Hungary competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 178 competitors, 109 men and 69 women, took part in 137 events in 23 sports.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Tímea Nagy Fencing Women's épée Zoltán KammererBotond Storcz Canoeing K-2 500 metres Gábor HorváthZoltán KammererÁkos VereckeiBotond Storcz Canoeing K-4 1000 metres György Kolonics Canoeing C-1 500 metres Ferenc NovákImre Pulai Canoeing C-2 500 metres Szilveszter Csollány Gymnastics Men's rings Ágnes Kovács Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke Water polo Men's tournament Gábor Balogh Modern pentathlon Men's Competition Katalin KovácsSzilvia Szabó Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres Rita KőbánSzilvia SzabóErzsébet ViskiKatalin Kovács Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres Hungary women's national handball team Handball Women's tournament Erzsébet Márkus Weightlifting Women's 69 kg Sándor Bárdosi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg Zsolt Erdei Boxing Middleweight Krisztián BártfaiKrisztián Veréb Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres Diána Igaly Shooting Women's skeet
Athletics
Men's Competition Men's 400 m Zsolt Szeglet Round 1 – 46.19 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 m Balázs Korányi Round 1 – 01:46.21 Semifinal – 01:47.35 (→ did not advance)
Men's 110 m Hurdles Balázs Kovács Round 1 – 13.83 Round 2 – 13.78 (→ did not advance)
Levente Csillag Round 1 – 13.66 Round 2 – 13.75 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles Tibor Bedi Round 1 – 51.54 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Laszlo Babaly, Miklós Gyulai, Viktor Kovács, and Géza Pauer Round 1 – 39.52 (did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Tibor Bedi, Zétény Dombi, Attila Kilvinger, and Zsolt Szeglet Round 1 – 03:06.50 (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put Szilard Kiss Qualifying – 18.95 (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Róbert Fazekas Qualifying – 61.76 (→ did not advance)
Gábor Máté Qualifying – 60.86 (→ did not advance)
Zoltán Kővágó Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw Tibor Gécsek Qualifying – 77.33 Final – 77.70 (→ 7th place)
Zsolt Németh Qualifying – 73.95 (→ did not advance)
Adrián Annus Qualifying – 75.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump Zsolt Czingler Qualifying – 16.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk Sándor Urbanik Final – 0:01:26 (→ 29th place)
Gyula Dudás Final – 1:28:34 (→ 37th place)
Men's 50 km Walk Gyula Dudás Final – 4:17:55 (→ 37th place)
Zoltán Czukor Final – DSQ
Men's Decathlon Attila Zsivoczky 100 m – 11.10 Long jump – 7.00 Shot put – 14.96 High jump – 2.06 400 m – 48.61 100 m Hurdles – 15.27 Discus throw – 47.43 Pole vault – 4.80 Javelin throw – 65.87 1,500 m – 04:23.37 Points – 8277.00 (→ 8th place) Zsolt Kürtösi 100 m – 11.00 Long jump – 7.19 Shot put – 15.13 High jump – 2.00 400 m – 48.81 100 m Hurdles – 14.15 Discus throw – 46.62 Pole vault – 4.80 Javelin throw – 57.16 1,500 m – 04:43.39 Points – 8149.00 (→ 11th place)
Women's Competition Women's 400 m Barbara Petráhn Round 1 – 52.86 Round 2 – 52.72 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 m Anikó Kálovics Round 1 – 33:20.40 (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw Nikolett Szabó Qualifying – 58.86 (→ did not advance)
Women's Hammer Throw Katalin Divós Qualifying – 62.74 (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump Tünde Vaszi Qualifying – 6.70 Final – 6.59 (→ 8th place)
Zita Ajkler Qualifying – 6.36 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump Dóra Győrffy Qualifying – 1.89 (→ did not advance)
Women's Pole Vault Zsuzsanna Szabó Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)
Katalin Donath Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)
Women's 20 km Walk Mária Urbanik Final – 1:34:45 (→ 18th place)
Anikó Szebenszky Final – 1:36:46 (→ 29th place)
Women's Marathon Judit Földing-Nagy Final – 2:30:54 (→ 17th place)
Women's Heptathlon Rita Ináncsi 100 m Hurdles – 15.11 High jump – 1.69 Shot put – DNS 200 m – DNS
