Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Participant (Hungary)

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In 2008, Hungary took partin the Summer Olympics for the 24th time. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the canoeist Zoltán Kammerer . The Hungarian team competed in 20 sports, with a total of 171 athletes taking part. The Hungarian medal record was the worst since 1928; Furthermore, since 1924, Hungarian athletes have never won so few gold medals.

Medalist

Gold Medals (3)
discipline	athlete
Canoe, single-Canadian 1000 m (M)	Attila Vajda
Canoe, two-person kayak 500 m (B)	Natasa Janics , Katalin Kovács
Water polo (M)	Tibor Benedek , Péter Biros , István Gergely , Norbert Hosnyánszky , Tamás Kásás , Gábor Kis , Gergely Kiss , Norbert Madaras , Tamás Molnár , Zoltán Szécsi , Dániel Varga , Dénes Varga , Tamás Varga

Silver Medals (6)
discipline	athlete
Swimming, 200 m butterfly (M)	László Cseh
Swimming, 200 m medley (M)	László Cseh
Swimming, 400 m medley (M)	László Cseh
Athletics, hammer throw (M)	Krisztián Pars
Wrestling, Greco up to 84 kg (M)	Zoltan Fodor
Canoe, four-person kayak 500 m (B)	Natasa Janics , Katalin Kovács , Danuta Kozák , Gabriella Szabó

Bronze medals (2)
discipline	athlete
Fencing, epee single (F)	Ildikó Mincza-Nébald
Canoe, two-man Canadians 1000 m (M)	Tamás Kiss , György Kozmann

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Pál Bedák (light flyweight)
• Norbert Kalucza (flyweight)
• Gyula Káté (light welterweight)
• Imre Szellő (light heavyweight)
• Miklós Varga (lightweight)

fencing

Women:

• Edina Knapek (Foil Individual, Foil Team)
• Ildikó Mincza-Nébald (sword single )
• Aida Mohamed (foil individual, foil team)
• Orsolya Nagy (saber single)
• Emese Szász (sword single)
• Virgine Ujlaky (Foil Team)
• Gabriella Varga (Foil Individual, Foil Team)

Men:

• Gábor Boczkó (Epee Individual, Epee Team)
• Tamás Decsi (Saber Individual, Saber Team)
• Géza Imre (Epee Individual, Epee Team)
• Iván Kovács (Epee Team)
• Krisztián Kulcsár (Epee Individual, Epee Team)
• Balázs Lontay (Saber Team)
• Zsolt Nemcsik (Saber Individual, Saber Team)
• Áron Szilágyi (Saber Individual, Saber Team)

Weightlifting

Men:

• János Baranyai (up to 71 kg)

Handball

Hungarian women's national handball team

Bernadett Bódi Rita Borbás Bernadett Ferling Anita Görbicz Orsolya lord Ágnes Hornyák Mónika Kovacsicz

Katalin Pálinger Krisztina Pigniczki Piroska Szamoránszky Gabriella Szűcs Zsuzsanna Tomori Tímea Tóth Orsolya Vérten

Judo

Women:

• Bernadett Baczkó (up to 57 kg)
• Éva Csernoviczki (up to 48 kg)
• Anett Mészáros (up to 70 kg)

Men:

• Barna Bor (over 100kg)
• Dániel Hadfi (up to 100 kg)
• Miklós Ungvári (up to 66 kg)

Canoe racing

Women:

• Natasa Janics (two-person kayak 500 m , four-person kayak 500 m )
• Katalin Kovács (single kayak 500 m, two-person kayak 500 m , four-person kayak 500 m )
• Danuta Kozák (four-person kayak 500 m )
• Gabriella Szabó (four-person kayak 500 m )

Men:

• István Beé (four- person kayak 1000 m)
• Zoltán Benkő (single kayak 1000 m)
• Gábor Bozsik (four-person kayak 1000 m)
• Zoltán Kammerer (two-person kayak 500 m, two-person kayak 1000 m)
• Tamás Kiss (two-man Canadians 1000 m )
• György Kozmann (two-man Canadians 1000 m )
• Gábor Kucsera (two-person kayak 500 m, two-person kayak 1000 m)
• Mátyás Sáfrán (two-man Canadians 500 m)
• Mihály Sáfrán (two-man Canadians 500 m)
• Márton Sík (four-person kayak 1000 m)
• Attila Vajda (single-Canadian 500 m, single-Canadian 1000 m )
• Ákos Vereckei (single kayak 500 m, four- person kayak 1000 m)

athletics

Women:

