Hungary at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

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Hungary at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Hungary.svg
World Aquatics code HUN
National federation Hungarian Swimming Association
Website https://hunswim.com
in Singapore
11 July 2025 (2025-07-11) – 3 August 2025 (2025-08-03)
Competitors70 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
7
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)

Hungary is scheduled to compete at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.

Contents

The Hungarian team consisted of 70 athletes (29 men and 41 women) competing in four disciplines.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg
Hubert Kós Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke 1 August 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Dávid Betlehem Open water swimming Men's 3 km knockout sprints 19 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Hungary women's national water polo team
Water polo Women's tournament 23 July 2025
Silver medal icon.svg
Hungary men's national water polo team
Water polo Men's tournament 24 July 2025
Bronze medal icon.svg
Bettina Fábián Open water swimming Women's 3 km knockout sprints 19 July 2025
Bronze medal icon.svg
Bettina Fábián
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas
Kristóf Rasovszky
Dávid Betlehem
Open water swimming Team relay 20 July 2025
Bronze medal icon.svg
Hubert Kós Swimming 200 m individual medley 31 July 2025

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Artistic swimming 01212
Diving 000
High diving 000
Open water swimming*235
Swimming 121123
Water polo 151530
Total294170

*Note: Four open water swimmers also qualified for the swimming competition: Dávid Betlehem, Bettina Fábián, Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas and Kristóf Rasovszky

Artistic swimming

The Hungarian Swimming Association named a team of 12 athletes (all women).

Women

Participating athletes – duet:

Participating athletes – team:

Note: F – Free routine; T – Technical routine; A – Arobatic routine; r – Reserve;

AthleteEventPreliminariesFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Blanka Barbócz
Blanka Taksonyi
Duet technical routine 238.204223Did not advance
Duet free routine 214.897218Did not advance
Team
AthletesEventPreliminariesFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Zsófia Almádi
Blanka Barbócz
Angelika Bastianelli
Nóra Császik
Léda Duhonyi
Gréta Fehér
Titanilla Janku
Blanka Taksonyi
Team free routine 222.811715Did not advance
Blanka Barbócz
Angelika Bastianelli
Nóra Császik
Gréta Fehér
Titanilla Janku
Dorka Kovács
Réka Márialigeti
Blanka Taksonyi
Team technical routine 217.861721Did not advance
Zsófia Almádi
Blanka Barbócz
Szonja Boros
Léda Duhonyi
Gréta Fehér
Titanilla Janku
Réka Márialigeti
Blanka Taksonyi
Team acrobatic routine 150.271320Did not advance

Open water swimming

The Hungarian Swimming Association entered five open water swimmers, four of whom also qualified for the pool competitions. [1]

Men

Participating atheletes:

AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dávid Betlehem Men's 3 km knockout sprints 17:01.42 Q11:27.82 Q5:47.7Silver medal icon.svg
Kristóf Rasovszky 17:05.05 Q11:32.69 Q6:06.06
Dávid Betlehem Men's 5 km 57:37.26
Kristóf Rasovszky 58:08.814
Dávid Betlehem Men's 10 km 2:01:13.89
Kristóf Rasovszky 2:03:05.513
Women

Participating atheletes:

AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Janka Juhász Women's 3 km knockout sprints 18:56.434Did not advance
Bettina Fábián 18:34.718 Q12:11.38 Q6:23.1Bronze medal icon.svg
Bettina Fábián Women's 5 km 1:03:53.511
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas 1:02:39.47
Janka Juhász Women's 10 km 2:20:44.231
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas 2:11:34.313
Mixed

4 × 1,500 metre relay swimming.

AthleteEventTimeRank
Bettina Fábián (17:37.4 – 11th)
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas (35:38.9 – 7th)
Kristóf Rasovszky (52:42.4 – 5th)
Dávid Betlehem
Team relay 1:09:16.7Bronze medal icon.svg

