Hungary at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 178 competitors, 109 men and 69 women, took part in 137 events in 23 sports.[1]

Hungary at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeHUN
NOCHungarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Sydney
Competitors178 (109 men and 69 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer Rita Kőbán (canoeing)
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
8
Silver
6
Bronze
3
Total
17
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldTímea NagyFencingWomen's épée
 GoldZoltán Kammerer
Botond Storcz		CanoeingK-2 500 metres
 GoldGábor Horváth
Zoltán Kammerer
Ákos Vereckei
Botond Storcz		CanoeingK-4 1000 metres
 GoldGyörgy KolonicsCanoeingC-1 500 metres
 GoldFerenc Novák
Imre Pulai		CanoeingC-2 500 metres
 GoldSzilveszter CsollányGymnasticsMen's rings
 GoldÁgnes KovácsSwimmingWomen's 200 m breaststroke
 GoldHungary men's national water polo team
 Water poloMen's tournament
 SilverGábor BaloghModern pentathlonMen's Competition
 SilverKatalin Kovács
Szilvia Szabó		CanoeingWomen's K-2 500 metres
 SilverRita Kőbán
Szilvia Szabó
Erzsébet Viski
Katalin Kovács		CanoeingWomen's K-4 500 metres
 SilverHungary women's national handball team
 HandballWomen's tournament
 SilverErzsébet MárkusWeightliftingWomen's 69 kg
 SilverSándor BárdosiWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 85 kg
 BronzeZsolt ErdeiBoxingMiddleweight
 BronzeKrisztián Bártfai
Krisztián Veréb		CanoeingMen's K-2 1000 metres
 BronzeDiána IgalyShootingWomen's skeet

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 m

  • Zsolt Szeglet
  • Round 1 – 46.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 m

  • Balázs Korányi
  • Round 1 – 01:46.21
  • Semifinal – 01:47.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Balázs Kovács
  • Round 1 – 13.83
  • Round 2 – 13.78 (→ did not advance)
  • Levente Csillag
  • Round 1 – 13.66
  • Round 2 – 13.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Tibor Bedi
  • Round 1 – 51.54 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m

  • Laszlo Babaly, Miklós Gyulai, Viktor Kovács, and Géza Pauer
  • Round 1 – 39.52 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m

  • Tibor Bedi, Zétény Dombi, Attila Kilvinger, and Zsolt Szeglet
  • Round 1 – 03:06.50 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Szilard Kiss
  • Qualifying – 18.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

  • Qualifying – 61.76 (→ did not advance)
  • Gábor Máté
  • Qualifying – 60.86 (→ did not advance)
  • Zoltán Kővágó
  • Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Tibor Gécsek
  • Qualifying – 77.33
  • Final – 77.70 (→ 7th place)
  • Zsolt Németh
  • Qualifying – 73.95 (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying – 75.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Zsolt Czingler
  • Qualifying – 16.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Sándor Urbanik
  • Final – 0:01:26 (→ 29th place)
  • Gyula Dudás
  • Final – 1:28:34 (→ 37th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Gyula Dudás
  • Final – 4:17:55 (→ 37th place)
  • Zoltán Czukor
  • Final – DSQ

Men's Decathlon

  • Attila Zsivoczky
  • 100 m – 11.10
  • Long jump – 7.00
  • Shot put – 14.96
  • High jump – 2.06
  • 400 m – 48.61
  • 100 m Hurdles – 15.27
  • Discus throw – 47.43
  • Pole vault – 4.80
  • Javelin throw – 65.87
  • 1,500 m – 04:23.37
    • Points – 8277.00 (→ 8th place)
  • Zsolt Kürtösi
  • 100 m – 11.00
  • Long jump – 7.19
  • Shot put – 15.13
  • High jump – 2.00
  • 400 m – 48.81
  • 100 m Hurdles – 14.15
  • Discus throw – 46.62
  • Pole vault – 4.80
  • Javelin throw – 57.16
  • 1,500 m – 04:43.39
    • Points – 8149.00 (→ 11th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m

  • Barbara Petráhn
  • Round 1 – 52.86
  • Round 2 – 52.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

  • Anikó Kálovics
  • Round 1 – 33:20.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Nikolett Szabó
  • Qualifying – 58.86 (→ did not advance)

Women's Hammer Throw

  • Katalin Divós
  • Qualifying – 62.74 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Tünde Vaszi
  • Qualifying – 6.70
  • Final – 6.59 (→ 8th place)
  • Zita Ajkler
  • Qualifying – 6.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Dóra Győrffy
  • Qualifying – 1.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

  • Zsuzsanna Szabó
  • Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)
  • Katalin Donath
  • Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

  • Mária Urbanik
  • Final – 1:34:45 (→ 18th place)
  • Anikó Szebenszky
  • Final – 1:36:46 (→ 29th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Judit Földing-Nagy
  • Final – 2:30:54 (→ 17th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Rita Ináncsi
  • 100 m Hurdles – 15.11
  • High jump – 1.69
  • Shot put – DNS
  • 200 m – DNS