• Györgyi Farkas (Heptathlon)
• Edina Füsti (20 km walking)
• Anikó Kálovics (10,000 m)
• Krisztina Molnár (pole vault)
• Éva Orbán (hammer throwing)
• Krisztina Papp (5000 m)
• Barbara Petráhn (400 m)
• Beáta Rakonczai (marathon)
• Nikolett Szabó (javelin throwing)
• Petra Teveli (marathon)
• Edit Vári (110 m hurdles)

Men:

• Zoltán Czukor (50 km walking)
• Róbert Fazekas (discus throwing)
• Dániel Kiss (110 m hurdles)
• Zoltán Kővágó (Discus Throwing)
• Lajos Kürthy (shot put)
• Gábor Máté (discus throwing)
• Csongor Olteán (javelin throwing)
• Krisztián Pars (hammer throwing )
• Attila Zsivoczky (decathlon)

Modern pentathlon

Women:

• Leila Gyenesei
• Zsuzsanna Vörös

Men:

• Gábor Balogh
• Viktor Horváth

Cycling

BMX

Women:

• Anikó Hódi

Men:

• Vilmos Radasics

Mountain bike

Men:

• András Parti

Street

• László Bodrogi (road race, time trial)
• Péter Kusztor (road race)

Wrestling

Women:

• Marianna Sastin (up to 63 kg)

Men:

• Ottó Aubéli (freestyle up to 120 kg)
• Péter Bácsi (Greco-Roman up to 74 kg)
• Mihály Deák Bárdos (Greco-Roman up to 120 kg)
• Zoltán Fodor (Greco-Roman up to 84 kg )
• Gergely Kiss (freestyle up to 96 kg)
• Tamás Lőrincz (Greco-Roman up to 66 kg)
• István Veréb (freestyle up to 74 kg)
• Lajos Virág (Greco-Roman up to 96 kg)

rowing

Men:

• Zsolt Hirling (lightweight double scull)
• Tamás Varga (lightweight double scull)

shoot

Women:

• Zsófia Csonka
• Diána Igaly
• Anita Tóth

Men:

• Roland Gerebics
• Peter Sidi

swim

Women:

• Katalin Bor (200 m chest)
• Beatrix Boulsevicz (200 m butterfly)
• Eszter Dara (100 m butterfly, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Éva Dobár (50 m freestyle)
• Katinka Hosszú (200 + 400 m layers)
• Zsuzsanna Jakabos (400 m medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Boglárka Kapás (400 m freestyle)
• Emese Kovács (200 m butterfly)
• Ágnes Mutina (200 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Réka Nagy (800 m freestyle)
• Réka Pecz (100 m chest)
• Nikolett Szepesi (100 + 200 m breast)
• Orsolya Tompa (100 m freestyle)
• Evelyn Verrasztó (200 m chest, 200 m medley, 4 × 200 m freestyle)

Men:

• Richard Bodor (100 m chest)
• László Cseh (200 m medley , 400 m medley , 200 m butterfly )
• Balázs Gercsák (400 m freestyle)
• Csaba Gercsák (10 km marathon)
• Dániel Gyurta (100 + 200 m chest)
• Tamás Kerékjártó (200 m medley, 200 m butterfly, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Gergő Kis (400 m medley, 1500 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Norbert Kovács (200 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Dominik Kozma (4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Ádám Madarassy (100 m butterfly)
• Balázs Makány (100 m freestyle)
• Roland Rudolf (100 + 200 m back)
• Krisztián Takács (50 m freestyle)

sailing

Women:

• Diána Detre (windsurfing)

Men:

• Zsombor Berecz (laser)
• Áron Gádorfalvi (windsurfing)

tennis

Women:

• Gréta Arn (doubles)
• Ágnes Szávay (single, double)

Table tennis

Women:

• Petra Lovas (singles)
• Georgina Póta (individual)
• Krisztina Tóth (individual)

Men:

• János Jakab (individual)

Triathlon

Women:

• Zita Szabó

Men:

• Csaba Kuttor

do gymnastics

Women:

• Dorina Böczögõ (individual all-around )

Men:

• Róbert Gál (individual all-around )

Water polo

Women's national team     Fruzsina Brávik Rita Drávucz Anett Gyore Patrícia Horváth Thóra Kisteleki Ágnes Primász Anikó Pelle Ildikó Zirighné Sós Mercedes Stieber Krisztina Szremkó Orsolya Takács Ágnes Valkai Krisztina Zantleitner

Men's national team Tibor Benedek Péter Biros István Gergely Norbert Hosnyánszky Tamás Kásás Gábor Kis Gergely Kiss Norbert Madaras Tamás Molnár Zoltán Szécsi Daniel Varga Dénes Varga Tamás Varga

Diving

• Nóra Barta (jumping 3 m)
• Villő Kormos (artificial jumping 3 m)