Hungary at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 López (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
• Alternates
• Gergely Kisgyorgy
• Daniel Somogyi

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Tibor Karczag	– 54 kg	107.5	107.5	107.5	—	—	—	DNF	—
Zoltán Farkas	– 59 kg	130.0	132.5	132.5	140.0	145.0	150.0	280.0	8
Adrián Popa	– 64 kg	130.0	135.0	137.5	167.5	172.5	172.5	307.5	5
Zoltán Kecskés	– 64 kg	130.0	135.0	137.5	162.5	167.5	170.0	302.5	8
Attila Feri	– 70 kg	152.5	152.5	155.0	187.5	187.5	192.5	340.0
Gábor Molnár	– 70 kg	145.0	145.0	145.0	—	—	—	DNF	—
Tibor Stark	+ 108 kg	180.0	185.0	187.5	220.0	227.5	230.0	415.0	8