Hungary at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 178 competitors, 124 men and 54 women, took part in 109 events in 17 sports.[1]

Hungary at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeHUN
NOCHungarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Montreal
Competitors178 (124 men and 54 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer Jenő Kamuti
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
4
Silver
5
Bronze
13
Total
22
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Gold
  • Miklós Németh — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
  • Ildikó Schwarczenberger — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
  • Zoltán Magyar — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
  • Gábor Csapó, Tibor Cservenyák, Tamás Faragó, György Gerendás, György Horkai, György Kenéz, Ferenc Konrád, Endre Molnár, László Sárosi, Attila Sudár, and István Szívós, Jr. — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Silver
  • Zoltán Sztanity — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles
  • Géza Csapó — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
  • Anna Pfeffer and Klára Rajnai — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
  • György Kőszegi — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
  • József Balla — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

Bronze
  • Zoltán Bakó and István Szabó — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
  • Tamás Wichmann — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
  • Tamás Buday and Oszkár Frey — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
  • Tamás Buday and Oszkár Frey — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
  • Klára Rajnai — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
  • Győző Kulcsár — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Ildikó Bóbis, Edit Kovács, Magda Maros, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, and Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
  • Márta Egervári — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
  • Éva Angyal, Ágota Bujdosó, Klára Horváth, Zsuzsanna Pethő, Katalin Tóth Harsányi, Rozália Toman, Márta Pacsai, Ilona Nagy, Marianna Nagy, Erzsébet Németh, Amália Sterbinszky, Borbála Tóth Harsányi, and Mária Vanya — Handball, Women's Team Competition
  • József Tuncsik — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)
  • Tamás Kancsal, Tibor Maracskó, and Svetiszláv Sasics — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
  • Péter Baczakó — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
  • László Réczi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's High Jump

  • Endre Kelemen
  • Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)
  • István Major
  • Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Ferenc Tégla
  • Qualification — 61.66m
  • Final — 60.54m (→ 11th place)
  • Janós Farago
  • Qualification — 60.06m
  • Final — 57.48m (→ 14th place)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

  • Imre Stankovics — 1:32:06 (→ 16th place)

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • György Gedó
  • First Round — Defeated Said Bashiri (IRN), KO-2
  • Second Round — Defeated Serdamba Batsuk (MGL), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Payao Pooltarat (THA), 1:4

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Sandor Orbán
  • First Round — Lost to Said Ahmed El-Ashry (EGY), 0:5

Cycling

One cyclist represented Hungary in 1976.

Individual pursuit
  • Gábor Szűcs — 16th place

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1976.

Men's foil
  • József Komatits
  • Lajos Somodi Jr.
  • Jenő Kamuti
Men's team foil
  • József Komatits, Csaba Fenyvesi, Lajos Somodi Jr., Jenő Kamuti, Sándor Erdős
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
  • Péter Marót, Tamás Kovács, Imre Gedővári, Ferenc Hammang, Csaba Körmöczi
Women's foil
  • Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi
  • Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis
  • Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő
Women's team foil
  • Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Magda Maros, Edit Kovács

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Handball
Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1976, winning bronze in the team event.

Individual
  • Tamás Kancsal
  • Tibor Maracskó
  • Szvetiszláv Sasics
Team
  • Tamás Kancsal
  • Tibor Maracskó
  • Szvetiszláv Sasics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Women's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group A)
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Defeated Canada (3-1)
  • Defeated Peru (3-1)
  • Semi Finals
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Lost to South Korea (1-3) → Fourth place
  • Team roster
  • Zsuzsa Szloboda
  • Gyöngyi Bardi
  • Eva Biszku
  • Zsuzsa Biszku
  • Lucia Banhegyi
  • Gabriella Fekete
  • Agnes Hubai
  • Judit Schlegl
  • Agnes Torma
  • Katalin Schadek
  • Emerencia Kiraly
  • Eva Szalay
  • Head coach: Gabriella Kotsis

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "Hungary at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
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