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Pál Lakatos
    • Round 1 – Bye
    • Round 2 – Lost to Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Károly Balzsay
    • Round 1 – Bye
    • Round 2 – Lost to Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Zsolt Erdei
    • Round 1 – Bye
    • Round 2 – Defeated Vladislav Vizilter of Kyrgyzstan
    • Quarterfinal – Defeated Oleksandr Zubrihin of Ukraine
    • Semifinal – Lost to Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov of Russia → Bronze Medal

Canoeing

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Ákos Vereckei
  • Qualifying heat – 01:42.089
  • Semifinal – 01:39.574
  • Final – 02:00.145 (→ 4th place)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

  • Roland Kökény
  • Qualifying heat – 03:38.066
  • Semifinal – 03:39.455 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

  • Zoltan Kammerer and Botond Storcz
  • Qualifying heat – 01:31.144
  • Semifinal – Bye
  • Final – 01:47.055 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

  • Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztian Vereb
  • Qualifying heat – 03:13.677
  • Semifinal – Bye
  • Final – 03:16.357 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

  • Gabor Horvath, Zoltan Kammerer, Botond Storcz, and Ákos Vereckei
  • Qualifying heat – 02:58.096
  • Semifinal – Bye
  • Final – 02:55.188 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

  • Qualifying heat – 01:51.492
  • Semifinal – Bye
  • Final – 02:24.813 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

  • György Zala
  • Qualifying heat – 04:00.754
  • Semifinal – 04:03.226 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

  • Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák
  • Qualifying heat – 01:42.816
  • Semifinal – Bye
  • Final – 01:51.284 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

  • Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák
  • Qualifying heat – 03:38.492
  • Semifinal – Bye
  • Final – 03:43.103 (→ 5th place)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Rita Kőbán
  • Qualifying heat – 01:50.777
  • Semifinal – Bye
  • Final – 02:19.668 (→ 6th place)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

  • Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó
  • Qualifying heat – 01:42.298
  • Semifinal – Bye
  • Final – 01:58.580 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

  • Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski
  • Qualifying heat – 01:33.312
  • Semifinal – Bye
  • Final – 01:34.946 (→ Silver Medal)

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Track Cycling

Women's Sprint

  • Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi
    • Qualifying – 11.545
    • 1/8 Finals – Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine
    • 1/8 Finals Repechage – Heat 1; 1st place
    • Quarterfinal – Lost to Oxana Grichina of Russia
    • Finals 5-8 – (→ 5th place)

Women's 500 m Time Trial

  • Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi
    • Final – 35.778 (→ 12th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Imre Lengyel
  • Preliminary – 382.98
  • Semi-final – 222.60 – 605.58
  • Final – 390.87 – 613.47 (→ 11th place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Andras Hajinal
  • Preliminary – 316.14 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Orsolya Pintér
  • Preliminary – 239.64 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Thirteen fencers, seven men and six women, represented Hungary in 2000.

Men's foil
  • Márk Marsi
Men's épée
  • Attila Fekete
  • Iván Kovács
Men's team épée
  • Attila Fekete, Márk Marsi, Iván Kovács
Men's sabre
  • Domonkos Ferjancsik
  • Csaba Köves
  • Zsolt Nemcsik
Men's team sabre
  • Zsolt Nemcsik, Csaba Köves, Domonkos Ferjancsik, Péter Takács
Women's foil
  • Aida Mohamed
  • Edina Knapek
  • Gabriella Lantos
Women's team foil
  • Edina Knapek, Gabriella Lantos, Aida Mohamed
Women's épée
  • Tímea Nagy
  • Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza
  • Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth
Women's team épée
  • Tímea Nagy, Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza, Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Handball
Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

  • Gábor Balogh – 5353pts (→ Silver Medal)
  • Péter Sárfalvi – 4971pts (→ 17th place)

Women's Competition

  • Zsuzsanna Vörös – 4866 pts (→ 15th place)
  • Nóra Simóka – 3042pts (→ 23rd place)

Rhythmic gymnastics
Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Five men and one woman competed for Hungary in the Sailing venue at the 2000 Olympics. The best finish was 15th.

Men's Mistral

  • Aron Gadorfalvi
  • Race 1 – (24)
  • Race 2 – 19
  • Race 3 – 19
  • Race 4 – 23
  • Race 5 – 21
  • Race 6 – 23
  • Race 7 – 21
  • Race 8 – 17
  • Race 9 – 14
  • Race 10 – (37) OCS
  • Race 11 – 20
  • Final – 177 (24thplace)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

  • Balázs Hajdú
  • Race 1 – (26) DSQ
  • Race 2 – 6
  • Race 3 – 16
  • Race 4 – 16
  • Race 5 – 3
  • Race 6 – 5
  • Race 7 – (26) DNF
  • Race 8 – 8
  • Race 9 – 22
  • Race 10 – 10
  • Race 11 – 16
  • Final – 102 (15th place)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Marcell S. Goszleth and Adam C. Szorenyi
  • Race 1 – (30) OCS
  • Race 2 – 20
  • Race 3 – 19
  • Race 4 – 18
  • Race 5 – 25
  • Race 6 – 24
  • Race 7 – 26
  • Race 8 – 17
  • Race 9 – (29)
  • Race 10 – 28
  • Race 11 – 27
  • Final – 204 (29th place)

