Hungary competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 217 competitors, 159 men and 58 women, took part in 156 events in 23 sports.
Rita Kőbán, Éva Dónusz, Erika Mészáros and Kinga Czigány — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m
Bence Szabó — Fencing, Men's sabre
Henrietta Ónodi — Gymnastics, Women's vault
Antal Kovács — Judo, Men's Half Heavyweight (95 kg)
Tamás Darnyi — Swimming, Men's 200 m individual medley
Tamás Darnyi — Swimming, Men's 400 m individual medley
Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 100 m backstroke
Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 200 m backstroke
Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 400 m individual medley
Attila Repka — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight (68 kg)
Péter Farkas — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight (82 kg)
Zsolt Gyulai — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel, and Zsolt Gyulai — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours
Rita Kőbán — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
Ferenc Hegedűs, Ernõ Kolczonay, Iván Kovács, Krisztián Kulcsár, and Gábor Totola — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Competition
Péter Abay, Imre Bujdosó, Csaba Köves, György Nébald, and Bence Szabó — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
Henrietta Ónodi — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
József Csák — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
Bertalan Hajtós — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
Attila Mizsér — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
Norbert Rózsa — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Norbert Rózsa — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Tünde Szabó — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
István Kovács — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
György Mizsei — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Zoltán Béres — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
György Zala — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles
Éva Dónusz and Rita Kőbán — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
Imre Csősz — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
Attila Czene — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
After missing the 1984 and 1988 archery competition, Hungary returned in 1992. The nation was represented by three women, only one of whom advanced to the elimination rounds. She won her first match before falling in the second round.
Women's Individual Competition:
Judit Kovacs — Round of 16, 16th place (1-1)
Marina Szendei — Ranking round, 35th place (0-0)
Timea Kiss — Ranking round, 54th place (0-0)
Women's Team Competition:
Kovacs, Szendei, and Kiss — Round of 16, 15th place (0-1)
Men's 400 metres
Tamás Molnár
Men's 10,000 metres
Zoltán Káldy
Heat — 28:21.96
Final — 28:34.21 (→ 12th place)
Men's Marathon
Gyula Borka — 2:20.46 (→ 38th place)
Csaba Szűcs — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 20 km Walk
Sándor Urbanik
Final — 1:26:08 (→ 8th place)
Men's Pole Vault
István Bagyula
Men's Long Jump
László Szalma
Qualification — 7.47 m (→ did not advance)
Csaba Almási
Qualification — 7.69 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Tibor Gécsek
Qualification — 76.48 m
Final — 77.78 m (→ 4th place)
Men's Discus Throw
Attila Horváth
Qualification — 62.26 m
Final — 62.82 m (→ 5th place)
József Ficsór
Qualification — 58.84 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Dezső Szabó
Sándor Munkácsy
Women's 200 metres
Ágnes Kozáry
Women's 400 metres
Judit Forgács
Women's Marathon
Karolina Szabó — 2:40.10 (→ 11th place)
Women's 4×400 metres Relay
Edit Molnár
Ágnes Kozáry
Éva Baráti
Judit Forgács
Women's 10 km Walk
Mária Urbanik
Final — 45:50 (→ 12th place)
Ildikó Ilyés
Final — 45:54 (→ 13th place)
Andrea Alföldi
Final — 46:35 (→ 18th place)
Women's High Jump
Judit Kovács
Qualification — 1.90 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
Rita Ináncsi
Women's Javelin Throw
Kinga Zsigmond
Qualification — 60.74 m
Final — 56.54 m (→ 10th place)
Women's Heptathlon
Rita Ináncsi
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Pál Lakatos
First Round — Defeated Vladimir Ganzcenko (EUN), RSC-2
Second Round — Defeated Dong-Bum Cho (KOR), 20:15
Quarterfinals — Lost to Daniel Petrov (ROM), 8:17
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
János Petrovics
First Round — Lost to Moses Odion (NIG),
Four cyclists, three men and one woman, represented Hungary in 1992.
Men's road race
Csaba Steig
Károly Eisenkrammer
Men's points race
Miklós Somogyi
Women's road race
Éva Izsák — 2:29:22 (→ 51st place)
Women's 3m Springboard
Ágnes Gerlach
Preliminary Round — 265.86 points (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 10m Platform
Ibolya Nagy
Preliminary Round — 269.52 points (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Brigitta Cserba
Preliminary Round — 236.10 points (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Mixed Jumping Individual
Vilmos Göttler
Mixed Three-Day Event Individual
Attila Soós, Jr.
Tibor Herczegfalvy
Attila Ling
Zsolt Bubán
Mixed Three-Day Event Team
Attila Soós, Jr.
Tibor Herczegfalvy
Attila Ling
Zsolt Bubán
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women represented Hungary in 1992.
