Hungary at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	HUN
NOC	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	178 (109 men and 69 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Rita Kőbán (canoeing)
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 8 Silver 6 Bronze 3 Total 17
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 178 competitors, 109 men and 69 women, took part in 137 events in 23 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Tímea Nagy	Fencing	Women's épée
Gold	Zoltán Kammerer Botond Storcz	Canoeing	K-2 500 metres
Gold	Gábor Horváth Zoltán Kammerer Ákos Vereckei Botond Storcz	Canoeing	K-4 1000 metres
Gold	György Kolonics	Canoeing	C-1 500 metres
Gold	Ferenc Novák Imre Pulai	Canoeing	C-2 500 metres
Gold	Szilveszter Csollány	Gymnastics	Men's rings
Gold	Ágnes Kovács	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke
Gold	Hungary men's national water polo team Tibor Benedek Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor Tamás Kásás Gergely Kiss Zoltán Kosz Tamás Märcz Tamás Molnár Rajmund Fodor Barnabás Steinmetz Zoltán Szécsi Bulcsú Székely Zsolt Varga Attila Vári	Water polo	Men's tournament
Silver	Gábor Balogh	Modern pentathlon	Men's Competition
Silver	Katalin Kovács Szilvia Szabó	Canoeing	Women's K-2 500 metres
Silver	Rita Kőbán Szilvia Szabó Erzsébet Viski Katalin Kovács	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 metres
Silver	Hungary women's national handball team Beatrix Balogh Rita Deli Ágnes Farkas Anikó Kántor Beatrix Kökény Anita Kulcsár Dóra Lőwy Anikó Nagy Ildikó Pádár Katalin Pálinger Krisztina Pigniczki Bojana Radulovics Beáta Siti Tamásné Zsémbery	Handball	Women's tournament
Silver	Erzsébet Márkus	Weightlifting	Women's 69 kg
Silver	Sándor Bárdosi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Bronze	Zsolt Erdei	Boxing	Middleweight
Bronze	Krisztián Bártfai Krisztián Veréb	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 metres
Bronze	Igaly Diána	Shooting	Women's skeet

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 m

• Zsolt Szeglet

• Round 1 — 46.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 m

• Balázs Korányi

• Round 1 — 01:46.21
• Semifinal — 01:47.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Balázs Kovács

• Round 1 — 13.83
• Round 2 — 13.78 (→ did not advance)

• Levente Csillag

• Round 1 — 13.66
• Round 2 — 13.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Tibor Bedi

• Round 1 — 51.54 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m

• Laszlo Babaly, Miklós Gyulai, Viktor Kovács, and Géza Pauer

• Round 1 — 39.52 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m

• Tibor Bedi, Zétény Dombi, Attila Kilvinger, and Zsolt Szeglet

• Round 1 — 03:06.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Szilard Kiss

• Qualifying — 18.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Róbert Fazekas

• Qualifying — 61.76 (→ did not advance)

• Gábor Máté

• Qualifying — 60.86 (→ did not advance)

• Zoltán Kővágó

• Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Tibor Gécsek

• Qualifying — 77.33
• Final — 77.70 (→ 7th place)

• Zsolt Németh

• Qualifying — 73.95 (→ did not advance)

• Adrián Annus

• Qualifying — 75.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Zsolt Czingler

• Qualifying — 16.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Sándor Urbanik

• Final — 0:01:26 (→ 29th place)

• Gyula Dudás

• Final — 1:28:34 (→ 37th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Gyula Dudás

• Final — 4:17:55 (→ 37th place)

• Zoltán Czukor

• Final — DSQ

Men's Decathlon

• Attila Zsivoczky

• 100 m — 11.10
• Long Jump — 7.00
• Shot Put — 14.96
• High Jump — 2.06
• 400 m — 48.61
• 100 m Hurdles — 15.27
• Discus Throw — 47.43
• Pole Vault — 4.80
• Javelin Throw — 65.87
• 1,500 m — 04:23.37

• • Points — 8277.00 (→ 8th place)
• Zsolt Kürtösi

• 100 m — 11.00
• Long Jump — 7.19
• Shot Put — 15.13
• High Jump — 2.00
• 400 m — 48.81
• 100 m Hurdles — 14.15
• Discus Throw — 46.62
• Pole Vault — 4.80
• Javelin Throw — 57.16
• 1,500 m — 04:43.39

• • Points — 8149.00 (→ 11th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m

• Barbara Petráhn

• Round 1 — 52.86
• Round 2 — 52.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• Anikó Kálovics

• Round 1 — 33:20.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Nikolett Szabó

• Qualifying — 58.86 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

• Katalin Divós

• Qualifying — 62.74 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Tünde Vaszi

• Qualifying — 6.70
• Final — 6.59 (→ 8th place)

• Zita Ajkler

• Qualifying — 6.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Dóra Győrffy

• Qualifying — 1.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

• Zsuzsanna Szabó

• Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

• Katalin Donath

• Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Mária Urbanik

• Final — 1:34:45 (→ 18th place)

