Hungary competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 212 competitors, 147 men and 65 women, took part in 145 events in 24 sports.
Balázs Kiss — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw
István Kovács — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs
Rita Kőbán — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
Norbert Rózsa — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Attila Czene — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
Attila Adrovicz, Ferenc Csipes, Gábor Horváth and András Rajna — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours
Csaba Köves, József Navarrete and Bence Szabó — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
Szilveszter Csollány — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
Károly Güttler — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Imre Pulai — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles
György Zala — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles
Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Singles
Géza Imre — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
Gyöngyi Szalay — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual
Éva Erdős, Andrea Farkas, Beáta Hoffmann, Anikó Kántor, Erzsébet Kocsis, Beatrix Kökény, Eszter Mátéfi, Auguszta Mátyás, Anikó Meksz, Anikó Nagy, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Beáta Siti, Anna Szántó, Katalin Szilágyi, and Beatrix Tóth — Handball, Women's Team Competition
János Martinek — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
Ágnes Kovács — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Attila Feri — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (70 kg)
Hungary's two veterans in Atlanta were both defeated in the first round.
Women's Individual Competition:
Judit Kovács → Round of 64, 45th place (0–1)
Timea Kiss → Round of 64, 51st place (0–1)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
Dusan Kovács
Heat — 49.23 s
Semi Final — 48.57 s (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
János Uzsoki
Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's Triple Jump
Tibor Ordina
Qualification — 16.04m (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's Discus Throw
Attila Horváth
Qualification — 62.90 m
Final — 62.28 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
Balázs Kiss
Qualification — 78.34m
Final — 81.24m (→ Gold Medal)
Zsolt Németh
Qualification — 73.68m (→ did not advance)
Adrián Annus
Qualification — 72.58m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon
Zsolt Kürtösi
Final Result — 7755 points (→ 27th place)
Women's Heptathlon
Rita Ináncsi
Final Result — 6336 points (→ 6th place)
Women's Long Jump
Tünde Vaszi
Qualification — 6.73m
Final — 6.60m (→ 9th place)
Rita Ináncsi
Qualification — 6.02m (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump
Zita Balint
Qualification — NM (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon
Judit Nagy — 2:38.43 (→ 36th place)
Women's 10 km Walk
Mária Urbanik – 43:32 (→ 9th place)
Anikó Szebenszky – 45:57 (→ 27th place)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
István Kovács → Gold Medal
First Round — Defeated Soner Karaoz (Turkey), 15-3
Second Round — Defeated Khurshed Khasanov (Tajikistan), 17-3
Quarter Finals — Defeated George Olteanu (Romania), 24-2
Semi Finals — Defeated Vichairachanon Khadpo (Thailand), 12-7
Final — Defeated Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 14-7
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
János Nagy
First Round — Defeated John Kelman (Barbados), referee stopped contest in third round
Second Round — Defeated Daniel Attah (Nigeria), 14-12
Quarter Finals — Lost to Pablo Chacón (Argentina), 7–18
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
József Nagy
First Round — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
György Mizsei
First Round — Defeated Richard Rowles (Australia), 10-2
Second Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 6–14
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Zsolt Erdei
First Round — Defeated Juan Pablo Lopez (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third round
Second Round — Lost to Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey), 8–9
Men's 3m Springboard
Imre Lengyel
Preliminary Heat — 346.74
Semi Final — 204.51 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
Orsolya Pintér
Preliminary Heat — 206.52 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Fifteen fencers, nine men and six women, represented Hungary in 1996.
