Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics Last updated July 07, 2025 Medalists Gold András Balczó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition György Gedó — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight Csaba Fenyvesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Sándor Erdős , Csaba Fenyvesi , Győző Kulcsár , István Osztrics , and Pál Schmitt — Fencing, Men's Épée Team Imre Földi — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight Csaba Hegedűs — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight Silver András Balczó , Zsigmond Villányi , and Pál Bakó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition László Orbán — Boxing, Men's Lightweight János Kajdi — Boxing, Men's Welterweight József Deme and János Rátkai — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs Tamás Wichmann — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles Jenő Kamuti — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual Péter Marót — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual Ildikó Bóbis — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Ildikó Bóbis , Ildikó Rónay , Ildikó Schwarczenberger , Mária Szolnoki , and Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke Lajos Szűcs — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight István Géczi , Péter Vépi , Miklós Páncsics , Péter Juhász , Lajos Szűcs , Mihály Kozma , Antal Dunai , Lajos Kű , Béla Váradi , Ede Dunai , László Bálint , Lajos Kocsis , Kálmán Tóth , László Branikovics , József Kovács , Csaba Vidács , and Ádám Rothermel — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition András Bodnár , Tibor Cservenyák , István Görgényi , Tamás Faragó , Zoltán Kásás , Ferenc Konrád , István Magas , Dénes Pócsik , László Sárosi , Endre Molnár , and István Szívós, Jr. — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition Bronze András Botos — Boxing, Men's Featherweight Géza Csapó — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles Anna Pfeffer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles Gyözõ Kulcsár — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Péter Marót , Péter Bakonyi , Pál Gerevich , Tamás Kovács , and Tibor Pézsa — Fencing, Men's Ilona Békési , Mónika Császár , Márta Kelemen , Anikó Kéry , Krisztina Medveczky , and Zsuzsanna Nagy — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises Lajos Papp — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions András Hargitay — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly Sándor Holczreiter — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight János Benedek — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight György Horváth — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight Ferenc Kiss — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight László Klinga — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight Károly Bajkó — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight József Csatári — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight Archery In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Hungary entered one man and one woman. Their highest placing competitor was Hamvas Agnes Hajdene , at 22nd place in the women's competition.
Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Individual Competition:
Athletics Men's 800 metres
Heat — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance) Men's High Jump
Qualifying Round — 2.15 m Final — 2.18 m (→ 5th place) Qualifying Round — 2.15 m Final — 2.15 m (→ 6th place) Qualification Round — 2.09 m (→ did not advance) Men's Discus Throw
Qualifying Round — 61.58 m Final — 62.62 m (→ 5th place) Qualifying Round — 60.60 m Final — 60.60 m (→ 7th place) Qualifying Round — 60.34 m Final — 57.92 m (→ 12th place) Women's High Jump
Qualifying Round — 1.76m Final — 1.79m (→ 16th place) Boxing Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Men's Team Competition Defeated Iran (5-0) Drew with Brazil (2-2) Defeated Denmark (2-0) Defeated East Germany (2-0) Defeated West Germany (4-1) Defeated Mexico (2-0) Lost to Poland (2-1) → Silver Medal Handball Hungary's first two games resulted in victories over the United States and Japan , guaranteeing the team a berth in the second round regardless of the result of the third game. However, that loss to Yugoslavia carried over into the second round, putting the Hungarians at a disadvantage. Losses to Romania and West Germany put Hungary into last place in the division. The team played against Sweden for seventh and eighth places, losing 19–18.
Men's Team Competition:
Hungary - 8th place (2-4-0) Roster - János Adorján , Béla Bartalos , János Csík , László Harka , József Horváth , Gyula Hurth , Sandor Kaló , István Marosi , Lajos Simó , János Stiller , István Szabó , László Szabó , Sándor Takács , István Varga , Károly Vass , and Sandor Vass Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1972. András Balczó won an individual gold while the team won silver.
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Balczó, Villányi, and Bakó - 15348 points (→ Silver Medal ) Alternate Member: Peter Kelemen
Swimming Men's 100m Frbeestyle
Heat — 54.71s (→ did not advance) Heat — 55.37s (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle
Heat — DNS (→ did not advance) Water polo Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Defeated The Netherlands (3-0) Drew with West Germany (3-3) Defeated Greece (6-1) Defeated Australia (10-2) Defeated Italy (8-7) Defeated United States (5-3) Defeated Yugoslavia (4-2) Drew with Soviet Union (3-3) → Silver Medal References
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