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Pál Lakatos Round 1 – Bye Round 2 – Lost to Un Chol Kim of DPR of Korea (→ did not advance)
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Károly Balzsay Round 1 – Bye Round 2 – Lost to Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand (→ did not advance)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Zsolt Erdei Round 1 – Bye Round 2 – Defeated Vladislav Vizilter of Kyrgyzstan Quarterfinal – Defeated Oleksandr Zubrihin of Ukraine Semifinal – Lost to Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov of Russia → Bronze Medal
Canoeing
Flatwater
Men's Competition Men's Kayak Singles 500 m Ákos Vereckei Qualifying heat – 01:42.089 Semifinal – 01:39.574 Final – 02:00.145 (→ 4th place)
Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m Roland Kökény Qualifying heat – 03:38.066 Semifinal – 03:39.455 (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m Zoltan Kammerer and Botond Storcz Qualifying heat – 01:31.144 Semifinal – Bye Final – 01:47.055 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m Krisztián Bártfai and Krisztian Vereb Qualifying heat – 03:13.677 Semifinal – Bye Final – 03:16.357 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m Gabor Horvath, Zoltan Kammerer, Botond Storcz, and Ákos Vereckei Qualifying heat – 02:58.096 Semifinal – Bye Final – 02:55.188 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's Canoe Singles 500 m Gyorgy Kolonics Qualifying heat – 01:51.492 Semifinal – Bye Final – 02:24.813 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m György Zala Qualifying heat – 04:00.754 Semifinal – 04:03.226 (→ did not advance)
Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák Qualifying heat – 01:42.816 Semifinal – Bye Final – 01:51.284 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m Imre Pulai and Ferenc Novák Qualifying heat – 03:38.492 Semifinal – Bye Final – 03:43.103 (→ 5th place)
Women's Competition Women's Kayak Singles 500 m Rita Kőbán Qualifying heat – 01:50.777 Semifinal – Bye Final – 02:19.668 (→ 6th place)
Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó Qualifying heat – 01:42.298 Semifinal – Bye Final – 01:58.580 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's Kayak Fours 500 m Rita Kőbán, Katalin Kovács, Szilvia Szabó, Erzsébet Viski Qualifying heat – 01:33.312 Semifinal – Bye Final – 01:34.946 (→ Silver Medal)
Cycling
Track Cycling Women's Sprint Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Qualifying – 11.545 1/8 Finals – Lost to Iryna Yanovych of Ukraine 1/8 Finals Repechage – Heat 1; 1st place Quarterfinal – Lost to Oxana Grichina of Russia Finals 5-8 – (→ 5th place)
Women's 500 m Time Trial Szilvia Noemi Szabolcsi Final – 35.778 (→ 12th place)
Diving
Men's 3 Metre Springboard Imre Lengyel Preliminary – 382.98 Semi-final – 222.60 – 605.58 Final – 390.87 – 613.47 (→ 11th place)
Men's 10 Metre Platform Andras Hajinal Preliminary – 316.14 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 3 Metre Springboard Orsolya Pintér Preliminary – 239.64 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Fencing
Thirteen fencers, seven men and six women, represented Hungary in 2000.
Men's foil Márk Marsi
Men's épée Attila Fekete Iván Kovács
Men's team épée Attila Fekete, Márk Marsi, Iván Kovács
Men's sabre Domonkos Ferjancsik Csaba Köves Zsolt Nemcsik
Men's team sabre Zsolt Nemcsik, Csaba Köves, Domonkos Ferjancsik, Péter Takács
Women's foil Aida Mohamed Edina Knapek Gabriella Lantos
Women's team foil Edina Knapek, Gabriella Lantos, Aida Mohamed
Women's épée Tímea Nagy Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth
Women's team épée Tímea Nagy, Ildikó Nébaldné Mincza, Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Men's Competition Gábor Balogh – 5353pts (→ Silver Medal) Péter Sárfalvi – 4971pts (→ 17th place)
Women's Competition Zsuzsanna Vörös – 4866 pts (→ 15th place) Nóra Simóka – 3042pts (→ 23rd place)
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Five men and one woman competed for Hungary in the Sailing venue at the 2000 Olympics. The best finish was 15th.
