2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Hungary)

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Hungary took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with 178 athletes, 109 men and 69 women, in a total of 137 competitions in 23 sports.

A total of eight gold, six silver and three bronze medals were won, making Hungary 13th in the medal table. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the canoeist Rita Kőbán .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Tímea Nagy	fencing	Women, swords, singles
Zoltán Kammerer & Botond Storcz	canoe	Men, kayak twos, 500 meters
Gábor Horváth , Zoltán Kammerer , Botond Storcz & Ákos Vereckei	canoe	Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters
György Kolonics	canoe	Men, Canadier-One, 500 meters
Ferenc Novák & Imre Pulai	canoe	Men, canoe twos, 500 meters
Ágnes Kovács	swim	Women, 200 m chest
Szilveszter Csollány	do gymnastics	Men, rings
Tibor Benedek , Péter Biros , Rajmund Fodor , Tamás Kásás , Gergely Kiss , Zoltán Kosz , Tamás Märcz , Tamás Molnár , Barnabás Steinmetz , Zoltán Szécsi , Bulcsú Székely , Zsolt Varga & Attila Vári	Water polo	Men's tournament

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Beatrix Balogh , Rita Deli , Ágnes Farkas , Andrea Farkas , Anikó Kántor , Beatrix Kökény , Anita Kulcsár , Dóra Lőwy , Anikó Nagy , Ildikó Pádár , Katalin Pálinger , Krisztina Pigniczki , Bojana Radulović , Beáta Siti & Tamásné Zsembery	Handball	Women's tournament
Erzsébet Markus	Weightlifting	Women, class up to 69 kg
Katalin Kovács & Szilvia Szabó	canoe	Women, kayak twos, 500 meters
Rita Kőbán , Katalin Kovács , Szilvia Szabó & Erzsébet Viski	canoe	Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters
Gábor Balogh	Modern pentathlon	Men, individual all-around
Sándor Bárdosi	Wrestling	Men, middleweight, Greco-Roman

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Zsolt Erdei	Boxing	Men, middleweight
Krisztián Bártfai & Krisztián Veréb	canoe	Men, kayak twos, 1000 meters
Diána Igaly	shoot	Women, skeet