Men's Laser

  • Tamas Eszes
  • Race 1 – 5
  • Race 2 – (26)
  • Race 3 – 9
  • Race 4 – 13
  • Race 5 – (44) DSQ
  • Race 6 – 14
  • Race 7 – 16
  • Race 8 – 26
  • Race 9 – 5
  • Race 10 – 26
  • Race 11 – 13
  • Final – 127 (18thplace)

Women's Mistral

  • Luca Gadorfalvi
  • Race 1 – 23
  • Race 2 – (26)
  • Race 3 – 24
  • Race 4 – 24
  • Race 5 – (28)
  • Race 6 – 21
  • Race 7 – 25
  • Race 8 – 21
  • Race 9 – 15
  • Race 10 – 23
  • Race 11 – 25
  • Final – 201 (25th place)

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Attila Zubor
  • Preliminary heat – 23.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Attila Zubor
  • Preliminary heat – 49.79
  • Semi-final – 49.58 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Béla Szabados
  • Preliminary heat – 1:50.10
  • Semi-final – 1:49.36 (→ did not advance)
  • Attila Zubor
  • Preliminary heat – 1:50.11
  • Semi-final – 1:49.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Zoltán Szilágyi
  • Preliminary heat – 03:58.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Zsolt Gáspár
  • Preliminary heat – 53.29
  • Semi-final – 53.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Viktor Bodrogi
  • Preliminary heat – 02:00.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Károly Güttler
  • Preliminary heat – 01:01.66
  • Semi-final – 01:01.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Norbert Rózsa
  • Preliminary heat – 02:15.27
  • Semi-final – 02:14.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Péter Horváth
  • Preliminary heat – 55.81
  • Semi-final – 55.65 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Viktor Bodrogi
  • Preliminary heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Attila Czene
  • Preliminary heat – 02:02.66
  • Semi-final – 02:01.56
  • Final – 02:01.16 (→ 4th place)
  • István Batházi
  • Preliminary heat – 02:03.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • István Batházi
  • Preliminary heat – 04:18.85 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

  • Attila Czene, Zsolt Gáspár, Jacint Simon, and Béla Szabados
  • Preliminary heat – 07:24.48 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley

  • Péter Horváth, Károly Güttler, Zsolt Gáspár, and Attila Zubor
  • Preliminary heat – 03:38.58
  • Final – 03:39.09 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Gyongyver Lakos
  • Preliminary heat – 57.71 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary heat – 04:18.48 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary heat – 08:43.07 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Orsolya Ferenczy
  • Preliminary heat – 01:01.15 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary heat – 02:11.32 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Ágnes Kovács
  • Preliminary heat – 01:08.50
  • Semi-final – 01:07.79
  • Final – 01:08.09 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Ágnes Kovács
  • Preliminary heat – 02:24.92
  • Semi-final – 02:24.03 – Olympic Record
  • Final – 02:24.35 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Annamaria Kiss
  • Preliminary heat – 01:06.12 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Annamaria Kiss
  • Preliminary heat – 02:20.40 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley

  • Orsolya Ferenczy, Annamaria Kiss, Ágnes Kovács, and Gyongyver Lakos
  • Preliminary heat – 04:11.11 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet

  • Zsuzsanna Hamori, Petra Marschalko
  • Technical routine – 28.957 Did not compete in free routine

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Taekwondo
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

Alternates

Daniel Somogyi Gergely Kisgyorgy

Women's Singles Competition

  • Petra Mandula
  • Katalin Marosi

Triathlon
Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition

  • Csaba Kuttor – 1:51:05.74 (→ 30th place)

Women's Individual Competition

  • Nora Edocseny – 2:05:20.03 (→ 19th place)
  • Erika Molnar – 2:05:39.50 (→ 23rd place)
  • Aniko Gog – 2:14:50.55 (→ 39th place)

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 5 4 1 0 41 22 +19 9 Quarter Finals
2  Croatia 5 4 1 0 42 30 +12 9
3  Hungary 5 3 0 2 49 39 +10 6
4  United States 5 2 0 3 42 39 +3 4
5  Netherlands 5 1 0 4 34 55 −21 2
6  Greece 5 0 0 5 22 45 −23 0
Source: LA84
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
  • 3-2-0
  • Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Italy (8-5)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Yugoslavia (8-7)
  • Final
  • Defeated Russia (13-6)
  • Team roster
  • Head coach: Dénes Kemény

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Péter Tamtom – 105 kg 175.0 180.0 180.0 215.0 215.0 — DNF —
Tibor Stark + 105 kg 180.0 190.0 195.0 220.0 230.0 — 425.0 8


Women

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Erzsébet Márkus – 69 kg 105.0 110.0 112.5 125.0 130.0 137.5 242.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gyöngyi Likerecz – 75 kg 102.5 105.0 107.5 122.5 125.0 125.0 227.5 5
Melinda Szik + 75 kg 102.5 102.5 107.5 122.5 127.5 127.5 235.0 9

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Notes
  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site

References
  1. "Hungary at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
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