• Anikó Szebenszky

• Final — 1:36:46 (→ 29th place)

Women's Marathon

• Judit Földing-Nagy

• Final — 2:30:54 (→ 17th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Rita Ináncsi

• 100 m Hurdles — 15.11
• High Jump — 1.69
• Shot Put — DNS
• 200 m — DNS

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Pál Lakatos
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Károly Balzsay
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Zsolt Erdei
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Vladislav Vizilter of Kyrgyzstan
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Oleksandr Zubrihin of Ukraine
  • Semifinal — Lost to Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov of Russia → Bronze Medal

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Ákos Vereckei

• Qualifying Heat — 01:42.089
• Semifinal — 01:39.574
• Final — 02:00.145 (→ 4th place)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Roland Kökény

• Qualifying Heat — 03:38.066
• Semifinal — 03:39.455 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Zoltan Kammerer and Botond Storcz

• Qualifying Heat — 01:31.144
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:47.055 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

• Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztian Vereb

• Qualifying Heat — 03:13.677
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 03:16.357 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Gabor Horvath, Zoltan Kammerer, Botond Storcz, and Ákos Vereckei

• Qualifying Heat — 02:58.096
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 02:55.188 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Gyorgy Kolonics

• Qualifying Heat — 01:51.492
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 02:24.813 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

• György Zala

• Qualifying Heat — 04:00.754
• Semifinal — 04:03.226 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák

• Qualifying Heat — 01:42.816
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:51.284 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák

• Qualifying Heat — 03:38.492
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 03:43.103 (→ 5th place)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Rita Kőbán

• Qualifying Heat — 01:50.777
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 02:19.668 (→ 6th place)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

• Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó

• Qualifying Heat — 01:42.298
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:58.580 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

• Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski

• Qualifying Heat — 01:33.312
• Semifinal — Bye
• Final — 01:34.946 (→ Silver Medal)

Cycling

Track Cycling

Women's Sprint

• Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi
  • Qualifying — 11.545
  • 1/8 Finals — Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine
  • 1/8 Finals Repechage — Heat 1; 1st place
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Oxana Grichina of Russia
  • Finals 5-8 — (→ 5th place)

Women's 500 m Time Trial

• Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi
  • Final — 35.778 (→ 12th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Imre Lengyel

• Preliminary — 382.98
• Semi-final — 222.60 — 605.58
• Final — 390.87 — 613.47 (→ 11th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Andras Hajinal

• Preliminary — 316.14 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Orsolya Pintér

• Preliminary — 239.64 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Fencing

Thirteen fencers, seven men and six women, represented Hungary in 2000.

Men's foil

• Márk Marsi

Men's épée

• Attila Fekete
• Iván Kovács

Men's team épée

• Attila Fekete, Márk Marsi, Iván Kovács

Men's sabre

• Domonkos Ferjancsik
• Csaba Köves
• Zsolt Nemcsik

Men's team sabre

• Zsolt Nemcsik, Csaba Köves, Domonkos Ferjancsik, Péter Takács

Women's foil

• Aida Mohamed
• Edina Knapek
• Gabriella Lantos

Women's team foil

• Edina Knapek, Gabriella Lantos, Aida Mohamed

Women's épée

• Tímea Nagy
• Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza
• Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth

Women's team épée

• Tímea Nagy, Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza, Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Competition

• Gábor Balogh — 5353pts (→ Silver Medal)
• Péter Sárfalvi — 4971pts (→ 17th place)

Women's Competition

• Zsuzsanna Vörös — 4866 pts (→ 15th place)
• Nóra Simóka — 3042pts (→ 23rd place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Five men and one woman competed for Hungary in the Sailing venue at the 2000 Olympics. The best finish was 15th.

Men's Mistral

• Aron Gadorfalvi

• Race 1 — (24)
• Race 2 — 19
• Race 3 — 19
• Race 4 — 23
• Race 5 — 21
• Race 6 — 23
• Race 7 — 21
• Race 8 — 17
• Race 9 — 14
• Race 10 — (37) OCS
• Race 11 — 20
• Final — 177 (24thplace)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Balázs Hajdú

• Race 1 — (26) DSQ
• Race 2 — 6
• Race 3 — 16
• Race 4 — 16
• Race 5 — 3
• Race 6 — 5
• Race 7 — (26) DNF
• Race 8 — 8
• Race 9 — 22
• Race 10 — 10
• Race 11 — 16
• Final — 102 (15th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Marcell S. Goszleth and Adam C. Szorenyi

• Race 1 — (30) OCS
• Race 2 — 20
• Race 3 — 19
• Race 4 — 18
• Race 5 — 25
• Race 6 — 24
• Race 7 — 26
• Race 8 — 17
• Race 9 — (29)
• Race 10 — 28
• Race 11 — 27
• Final — 204 (29th place)

