Dusán Kovács (born 31 July 1971) is a retired Hungarian athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as three consecutive World Championships starting in 1993. In addition he won two bronze medals at the 1993 Summer Universiade.
His personal best in the event is 48.45 seconds set at the 1997 World Championships in Athens where he narrowly missed the final. This is the standing national record. He is now an athletics commentator for Hungarian Eurosport.
Competition record Representing 1989European Junior ChampionshipsVaraždin, Yugoslavia9thDecathlon7163 pts1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria6thDecathlon7232 pts1991UniversiadeSheffield, United Kingdom5thDecathlon7546 pts1993UniversiadeBuffalo, United States3rd400 m hurdles50.123rd4x400 m relay3:04.27World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany23rd (h)400 m hurdles49.961994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland13th (sf)400 m hurdles50.011995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden12th (sf)400 m hurdles49.57UniversiadeFukuoka, Japan5th400 m hurdles49.3511th (h)4x400 m relay3:09.591996European Indoor ChampionshipsStockholm, Sweden –400 mDQOlympic GamesAtlanta, United States11th (sf)400 m hurdles48.571997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France14th (sf) 400 m47.23World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece7th (sf) 400 m hurdles48.45UniversiadeCatania, Italy8th (sf) 400 m hurdles49.40
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