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Károly Balzsay

  Light middleweight: 9th place

• Zsolt Erdei

  Middleweight: bronze

• Pál Lakatos

  Light flyweight: 9th place

fencing

• Attila Fekete

  Men, swords, singles: 11th place

  Men, swords, team: 7th place

• Domonkos Ferjancsik

  Men, sabers, singles: 4th place

  Men, sabers, team: 5th place

• Edina Knapek

  Women, foil, singles: 21st place

  Women, foil, team: 6th place

• Iván Kovács

  Men, swords, singles: 19th place

  Men, swords, team: 7th place

• Csaba Köves

  Men, sabers, singles: 11th place

  Men, sabers, team: 5th place

• Gabriella Lantos

  Women, foil, singles: 24th place

  Women, foil, team: 6th place

• Mark Marsi

  Men, foil, singles: 8th place

  Men, swords, team: 7th place

• Ildikó Mincza-Nébald

  Women, swords, singles: 9th place

  Women, epee, team: 4th place

• Aida Mohamed

  Women, foil, singles: 7th place

  Women, foil, team: 6th place

• Tímea Nagy

  Women, swords, singles: gold

  Women, epee, team: 4th place

• Zsolt Nemcsik

  Men, sabers, singles: 17th place

  Men, sabers, team: 5th place

• Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth

  Women, swords, singles: 18th place

  Women, epee, team: 4th place

• Péter Takács

  Men, sabers, team: 5th place

Weightlifting

• Zoltan Farkas

  Men, featherweight: 10th place

• Zoltán Kovács

  Men, middle heavyweight: 6th place

• Gyöngyi Likerecz

  Women, heavyweight: 5th place

• Erzsébet Márkus-Peresztegi

  Women, light heavyweight: silver

• Tibor Stark

  Men, super heavyweight: 8th place

• Melinda Szik

  Women, super heavyweight: 9th place

• Péter tamtom

  Men, heavyweight: DNF

Handball

• Women's tournament

  silver

• Squad

  Beatrix Balogh

  Rita Deli

  Ágnes Farkas

  Andrea Farkas

  Anikó Kántor

  Beatrix Kökény

  Anita Kulcsár

  Thóra Lőwy

  Anikó Nagy

  Ildikó Pádár

  Katalin Pálinger

  Krisztina Pigniczki-Sepsi

  Boyana Radulovics

  Judit Simics-Zsemberi

  Beáta Siti

Judo

• József Csák

  Men, half light weight: 2nd round

• Eszter Csizmadia

  Women, light middleweight: 1st round

• Imre Csősz

  Men, heavyweight: 2nd round

• Miklós Illyés

  Men, lightweight: quarter-finals

• Antal Kovács

  Men, Light Heavyweight: Quarter Finals

• Krisztián Tölgyesi

  Men, Light Middleweight: Quarter Finals

canoe

• Krisztián Bártfai

  Men, kayak twos, 1000 meters: bronze

• Gábor Horváth

  Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: gold

• Zoltán Kammerer

  Men, kayak twos, 500 meters: gold

  Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: gold

• Rita Kőbán

  Women, kayak single, 500 meters: 6th place

  Women, kayak foursome, 500 meters: silver

• Roland Kökény

  Men, kayak single, 1000 meters: semi-finals

• György Kolonics

  Men, Canadian single, 500 meters: gold

• Katalin Kovács

  Women, kayak twos, 500 meters: silver

  Women, kayak foursome, 500 meters: silver

• Ferenc Novák

  Men, canoe twos, 500 meters: gold

  Men, canoe twos, 1000 meters: 5th place

• Imre Pulai

  Men, canoe twos, 500 meters: gold

  Men, canoe twos, 1000 meters: 5th place

• Botond Storcz

  Men, kayak twos, 500 meters: gold

  Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: gold

• Szilvia Szabó

  Women, kayak twos, 500 meters: silver

  Women, kayak foursome, 500 meters: silver

• Krisztián Veréb

  Men, kayak twos, 1000 meters: bronze

• Ákos Vereckei

  Men, kayak single, 500 meters: 4th place

  Men, kayak foursome, 1000 meters: gold

• Erzsébet Viski

  Women, kayak foursome, 500 meters: silver

• György Zala

  Men, canoe singles, 1000 meters: semi-finals

athletics

• Zita Ajkler

  Women, long jump: 23rd place in qualification

• Adrian Annus

  Men, hammer throw: 17th place in qualification

• László Babály, Jr.

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Tibor Bédi

  Men, 400 meter hurdles: prelims

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Levente Csillag

  Men, 110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals

• Zsolt Czingler

  Men, triple jump: 18th place in qualification

• Zoltán Czukor

  Men, walking 50 kilometers: disqualified

• Katalin Divós

  Women, hammer throw: 13th place in qualification

• Zétény Dombi

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Katalin Donáth

  Women, shot put: not a valid attempt in qualifying

• Gyula Dudás

  Men, 20 kilometers walking: 37th place

  Men, 50 kilometers walking: 37th place

• Róbert Fazekas

  Men, discus throw: 16th place in qualification

• Tibor Gécsek

  Men, hammer throw: 7th place

• Thóra Győrffy

  Women, high jump: 18th place in qualification

• Miklós Gyulai

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Rita Ináncsi

  Women, heptathlon: DNF

• Anikó Kálovics

  Women, 10,000 meters: heats

• Attila Kilvinger

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Szilárd Kiss

  Men, shot put: 25th place in qualification

• Balázs Korányi

  Men, 800 meters: semi-finals

• Balázs Kovács

  Men, 110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals

• Viktor Kovács

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Zoltán Kővágó

  Men, discus throw: no valid attempt in qualification

• Zsolt Kürtösi

  Men, decathlon: 8th place

• Gábor Máté

  Men, discus throw: 23rd place in qualification

• Judit Nagy-Földing

  Women, marathon: 17th place

• Zsolt Németh

  Men, hammer throw: 25th place in qualification

• Géza Pauer

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: prelims

• Barbara Petráhn

  Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals

• Mária Rosza-Urbanik

  Women, 20 kilometers walking: 18th place

• Nikolett Szabó

  Women, javelin: 14th place in qualification

• Zsuzsanna Szabó-Olgyai

  Women, pole vault: no valid attempt in qualification

• Anikó Szebenszky

  Women, 20 kilometers walking: 29th place

• Zsolt Szeglet

  Men, 400 meters: heats

  Men, 4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Sándor Urbanik

  Men, 20 kilometers walking: 29th place

• Do Vaszi

  Women, long jump: 7th place

• Attila Zsivóczky

  Men, decathlon: 8th place

Modern pentathlon

• Gábor Balogh

  Men, singles: silver

• Péter Sárfalvi

  Men, singles: 17th place

• Nóra Simóka

  Women, singles: 23rd place

• Zsuzsanna Vörös

  Women, singles: 15th place

Cycling

• Szilvia Szabolcsi

  Women, sprint: 5th place

  Women, 500 meter time trial: 12th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Viktória Fráter

