Hungary competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 263 competitors, 182 men and 81 women, took part in 151 events in 21 sports.
Medalists
Gold László Foltán and István Vaskuti — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs Zoltán Magyar — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse Károly Varga — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle Prone Sándor Wladár — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke Péter Baczakó — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight Ferenc Kocsis — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight Norbert Növényi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Silver István Joós and István Szabó — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs Ernõ Kolczonay — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Magda Maros — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition László Horváth, Tibor Maracskó and Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition Zoltán Verrasztó — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke Albán Vermes — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke Lajos Rácz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight István Tóth — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight József Balla — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
Bronze János Váradi — Boxing, Men's Flyweight István Lévai — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight Éva Rakusz and Mária Zakariás — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs Imre Gedővári — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual Imre Gedővári, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, György Nébald and Rudolf Nébald — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Edit Kovács, Magda Maros, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Gertrúd Stefanek and Zsuzsanna Szőcs — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Ferenc Donáth, György Guczoghy, Zoltán Kelemen, Zoltán Magyar, Péter Kovács, and István Vámos — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises Tibor Kincses — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg) András Ozsvár — Judo, Men's Open Class Zoltán Verrasztó — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley György Szalai — Weightlifting, Heavyweight Endre Molnár, István Szívós, Jr., Attila Sudár, György Gerendás, György Horkai, Gábor Csapó, István Kiss, István Udvardi, László Kuncz, Tamás Faragó, and Károly Hauszler — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition Ferenc Seres — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight István Kovács — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight Szabolcs Detre and Zsolt Detre — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
Archery
After missing the 1976 archery competition, Hungary returned in 1980. The nation was represented by two women and two men, including 1972 veteran Bela Nagy. Nagy placed 5th, only three points behind the bronze medallist.
Women's individual competition Judit Kovacs — 2323 points (→ 12th place) Margit Szobi — 2216 points (→ 21st place)
Men's individual competition Bela Nagy — 2446 points (→ 5th place) Istvan Balasz — 2241 points (→ 28th place)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres István Nagy Heat — 10.68 (→ did not advance) István Tatár Heat — 10.69 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres Ferenc Kiss István Nagy
Men's 800 metres András Paróczai Heat — 1:47.5 Semifinals — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon Ferenc Szekeres Final — 2:15:18 (→ 12th place)
Men's 400 metres hurdles József Szalai Heat — 50.23 Semifinals — 51.06 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay István Tatár, István Nagy, László Babály, Sr., and Ferenc Kiss
Men's 20 kilometres walk János Szálas Final — 1:34:10.5 (→ 12th place)
Men's 50 kilometres walk László Sátor Final — 4:10:53 (→ 9th place)
Men's high jump Zoltán Társi Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance) István Gibicsár Qualification — 2.15 m (→ did not advance)
Men's long jump László Szalma Qualification — 7.91 m Final — 8.13 m (→ 4th place) Béla Bakosi Qualification — 7.29 m (→ did not advance)
Men's triple jump Béla Bakosi Qualification — 16.45 m Final — 16.47 m (→ 7th place)
Men's javelin throw Miklós Németh Qualification — 84.84 m Final — 82.40 m (→ 8th place) Ferenc Paragi Qualification — 88.76 m Final — 79.52 m (→ 10th place)
Women's 200 metres Irén Orosz-Árva
Women's 400 metres Ilona Pál Judit Forgács
Women's 100 metres hurdles Xénia Siska Heat — 13.23 Semifinal — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay Irén Orosz-Árva, Judit Forgács, Éva Tóth, Ilona Pál, and Ibolya Petrika
Women's high jump Andrea Mátay Qualification — 1.88 m Final — 1.85 m (→ 10th place)
Women's long jump Mária Pap Qualifying Round — 6.41 m (→ did not advance, 14th place) Margit Papp Qualifying Round — 6.32 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Women's discus throw Ágnes Herczegh Qualification — 57.80 m Final — 55.06 m (→ 12th place) Katalin Csőke Qualification — 57.38 m (→ did not advance)
Women's javelin throw Mária Janák Qualification — 57.80 m (→ did not advance)
Women's pentathlon Margit Papp — 4562 points (→ 5th place) 100 metres — 13.96s Shot Put — 14.94m High Jump — 1.74m Long Jump — 6.35m 800 metres — 2:15.80
Basketball
The following players represented Hungary in the women's tournament:
Ágnes Németh Erzsébet Szentesi Éva Gulyás Györgyi Vertetics Ildikó Gulyás Ilona Kovács Ilona Lőrincz Judit Medgyesi Katalin Szuchy Lenke Jacsó-Kiss Magdolna Gulyás Zsuzsa Boksay
Boxing
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) György Gedó First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Charles Lubulwa (Uganda) after referee stopped contest in first round Quarter Finals — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg) János Váradi → Bronze Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Rabiraj Thapa (Nepal) after referee stopped contest in first round Quarter Finals — Defeated Daniel Radu (Romania) on points (4-1) Semi Finals — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg) Sándor Farkas First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) on points (1-4)
Men's featherweight (– 57 kg) Róbert Gönczi First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (0-5)
Men's lightweight (– 60 kg) Tibor Dezamits First Round — Defeated Alphonse Matoubela (Congo) on points (5-0) Second Round — Lost to Yordan Lesov (Bulgaria) on points (1-4)
Men's light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) Imre Bacskai First Round — Defeated Paul Kamela Fogang (Cameroon) on points (4-1) Second Round — Lost to Serik Konakbayev (Soviet Union) after retiring in second round
Men's welterweight (– 67 kg) Imre Csjef First Round — Lost to Paul Rasamimanana (Madagascar) after knock-out in second round
Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg) Csaba Kuzma First Round — Lost to Michael Madsen (Denmark) on points (3-2)
Men's heavyweight (+ 81 kg) István Lévai → Bronze Medal First Round — Bye Quarter Finals — Defeated Anders Eklund (Sweden) on points (4-1) Semi Finals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Hungary in 1980.