Men's foil
Zsolt Érsek
István Busa
Róbert Kiss
Men's team foil
István Busa, Zsolt Érsek, Róbert Gátai, Róbert Kiss, Zsolt Németh
Men's épée
Iván Kovács
Krisztián Kulcsár
Ferenc Hegedűs
Men's team épée
Iván Kovács, Krisztián Kulcsár, Ferenc Hegedűs, Ernő Kolczonay, Gábor Totola
Men's sabre
Bence Szabó
Csaba Köves
György Nébald
Men's team sabre
Bence Szabó, Csaba Köves, György Nébald, Péter Abay, Imre Bujdosó
Women's foil
Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi
Gertrúd Stefanek
Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza
Women's team foil
Gabriella Lantos, Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza, Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi, Ildikó Pusztai, Gertrúd Stefanek
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Hungary — South Korea 18-22
Hungary — Brazil 21-27
Hungary — Iceland 16-22
Hungary — Sweden 21-25
Hungary — Czechoslovakia 18-20
Classification Match
7th/8th place: Hungary — Romania 23-19 (→ Seventh place)
Team Roster
Imre Biró
Attila Borsos
Otto Csicsay
István Csoknyai
József Éles
Ferenc Füzesi
Sándor Györffi
Attila Horváth
Mihály Iváncsik
László Marosi
Richard Mezei
Zsolt Perger
Jakab Sibalin
László Sótonyi
János Szathmári
Igor Zubjuk
Head Coach: Attila Joosz
Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1992. Attila Mizsér won a silver medal in the individual event.
Individual
Attila Mizsér
László Fábián
Attila Kálnoki Kis
Team
Attila Mizsér
László Fábián
Attila Kálnoki Kis
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Béla Szabados
Heat — 50.78 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Béla Szabados
Heat — 1:52.50 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Zoltán Szilágyi
Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Zoltán Szilágyi
Heat — 3:56.68 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Zoltán Szilágyi
Heat — 15:52.80 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Tamás Deutsch
Heat — 56.47
B-Final — 56.70 (→ 13th place)
Olivér Ágh
Heat — 59.02 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Tamás Deutsch
Heat — 2:00.50
Final — 2:00.06 (→ 7th place)
Olivér Ágh
Heat — 2:04.52 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Norbert Rózsa
Heat — 1:02.25
Final — 1:01.68 (→ Silver Medal)
Károly Güttler
Heat — 1:02.28
B-Final — 1:01.84 (→ 9th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Norbert Rózsa
Heat — 2:12.95
Final — 2:11.23 (→ Silver Medal)
Károly Güttler
Heat — 2:14.31
Final — 2:13.32 (→ 5th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Péter Horváth
Heat — 56.09 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Tamás Darnyi
Heat — 2:01.29
Final — 2:00.76 (→ Gold Medal)
Attila Czene
Heat — 2:02.05
Final — 2:01.00 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Tamás Darnyi
Heat — 4:18.34
Final — 4:14.23 (→ Gold Medal)
Attila Czene
Heat — 4:26.31
B-Final — 4:21.28 (→ 9th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Tamás Deutsch, Norbert Rózsa, Péter Horváth, and Béla Szabados
Heat — 3:43.61
Final — 3:42.03 (→ 6th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Judit Kiss
Heat — 4:24.01 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Judit Kiss
Heat — 8:58.16 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Krisztina Egerszegi
Heat — 1:00.85
Final — 1:00.68 (→ Gold Medal)
Tünde Szabó
Heat — 1:02.14
Final — 1:01.14 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Krisztina Egerszegi
Heat — 2:07.34
Final — 2:07.06 (→ Gold Medal)
Tünde Szabó
Heat — 2:13.81
Final — 2:12.94 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Gabriella Csépe
Heat — 1:10.58
Final — 1:10.19 (→ 6th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Gabriella Csépe
Heat — 2:32.04
B-Final — 2:31.15 (→ 9th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Krisztina Egerszegi
Heat — 4:43.83
Final — 4:36.54 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's Singles Competition
László Markovits
First round — Lost to Mark Koevermans (Netherlands) 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, 2-6
Men's Doubles Competition
László Markovits and Sándor Noszály
First round — Lost to George Cosac and Dinu Pescariu (Romania) retired
Preliminary Round
Tied with Italy (7-7)
Defeated Cuba (12-11)
Lost to Spain (5-8)
Defeated Greece (12-7)
Tied with the Netherlands (13-13)
Classification Matches
Defeated Germany (8-7)
Lost to Australia (8-9) → Sixth place
Team Roster
Tibor Benedek
István Dóczi
András Gyöngyösi
Péter Kuna
Gábor Nemes
Imre Péter
Zsolt Petõváry
Gábor Schmiedt
Frank Tóth
Imre Tóth
László Tóth
Zsolt Varga
Balázs Vincze
Head Coach: György Horkai
Men's Bantamweight (– 56 kg)
Tibor Karczag
Ferenc Lénárt
Men's Featherweight (– 60 kg)
Attila Czanka
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 82.5 kg)
László Barsi
István Mészáros
Men's Middle-Heavyweight (– 90 kg)
István Dudás
István Halász
Men's Heavyweight I (– 100 kg)
Andor Szanyi
Men's Heavyweight II (– 110 kg)
László Németh
Tibor Stark