  Singles: 20th place in qualification

Wrestling

• Sándor Bárdosi

  Class up to 85 kg, Greco-Roman: silver

• Tamás Berzicza

  Class up to 85 kg, Greco-Roman: 14th place

• Mihály Deák Bárdos

  Class up to 130 kg, Greco-Roman: 11th place

• Zsolt Gombos

  Class up to 130 kg, freestyle: 17th place

• Csaba Hirbik

  Class up to 69 kg, Greco-Roman: 15th place

• Gábor Kapuvári

  Class up to 85 kg, freestyle: 7th place

• Istvan Majoros

  Class up to 58 kg, Greco-Roman: 18th place

• Árpád knight

  Class up to 76 kg, freestyle: 18th place

rowing

• Anna Alliquander & Mónika Remsei

  Women, lightweight double sculls: 13th place

• Ákos Haller & Tibor Pető

  Men, double sculls: 5th place

shoot

• József Ángyán

  Men, running target: 12th place

• Roland Gerebics

  Men, double trap: 5th place

• Diána Igaly

  Women, skeet: bronze

• István Jambrik

  Men, air pistol: 42nd place

  Men, rapid fire pistol: 12th place

• Lajos Pálinkás

  Men, air pistol: 29th place

  Men, rapid fire pistol: 14th place

• Peter Sidi

  Men, air rifle: 15th place

  Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 25th place

  Men, small caliber, lying: 13th place

• József Sike

  Men, running target: 11th place

swim

• István Batházi

  Men, 200 meter medley: 19th place

  Men, 400 meter medley: 10th place

• Viktor Bodrogi

  Men, 200 meters back: eliminated in the run-up

  Men, 200 meters butterfly: 24th place

• Attila Czene

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 10th place

  Men, 200 meter medley: 4th place

• Orsolya Ferenczy

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 24th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 13th place

• Zsolt Gáspár

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 10th place

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 11th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 5th place

• Károly Güttler

  Men, 100 meters chest: 9th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 5th place

• Péter Horváth

  Men, 100 meters back: 10th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 5th place

• Annamária Kiss

  Women, 100 meters back: 36th place

  Women, 200 meters back: 28th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 13th place

• Ágnes Kovács

  Women, 100 meters chest: 5th place

  Women, 200 meters chest: gold

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 13th place

• Gyöngyvér Lakos

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 29th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 13th place

• Éva Risztov

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 29th place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 14th place

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: 16th place

• Norbert Rózsa

  Men, 200 meters chest: 13th place

• Jácint Simon

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 10th place

• Béla Szabados

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: 11th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 10th place

• Zoltán Szilágyi

  Men, 400 meters freestyle: 31st place

• Attila Zubor

  Men, 50 meters freestyle: 26th place

  Men, 100 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: 14th place

  Men, 4 × 100 meter medley: 5th place

sailing

• Áron Gádorfalvi

  Men, windsurfing: 24th place

• Balázs Hajdú

  Men, Finn dinghy: 15th place

• Marcell Goszleth & Ádám Szörényi

  Men, 470s: 29th place

• Luca Gádorfalvi

  Women, windsurfing: 25th place

• Tamás Eszes

  Laser: 18th place

Synchronized swimming

• Zsuzsanna Hámori & Petra Marschalkó

  Duet: 23rd place

Taekwondo

• József Salim

  Men, flyweight: 5th place

tennis

• Gábor Köves

  Men, doubles: 17th place

• Rita Kuti Kis

  Women, singles: 33rd place

• Petra Mandula

  Women, singles: 33rd place

  Women, doubles: 5th place

• Katalin Marosi-Aracama

  Women, singles: 33rd place

  Women, doubles: 5th place

• Attila Sávolt

  Men, singles: 33rd place

  Men, doubles: 17th place

Table tennis

• Csilla Bátorfi

  Women, singles: 17th place

  Women, doubles: 4th place

• Zita Molnár

  Women, singles: 33rd place

• Krisztina Tóth

  Women, singles: 9th place

  Women, doubles: 4th place

Triathlon

• Nóra Edöcsény-Hóbor

  Women, singles: 19th place

• Anikó Góg

  Women, singles: 39th place

• Csaba Kuttor

  Men, singles: 30th place

• Erika Molnár

  Women, singles: 23rd place

do gymnastics

• Szilveszter Csollány

  Men, individual all-around: 94th place in qualification

  Men, rings: gold

• Adrienn Nyeste

  Women, individual all-around: 77th place in qualification

  Women, floor: 63rd place in qualification

  Women, horse: 36th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 74th place in qualification

• Zoltan Supola

  Men, individual all-around: 72nd place in qualification

  Men, horse: 61st place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 62nd place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 36th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 6th place

Water polo

• Men's tournament

  gold

• Squad

  Tibor Benedek

  Péter Biros

  Rajmund Fodor

  Tamás Kásás

  Gergő Kiss

  Zoltán Kosz

  Tamás Märcz

  Tamás Molnár

  Barnabás stonemason

  Zoltán Szécsi

  Bulcsú Székely

  Zsolt Varga

  Attila Vári

Diving

• Nóra Barta

  Women, jumping: 22nd place

• András Hajnal

  Men, diving: 34th place

• Imre Lengyel

  Men, jumping: 11th place

• Orsolya Pintér

  Women, jumping: 25th place

Web links

• Hungarian Olympic Team from 2000 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )