Hungary at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | HUN |
NOC | Hungarian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Sochi | |
Competitors | 16 in 5 sports |
Flag bearers | Bernadett Heidum (opening) [1] [2] Szandra Lajtos (closing) [3] |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Hungary competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of 16 athletes competing in five sports were selected to the team. [1]
Before the Games began, the Hungarian Olympic Committee received a threatening letter which warned of an attack on its athletes at the Games. It was dismissed as not being credible. [4]
According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Hungary had three athletes in qualification position. [5] Edit Miklós's 7th-place finish in the women's downhill set a new record as the highest placing alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics for the country. [6] As for Anna Berecz, she was remarked for being one of the few, along Tina Maze and Macarena Simari Birkner, to complete all the five races in which she competed.
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Norbert Farkas | Men's giant slalom | 1:29.77 | 55 | 1:31.56 | 50 | 3:01.33 | 50 |
Men's slalom | 55.68 | 58 | DNF | ||||
Anna Berecz | Women's combined | 1:50.28 | 33 | 58.41 | 21 | 2:48.69 | 21 |
Women's downhill | — | 1:50.97 | 35 | ||||
Women's giant slalom | 1:26.96 | 53 | 1:27.09 | 48 | 2:54.05 | 48 | |
Women's slalom | 1:03.28 | 44 | 1:01.64 | 38 | 2:04.92 | 35 | |
Women's super-G | — | 1:33.07 | 28 | ||||
Edit Miklós | Women's combined | 1:44.32 | 13 | 57.29 | 19 | 2:41.61 | 16 |
Women's downhill | — | 1:42.28 | 7 | ||||
Women's giant slalom | 1:23.89 | 36 | 1:21.92 | 32 | 2:45.81 | 33 | |
Women's super-G | — | 1:27.87 | 15 |
Hungary received two reallocation quota spots in biathlon.
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Károly Gombos | Men's sprint | 28:04.3 | 1 (0+1) | 79 |
Men's individual | 1:05:16.7 | 8 (0+4+1+3) | 88 | |
Emőke Szőcs | Women's sprint | 24:15.4 | 2 (0+2) | 70 |
Women's individual | 18:28:00 | 6 (1+1+1+3) | 70 |
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Hungary qualified two athletes. [5]
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Milan Szabó | Men's 15 km classical | 47:01.3 | +8:31.6 | 78 |
Ágnes Simon | Women's 10 km classical | 38:36.7 | +10:18.9 | 69 [7] |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Milan Szabó | Men's sprint | 3:59.68 | 73 | Did not advance | |||||
Ágnes Simon | Women's sprint | 3:04.72 | 66 | Did not advance |
Hungary qualified 5 women and 3 men for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013. [8]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Bence Béres | 1000 m | 1:27.735 | 4 | Did not advance | 26 | ||||
1500 m | 2:20.327 | 6 | — | Did not advance | 33 | ||||
Viktor Knoch | 500 m | 42.261 | 2 Q | 42.043 | 3 | Did not advance | 12 | ||
1000 m | 1:25.426 | 2 Q | 1:25.673 | 5 | Did not advance | 18 | |||
1500 m | 2:47.714 | 6 | — | Did not advance | 34 | ||||
Sándor Liu Shaolin | 500 m | 41.683 | 3 | Did not advance | 18 | ||||
1000 m | 1:35.935 | 3 ADV | 1:24.966 | 4 | Did not advance | 16 | |||
1500 m | 2:14.055 | 4 | — | Did not advance | 20 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Bernadett Heidum | 1000 m | PEN | Did not advance | ||||||
1500 m | 2:21.826 | 2 Q | — | 2:20.196 | 3 FB | 2:26.004 | 9 | ||
Andrea Keszler | 500 m | 45.215 | 4 | Did not advance | 28 | ||||
Zsófia Kónya | 1500 m | 2:55.523 | 5 | — | Did not advance | 30 | |||
Rózsa Darázs Bernadett Heidum Andrea Keszler Zsófia Kónya Szandra Lajtos | 3000 m relay | — | 4:15.473 | 4 FB | 4:24.496 | 6 |
Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Hungary earned the following start quota: [9]
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Konrád Nagy | 1500 m | 1:48.12 | 26 |
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