Hungary at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Hungary competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Hungarian athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott. The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1956. 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, 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 1996, Hungary did not win an Olympic medal in men's water polo.
Among the nation's medalists were gymnast Krisztián Berki, who became the fourth Hungarian to claim the title in men's pommel horse after 24 years, and hammer thrower Krisztián Pars, who narrowly missed out on the medal standings in Beijing. Katalin Kovács, 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 László Cseh, 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 Dániel Gyurta, set a world record to win the gold in men's breaststroke swimming. Éva Risztov, who retired from the pool after competing in two of her events, became an Olympic champion in women's open water marathon.
On 7 November 2012, the International Olympic Committee stripped Uzbek wrestler Soslan Tigiev of his bronze medal after testing positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine. Gábor Hatos, who lost to Tigiev in the final repechage bout, was subsequently awarded the bronze medal.
Medalists
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Delegation
Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság (MOB) selected a team of 159 athletes, 97 men and 62 women, to compete in 18 sports; it was the nation's smallest delegation sent to the Olympics since 1956. Water polo and men's handball were the only team-based sports in which Hungary had its representation in these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, triathlon, and weightlifting. Swimming was the largest team by sport, with a total of 31 competitors.
The Hungarian team featured past Olympic champions, three of them defending (sprint kayakers Katalin Kovács and Nataša Dušev-Janić, and the men's national water polo team). Dusev-Janics, who won a total of three gold medals for Hungary, previously competed as part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 2000. Six Hungarian athletes made their fifth Olympic appearance: sprint canoer and multiple-time Olympic champion Zoltán Kammerer, water polo player Tamás Kásás, table tennis player Krisztina Tóth, fencers Géza Imre and Aida Mohamed, and windsurfer Áron Gádorfalvi. Double trap shooter Richárd Bognár, at age 45, was the oldest athlete of the team, while butterfly swimmer Liliána Szilágyi was the youngest at age 15. Péter Biros, who led his water polo team by winning the gold medal in three consecutive Olympic Games, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Other notable Hungarian athletes featured swimmer and triple Olympic silver medalist László Cseh, pommel horse gymnast and two-time defending world champion Krisztián Berki, hammer thrower and multiple-time World Challenge champion Krisztián Pars, and sabre fencer Áron Szilágyi.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
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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
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Combined events – Heptathlon
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
Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012
Summer Olympics