Hungary at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Hungary at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of Hungary.svg
IOC code HUN
NOC Hungarian Olympic Committee
Website www.olimpia.hu  (in Hungarian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors16 in 5 sports
Flag bearers Bernadett Heidum (opening) [1] [2]
Szandra Lajtos (closing) [3]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
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]

Contents

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]

Alpine skiing

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.

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Norbert Farkas Men's giant slalom 1:29.77551:31.56503:01.3350
Men's slalom 55.6858DNF
Anna Berecz Women's combined 1:50.283358.41212:48.6921
Women's downhill 1:50.9735
Women's giant slalom 1:26.96531:27.09482:54.0548
Women's slalom 1:03.28441:01.64382:04.9235
Women's super-G 1:33.0728
Edit Miklós Women's combined 1:44.321357.29192:41.6116
Women's downhill 1:42.287
Women's giant slalom 1:23.89361:21.92322:45.8133
Women's super-G 1:27.8715

Biathlon

Hungary received two reallocation quota spots in biathlon.

AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Károly Gombos Men's sprint 28:04.31 (0+1)79
Men's individual 1:05:16.78 (0+4+1+3)88
Emőke Szőcs Women's sprint 24:15.42 (0+2)70
Women's individual 18:28:006 (1+1+1+3)70

Cross-country skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Hungary qualified two athletes. [5]

Distance
AthleteEventFinal
TimeDeficitRank
Milan Szabó Men's 15 km classical 47:01.3+8:31.678
Ágnes Simon Women's 10 km classical 38:36.7+10:18.969 [7]
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Milan Szabó Men's sprint 3:59.6873Did not advance
Ágnes Simon Women's sprint 3:04.7266Did not advance

Short track speed skating

Hungary qualified 5 women and 3 men for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013. [8]

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Bence Béres 1000 m 1:27.7354Did not advance26
1500 m 2:20.3276Did not advance33
Viktor Knoch 500 m 42.2612 Q42.0433Did not advance12
1000 m 1:25.4262 Q1:25.6735Did not advance18
1500 m 2:47.7146Did not advance34
Sándor Liu Shaolin 500 m 41.6833Did not advance18
1000 m 1:35.9353 ADV1:24.9664Did not advance16
1500 m 2:14.0554Did not advance20
Women
Bernadett Heidum in the women's 1500m semifinal Women's 1500m, 2014 Winter Olympics, Semifinal 2 (5).JPG
Bernadett Heidum in the women's 1500m semifinal
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Bernadett Heidum 1000 m PENDid not advance
1500 m 2:21.8262 Q2:20.1963 FB2:26.0049
Andrea Keszler 500 m 45.2154Did not advance28
Zsófia Kónya 1500 m 2:55.5235Did not advance30
Rózsa Darázs
Bernadett Heidum
Andrea Keszler
Zsófia Kónya
Szandra Lajtos
3000 m relay 4:15.4734 FB4:24.4966

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Speed skating

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]

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Konrád Nagy 1500 m 1:48.1226

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