Men's Mistral Aron Gadorfalvi Race 1 – (24) Race 2 – 19 Race 3 – 19 Race 4 – 23 Race 5 – 21 Race 6 – 23 Race 7 – 21 Race 8 – 17 Race 9 – 14 Race 10 – (37) OCS Race 11 – 20 Final – 177 (24thplace)
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn) Balázs Hajdú Race 1 – (26) DSQ Race 2 – 6 Race 3 – 16 Race 4 – 16 Race 5 – 3 Race 6 – 5 Race 7 – (26) DNF Race 8 – 8 Race 9 – 22 Race 10 – 10 Race 11 – 16 Final – 102 (15th place)
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470) Marcell S. Goszleth and Adam C. Szorenyi Race 1 – (30) OCS Race 2 – 20 Race 3 – 19 Race 4 – 18 Race 5 – 25 Race 6 – 24 Race 7 – 26 Race 8 – 17 Race 9 – (29) Race 10 – 28 Race 11 – 27 Final – 204 (29th place)
Men's Laser Tamas Eszes Race 1 – 5 Race 2 – (26) Race 3 – 9 Race 4 – 13 Race 5 – (44) DSQ Race 6 – 14 Race 7 – 16 Race 8 – 26 Race 9 – 5 Race 10 – 26 Race 11 – 13 Final – 127 (18thplace)
Women's Mistral Luca Gadorfalvi Race 1 – 23 Race 2 – (26) Race 3 – 24 Race 4 – 24 Race 5 – (28) Race 6 – 21 Race 7 – 25 Race 8 – 21 Race 9 – 15 Race 10 – 23 Race 11 – 25 Final – 201 (25th place)
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle Attila Zubor Preliminary heat – 23.03 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Freestyle Attila Zubor Preliminary heat – 49.79 Semi-final – 49.58 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Béla Szabados Preliminary heat – 1:50.10 Semi-final – 1:49.36 (→ did not advance)
Attila Zubor Preliminary heat – 1:50.11 Semi-final – 1:49.87 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Zoltán Szilágyi Preliminary heat – 03:58.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Zsolt Gáspár Preliminary heat – 53.29 Semi-final – 53.45 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Butterfly Viktor Bodrogi Preliminary heat – 02:00.75 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Károly Güttler Preliminary heat – 01:01.66 Semi-final – 01:01.83 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Norbert Rózsa Preliminary heat – 02:15.27 Semi-final – 02:14.67 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Backstroke Péter Horváth Preliminary heat – 55.81 Semi-final – 55.65 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Backstroke Viktor Bodrogi Preliminary heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Attila Czene Preliminary heat – 02:02.66 Semi-final – 02:01.56 Final – 02:01.16 (→ 4th place)
István Batházi Preliminary heat – 02:03.63 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley István Batházi Preliminary heat – 04:18.85 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Attila Czene, Zsolt Gáspár, Jacint Simon, and Béla Szabados Preliminary heat – 07:24.48 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Péter Horváth, Károly Güttler, Zsolt Gáspár, and Attila Zubor Preliminary heat – 03:38.58 Final – 03:39.09 (→ 5th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Gyongyver Lakos Preliminary heat – 57.71 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 m Freestyle Éva Risztov Preliminary heat – 04:18.48 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 m Freestyle Éva Risztov Preliminary heat – 08:43.07 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Butterfly Orsolya Ferenczy Preliminary heat – 01:01.15 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Butterfly Éva Risztov Preliminary heat – 02:11.32 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Ágnes Kovács Preliminary heat – 01:08.50 Semi-final – 01:07.79 Final – 01:08.09 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke Ágnes Kovács Preliminary heat – 02:24.92 Semi-final – 02:24.03 – Olympic Record Final – 02:24.35 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 100 m Backstroke Annamaria Kiss Preliminary heat – 01:06.12 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Annamaria Kiss Preliminary heat – 02:20.40 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Orsolya Ferenczy, Annamaria Kiss, Ágnes Kovács, and Gyongyver Lakos Preliminary heat – 04:11.11 (→ did not advance)
Synchronized swimming
Duet Zsuzsanna Hamori, Petra Marschalko Technical routine – 28.957 Did not compete in free routine
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition Attila Sávolt First round – Lost to Paradorn Srichaphan (THA), 2-6 6-4 5–7
Alternates
Daniel Somogyi Gergely Kisgyorgy
Women's Singles Competition Rita Kuti-Kis