Hungary competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation returned after the Soviet bloc boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. 188 competitors, 152 men and 36 women, took part in 135 events in 20 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Swimming Men's 400 metre individual medley 21 September Modern pentathlon Men's individual 22 September Modern pentathlon Men's team 22 September Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg 22 September Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke 23 September Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 24 September Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley 25 September Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 25 September Fencing Men's team sabre 29 September Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres 30 September Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 1 October Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 19 September Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg 22 September Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 22 September Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg 24 September Weightlifting Men's 110 kg 27 September Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 1 October Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone 19 September Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 23 September Fencing Men's team foil 27 September Fencing Women's team foil 28 September Boxing Light flyweight 29 September Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres 30 September
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Hungary at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 12 3 15Boxing 9 – 9Canoeing 12 4 16Cycling 1 0 1Diving 0 3 3Fencing 15 5 20Gymnastics 6 8 14Handball 14 0 14Judo 7 – 7Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 4 4 8Sailing 3 0 3Shooting 11 4 15Swimming 10 3 13Table tennis 3 2 5Tennis 2 0 2Water polo 13 – 13Weightlifting 10 – 10Wrestling 18 – 18 Total 152 36 188
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Attila Kovács István Tatár György Fetter
Men's 200 metres Attila Kovács
Men's 110 metres Hurdles György Bakos
Men's 4×100 metres Relay György Bakos László Karaffa István Tatár Attila Kovács
Men's 3,000m Steeplechase Bela Vago Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump László Szalma Qualification — 7.91m Final — 8.00m (→ 6th place)
Men's Pole Vault István Bagyula
Men's Hammer Throw Tibor Gécsek Qualification — 77.12m Final — 78.36m (→ 6th place)
Imre Szitás Qualification — 76.24m Final — 77.04m (→ 7th place)
József Vida Qualification — 74.30m (→ did not advance)
Men's Decathlon Dezső Szabó — 8093 points (→ 13th place) 100 metres — 11.02s Long Jump — 7.29m Shot Put — 12.92m High Jump — 2.06m 400 metres — 48.23s 110m Hurdles — 14.96s Discus Throw — 39.54m Pole Vault — 5.00m Javelin Throw — 56.80m 1.500 metres — 4:17.85s
Men's 20 km Walk Sándor Urbanik Final — 1:23:18 (→ 21st place)
Men's 50 km Walk Sándor Urbanik Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon Karolina Szabo Final — 2"32.26 (→ 13th place)
Women's Javelin Throw Zsuzsa Malovecz Qualification — 64.30m Final — 54.58m (→ 12th place)
Boxing
AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultRankRóbert IsaszegiLight flyweightW 5–0W W 3–2L 1–4Did not advanceLászló SzőkeFeatherweightL on pointsDid not advanceDid not advance=33
Canoeing
Cycling
One male cyclist represented Hungary in 1988.
Men's individual pursuit Miklós Somogyi
Men's point race Miklós Somogyi
Diving
Women AthleteEventsPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankKatalin Haász3 m springboard378.2722Did not advanceÁgnes Gerlach355.1425Did not advanceIldikó Kelemen10 m platform355.1712 Q322.5911
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1988.
Men's foil Zsolt Érsek Róbert Gátai Pál Szekeres
Men's team foil Zsolt Érsek, Pál Szekeres, István Szelei, István Busa, Róbert Gátai
Men's épée Ernő Kolczonay Zoltán Székely Szabolcs Pásztor
Men's team épée László Fábián, Ferenc Hegedűs, Ernő Kolczonay, Szabolcs Pásztor, Zoltán Székely
Men's sabre György Nébald Imre Gedővári Imre Bujdosó
Men's team sabre György Nébald, Bence Szabó, Imre Bujdosó, Imre Gedővári, László Csongrádi
Women's foil Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi Gertrúd Stefanek Edit Kovács
Women's team foil Zsuzsa Némethné Jánosi, Gertrúd Stefanek, Zsuzsa Szőcs, Katalin Tuschák, Edit Kovács
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1988. János Martinek won an individual gold and the team also won gold too.
Men's Individual Competition: János Martinek — 5404 pts (→ Gold Medal) Attila Mizsér — 5281 pts (→ 4th place) László Fábián — 5201 pts (→ 7th place)
Men's Team Competition: Martinek, Mizser, and Fábián — 15886 pts (→ Gold Medal)
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle Mihály-Richard Bodór Heat — 52.77 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Zoltán Szilágyi Heat — 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Norbert Agh Heat — 1:54.72 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Zoltán Szilágyi Heat — 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Norbert Agh Heat — 1:54.72 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Valter Kalaus Heat — 3:53.44 B-Final — 3:53.24 (→ 10th place)
Zoltán Szilágyi Heat — 3:56.29 B-Final — 3:56.00 (→ 16th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle Valter Kalaus Heat — 15:23.01 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Norbert Agh Heat — 15:52.80 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke Tamás Deutsch Heat — 58.65 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke Tamás Deutsch Heat — 2:03.17 B-Final — 2:04.42 (→ 14th place)
Tamás Darnyi Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke Károly Güttler Heat — 1:02.80 Final — 1:02.05 (→ Silver Medal)
Tamás Debnár Heat — 1:03.08 Final — 1:02.50 (→ 5th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke József Szabó Heat — 2:14.97 Final — 2:13.52 (→ Gold Medal)
Péter Szabó Heat — 2:17.10 Final — 2:17.12 (→ 8th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley Tamás Darnyi Heat — 2:02.15 Final — 2:00.17 (→ Gold Medal)
József Szabó Heat — 2:09.08 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley Tamás Darnyi Heat — 4:16.55 Final — 4:14.75 (→ Gold Medal)
József Szabó Heat — 4:20.85 Final — 4:18.15 (→ 4th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Tamás Deutsch, Károly Güttler, Valter Kalaus, and Mihály-Richard Bodór Heat — 3:52.24 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle Judit Csabai Heat — 4:25.52 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle Judit Csabai Heat — 8:56.37 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke Krisztina Egerszegi Heat — 1:02.09 Final — 1:01.56 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Krisztina Egerszegi Heat — 2:11.01 Final — 2:09.29 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Gabriella Csépe Heat — 1:11.10 B-Final — 1:11.24 (→ 14th place)
Table tennis
Tennis
Water polo
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Greece (12-10) Lost to Yugoslavia (9-10) Drew with Spain (6-6) Defeated China (14-7) Lost to United States (9-10) Classification Round (Group D) Drew with Italy (9-9) Defeated Australia (13-5) → 5th place
Team roster Péter Kuna Gábor Bujka Gábor Schmiedt Zsolt Petőváry István Pintér Tibor Keszthelyi Balázs Vincze Zoltán Mohi Tibor Pardi László Tóth András Gyöngyösi Zoltán Kósz Imre Tóth Head coach: Zoltan Kasas
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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