Hungary competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. 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 a total of 209 athletes to the Games, 119 men and 90 women, to compete in 20 sports. Water polo and 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 and mountain biking.
The Hungarian team featured several Olympic medalists from Sydney, including the men's water polo team (led by Tibor Benedek), épée fencer Tímea Nagy, sprint kayakers Zoltán Kammerer, György Kolonics (who later died in 2008 due to heart failure), and Katalin Kovács, and breaststroke and medley swimmer Ágnes Kovács. Table tennis player Csilla Bátorfi became the first female Hungarian athlete to compete in five Olympic Games as one of the most sophisticated members of the team. Along with Kolonics and Benedek, six Hungarian athletes had made their fourth Olympic appearance, including fencer Iván Kovács and half-heavyweight judoka Antal Kovács, who was assigned by the committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Race walker Zoltán Czukor, aged 41, was the oldest member of the team, while backstroke swimmer Evelyn Verrasztó was the youngest at age 15.
Hungary left Athens with a total of 17 Olympic medals, 8 golds, 6 silver, and 3 bronze, matching its overall tally with Sydney four years earlier. Almost a third of these medals were awarded to the athletes in sprint canoeing, three in fencing, and two in swimming. Skeet shooter Diána Igaly and modern pentathlete Zsuzsanna Vörös won Olympic gold medals for the first time in their respective sporting events by a female. Meanwhile, Nagy managed to repeat her gold from Sydney in women's épée fencing. Hungary's team-based athletes proved particularly successful in Athens, as the men's water polo team had fulfilled a mission to defend their eighth overall Olympic title.
Originally, Hungary had won 20 Olympic medals at these Games. Three Hungarian medalists had been disqualified from the Games for committing an anti-doping violation, two of which were Olympic champions in track and field. On August 25, 2004, discus thrower Róbert Fazekas failed to submit a proper urine sample during the test, and was not allowed to present his gold in the medal ceremony. At the conclusion of the Games, the International Olympic Committee decided to strip off Adrián Annus' gold medal in men's hammer throw for failing to show up in the doping test.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Fencing Women's épée Shooting Women's skeet Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 m Modern pentathlon Women's event Canoeing Women's K-1 500 m Canoeing Women's K-2 500 m Water polo Men's tournament Fencing Men's sabre Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke Weightlifting Women's 69 kg Fencing Men's team épée Athletics Men's discus throw Canoeing Women's K-4 500 m Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 m Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m | width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalCanoeing 3 1 26Fencing 1 2 03Modern pentathlon 1 0 01Shooting 1 0 01Water polo 1 0 01Wrestling 1 0 01Swimming 0 1 12Athletics 0 1 01Weightlifting 0 1 01 Total 8 6 3 17
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).
Róbert Fazekas and Adrián Annus originally claimed gold medals in both men's discus and hammer throw. On August 25, 2004, a few hours before the medal ceremony had taken place, Fazekas committed an anti-doping violation by failing to submit a proper urine sample during the test, and was eventually expelled from the Games. Meanwhile, at the conclusion of the Games, the International Olympic Committee stripped off Annus' Olympic title after failing the doping test.
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankZsolt BácskaiMarathoncolspan=6 Levente Csillag110 m hurdles13.747Did not advanceZoltán Czukor50 km walkcolspan=6 4:03:5124Gábor Dobos100 m10.686Did not advanceGyula Dudás20 km walkcolspan=6 1:28:1830Roland Németh100 m10.283 Q10.386Did not advanceGéza Pauer200 m21.024 Q20.906Did not advanceZsolt Szeglet400 m46.164colspan=2 Did not advanceJános Tóth50 km walkcolspan=6 4:29:3341
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAdrián AnnusHammer throw79.593 Q83.19Zsolt BíberShot put19.3124Did not advanceLászló BorosHigh jump2.1533Did not advanceRóbert FazekasDiscus throw68.101 Q70.93Gergely HorváthJavelin throw73.9526Did not advanceZoltán KővágóDiscus throw61.9111 q67.04Tamás MarglLong jump7.3838Did not advanceGábor MátéDiscus throw63.415 q57.8411Krisztián ParsHammer throw80.502 Q78.735Péter TölgyesiTriple jump16.3626Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankAttila ZsivoczkyResult10.917.1415.312.1249.4014.9545.624.7063.454:29.5482876Points881847809915842856780819790748
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankEdina Füsti20 km walkcolspan=4 1:39:4544Anikó Kálovics10000 mcolspan=4 32:21.4720Ida KovácsMarathoncolspan=4 3:03:2160Krisztina Papp5000 m15:58.4417colspan=2 Did not advanceJudit Varga1500 m4:09.3612Did not advanceBeáta RakonczaiMarathoncolspan=4 2:49:4148Simona Staicucolspan=4 2:48:5745