Men's individual road race András Takács Zoltán Halász György Szuromi László Halász
Men's team time trial Tamás Csathó László Halász Zoltán Halász András Takács
Men's sprint László Morcz
Men's team pursuit Ervin Dér Csaba Pálinkás Zsigmond Sarkadi Nagy Gábor Szűcs
Diving
Men's 3 metre springboard Károly Némedi Preliminary Round — 475.17 points (→ 17th place, did not advance)
Men's 10 metre platform Károly Némedi Preliminary Round — 429.75 points (→ 14th place, did not advance)
Equestrian
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1980.
Men's foil István Szelei László Demény András Papp
Men's team foil István Szelei, Ernő Kolczonay, András Papp, László Demény, Jenő Pap
Men's épée Ernő Kolczonay, István Osztrics, László Pető
Men's team épée Ernő Kolczonay, István Osztrics, László Pető, Jenő Pap, Péter Takács
Men's sabre Imre Gedővári Pál Gerevich György Nébald
Men's team sabre Imre Gedővári, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, Rudolf Nébald, György Nébald
Women's foil Magda Maros Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi Gertrúd Stefanek
Women's team foil Magda Maros, Edit Kovács, Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Zsuzsa Szőcs, Gertrúd Stefanek
Gymnastics
Handball
Men's team competition Preliminary round (Group A) Drew with Poland (20-20) Drew with East Germany (14-14) Defeated Spain (20-17) Defeated Denmark (16-15) Defeated Cuba (26-22) Classification match Bronze medal match: Lost to Romania (18-20) → 4th place
Team roster Béla Bartalos László Szabó Péter Kovács Sándor Vass János Fodor István Szilágyi József Kenyeres László Jánovszki Ambrus Lele Ernő Gubányi Zsolt Kontra Alpár Jegenyés Árpád Pál Miklós Kovacsics
Judo
The following judoka represented Hungary:
Men's extra-lightweight (60 kg) Tibor Kincses – 3T
Men's half-lightweight (65 kg) Imre Gelencsér – 19T
Men's lightweight (71 kg) Károly Molnár – 12T
Men's half-middleweight (78 kg) János Gyáni – 17T
Men's middleweight (86 kg) Endre Kiss – 19T
Men's half-heavyweight (95 kg) István Szepesi – 5T
Men's heavyweight (+95 kg) Imre Varga – 8T
Men's open class András Ozsvár – 3T
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1980. They won a team silver and Tamás Szombathelyi won an individual silver.
Men's individual competition Tamás Szombathelyi — 5502pts, Silver Medal Tibor Maracskó — 5279pts, 5th place László Horváth — 5131pts, 19th place
Men's team competition Szombathelyi, Maracskó, and Horváth — 15912 pts, Silver Medal
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100 metre backstroke Róbert Rudolf Zoltán Verrasztó Sándor Wladár
Men's 200 metre backstroke Róbert Rudolf Zoltán Verrasztó Sándor Wladár
Men's 100 metre breaststroke János Dzvonyár Albán Vermes
Men's 200 metre breaststroke János Dzvonyár Albán Vermes
Men's 100 metre butterfly Gábor Mészáros
Men's 200 metre butterfly Gábor Mészáros
Men's 100 metre freestyle Gábor Mészáros
Men's 400 metre freestyle Sándor Nagy Zoltán Wladár
Men's 1500 metre freestyle Sándor Nagy Zoltán Wladár
Men's 400 metre individual medley András Hargitay Csaba Sós Zoltán Verrasztó
Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay János Dzvonyár, Gábor Mészáros, Zoltán Verrasztó, Sándor Wladár
Women's 100 metre backstroke Ágnes Fodor
Women's 200 metre backstroke Ágnes Fodor
Women's 100 metre breaststroke Gabriella Kindl Heats — 1:14.33 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 metre breaststroke Gabriella Kindl
Women's 100 metre butterfly Éva Miklósfalvy
Women's 200 metre butterfly Éva Miklósfalvy
Women's 400 metre freestyle Klára Gulyás
Women's 800 metre freestyle Klára Gulyás
Women's 400 metre individual medley Klára Gulyás Heats — did not start (→ did not advance)
Volleyball
Women's team competition Preliminary round (Group B) Defeated Brazil (3-2) Lost to Romania (2-3) Defeated Bulgaria (3-1) Semi finals Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) Bronze medal game Lost to Bulgaria (2-3) → 4th place
Team roster Julianna Szalonna Éva Szalay Gyöngyi Bardi Ágnes Juhász Lucia Bánhegyi Gabriella Fekete Emőke Szegedi-Vargha Emerencia Király Ágnes Torma Erzsébet Varga Gabriella Lengyel Bernadett Kőszegi
Water polo
Men's team competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Drew with Romania (6-6) Defeated Netherlands (5-3) Defeated Greece (8-5) Final Round (Group A) Lost to Soviet Union (4-5) Lost to Yugoslavia (7-8) Defeated Spain (6-5) Defeated Cuba (7-5) Defeated Netherlands (8-7) → Bronze Medal
Team roster Endre Molnár István Szívós, Jr. Attila Sudár György Gerendás György Horkai Gábor Csapó István Kiss István Udvardi László Kuncz Tamás Faragó Károly Hauszler
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References