Sporting event delegation
Hungary competed at the
1972 Summer Olympics in
Munich ,
West Germany . 232 competitors, 187 men and 45 women, took part in 134 events in 20 sports.
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Medalists
Gold
András Balczó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
György Gedó — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
Csaba Fenyvesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
Sándor Erdős ,
Csaba Fenyvesi ,
Győző Kulcsár ,
István Osztrics , and
Pál Schmitt — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
Imre Földi — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Csaba Hegedűs — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
Silver
András Balczó ,
Zsigmond Villányi , and
Pál Bakó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
László Orbán — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
János Kajdi — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
József Deme and
János Rátkai — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
Tamás Wichmann — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
Jenő Kamuti — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
Péter Marót — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
Ildikó Bóbis — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
Ildikó Bóbis ,
Ildikó Rónay ,
Ildikó Schwarczenberger ,
Mária Szolnoki , and
Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Lajos Szűcs — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
István Géczi ,
Péter Vépi ,
Miklós Páncsics ,
Péter Juhász ,
Lajos Szűcs ,
Mihály Kozma ,
Antal Dunai ,
Lajos Kű ,
Béla Váradi ,
Ede Dunai ,
László Bálint ,
Lajos Kocsis ,
Kálmán Tóth ,
László Branikovics ,
József Kovács ,
Csaba Vidács , and
Ádám Rothermel — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
András Bodnár ,
Tibor Cservenyák ,
István Görgényi ,
Tamás Faragó ,
Zoltán Kásás ,
Ferenc Konrád ,
István Magas ,
Dénes Pócsik ,
László Sárosi ,
Endre Molnár , and
István Szívós, Jr. — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
Bronze
András Botos — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
Géza Csapó — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
Anna Pfeffer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Gyözõ Kulcsár — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
Péter Marót ,
Péter Bakonyi ,
Pál Gerevich ,
Tamás Kovács , and
Tibor Pézsa — Fencing, Men's
Ilona Békési ,
Mónika Császár ,
Márta Kelemen ,
Anikó Kéry ,
Krisztina Medveczky , and
Zsuzsanna Nagy — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
Lajos Papp — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions
András Hargitay — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
Sándor Holczreiter — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
János Benedek — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
György Horváth — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
Ferenc Kiss — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
László Klinga — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
Károly Bajkó — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
József Csatári — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Hungary entered one man and one woman. Their highest placing competitor was
Hamvas Agnes Hajdene , at 22nd place in the women's competition.
Women's Individual Competition:
Men's Individual Competition:
Athletics
Men's 800 metres
Heat — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Qualifying Round — 2.15 m
Final — 2.18 m (→ 5th place)
Qualifying Round — 2.15 m
Final — 2.15 m (→ 6th place)
Qualification Round — 2.09 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Qualifying Round — 61.58 m
Final — 62.62 m (→ 5th place)
Qualifying Round — 60.60 m
Final — 60.60 m (→ 7th place)
Qualifying Round — 60.34 m
Final — 57.92 m (→ 12th place)
Women's High Jump
Qualifying Round — 1.76m
Final — 1.79m (→ 16th place)
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Canoeing
Cycling
Four cyclists represented Hungary in 1972.
Individual road race
Team time trial
Equestrian
Fencing
19 fencers, 14 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1972. Hungary finished top of the fencing medal table with eight in total: two gold, four silver, and two bronze.
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Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil
Men's Team Competition
Defeated Iran (5-0)
Drew with Brazil (2-2)
Defeated Denmark (2-0)
Defeated East Germany (2-0)
Defeated West Germany (4-1)
Defeated Mexico (2-0)
Lost to Poland (2-1) →
Silver Medal
Gymnastics
Handball
Hungary's first two games resulted in victories over the
United States and
Japan , guaranteeing the team a berth in the second round regardless of the result of the third game. However, that loss to
Yugoslavia carried over into the second round, putting the Hungarians at a disadvantage. Losses to
Romania and
West Germany put Hungary into last place in the division. The team played against
Sweden for seventh and eighth places, losing 19–18.
Men's Team Competition:
Hungary - 8th place (2-4-0)
Roster -
János Adorján ,
Béla Bartalos ,
János Csík ,
László Harka ,
József Horváth ,
Gyula Hurth ,
Sandor Kaló ,
István Marosi ,
Lajos Simó ,
János Stiller ,
István Szabó ,
László Szabó ,
Sándor Takács ,
István Varga ,
Károly Vass , and
Sandor Vass
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1972. András Balczó won an individual gold while the team won silver.
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Balczó, Villányi, and Bakó - 15348 points (→
Silver Medal )
Alternate Member: Peter Kelemen
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Hungary in 1972.
Lajos Papp won bronze in the 300 m rifle, three positions event.
25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
50 m running target
Swimming
Men's 100m Frbeestyle
Heat — 54.71s (→ did not advance)
Heat — 55.37s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
Volleyball
Water polo
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated The Netherlands (3-0)
Drew with West Germany (3-3)
Defeated Greece (6-1)
Defeated Australia (10-2)
Defeated Italy (8-7)
Defeated United States (5-3)
Defeated Yugoslavia (4-2)
Drew with Soviet Union (3-3) →
Silver Medal
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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