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionZita AjklerLong jump6.3926Did not advanceKatalin DivósHammer throw67.6417Did not advanceÉva KürtiShot put14.6036Did not advanceDiscus throw52.5239Did not advanceKrisztina MolnárPole vault4.30=19Did not advanceÉva OrbánHammer throw65.7624Did not advanceNikolett SzabóJavelin throw60.2016Did not advanceJulianna TudjaHammer throw66.8518Did not advanceTünde VasziLong jump6.5512 q6.737
Boxing
Hungary sent five boxers to Athens. In the first round, two were defeated while two advanced by winning and a third received a bye. All three that advanced lost in the round of 16.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPál BedákLight flyweightL 8–23Did not advanceZsolt BedákBantamweightW 36–27L 24–27Did not advanceGyula KátéLightweightL 23–30Did not advanceVilmos BalogWelterweightL 24–33Did not advanceKároly BalzsayMiddleweightW 29–24L 25–38Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMárton JoóbC-1 500 m1:51.0254 q1:50.8132 Q1:48.1957Roland KökényK-1 1000 m3:27.9042 q3:29.1342 Q3:31.1216Attila VajdaC-1 1000 m3:57.2904 q3:52.2362 Q3:49.025Ákos VereckeiK-1 500 m1:37.5892 q1:38.7372 Q1:39.3155István BeéZoltán BenkőK-2 1000 m3:13.3405 q3:13.6093 Q3:27.9969Zoltán KammererBotond StorczK-2 500 m1:31.1664 q1:30.4381 Q1:29.0965György KolonicsGyörgy KozmannC-2 500 m1:41.3244 q1:41.4722 Q1:41.1387C-2 1000 m3:31.7753 Qcolspan=2 3:43.106Gábor HorváthZoltán KammererBotond StorczÁkos VereckeiK-4 1000 m2:51.0101 Qcolspan=2 2:56.919
Women AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNataša Dušev-JanićK-1 500 m1:49.8701 Qcolspan=2 1:47.741Nataša Dušev-JanićKatalin KovácsK-2 500 m1:38.6061 Qcolspan=2 1:38.101Kinga BótaKatalin KovácsSzilvia SzabóErzsébet ViskiK-4 500 m1:32.2982 Qcolspan=2 1:34.536 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankLászló BodrogiMen's road race5:56:4574Men's time trial1:00:38.0520
Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankZsolt VinczeffyMen's cross-country (2 laps)43
Diving
Hungarian divers qualified for three individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games.
Men AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankAndrás Hajnal10 m platform305.7933Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankNóra Barta3 m springboard279.2415 Q491.5214Did not advanceVillő Kormos193.6832Did not advance
Fencing
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankGábor BoczkóIndividual épéeL 10–15Did not advanceGéza ImreL 13–15Did not advanceIván KovácsW 15–6L 7–15Did not advanceGábor BoczkóGéza ImreIván KovácsKrisztián KulcsárTeam épéecolspan=3 W 38–34W 34–26L 32–43Domonkos FerjancsikIndividual sabreW 15–8L 11–15Did not advanceBalázs LengyelL 12–15Did not advanceZsolt NemcsikW 15–12W 15–11W 15–14W 15–11L 14–15Domonkos FerjancsikKende FodorBalázs LengyelZsolt NemcsikTeam sabrecolspan=3 L 43–45Classification semi-finalW 45–405th place finalW 45–405
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankAdrienn HormayIndividual épéeL 13–15Did not advanceIldikó Mincza-NébaldW 15–7W 11–10W 15–9L 14–15L 12–154Tímea NagyW 15–10W 15–13W 8–7W 15–14W 15–10Adrienn HormayIldikó Mincza-NébaldTímea NagyHajnalka TóthTeam épéecolspan=3 L 37–38Classification semi-finalW 40–335th place finalW 32–315Aida MohamedIndividual foilW 14–9W 15–5L 7–15L 9–154Gabriella VargaW 15–3W 15–9L 11–15Did not advanceOrsolya NagyIndividual sabreL 14–15Did not advance
Gymnastics
Artistic Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankRóbert GálFloor9.587colspan=5 9.58724Did not advanceVaultcolspan=3 9.550colspan=2 9.5506 Qcolspan=3 9.537colspan=2 9.5376
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankKrisztina SzarkaAll-around 8.7127.0128.1507.78731.66163Did not advance
Handball
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze Medal Final
Women's tournament
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
5th-8th Place Semifinal
Fifth Place Final
Judo
Two Hungarian judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMiklós UngváriMen's −66 kgW 1010–0012L 0001–0011Did not advanceAntal KovácsMen's −100 kgL 0001–0002Did not advance
Modern pentathlon
Four Hungarian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM World Championships.
AthleteEventShooting(10 m air pistol)Fencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Running(3000 m)Total pointsFinal rankPointsRankMP PointsResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsGábor BaloghMen's17517103615–16=158042:10.0221124028211729:49.679104452968Ákos Kállai17914108418–13=68882:14.6429118819621100410:08.7524968513218Csilla FüriWomen's1572982015–16=168042:15.4231296283117211:07.1591052514411Zsuzsanna Vörös1823112019–1259162:15.5941296769112411:22.00=189925448
Rowing
Hungarian rowers qualified the following boats:
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGábor BencsikÁkos HallerDouble sculls7:05.205 R6:15.601 SA/B6:23.815 FB6:15.3911Zsolt HirlingTamás VargaLightweight double sculls6:20.982 R6:22.631 SA/B6:18.232 FA6:24.695
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMónika RemseiEdit StiftLightweight double sculls7:12.795 R7:07.694 FCcolspan=2 7:45.0515 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; R=Repechage
Sailing