Hungary at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Hungary at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
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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)
Competitors	70 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 7
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Hungary is scheduled to compete at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Hubert Kós	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	1 August 2025
	Dávid Betlehem	Open water swimming	Men's 3 km knockout sprints	19 July 2025
	Hungary women's national water polo team Boglárka Neszmély Dorottya Szilágyi Vanda Vályi Eszter Varró Kinga Peresztegi-Nagy Nóra Sümegi Dalma Dömsödi Rita Keszthelyi (c) Dóra Leimeter Natasa Rybanska Kamilla Faragó Krisztina Garda Luca Torma Panna Tiba Kata Hajdú	Water polo	Women's tournament	23 July 2025
	Hungary men's national water polo team Kristóf Csoma Dániel Angyal Krisztián Manhercz (c) Erik Molnár Márton Vámos Ádám Nagy Gergő Fekete Gergely Burián Péter Kovács Vendel Vigvári Szilárd Jansik Vince Vigvári Márton Mizsei Ákos Nagy Zsombor Vismeg	Water polo	Men's tournament	24 July 2025
	Bettina Fábián	Open water swimming	Women's 3 km knockout sprints	19 July 2025
	Bettina Fábián Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas Kristóf Rasovszky Dávid Betlehem	Open water swimming	Team relay	20 July 2025
	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.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	12	12
Diving	0	0	0
High diving	0	0	0
Open water swimming*	2	3	5
Swimming	12	11	23
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	29	41	70

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

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

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

Women

Participating athletes – duet:

• Blanka Barbócz
• Blanka Taksonyi

Participating athletes – team:

• Zsófia Almádi (F) (A)
• Blanka Barbócz (F) (T) (A)
• Angelika Bastianelli (F) (T) (Ar)
• Szonja Boros (A)
• Nóra Császik (F) (T)
• Léda Duhonyi (F) (Tr) (A)
• Gréta Fehér (F) (T) (A)
• Titanilla Janku (F) (T) (A)
• Luca Sára Kis (Fr) (Tr)
• Dorka Kovács (T) (Ar)
• Réka Márialigeti (Fr) (T) (A)
• Blanka Taksonyi (F) (T) (A)

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Blanka Barbócz Blanka Taksonyi	Duet technical routine	238.2042	23	Did not advance
	Duet free routine	214.8972	18	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Zsófia Almádi Blanka Barbócz Angelika Bastianelli Nóra Császik Léda Duhonyi Gréta Fehér Titanilla Janku Blanka Taksonyi	Team free routine	222.8117	15	Did not advance
Blanka Barbócz Angelika Bastianelli Nóra Császik Gréta Fehér Titanilla Janku Dorka Kovács Réka Márialigeti Blanka Taksonyi	Team technical routine	217.8617	21	Did not advance
Zsófia Almádi Blanka Barbócz Szonja Boros Léda Duhonyi Gréta Fehér Titanilla Janku Réka Márialigeti Blanka Taksonyi	Team acrobatic routine	150.2713	20	Did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

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

Men

Participating athletes:

• Dávid Betlehem
• Kristóf Rasovszky

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dávid Betlehem	Men's 3 km knockout sprints	17:01.4	2 Q	11:27.8	2 Q	5:47.7
Kristóf Rasovszky		17:05.0	5 Q	11:32.6	9 Q	6:06.0	6
Dávid Betlehem	Men's 5 km	—				57:37.2	6
Kristóf Rasovszky		—				58:08.8	14
Dávid Betlehem	Men's 10 km	—				2:01:13.8	9
Kristóf Rasovszky		—				2:03:05.5	13

Women

Participating athletes:

• Janka Juhász
• Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas
• Bettina Fábián

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Janka Juhász	Women's 3 km knockout sprints	18:56.4	34	Did not advance
Bettina Fábián		18:34.7	18 Q	12:11.3	8 Q	6:23.1
Bettina Fábián	Women's 5 km	—				1:03:53.5	11
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas		—				1:02:39.4	7
Janka Juhász	Women's 10 km	—				2:20:44.2	31
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas		—				2:11:34.3	13