Men's Laser

• Tamas Eszes

• Race 1 — 5
• Race 2 — (26)
• Race 3 — 9
• Race 4 — 13
• Race 5 — (44) DSQ
• Race 6 — 14
• Race 7 — 16
• Race 8 — 26
• Race 9 — 5
• Race 10 — 26
• Race 11 — 13
• Final — 127 (18thplace)

Women's Mistral

• Luca Gadorfalvi

• Race 1 — 23
• Race 2 — (26)
• Race 3 — 24
• Race 4 — 24
• Race 5 — (28)
• Race 6 — 21
• Race 7 — 25
• Race 8 — 21
• Race 9 — 15
• Race 10 — 23
• Race 11 — 25
• Final — 201 (25th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Attila Zubor

• Preliminary Heat — 23.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Attila Zubor

• Preliminary Heat — 49.79
• Semi-final — 49.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Béla Szabados

• Preliminary Heat — 1:50.10
• Semi-final — 1:49.36 (→ did not advance)

• Attila Zubor

• Preliminary Heat — 1:50.11
• Semi-final — 1:49.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Zoltán Szilágyi

• Preliminary Heat — 03:58.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Zsolt Gáspár

• Preliminary Heat — 53.29
• Semi-final — 53.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Viktor Bodrogi

• Preliminary Heat — 02:00.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Károly Güttler

• Preliminary Heat — 01:01.66
• Semi-final — 01:01.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Norbert Rózsa

• Preliminary Heat — 02:15.27
• Semi-final — 02:14.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Péter Horváth

• Preliminary Heat — 55.81
• Semi-final — 55.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Viktor Bodrogi

• Preliminary Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Attila Czene

• Preliminary Heat — 02:02.66
• Semi-final — 02:01.56
• Final — 02:01.16 (→ 4th place)

• István Batházi

• Preliminary Heat — 02:03.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• István Batházi

• Preliminary Heat — 04:18.85 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

• Attila Czene, Zsolt Gáspár, Jacint Simon, and Béla Szabados

• Preliminary Heat — 07:24.48 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley

• Péter Horváth, Károly Güttler, Zsolt Gáspár, and Attila Zubor

• Preliminary Heat — 03:38.58
• Final — 03:39.09 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Gyongyver Lakos

• Preliminary Heat — 57.71 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Éva Risztov

• Preliminary Heat — 04:18.48 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Éva Risztov

• Preliminary Heat — 08:43.07 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Orsolya Ferenczy

• Preliminary Heat — 01:01.15 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Éva Risztov

• Preliminary Heat — 02:11.32 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Ágnes Kovács

• Preliminary Heat — 01:08.50
• Semi-final — 01:07.79
• Final — 01:08.09 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Ágnes Kovács

• Preliminary Heat — 02:24.92
• Semi-final — 02:24.03 — Olympic Record
• Final — 02:24.35 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Annamaria Kiss

• Preliminary Heat — 01:06.12 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Annamaria Kiss

• Preliminary Heat — 02:20.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley

• Orsolya Ferenczy, Annamaria Kiss, Ágnes Kovács, and Gyongyver Lakos

• Preliminary Heat — 04:11.11 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet

• Zsuzsanna Hamori, Petra Marschalko

• Technical Routine — 28.957 Did not compete in free routine

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Attila Sávolt

• First Round — Lost to Paradorn Srichaphan (THA), 2-6 6-4 5-7

Women's Singles Competition

• Rita Kuti-Kis

• First Round — Lost to Amanda Coetzer (RSA), 1-6 1-6

• Petra Mandula

• First Round — Lost to Conchita Martínez (ESP), 1-6 0-6

• Katalin Marosi

• First Round — Lost to Monica Seles (USA), 0-6 1-6

Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition

• Csaba Kuttor — 1:51:05.74 (→ 30th place)

Women's Individual Competition

• Nora Edocseny — 2:05:20.03 (→ 19th place)
• Erika Molnar — 2:05:39.50 (→ 23rd place)
• Aniko Gog — 2:14:50.55 (→ 39th place)

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• 3-2-0

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated Italy (8-5)

• Semifinals

• Defeated Yugoslavia (8-7)

• Final

• Defeated Russia (13-6)

• Team Roster

• Tibor Benedek
• Péter Biros
• Rajmund Fodor
• Tamás Kásás
• Gergely Kiss
• Zoltán Kósz
• Tamás Märcz
• Tamás Molnár
• Barnabás Steinmetz
• Zoltán Szécsi
• Bulcsú Székely
• Attila Vári
• Zsolt Varga

• Head Coach: Dénes Kemény

Weightlifting

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Erzsébet Márkus	– 69 kg	105.0	110.0	112.5	125.0	130.0	137.5	242.5
Gyöngyi Likerecz	– 75 kg	102.5	105.0	107.5	122.5	125.0	125.0	227.5	5
Melinda Szik	+ 75 kg	102.5	102.5	107.5	122.5	127.5	127.5	235.0	9

Wrestling

Notes

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