Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

competed at the

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, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Hungarian athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the

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in Antwerp, and the

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in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott. The

Hungarian Olympic Committee The Hungarian Olympic Committee (, , MOB) is the National Olympic Committee representing Hungary. History The Hungarian Olympic Committee was founded on 19 December 1895, as sixth in the world, following the French, Greek, American, German a ...

(, ''MOB'') sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since

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to London. A total of 159 athletes, 97 men and 62 women, competed in 18 sports. Hungary originally left London with a total of 17 medals (8 gold, 4 silver, and 5 bronze), finishing tenth in the overall medal standings. Almost a third of the medals were awarded to the team in sprint canoeing, along with three in swimming, and two each in judo and wrestling. Three Hungarian athletes, all from sprint canoeing, won more than a single Olympic medal in London. For the first time since

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, Hungary did not win an Olympic medal in men's water polo. Among the nation's medalists were gymnast

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, who became the fourth Hungarian to claim the title in men's pommel horse, 24 years after the last Hungarian winner, and hammer thrower Krisztián Pars, who narrowly missed out on a medal in Beijing.

Katalin Kovács Katalin Kovács (born 29 February 1976) is a Hungarian canoe sprinter. She competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics and won eight medals, with three golds (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008, K-4 500 m: 2012) and five silvers (K-2 500 m: 2000, 2 ...

, who won gold and silver in London, emerged as the greatest Hungarian sprint kayaker in history, with a total of eight Olympic medals. Multiple-time European champion

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, who won bronze in London, became one of the most successful Hungarian swimmers in history, with a total of five Olympic medals. Meanwhile, former Olympic silver medalist

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set a world record to win the gold in men's breaststroke swimming.

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, who retired from the pool after competing two events, became an Olympic champion in women's open water marathon. On 7 November 2012, the

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stripped Uzbek wrestler

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of his bronze medal after he tested positive for the prohibited substance

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, who lost to Tigiev in the final repechage bout, was subsequently awarded the bronze medal.

Medalists

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Delegation

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(MOB) selected a team of 159 athletes, 97 men and 62 women, to compete in 18 sports; it was the nation's smallest delegation since 1956.

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and men's handball were the only team sports in which Hungary was represented. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, triathlon, and weightlifting. Swimming had the largest team by sport, with a total of 31 competitors. The Hungarian team featured past Olympic champions, three of them defending their titles from Beijing (sprint kayakers

and

Nataša Dušev-Janić Natasa Dusev-Janics ( sr-Latn, Nataša Dušev-Janić, sr-Cyrl, Наташа Душев-Јанић; born 24 June 1982) is a Serbian-Hungarian Canoe sprint, sprint canoer who has competed for Hungary since 2001 and has won six Olympic medals in ...

, and the men's national water polo team). Dusev-Janics, who won a total of three gold medals for Hungary, previously competed for the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2000. Six Hungarian athletes made their fifth Olympic appearances: sprint canoer and multiple-time Olympic champion

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, water polo player

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, table tennis player Krisztina Tóth, fencers

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and

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, and windsurfer Áron Gádorfalvi. Double trap shooter Richárd Bognár, at age 45, was the oldest athlete in the team, while butterfly swimmer

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was the youngest at age 15. Péter Biros, who led his water polo team to the gold medal in three consecutive Olympic Games, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Other notable Hungarian athletes included swimmer and triple Olympic silver medalist

, pommel horse gymnast and two-time defending world champion

, hammer thrower and multiple-time World Challenge champion Krisztián Pars, and sabre fencer

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Athletics

Hungarian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...

;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events –

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

Boxing

Hungary has so far qualified boxers for the following events ;Men

Canoeing

Sprint

Hungary has qualified boats for the following events ;Men ;Women Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); OB = Olympic Best

Cycling

Road

Mountain biking

Diving

;Women

Fencing

Hungary has qualified 4 fencers. ;Men ;Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

Hungary has qualified three athletes. ;Men ;Women

Handball

Men's tournament

;Group play ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals ;Bronze medal game

Judo

;Men ;Women

Modern pentathlon

Hungary has qualified two men and two women. * Did not finish

Rowing

Hungary has qualified the following boats. ;Men Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Hungary has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events ;Men ;Women Legend: M=Medal race; DNF=Did not finish; EL= Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

;Men ;Women

Swimming

Swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ;Men ;Women Gábor Financsek was designated to compete in 4 × 100 m medley relay, Orsolya Tompa and Brigitta Gregus were designated to compete in 4 × 100 m medley relay, Sára Joó and Vivien Kádas were designated to compete in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, but they did not participate. They are official members of the Hungarian Olympic Team, but they did not compete in any event.

Synchronized swimming

Hungary has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.

Table tennis

Two Hungarian table tennis players have qualified for the Games. Based on their world ranking on 16 May 2011 Krisztina Tóth and Georgina Póta qualified for the women's singles.

Tennis

Triathlon

Hungary has qualified the following athletes.

Water polo

Hungary has qualified a men's and a women's team. The team will have 13 athletes.

Men's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals 5–8 ;Fifth place game

Women's tournament

;Team roster ;Group play ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals ;Bronze medal game

Weightlifting

Hungary has qualified the following quota places.

Wrestling

Hungary has qualified the following quota place. ;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman ;Women's freestyle

References

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