Hungary at the 1996 Summer Olympics Last updated October 05, 2025 Medalists Bronze Imre Pulai — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles György Zala — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Singles Géza Imre — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Gyöngyi Szalay — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual Éva Erdős , Andrea Farkas , Beáta Hoffmann , Anikó Kántor , Erzsébet Kocsis , Beatrix Kökény , Eszter Mátéfi , Auguszta Mátyás , Anikó Meksz , Anikó Nagy , Helga Németh , Ildikó Pádár , Beáta Siti , Anna Szántó , Katalin Szilágyi , and Beatrix Tóth — Handball, Women's Team Competition János Martinek — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition Ágnes Kovács — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley Attila Feri — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (70 kg) Archery Hungary's two veterans in Atlanta were both defeated in the first round.
Women's Individual Competition:
Athletics Men's 400 m Hurdles
Heat — 49.23 s Semi Final — 48.57 s (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump
Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's Triple Jump
Qualification — 16.04m (→ did not advance, 33rd place) Men's Discus Throw
Qualification — 62.90 m Final — 62.28 m (→ 10th place) Men's Hammer Throw
Qualification — 78.34m Final — 81.24m (→ Gold Medal ) Qualification — 73.68m (→ did not advance) Qualification — 72.58m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon
Final Result — 7755 points (→ 27th place) Women's Heptathlon
Final Result — 6336 points (→ 6th place) Women's Long Jump
Qualification — 6.73m Final — 6.60m (→ 9th place) Qualification — 6.02m (→ did not advance) Women's Triple Jump
Qualification — NM (→ no ranking) Women's Marathon
Women's 10 km Walk
Boxing Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
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)
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Diving Men's 3m Springboard
Preliminary Heat — 346.74 Semi Final — 204.51 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 3m Springboard
Preliminary Heat — 206.52 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Modern pentathlon Men's Individual Competition:
Sailing Men's Laser sailing
Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle
Heat — 50.43 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Heat — 51.26 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Men's 200 m Freestyle
Heat — 1:51.59 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Heat — 1:52.19 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Men's 400 m Freestyle
Heat — 3:59.36 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's 100 m Backstroke
Heat — 56.96 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Men's 200 m Backstroke
Heat — 2:01.84 B-Final — 2:02.17 (→ 12th place) Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Heat — 1:01.80 Final — 1:01.49 (→ 4th place) Heat — 1:02.72 B-Final — scratched Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Heat — 2:14.66 Final — 2:12.57 (→ Gold Medal ) Heat — 2:13.89 Final — 2:13.03 (→ Silver Medal ) Men's 100 m Butterfly
Heat — 53.69 B-Final — 53.48 (→ 11th place) Men's 200 m Butterfly
Heat — 1:58.76 Final — 1:59.12 (→ 8th place) Heat — 2:00.50 B-Final — 1:58.99 (→ 9th place) Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Heat — 2:02.10 Final — 1:59.91 (→ Gold Medal ) Heat — 2:06.24 (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Heat — 4:27.37 B-Final — DSQ Heat — 4:28.05 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Final — 3:40.84 (→ 6th place) Women's 100 m Freestyle
Heat — 57.82 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Women's 800 m Freestyle
Heat — 9:06.97 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke
Heat — 2:09.18 Final — 2:07.83 (→ Gold Medal ) Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Heat — 1:09.05 Final — 1:09.55 (→ 7th place) Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Heat — 2:29.58 Final — 2:26.57 (→ Bronze Medal ) Women's 100 m Butterfly
Heat — 1:03.61 (→ did not advance, 30th place) Women's 200 m Butterfly
Heat — 2:17.90 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Heat — 4:43.09 Final — 4:42.53 (→ Bronze Medal ) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Heat — 4:10.92 (→ did not advance, 11th place) Tennis Men's Singles Competition
First round — Lost to Oleg Ogorodov (Uzbekistan) 5–7, 6–7 Alternates Gergely Kisgyorgy Daniel Somogyi Women's Singles Competition
Water polo Preliminary round (group A) Defeated Russia (8–7) Defeated Germany (9–8) Defeated Netherlands (10–8) Defeated Spain (8–7) Defeated Yugoslavia (12–8) Lost to Italy (18–20) → Fourth place References
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Hungary did not participate in 1984 due to a boycott .
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