Swimming

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventAthlete(s)TimeRecord
27 July Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (Final) Nikolett Pádár
Panna Ugrai
Petra Senánszky
Minna Ábrahám
3:36.34 NR
Men's 400 metre freestyle (Heat) Zalán Sárkány  [ es; he; hu; it; no; sv ]3:46.82 PB
28 July Men's 100 metre backstroke (Semi-final) Hubert Kós 52.21 NR
29 July Men's 100 metre backstroke (Final) Hubert Kós 52.20 NR
31 July Men's 200 metre individual medley (Final) Hubert Kós 1:55.34 PB
1 August Women's 200 metre backstroke (Heat) Dóra Molnár 2:08.53 PB
Men's 200 metre backstroke (Final) Hubert Kós 1:53.19 ER , NR
2 August Men's 50 metre backstroke (Heat) Ádám Jászó 24.73 PB
Hubert Kós 24.62 =NR
Men's 50 metre backstroke (Semi-final)24.50 NR
Men's 1500 metre freestyle (Heat) Zalán Sárkány  [ es; he; hu; it; no; sv ]14:47.89 PB
3 August Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (Heat) Dóra Molnár
Henrietta Fángli
Panna Ugrai
Minna Ábrahám
4:01.22 NR

The Hungarian Swimming Association entered total of 23 swimmers. [2] [3]

Men

Participating athletes:

AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Szebasztián Szabó 50 m freestyle 21.8311 Q21.8414Did not advance
Nándor Németh 100 m freestyle 48.0710 Q47.729Did not advance
Balázs Holló 200 m freestyle 1:48.0930Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky 400 m freestyle 3:48.8421Did not advance
Zalán Sárkány  [ es; he; hu; it; no; sv ]3:46.82 PB 13Did not advance
Dávid Betlehem 800 m freestyle 7:50.5710Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky 8:05.0921Did not advance
Dávid Betlehem 1500 m freestyle 14:59.0910Did not advance
Zalán Sárkány  [ es; he; hu; it; no; sv ]14:47.89 PB 7 Q14:55.177
Ádám Jászó 50 m backstroke 24.73 PB 9 Q24.7412Did not advance
Hubert Kós 24.62 =NR 5 Q24.50 NR =524.628
Ádám Jászó 100 m backstroke 53.7816 Q53.6215Did not advance
Hubert Kós 52.603 Q52.21 NR 1 Q52.20 NR 4
Benedek Kovács 200 m backstroke 1:56.404 Q1:56.6914Did not advance
Hubert Kós 1:56.719 Q1:54.643 Q1:53.19 ER Gold medal icon.svg
Szebasztián Szabó 50 m butterfly 23.2917Did not advance
Hubert Kós 100 m butterfly Did not start
Richárd Márton 200 m butterfly 1:55.5111 Q1:55:8014Did not advance
Hubert Kós 200 m individual medley 1:57.934 Q1:57.225 Q1:55.34 PB Bronze medal icon.svg
Gábor Zombori 1:59.5117Did not advance
Balázs Holló 400 m individual medley 4:13.889Did not advance
Gábor Zombori 4:13.598 Q4:12.516
Nándor Németh
Dániel Mészáros
Ádám Jászó
Szebasztián Szabó
Hubert Kós*
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:12.717 Q3:12.756
Women

Participating athletes:

AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Petra Senánszky 50 m freestyle 24.8916 Q24.8716Did not start
Nikolett Pádár 100 m freestyle Did not start
Minna Ábrahám 200 m freestyle 1:57.6512 Q1:56.7010Did not advance
Nikolett Pádár 1:58.6219Did not advance
Bettina Fábián 400 m freestyle 4:14.3120Did not advance
Vivien Jackl 800 m freestyle 8:43.2920Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas 8:46.4621Did not advance
Vivien Jackl 1500 m freestyle 16:29.6017Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas 16:28.0415Did not advance
Lora Komoróczy 50 m backstroke 28.5727Did not advance
Lora Komoróczy 100 m backstroke 1:01.8026Did not advance
Dóra Molnár 200 m backstroke 2:08.53 PB 2 Q2:09.908 Q2:09.747
Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy 2:12.0823Did not advance
Henrietta Fángli 50 m breaststroke 30.67=13 Q30.8114Did not advance
Henrietta Fángli 100 m breaststroke 1:07.0819Did not advance
Vivien Jackl 400 m individual medley 4:43.0211Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas 4:49.5016Did not advance
Nikolett Pádár
Panna Ugrai
Petra Senánszky
Minna Ábrahám
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:37.048 Q3:36.34 NR 8
Dóra Molnár
Panna Ugrai
Nikolett Pádár
Minna Ábrahám
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:54.694 Q7:49.664
Dóra Molnár
Henrietta Fángli
Panna Ugrai
Minna Ábrahám
4 × 100 m medley relay 4:01.22 NR 12Did not advance
Mixed
AthletesEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Nándor Németh
Hubert Kós
Nikolett Pádár
Minna Ábrahám
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:24.969Did not advance
TBD 4 × 100 m medley relay Did not startǂ

