters single pursuit: 1st lap

  Points race: 10th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Women

• Nóra Érfalvy

  Individual: 17th place

• Andrea Sinkó

  Individual: 6th place

Wrestling

Men

• László Bíró

  Flyweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Jenő Bódi

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• László Dvorák

  Middleweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• József Faragó

  Light flyweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Tamás Gáspár

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• László Klauz

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

  Super heavyweight, freestyle: 4th round

• Tibor Komáromi

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Sándor Major

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• Béla Nagy

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 6th place

• János Nagy

  Welterweight, freestyle: 3rd round

• József Orbán

  Featherweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Attila Podolszki

  Lightweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Attila Repka

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• István Robotka

  Heavyweight, freestyle: 4th round

• András Sike

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• János Takács

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Gábor Tóth

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 4th place

• Csaba Vadász

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

rowing

Men Ferenc Dózsa , Ferenc Hompóth , Gábor Mitring & Zoltán Molnár Quadruple: 10th place

Women Erika Bertényi , Ildikó Cserey , Anikó Kapócs & Katalin Sarlós Quadruple: 8th place

shoot

Men László Balogh Rapid fire pistol: 9th place Sándor Bereczky Small caliber, three-position battle: 32nd place Small bore, lying: 45th place András Doleschall Running target: 5th place Olivér Gáspár Air rifle: 9th place Gyula Karácsony Free pistol: 6th place Zoltán Kovács Rapid fire pistol: bronze Zoltán Papanitz Air pistol: 38th place Free pistol: 10th place Attila Solti Running target: 6th place Tamás Tóth Air pistol: 31st place Attila Zahonyi Air rifle: 6th place Small caliber, three-position fight: 11th place Small caliber, lying: bronze

Open class Zoltán Bodó Trap: 43rd place

Women Ágnes Ferencz Air pistol: 27th place Sports pistol: 5th place Éva Fórián Air rifle: 12th place Small bore, three-position fight: 26th place Anna Gönczi Air pistol: 16th place Sports pistol: 28th place Éva Joó Air rifle: 11th place Small caliber, three-position battle: 20th place

swim

Men Norbert Ágh 200 meters freestyle: 37th place 1500 meters freestyle: 28th place Mihály Richárd Bodor 100 meters freestyle: 42nd place 4 x 100 meters: 16th place Tamás Darnyi 200 meters back: disqualified in the preliminary run 200 meter medley: gold 400 meter medley: gold Tamás Debnár 100 meters chest: 5th place Tamás German 100 meters back: 28th place 200 meters back: 14th place 4 x 100 meters: 16th place Károly Güttler 100 meters chest: silver 4 x 100 meters: 16th place Valter Kalaus 400 meters freestyle: 10th place 1500 meters freestyle: 15th place 4 x 100 meters: 16th place József Szabó 200 meters chest: gold 400 meter medley: 4th place Péter Szabó 200 meters chest: 8th place 200 meter medley: 23rd place Zoltán Szilágyi 200 meters freestyle: 34th place 400 meters freestyle: 16th place

Women Judit Csabai 400 meters freestyle: 29th place 800 meters freestyle: 23rd place Gabriella Csépe 100 meters chest: 14th place Krisztina Egerszegi 100 meter back: silver 200 meters back: gold

sailing

Men

• Antal Székely

  Finn dinghy: 18th place

• Gyula Nyári & Zsolt Nyári

  470s: 23rd place

tennis

Men

• Gábor Köves & László Markovits

  Doubles: Round of 16

Table tennis

Men Zsolt Harczi Individual: group stage Tibor Klampár Singles: 4th place Doubles: group stage Zsolt Kriston Doubles: group stage

Women Csilla Bátorfi Individual: group stage Doubles: 8th place Edit Urbán Individual: group stage Doubles: 8th place

do gymnastics

Men Zsolt Borkai Individual all-around: 43rd place in qualification Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 87th place in qualification Horse: 26th place in qualification Bars: 13th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 24th place in qualification Rings: 48th place in qualification Pommel horse: gold Csaba Fajkusz Individual all-around: 14th place Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 30th place in qualification Horse: 42nd place in qualification Bars: 39th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 9th place in qualification Rings: 21st place in qualification Pommel horse: 22nd place in qualification György Guczoghy Individual all-around: 8th place Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 19th place in qualification Horse: 18th place in qualification Bars: 13th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 38th place in qualification Rings: 8th place Pommel horse: 15th place in qualification Zsolt Horváth Individual all-around: 28th place Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 45th place in qualification Horse: 26th place in qualification Bars: 44th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 38th place in qualification Rings: 21st place in qualification Pommel horse: 66th place in qualification Jenő paprika Individual all-around: 55th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 6th place Soil: 61st place in qualification Horse: 39th place in qualification Bars: 76th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 52nd place in qualification Rings: 56th place in qualification Pommel horse: 40th place in qualification Balázs Tóth Individual all-around: 89th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 6th place Floor: 79th place in qualification Horse: 89th place in qualification Bars: 89th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 15th place in qualification Rings: 89th place in qualification Pommel horse: 89th place in qualification

Women Zsuzsa Csisztu Individual all-around: 47th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 66th place in qualification Horse: 38th place in qualification Uneven bars: 36th place in qualification Balance beam: 44th place in qualification Andrea Ladányi Individual all-around: 27th place Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 41st place in qualification Horse: 35th place in qualification Uneven bars: 19th place in qualification Balance beam: 49th place in qualification Ágnes Miskó Individual all-around: 87th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 85th place in qualification Horse: 88th place in qualification Uneven bars: 87th place in qualification Balance beam: 87th place in qualification Zsuzsa Miskó Individual all-around: 56th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 66th place in qualification Horse: 49th place in qualification Uneven bars: 55th place in qualification Balance beam: 49th place in qualification Eszter Óváry Individual all-around: 19th place Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 27th place in qualification Horse: 14th place in qualification Uneven bars: 49th place in qualification Balance beam: 44th place in qualification Beáta Storczer Individual all-around: 23rd place Team all-around competition: 8th place Floor: 5th place Horse: 27th place in qualification Uneven bars: 77th place in qualification Balance beam: 27th place in qualification

Water polo

Men

• 5th place

• Squad

  Gábor Bujka

  András Gyöngyösi

  Tibor Keszthelyi

  Zoltán Kosz

  Peter Kuna

  Zoltán Mohi

  Tibor Pardi

  Zsolt Petőváry

  István Pintér

  Gábor smiths

  Imre Tóth

  László Tóth

  Balázs Vincze

Diving

Women

• Ágnes Gerlach

  Art jumping: 25th place in qualification

• Katalin Haász

  Artistic jumping: 22nd place in the qualification

• Ildikó Kelemen-Kovács

  Diving: 11th place

Web links

• Hungarian Olympic team from 1988 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )