Hungary at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Hungary competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 263 competitors, 182 men and 81 women, took part in 151 events in 21 sports.
Medalists
Gold
László Foltán and István Vaskuti — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
Zoltán Magyar — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
Károly Varga — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle Prone
Sándor Wladár — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke
Péter Baczakó — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
Ferenc Kocsis — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Norbert Növényi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Silver
István Joós and István Szabó — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
Ernõ Kolczonay — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
Magda Maros — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
László Horváth, Tibor Maracskó and Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
Zoltán Verrasztó — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke
Albán Vermes — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
Lajos Rácz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
István Tóth — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
József Balla — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
Bronze
János Váradi — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
István Lévai — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Éva Rakusz and Mária Zakariás — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
Imre Gedővári — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
Imre Gedővári, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, György Nébald and Rudolf Nébald — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
Edit Kovács, Magda Maros, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Gertrúd Stefanek and Zsuzsanna Szőcs — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
Ferenc Donáth, György Guczoghy, Zoltán Kelemen, Zoltán Magyar, Péter Kovács, and István Vámos — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
Tibor Kincses — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
András Ozsvár — Judo, Men's Open Class
Zoltán Verrasztó — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
György Szalai — Weightlifting, Heavyweight
Endre Molnár, István Szívós, Jr., Attila Sudár, György Gerandás, György Horkai, Gábor Csapó, István Kiss, István Udvardi, László Kuncz, Tamás Faragó, and Károly Hauszler — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
Ferenc Seres — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
István Kovács — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Szabolcs Detre and Zsolt Detre — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
Archery
After missing the 1976 archery competition, Hungary returned in 1980. The nation was represented by two women and two men, including 1972 veteran Bela Nagy. Nagy placed 5th, only three points behind the bronze medallist.
Women's Individual Competition:
Judit Kovacs — 2323 points (→ 12th place)
Margit Szobi — 2216 points (→ 21st place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Bela Nagy — 2446 points (→ 5th place)
Istvan Balasz — 2241 points (→ 28th place)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
István Nagy
Heat — 10.68 (→ did not advance)
István Tatár
Heat — 10.69 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Ferenc Kiss
István Nagy
Men's 800 metres
András Paróczai
Heat — 1:47.5
Semifinals — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Ferenc Szekeres
Final — 2:15:18 (→ 12th place)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
József Szalai
Heat — 50.23
Semifinals — 51.06 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
István Tatár, István Nagy, László Babály, Sr., and Ferenc Kiss
Men's 20 km Walk
János Szálas
Final — 1:34:10.5 (→ 12th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
László Sátor
Final — 4:10:53 (→ 9th place)
Men's High Jump
Zoltán Társi
Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
István Gibicsár
Qualification — 2.15 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
László Szalma
Qualification — 7.91 m
Final — 8.13 m (→ 4th place)
Béla Bakosi
Qualification — 7.29 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Béla Bakosi
Qualification — 16.45 m
Final — 16.47 m (→ 7th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
Miklós Németh
Qualification — 84.84 m
Final — 82.40 m (→ 8th place)
Ferenc Paragi
Qualification — 88.76 m
Final — 79.52 m (→ 10th place)
Women's 200 metres
Irén Orosz-Árva
Women's 400 metres
Ilona Pál
Judit Forgács
Women's 100 m Hurdles
Xénia Siska
Heat — 13.23
Semifinal — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Women's 4×400 metres Relay
Irén Orosz-Árva, Judit Forgács, Éva Tóth, Ilona Pál, and Ibolya Petrika
Women's High Jump
Andrea Mátay
Qualification — 1.88 m
Final — 1.85 m (→ 10th place)
Women's Long Jump
Mária Pap
Qualifying Round — 6.41 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Margit Papp
Qualifying Round — 6.32 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Ágnes Herczegh
Qualification — 57.80 m
Final — 55.06 m (→ 12th place)
Katalin Csőke
Qualification — 57.38 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
Mária Janák
Qualification — 57.80 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Pentathlon
Margit Papp — 4562 points (→ 5th place)
100 metres — 13.96s
Shot Put — 14.94m
High Jump — 1.74m
Long Jump — 6.35m
800 metres — 2:15.80
Basketball
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
György Gedó
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Charles Lubulwa (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round
Quarter Finals — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
János Váradi → Bronze Medal
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Rabiraj Thapa (Nepal) after referee stopped contest in first round
Quarter Finals — Defeated Daniel Radu (Romania) on points (4-1)
Semi Finals — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Sándor Farkas
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (1-4)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Róbert Gönczi
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (0-5)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Tibor Dezamits
First Round — Defeated Alphonse Matoubela (Congo) on points (5-0)
Second Round — Lost to Yordan Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (1-4)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
Imre Bacskai
First Round — Defeated Paul Kamela Fogang (Cameroon) on points (4-1)
Second Round — Lost to Serik Konakbayev (Soviet Union) after retiring in second round
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Imre Csjef
First Round — Lost to Paul Rasamimanana (Madagascar) after knock-out in second round
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Csaba Kuzma
First Round — Lost to Michael Madsen (Denmark) on points (3-2)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
István Lévai → Bronze Medal
First Round — Bye
Quarter Finals — Defeated Anders Eklund (Sweden) on points (4-1)
Semi Finals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Hungary in 1980.
Individual road race
András Takács
Zoltán Halász
György Szuromi
László Halász
Team time trial
Tamás Csathó
László Halász
Zoltán Halász
András Takács
Sprint
László Morcz
Team pursuit
Ervin Dér
Csaba Pálinkás
Zsigmond Sarkadi Nagy
Gábor Szűcs
Diving
Men's Springboard
Károly Némedi
Preliminary Round — 475.17 points (→ 17th place, did not advance)
Men's Platform
Károly Némedi
Preliminary Round — 429.75 points (→ 14th place, did not advance)
Equestrian
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1980.
Men's foil
István Szelei
László Demény
András Papp
Men's team foil
István Szelei, Ernő Kolczonay, András Papp, László Demény, Jenő Pap
Men's épée
Ernő Kolczonay, István Osztrics, László Pető
Men's team épée
Ernő Kolczonay, István Osztrics, László Pető, Jenő Pap, Péter Takács
Men's sabre
Imre Gedővári
Pál Gerevich
György Nébald
Men's team sabre
Imre Gedővári, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, Rudolf Nébald, György Nébald
Women's foil
Magda Maros
Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi
Gertrúd Stefanek
Women's team foil
Magda Maros, Edit Kovács, Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Zsuzsa Szőcs, Gertrúd Stefanek
Gymnastics
Handball
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Drew with Poland (20-20)
Drew with East Germany (14-14)
Defeated Spain (20-17)
Defeated Denmark (16-15)
Defeated Cuba (26-22)
Classification Match
Bronze Medal Match: Lost to Romania (18-20) → 4th place
Team Roster
Béla Bartalos
László Szabó
Péter Kovács
Sándor Vass
János Fodor
István Szilágyi
József Kenyeres
László Jánovszki
Ambrus Lele
Ernő Gubányi
Zsolt Kontra
Alpár Jegenyés
Árpád Pál
Miklós Kovacsics
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1980. They won a team silver and Tamás Szombathelyi won an individual silver.
Men's Individual competition:
Tamás Szombathelyi — 5502pts, Silver Medal
Tibor Maracskó — 5279pts, 5th place
László Horváth — 5131pts, 19th place
Men's Team Competition:
Szombathelyi, Maracskó, and Horváth — 15912 pts, Silver Medal
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's Competition
János Dzvonyár
András Hargitay
Gábor Mészáros
Sándor Nagy
Róbert Rudolf
Csaba Sós
Albán Vermes
Zoltán Verrasztó
Sándor Wladár
Zoltán Wladár
Women's Competition
Ágnes Fodor
Éva Miklósfalvy
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Gabriella Kindl
Heats — 1:14.33 (→ did not advance)Women's 400m Individual MedleyKlara Gulyas
Heats — did not start (→ did not advance)
Volleyball
Women's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group B) Defeated Brazil (3-2)
Lost to Romania (2-3)
Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)Semi Finals Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)Bronze Medal Game Lost to Bulgaria (2-3) → 4th placeTeam Roster Julianna Szalonna
Éva Szalay
Gyöngyi Bardi
Ágnes Juhász
Lucia Bánhegyi
Gabriella Fekete
Emőke Szegedi-Vargha
Emerencia Király
Ágnes Torma
Erzsébet Varga
Gabriella Lengyel
Bernadett Kőszegi
Water polo
Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group A) Drew with Romania (6-6)
Defeated Netherlands (5-3)
Defeated Greece (8-5)Final Round (Group A) Lost to Soviet Union (4-5)
Lost to Yugoslavia (7-8)
Defeated Spain (6-5)
Defeated Cuba (7-5)
Defeated Netherlands (8-7) → Bronze MedalTeam Roster'''
Endre Molnár
István Szívós, Jr.
Attila Sudár
György Gerandás
György Horkai
Gábor Csapó
István Kiss
István Udvardi
László Kuncz
Tamás Faragó
Károly Hauszler
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
1980 in Hungarian sport