Men's foil
Zsolt Érsek
Márk Marsi
Róbert Kiss
Men's team foil
Márk Marsi, Róbert Kiss, Zsolt Érsek
Men's épée
Géza Imre
Iván Kovács
Krisztián Kulcsár
Men's team épée
Géza Imre, Iván Kovács, Krisztián Kulcsár
Men's sabre
József Navarrete
Bence Szabó
Csaba Köves
Men's team sabre
Bence Szabó, Csaba Köves, József Navarrete
Women's foil
Aida Mohamed
Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi
Gabriella Lantos
Women's team foil
Aida Mohamed, Gabriella Lantos, Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi
Women's épée
Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth
Tímea Nagy
Adrienn Hormay
Women's team épée
Adrienn Hormay, Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth, Tímea Nagy
Men's Individual Competition:
János Martinek — 5501 pts (→ Bronze Medal)
Ákos Hanzély — 5435 pts (→ 6th place)
Péter Sárfalvi — 5196 pts (→ 21st place)
Men's Laser sailing
Tamás Eszes
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Attila Zubor
Heat — 50.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Béla Szabados
Heat — 51.26 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Attila Czene
Heat — 1:51.59 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Miklós Kollár
Heat — 1:52.19 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Béla Szabados
Heat — 3:59.36 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Tamás Deutsch
Heat — 56.96 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Olivér Ágh
Heat — 2:01.84
B-Final — 2:02.17 (→ 12th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Károly Güttler
Heat — 1:01.80
Final — 1:01.49 (→ 4th place)
Norbert Rózsa
Heat — 1:02.72
B-Final — scratched
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Norbert Rózsa
Heat — 2:14.66
Final — 2:12.57 (→ Gold Medal)
Károly Güttler
Heat — 2:13.89
Final — 2:13.03 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Péter Horváth
Heat — 53.69
B-Final — 53.48 (→ 11th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Péter Horváth
Heat — 1:58.76
Final — 1:59.12 (→ 8th place)
Attila Czene
Heat — 2:00.50
B-Final — 1:58.99 (→ 9th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Attila Czene
Heat — 2:02.10
Final — 1:59.91 (→ Gold Medal)
Attila Zubor
Heat — 2:06.24 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
István Batházi
Heat — 4:27.37
B-Final — DSQ
Gergő Kis
Heat — 4:28.05 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler, Péter Horváth, and Attila Zubor
Heat — 3:41.05
Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler, Péter Horváth, and Attila Czene
Final — 3:40.84 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Anna Nyíry
Heat — 57.82 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
Rita Kovács
Heat — 9:06.97 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Krisztina Egerszegi
Heat — 2:09.18
Final — 2:07.83 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Ágnes Kovács
Heat — 1:09.05
Final — 1:09.55 (→ 7th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Ágnes Kovács
Heat — 2:29.58
Final — 2:26.57 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Edit Klocker
Heat — 1:03.61 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
Edit Klocker
Heat — 2:17.90 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Krisztina Egerszegi
Heat — 4:43.09
Final — 4:42.53 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Krisztina Egerszegi, Ágnes Kovács, Edit Klocker, and Anna Nyíry
Heat — 4:10.92 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Men's Singles Competition
Sándor Noszály
First round — Lost to Oleg Ogorodov (Uzbekistan) 5–7, 6–7
Women's Singles Competition
Virág Csurgó
First round — Defeated Aleksandra Olsza (Poland) 6-2 7-5
Second round — Lost to Kimiko Date (Japan) 2–6 3–6
Andrea Temesvári
First round — Lost to Judith Wiesner (Austria) 6–7 4–6
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Defeated Russia (8–7)
Defeated Germany (9–8)
Defeated Netherlands (10–8)
Defeated Spain (8–7)
Defeated Yugoslavia (12–8)
Quarterfinals
Defeated Greece (12–8)
Semifinals
Lost to Spain (6–7)
Bronze Medal Match
Lost to Italy (18–20) → Fourth place
Team Roster
Tibor Benedek
Rajmund Fodor
Tamás Kásás
Zoltan Kosz
András Gyöngyösi
Péter Kuna
László Tóth
Balázs Vincze
Frank Tóth
Zsolt Varga
Tamás Dala
Attila Monostori
Zsolt Németh
Head Coach: György Horkai
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