Hungary at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Hungary competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 178 competitors, 124 men and 54 women, took part in 109 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
Gold
Miklós Németh — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
Ildikó Schwarczenberger — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
Zoltán Magyar — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
Gábor Csapó, Tibor Cservenyák, Tamás Faragó, György Gerendás, György Horkai, György Kenéz, Ferenc Konrád, Endre Molnár, László Sárosi, Attila Sudár, and István Szívós, Jr. — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
Silver
Zoltán Sztanity — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Géza Csapó — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
Anna Pfeffer and Klára Rajnai — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
György Kőszegi — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
József Balla — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
Bronze
Zoltán Bakó and István Szabó — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
Tamás Wichmann — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
Tamás Buday and Oszkár Frey — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
Tamás Buday and Oszkár Frey — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
Klára Rajnai — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Győző Kulcsár — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
Ildikó Bóbis, Edit Kovács, Magda Maros, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, and Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
Márta Egervári — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
Éva Angyal, Ágota Bujdosó, Klára Horváth, Zsuzsanna Pethő, Katalin Tóth Harsányi, Rozália Toman, Márta Pacsai, Ilona Nagy, Marianna Nagy, Erzsébet Németh, Amália Sterbinszky, Borbála Tóth Harsányi, and Mária Vanya — Handball, Women's Team Competition
József Tuncsik — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)
Tamás Kancsal, Tibor Maracskó, and Svetiszláv Sasics — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
Péter Baczakó — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
László Réczi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
Athletics
Men's High Jump
Endre Kelemen
Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)
István Major
Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Ferenc Tégla
Qualification — 61.66m
Final — 60.54m (→ 11th place)
Janós Farago
Qualification — 60.06m
Final — 57.48m (→ 14th place)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
Imre Stankovics — 1:32:06 (→ 16th place)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
György Gedó
First Round — Defeated Said Bashiri (IRN), KO-2
Second Round — Defeated Serdamba Batsuk (MGL), 5:0
Quarterfinals — Lost to Payao Pooltarat (THA), 1:4
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Sandor Orbán
First Round — Lost to Said Ahmed El-Ashry (EGY), 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
One cyclist represented Hungary in 1976.
Individual pursuit
Gábor Szűcs — 16th place
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1976.
Men's foil
József Komatits
Lajos Somodi Jr.
Jenő Kamuti
Men's team foil
József Komatits, Csaba Fenyvesi, Lajos Somodi Jr., Jenő Kamuti, Sándor Erdős
Men's épée
Győző Kulcsár
István Osztrics
Csaba Fenyvesi
Men's team épée
Csaba Fenyvesi, Sándor Erdős, István Osztrics, Pál Schmitt, Győző Kulcsár
Men's sabre
Imre Gedővári
Tamás Kovács
Péter Marót
Men's team sabre
Péter Marót, Tamás Kovács, Imre Gedővári, Ferenc Hammang, Csaba Körmöczi
Women's foil
Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi
Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis
Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő
Women's team foil
Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Magda Maros, Edit Kovács
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1976, winning bronze in the team event.
Individual
Tamás Kancsal
Tibor Maracskó
Szvetiszláv Sasics
Team
Tamás Kancsal
Tibor Maracskó
Szvetiszláv Sasics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Volleyball
Women's team competition
Preliminary round (group A)
Lost to Japan (0-3)
Defeated Canada (3-1)
Defeated Peru (3-1)
Semi Finals
Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
Bronze Medal Match
Lost to South Korea (1-3) → Fourth place
Team roster
Zsuzsa Szloboda
Gyöngyi Bardi
Eva Biszku
Zsuzsa Biszku
Lucia Banhegyi
Gabriella Fekete
Agnes Hubai
Judit Schlegl
Agnes Torma
Katalin Schadek
Emerencia Kiraly
Eva Szalay
Head coach: Gabriella Kotsis
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
Olympics