Mixed

4 × 1,500 metre relay swimming.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bettina Fábián (17:37.4 – 11th) Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas (35:38.9 – 7th) Kristóf Rasovszky (52:42.4 – 5th) Dávid Betlehem	Team relay	1:09:16.7

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete(s)	Time	Record
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:

• Dávid Betlehem
• Balázs Holló
• Ádám Jászó
• Hubert Kós
• Benedek Kovács
• Richárd Márton
• Dániel Mészáros
• Nándor Németh
• Kristóf Rasovszky
• Zalán Sárkány  [ es; he; hu; it; no; sv ]
• Szebasztián Szabó
• Gábor Zombori

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Szebasztián Szabó	50 m freestyle	21.83	11 Q	21.84	14	Did not advance
Nándor Németh	100 m freestyle	48.07	10 Q	47.72	9	Did not advance
Balázs Holló	200 m freestyle	1:48.09	30	Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky	400 m freestyle	3:48.84	21	—		Did not advance
Zalán Sárkány  [ es; he; hu; it; no; sv ]		3:46.82 PB	13	—		Did not advance
Dávid Betlehem	800 m freestyle	7:50.57	10	—		Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky		8:05.09	21	—		Did not advance
Dávid Betlehem	1500 m freestyle	14:59.09	10	—		Did not advance
Zalán Sárkány  [ es; he; hu; it; no; sv ]		14:47.89 PB	7 Q	—		14:55.17	7
Ádám Jászó	50 m backstroke	24.73 PB	9 Q	24.74	12	Did not advance
Hubert Kós		24.62 =NR	5 Q	24.50 NR	=5	24.62	8
Ádám Jászó	100 m backstroke	53.78	16 Q	53.62	15	Did not advance
Hubert Kós		52.60	3 Q	52.21 NR	1 Q	52.20 NR	4
Benedek Kovács	200 m backstroke	1:56.40	4 Q	1:56.69	14	Did not advance
Hubert Kós		1:56.71	9 Q	1:54.64	3 Q	1:53.19 ER
Szebasztián Szabó	50 m butterfly	23.29	17	Did not advance
Hubert Kós	100 m butterfly	Did not start
Richárd Márton	200 m butterfly	1:55.51	11 Q	1:55:80	14	Did not advance
Hubert Kós	200 m individual medley	1:57.93	4 Q	1:57.22	5 Q	1:55.34 PB
Gábor Zombori		1:59.51	17	Did not advance
Balázs Holló	400 m individual medley	4:13.88	9	—		Did not advance
Gábor Zombori		4:13.59	8 Q	—		4:12.51	6
Nándor Németh Dániel Mészáros Ádám Jászó Szebasztián Szabó Hubert Kós*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.71	7 Q	—		3:12.75	6

Women

Participating athletes:

• Minna Ábrahám
• Bettina Fábián
• Henrietta Fángli
• Vivien Jackl
• Lora Komoróczy
• Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas
• Dóra Molnár
• Nikolett Pádár
• Petra Senánszky
• Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy
• Panna Ugrai

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Petra Senánszky	50 m freestyle	24.89	16 Q	24.87	16	Did not start
Nikolett Pádár	100 m freestyle	Did not start
Minna Ábrahám	200 m freestyle	1:57.65	12 Q	1:56.70	10	Did not advance
Nikolett Pádár		1:58.62	19	Did not advance
Bettina Fábián	400 m freestyle	4:14.31	20	—		Did not advance
Vivien Jackl	800 m freestyle	8:43.29	20	—		Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas		8:46.46	21	—		Did not advance
Vivien Jackl	1500 m freestyle	16:29.60	17	—		Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas		16:28.04	15	—		Did not advance
Lora Komoróczy	50 m backstroke	28.57	27	Did not advance
Lora Komoróczy	100 m backstroke	1:01.80	26	Did not advance
Dóra Molnár	200 m backstroke	2:08.53 PB	2 Q	2:09.90	8 Q	2:09.74	7
Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy		2:12.08	23	Did not advance
Henrietta Fángli	50 m breaststroke	30.67	=13 Q	30.81	14	Did not advance
Henrietta Fángli	100 m breaststroke	1:07.08	19	Did not advance
Vivien Jackl	400 m individual medley	4:43.02	11	—		Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas		4:49.50	16	—		Did not advance
Nikolett Pádár Panna Ugrai Petra Senánszky Minna Ábrahám	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:37.04	8 Q	—		3:36.34 NR	8
Dóra Molnár Panna Ugrai Nikolett Pádár Minna Ábrahám	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:54.69	4 Q	—		7:49.66	4
Dóra Molnár Henrietta Fángli Panna Ugrai Minna Ábrahám	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:01.22 NR	12	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nándor Németh Hubert Kós Nikolett Pádár Minna Ábrahám	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:24.96	9	Did 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

