Hungary at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Hungary at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of Hungary.svg
IOC code HUN
NOC Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website www.olimpia.hu  (in Hungarian and English)
in Seoul
Competitors188 (152 men and 36 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer István Vaskuti
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
11
Silver
6
Bronze
6
Total
23
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation returned after the Soviet bloc boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. 188 competitors, 152 men and 36 women, took part in 135 events in 20 sports. [1]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Tamás Darnyi Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley 21 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold János Martinek Modern pentathlon Men's individual 22 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold László Fábián
János Martinek
Attila Mizsér 		Modern pentathlon Men's team 22 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold András Sike Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg 22 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold József Szabó Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke 23 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Zsolt Borkai Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 24 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Tamás Darnyi Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley 25 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Krisztina Egerszegi Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 25 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Imre Bujdosó
László Csongrádi
Imre Gedővári
György Nébald
Bence Szabó 		Fencing Men's team sabre 29 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Zsolt Gyulay Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres 30 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Attila Ábrahám
Ferenc Csipes
Zsolt Gyulay
Sándor Hódosi 		Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 1 October
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Károly Güttler Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 19 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tibor Komáromi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg 22 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Krisztina Egerszegi Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 22 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver István Messzi Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg 24 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver József Jacsó Weightlifting Men's 110 kg 27 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Erika Géczi
Rita Kőbán
Erika Mészáros
Éva Rakusz 		Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 1 October
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Attila Záhonyi Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone 19 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Zoltán Kovács Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 23 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze István Busa
Zsolt Érsek
Róbert Gátai
Pál Szekeres
István Szelei 		Fencing Men's team foil 27 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Zsuzsa Jánosi
Edit Kovács
Gertrúd Stefanek
Zsuzsa Szőcs
Katalin Tuschák 		Fencing Women's team foil 28 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Róbert Isaszegi Boxing Light flyweight 29 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Attila Ábrahám
Ferenc Csipes 		Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres 30 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 12315
Boxing 9–9
Canoeing 12416
Cycling 101
Diving 033
Fencing 15520
Gymnastics 6814
Handball 14014
Judo 7–7
Modern pentathlon 3–3
Rowing 448
Sailing 303
Shooting 11415
Swimming 10313
Table tennis 325
Tennis 202
Water polo 13–13
Weightlifting 10–10
Wrestling 18–18
Total15236188


Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Men's 200 metres

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

Men's 4×100 metres Relay

Men's 3,000m Steeplechase

  • Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.91m
  • Final — 8.00m (→ 6th place)

Men's Pole Vault

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 77.12m
  • Final — 78.36m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification — 76.24m
  • Final — 77.04m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification — 74.30m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 11.02s
  2. Long Jump — 7.29m
  3. Shot Put — 12.92m
  4. High Jump — 2.06m
  5. 400 metres — 48.23s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.96s
  7. Discus Throw — 39.54m
  8. Pole Vault — 5.00m
  9. Javelin Throw — 56.80m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:17.85s

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:23:18 (→ 21st place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)


Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2"32.26 (→ 13th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 64.30m
  • Final — 54.58m (→ 12th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

One male cyclist represented Hungary in 1988.

Men's individual pursuit
Men's point race

Diving

Fencing

20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1988. János Martinek won an individual gold and the team also won gold too.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 52.77 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
  • Heat — 1:54.72 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
  • Heat — 1:54.72 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 3:53.44
  • B-Final — 3:53.24 (→ 10th place)
  • Heat — 3:56.29
  • B-Final — 3:56.00 (→ 16th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 15:23.01 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
  • Heat — 15:52.80 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 58.65 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:03.17
  • B-Final — 2:04.42 (→ 14th place)
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:02.80
  • Final — 1:02.05 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 1:03.08
  • Final — 1:02.50 (→ 5th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:14.97
  • Final — 2:13.52 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 2:17.10
  • Final — 2:17.12 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:02.15
  • Final — 2:00.17 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 2:09.08 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:16.55
  • Final — 4:14.75 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)
  • Heat — 4:20.85
  • Final — 4:18.15 (→ 4th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:52.24 (→ did not advance, 16th place)


Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:25.52 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:56.37 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:02.09
  • Final — 1:01.56 (→ Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:11.01
  • Final — 2:09.29 (→ Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:11.10
  • B-Final — 1:11.24 (→ 14th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Water polo

Men's team competition

  • Defeated Greece (12-10)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (9-10)
  • Drew with Spain (6-6)
  • Defeated China (14-7)
  • Lost to United States (9-10)
  • Drew with Italy (9-9)
  • Defeated Australia (13-5) → 5th place

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

  1. ↑ "Hungary at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-20.
  2. ↑ Hungary at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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