| Hungary at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | HUN |
| NOC | Hungarian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Turin | |
| Competitors | 19 (11 men and 8 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearers | Rózsa Darázs (opening) Erika Huszár (closing) [1] [2] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Hungary competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Attila Marosi | Men's giant slalom | 1:32.30 | 1:32.82 | n/a | 3:05.12 | 38 |
| Men's slalom | 1:07.67 | 1:02.61 | n/a | 2:10.28 | 42 | |
| Reka Tuss | Women's giant slalom | 1:16.12 | 1:23.70 | n/a | 2:39.82 | 41 |
| Women's slalom | 53.76 | 57.83 | n/a | 1:51.59 | 49 | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Zsofia Gottschall | Women's sprint | 31:09.1 | 6 | 82 |
| Women's individual | 1:08:17.3 | 8 | 80 | |
| Imre Tagscherer | Men's sprint | 30:38.1 | 3 | 76 |
| Men's individual | 1:05:11.1 | 7 | 78 | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Márton Gyulai Bertalan Pintér | Two-man | 57.25 | 57.36 | 58.40 | did not advance | 29 | |
| Márton Gyulai Zsolt Kürtösi Tamás Margl Bertalan Pintér | Four-man | 56.99 | 56.73 | 56.45 | did not advance | 24 | |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Leila Gyenesei | Women's 10 km classical | 36:43.0 | 69 |
| Zoltán Tagscherer | Men's 15 kilometre classical | 45:20.3 | 77 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Zoltán Tagscherer | Men's sprint | 2:22.69 | 44 | Did not advance | 44 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Júlia Sebestyén | Ladies' | n/a | 49.58 | 16 Q | 79.68 | 20 | 129.26 | 18 | |
| Viktória Pavuk | Ladies' | n/a | 46.40 | 19 Q | 73.45 | 23 | 119.85 | 23 | |
| Zoltán Tóth | Men's | n/a | 55.07 | 24 Q | 90.40 | 24 | 145.47 | 24 | |
| Attila Elek Nóra Hoffmann | Ice dance | 27.53 | 19 | 44.04 | 18 | 79.90 | 16 | 149.47 | 17 |
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Peter Darazs | Men's 500 m | 42.929 | 2 Q | 1:01.289 | 3 | did not advance | 10 | ||
| Men's 1000 m | 1:27.929 | 3 Q | 1:28.738 | 4 | did not advance | 12 | |||
| Men's 1500 m | 2:30.281 | 3 Q | n/a | 2:18.348 | 4 | Final B 2:24.969 | 11 | ||
| Rozsa Darazs | Women's 500 m | 1:10.558 | 3 | did not advance | 22 | ||||
| Women's 1000 m | 1:34.059 | 4 | did not advance | 21 | |||||
| Women's 1500 m | 2:42.256 | 4 | did not advance | 20 | |||||
| Erika Huszar | Women's 500 m | 46.113 | 2 Q | 45.382 | 4 | did not advance | 13 | ||
| Women's 1000 m | 1:36.515 | 2 Q | 1:34.080 | 3 | did not advance | 11 | |||
| Women's 1500 m | 2:35.920 | 2 Q | n/a | 2:32.504 | 2 Q | 2:25.405 | 4 | ||
| Viktor Knoch | Men's 1500 m | 2:23.876 | 3 Q | n/a | 2:19.600 | 2 | 2:26.806 | 5 | |
Key: 'ADV' indicates a skater was advanced due to being interfered with.
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Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Bulgaria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Croatia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
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Georgia competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Romania competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Lithuania competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Lithuania is represented by the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee.
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North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. At the opening ceremony, the athletes of both North and South Korea entered the stadium together behind the Korean Unification Flag.
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