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hungary	Men's tournament	Australia W 18–6	Japan W 23–18	Spain L 9–10	2 Q	Romania W 15–11	Croatia W 18–12	Serbia W 19–18	Spain L 13–15
Hungary	Women's tournament	Greece W 10–9	Japan W 33–13	Croatia W 22–6	1 Q	Bye	Italy W 12–9	Spain W 15–9	Greece L 9–12

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – 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

• 1 Kristóf Csoma GK
• 2 Dániel Angyal CB
• 3 Krisztián Manhercz (c) D
• 4 Erik Molnár CF
• 5 Márton Vámos RW
• 6 Ádám Nagy D
• 7 Gergő Fekete D
• 8 Gergely Burián RW
• 9 Péter Kovács CF
• 10 Vendel Vigvári D
• 11 Szilárd Jansik CB
• 12 Vince Vigvári D
• 13 Márton Mizsei GK
• 14 Ákos Nagy RW
• 15 Zsombor Vismeg CB

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	42	32	+10	9	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	0	1	50	34	+16	6	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	46	56	−10	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	0	3	24	40	−16	0	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	18–6	Australia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 4–0, 3–2, 6–3
		Vámos 3	Goals	Grgurevic 3

14 July 2025 13:45	Report	Japan	18–23	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 4	Goals	Vismeg 4

16 July 2025 20:45	Report	Spain	10–9	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 2–3, 5–1
		Granados 4	Goals	Angyal, Vigvári 2

Playoff

18 July 2025 17:35	Report	Romania	11–15	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–2, 3–3, 2–4
		Georgescu 4	Goals	Burián 3

Quarterfinal

20 July 2025 20:45	Report	Croatia	12–18	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 6–6, 1–5, 2–2, 3–5
		Butić 4	Goals	Manhercz 4

Semifinal

22 July 2025 21:35	Report	Serbia	18–19	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 5–2, 4–8, 6–3
		Mandić 6	Goals	Fekete, Manhercz 4

Final

24 July 2025 21:35	Report	Spain	15–13	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 5	Goals	Burián 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – 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 ]

• 1 Boglárka Neszmély GK
• 2 Dorottya Szilágyi LW
• 3 Vanda Vályi RW
• 4 Eszter Varró CF
• 5 Kinga Peresztegi-Nagy CB
• 6 Nóra Sümegi CB
• 7 Dalma Dömsödi CF
• 8 Rita Keszthelyi (c) RW
• 9 Dóra Leimeter LW
• 10 Natasa Rybanska CF
• 11 Kamilla Faragó D
• 12 Krisztina Garda D
• 13 Luca Torma GK
• 14 Panna Tiba RW
• 15 Kata Hajdú RW

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	0	65	28	+37	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	0	1	65	32	+33	6	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	53	70	−17	3
4	Croatia	3	0	0	0	3	25	78	−53	0	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	9–10	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–3, 0–4, 4–2
		Tricha 6	Goals	Rybanska 3

13 July 2025 10:35	Report	Hungary	33–13	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 6	Goals	Arima 4

15 July 2025 20:45	Report	Croatia	6–22	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Fiona Haigh (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–9, 2–5, 1–5, 1–3
		Rožić 4	Goals	Garda, Keszthelyi 4

Quarterfinal

19 July 2025 19:10	Report	Hungary	12–9	Italy	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–2, 2–2
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	Ranalli 4

Semifinal

21 July 2025 21:35	Report	Hungary	15–9	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 3	Goals	Ruiz 3

Final

23 July 2025 21:35	Report	Greece	12–9	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 3	Goals	Tiba, Hajdú 2

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