* The athlete swam in the heat.
ǂ The Hungarian 4 × 100 meter medley relay ultimately did not start, as the team's only breaststroke specialist, Henrietta Fángli, was unable to participate due to health problems. [4]

Water polo

Summary
TeamEventGroup stagePlayoffQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Men's tournament Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
W 18–6
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
W 23–18
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
L 9–10
2 QFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
W 15–11
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
W 18–12
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
W 19–18
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
L 13–15
Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Women's tournament Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
W 10–9
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
W 33–13
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
W 22–6
1 QByeFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
W 12–9
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
W 15–9
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
L 9–12
Silver medal icon.svg

Men's tournament

Hungary's men's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Bucharest, Romania. [5] [6]

Team roster

The team of 15 athletes was named on July 1, 2025. [5] [6]

Head coach: Zsolt Varga

Group play
PosTeamPldWPSWPSLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 330004232+109 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 320015034+166 Playoffs
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 310024656103
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 300032440160 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
12 July 2025
17:35
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg186Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters:5–1, 4–0, 3–2, 6–3
Vámos 3Goals Grgurevic 3
14 July 2025
13:45
Report Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1823Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–5, 3–5, 7–8
Adachi, Watanabe 4Goals Vismeg 4
16 July 2025
20:45
Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg109Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 2–3, 5–1
Granados 4Goals Angyal, Vigvári 2
Playoff
18 July 2025
17:35
Report Romania  Flag of Romania.svg1115Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–2, 3–3, 2–4
Georgescu 4Goals Burián 3
Quarterfinal
20 July 2025
20:45
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg1218Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 6–6, 1–5, 2–2, 3–5
Butić 4Goals Manhercz 4
Semifinal
22 July 2025
21:35
Report Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1819Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–6, 5–2, 4–8, 6–3
Mandić 6Goals Fekete, Manhercz 4
Final
24 July 2025
21:35
Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1513Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–1, 2–4, 6–3
Sanahuja, Granados 5Goals Burián 3

Women's tournament

Hungary's women's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup in Alexandroupolis (Greece) and Super final in Chengdu (China). [7]

Team roster

The team of 15 athletes was named on July 1, 2025. [7] [6]

Head coach: Sándor Cseh  [ hu ]

Group play
PosTeamPldWPSWPSLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 330006528+379 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 320016532+336 Playoffs
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 310025370173
4Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 300032578530 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
11 July 2025
20:45
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg910Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters:2–1, 3–3, 0–4, 4–2
Tricha 6Goals Rybanska 3
13 July 2025
10:35
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg3313Flag of Japan.svg  Japan OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Megan Perry (NZL)
Score by quarters:8–3, 8–2, 9–3, 8–5
Rybanska, Vályi 6Goals Arima 4
15 July 2025
20:45
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg622Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Fiona Haigh (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–9, 2–5, 1–5, 1–3
Rožić 4Goals Garda, Keszthelyi 4
Quarterfinal
19 July 2025
19:10
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg129Flag of Italy.svg  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–2, 2–2
Keszthelyi 4Goals Ranalli 4
Semifinal
21 July 2025
21:35
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg159Flag of Spain.svg  Spain OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters:6–2, 5–2, 3–2, 1–3
Keszthelyi, Szilágyi 3Goals Ruiz 3
Final
23 July 2025
21:35
Report Greece  Flag of Greece.svg129Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
Score by quarters:3–1, 5–3, 2–2, 2–3
Tricha, Xenaki 3Goals Tiba, Hajdú 2

References

  1. "Vizes vb: nyílt vízi úszás – Adatbank" [World Aquatics Championships: open water swimming – Databank]. nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  2. "Vizes vb: úszás – Adatbank" [World Aquatics Championships: swimming – Databank]. nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  3. "Huszonöt magyar úszó utazik Szingapúrba" [Twenty-five Hungarian swimmers travel to Singapore]. hunswim.com (in Hungarian). Hungarian Swimming Association. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  4. "Németh 100 gyorson, Kós 200 vegyesen magabiztosan jutott középdöntőbe" [Németh confidently reached the semifinals in the 100 freestyle and Kós in the 200 individual medley]. nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. July 30, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Megvannak a vb-csapatok" [The World Cup teams are here]. waterpolo.hu (in Hungarian). Hungarian Water Polo Federation. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "Vizes vb: férfi vízilabdatorna – Adatbank" [World Aquatics Championships: men's water polo tournament – Databank]. nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Vizes vb: női vízilabdatorna – Adatbank" [World Aquatics Championships: women's water polo tournament – Databank]. nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. July 9, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.