Hungary competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 232 competitors, 187 men and 45 women, took part in 134 events in 20 sports.
András Balczó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
György Gedó — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
Csaba Fenyvesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
Sándor Erdős, Csaba Fenyvesi, Győző Kulcsár, István Osztrics, and Pál Schmitt — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
Imre Földi — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Csaba Hegedűs — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
András Balczó, Zsigmond Villányi, and Pál Bakó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
László Orbán — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
János Kajdi — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
József Deme and János Rátkai — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
Tamás Wichmann — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
Jenő Kamuti — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Péter Marót — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
Ildikó Bóbis — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
Ildikó Bóbis, Ildikó Rónay, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Mária Szolnoki, and Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Lajos Szűcs — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
István Géczi, Péter Vépi, Miklós Páncsics, Péter Juhász, Lajos Szűcs, Mihály Kozma, Antal Dunai, Lajos Kű, Béla Váradi, Ede Dunai, László Bálint, Lajos Kocsis, Kálmán Tóth, László Branikovics, József Kovács, Csaba Vidács, and Ádám Rothermel — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
András Bodnár, Tibor Cservenyák, István Görgényi, Tamás Faragó, Zoltán Kásás, Ferenc Konrád, István Magas, Dénes Pócsik, László Sárosi, Endre Molnár, and István Szívós, Jr. — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
András Botos — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
Géza Csapó — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
Anna Pfeffer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Gyözõ Kulcsár — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
Péter Marót, Péter Bakonyi, Pál Gerevich, Tamás Kovács, and Tibor Pézsa — Fencing, Men's
Ilona Békési, Mónika Császár, Márta Kelemen, Anikó Kéry, Krisztina Medveczky, and Zsuzsanna Nagy — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
Lajos Papp — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions
András Hargitay — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
Sándor Holczreiter — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
János Benedek — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
György Horváth — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
Ferenc Kiss — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
László Klinga — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
Károly Bajkó — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
József Csatári — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Hungary entered one man and one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Hamvas Agnes Hajdene, at 22nd place in the women's competition.
Women's Individual Competition:
Hamvas Agnes Hajdene — 2265 points (→ 22nd place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Bela Nagy — 2302 points (→ 34th place)
Men's 800 metres
András Zsinka
Heat — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Adam Szepesi
Qualifying Round — 2.15 m
Final — 2.18 m (→ 5th place)
István Major
Qualifying Round — 2.15 m
Final — 2.15 m (→ 6th place)
Jozsef Tihanyi
Qualification Round — 2.09 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Géza Fejér
Qualifying Round — 61.58 m
Final — 62.62 m (→ 5th place)
Ferenc Tégla
Qualifying Round — 60.60 m
Final — 60.60 m (→ 7th place)
János Murányi
Qualifying Round — 60.34 m
Final — 57.92 m (→ 12th place)
Women's High Jump
Erika Rudolf
Qualifying Round — 1.76m
Final — 1.79m (→ 16th place)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Sandor Orbán
First Round — Lost to Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), walk-over
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
János Kajdi → Silver Medal
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated James Vrij (HOL), 4:1
Third Round — Defeated Damdiniav Bandi (MGL), KO-2
Quarterfinals — Defeated Maurice Hope (GBR), 5:0
Semifinals — Defeated Richard Murunga (KEN), 4:1
Final — Lost to Emilio Correa (CUB), 0:5
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Jozsef Reder
First Round — Lost to Ion Alexe (ROM), 0:5
Four cyclists represented Hungary in 1972.
Individual road race
András Takács — 23rd place
Tibor Debreceni — 64th place
Imre Géra — 67th place
József Peterman — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Tibor Debreceni
Imre Géra
József Peterman
András Takács
19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1972. Hungary finished top of the fencing medal table with eight in total: two gold, four silver, and two bronze.
Men's foil
Jenő Kamuti
Sándor Szabó
László Kamuti
Men's team foil
Sándor Szabó, Csaba Fenyvesi, László Kamuti, István Marton, Jenő Kamuti
Men's épée
Csaba Fenyvesi
Győző Kulcsár
Pál Schmitt
Men's team épée
Csaba Fenyvesi, Győző Kulcsár, Pál Schmitt, Sándor Erdős, István Osztrics
Men's sabre
Péter Marót
Tamás Kovács
Tibor Pézsa
Men's team sabre
Tibor Pézsa, Péter Marót, Péter Bakonyi, Tamás Kovács, Pál Gerevich
Women's foil
Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis
Mária Szolnoki
Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő
Women's team foil
Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Mária Szolnoki, Ildikó Rónay-Matuscsák
Men's Team Competition
First Round (Group C)
Defeated Iran (5-0)
Drew with Brazil (2-2)
Defeated Denmark (2-0)
Second Round (Group 1)
Defeated East Germany (2-0)
Defeated West Germany (4-1)
Defeated Mexico (2-0)
Final
Lost to Poland (2-1) → Silver Medal
Team Roster
László Bálint
László Branikovits
Antal Dunai
Ede Dunai
István Géczi
Péter Juhász
Lajos Kocsis
József Kovács
Mihály Kozma
Lajos Kű
Miklós Páncsics
Ádám Rothermel
Lajos Szűcs
Kálmán Tóth
Béla Várady
Péter Vépi
Csaba Vidáts
Handball
Hungary's first two games resulted in victories over the United States and Japan, guaranteeing the team a berth in the second round regardless of the result of the third game. However, that loss to Yugoslavia carried over into the second round, putting the Hungarians at a disadvantage. Losses to Romania and West Germany put Hungary into last place in the division. The team played against Sweden for seventh and eighth places, losing 19-18.
Men's Team Competition:
Hungary - 8th place (2-4-0)
Roster - János Adorján, Béla Bartalos, János Csík, László Harka, József Horváth, Gyula Hurth, Sandor Kaló, István Marosi, Lajos Simó, János Stiller, István Szabó, László Szabó, Sándor Takács, István Varga, Károly Vass, and Sandor Vass
Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1972. András Balczó won an individual gold while the team won silver.
Men's Individual Competition:
András Balczó - 5412 points (→ Gold Medal)
Zsigmond Villányi - 5047 points (12th place)
Pál Bakó - 4879 points (15th place)
Men's Team Competition:
Balczó, Villányi, and Bakó - 15348 points (→ Silver Medal)
Alternate Member: Peter Kelemen
Nine shooters represented Hungary in 1972. Lajos Papp won bronze in the 300 m rifle, three positions event.
25 m pistol
Szilárd Kun
50 m pistol
Kornél Marosvári
Pál Katkó
300 m rifle, three positions
Lajos Papp
Béla Nagy
50 m rifle, three positions
László Hammerl
Sándor Nagy
50 m rifle, prone
László Hammerl
Sándor Nagy
50 m running target
Gyula Szabó
István Jenei
Men's 100m Frbeestyle
István Szentirmay
Heat — 54.71s (→ did not advance)
Attila Csészéri
Heat — 55.37s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Attila Csészéri
Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated The Netherlands (3-0)
Drew with West Germany (3-3)
Defeated Greece (6-1)
Defeated Australia (10-2)
Final Round (Group I)
Defeated Italy (8-7)
Defeated United States (5-3)
Defeated Yugoslavia (4-2)
Drew with Soviet Union (3-3) → Silver Medal
Team Roster
András Bodnár
Tibor Cservenyák
István Görgényi
Tamás Faragó
Zoltán Kásás
Ferenc Konrád
István Magas
Dénes Pócsik
László Sárosi
Endre Molnár
István Szívós, Jr.
