Hungary at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The following Hungarian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Áron Szilágyi Fencing Men's sabre 24 July  Gold Kristóf Milák Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly 28 July  Gold Bálint Kopasz Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres 3 August  Gold Tamás Lőrincz Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg 3 August  Gold Sándor Tótka Canoeing Men's K-1 200 metres 5 August  Gold Danuta Kozák Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Dóra Bodonyi Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 7 August  Silver Gergely Siklósi Fencing Men's épée 25 July  Silver Kristóf Milák Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly 31 July  Silver Ádám Varga Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres 3 August  Silver Zsombor Berecz Sailing Men's finn 3 August  Silver Viktor Lőrincz Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg 4 August  Silver Kristóf Rasovszky Swimming Men's 10 kilometre open water 5 August  Silver Tamara Csipes Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 5 August  Bronze Áron Szilágyi András Szatmári Tamás Decsi Csanád Gémesi Fencing Men's team sabre 28 July  Bronze Krisztián Tóth Judo Men's 90kg 28 July  Bronze Danuta Kozák Dóra Bodonyi Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 3 August  Bronze Sarolta Kovács Modern pentathlon Women's individual 6 August  Bronze Gábor Hárspataki Karate Men's 75 kg 6 August  Bronze Hungary women's national water polo team Edina Gangl Dorottya Szilágyi Vanda Vályi Gréta Gurisatti Gabriella Szűcs Rebecca Parkes Anna Illés Rita Keszthelyi Dóra Leimeter Anikó Gyöngyössy Natasa Rybanska Krisztina Garda Alda Magyari Water polo Women's tournament 7 August  Bronze Hungary men's national water polo team Viktor Nagy Dániel Angyal Krisztián Manhercz Gergő Zalánki Márton Vámos Norbert Hosnyánszky Mátyás Pásztor Szilárd Jansik Balázs Erdélyi Dénes Varga Tamás Mezei Balázs Hárai Soma Vogel Water polo Men's tournament 8 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Canoeing 3 2 1 6 Swimming 1 2 0 3 Fencing 1 1 1 3 Wrestling 1 1 0 2 Sailing 0 1 0 1 Water polo 0 0 2 2 Judo 0 0 1 1 Karate 0 0 1 1 Modern pentathlon 0 0 1 1 Total 6 7 7 20 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 5 6 4 15 Female 1 1 3 5 Total 6 7 7 20

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Kristóf Milák	Gold  Silver	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly Men's 100 m butterfly
Tamara Csipes	Gold  Silver	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m Women's K-1 500 m
Áron Szilágyi	Gold  Bronze	Fencing	Men's sabre Men's team sabre
Danuta Kozák	Gold  Bronze	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m Women's K-2 500 m
Dóra Bodonyi	Gold  Bronze	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m Women's K-2 500 m

One Hungarian archer directly qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Games by reaching the quarterfinal stage and obtaining one of seven available spots at the 2021 Final Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mátyás László Balogh	Men's individual	632	61	Kim W-j (KOR) L 0–6	Did not advance

Hungarian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[5][6]

Track & road events

Men

Women

Field events

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Hungary entered two badminton players (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Laura Sárosi was selected to compete in the women's singles based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.^[7] Gergely Krausz will compete in the men's singles after received reallocation quota.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gergely Krausz	Men's singles	Ginting (INA) L (13–21, 8–21)	Sirant (ROC) L (18–21, 18–21)	3	Did not advance
Laura Sárosi	Women's singles	Intanon (THA) L (5–21, 10–21)	Cheah (MAS) L WO	3	Did not advance

Hungary entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament. Roland Gálos scored a round-of-16 victory to secure a spot in the men's featherweight division at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London, United Kingdom.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roland Gálos	Men's featherweight	Temirzhanov (KAZ) L 0–5	Did not advance

Hungarian canoeists qualified six boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged.^[10] Meanwhile, two additional boats were awarded to the Hungarian canoeists each in the men's K-2 1000 m and women's C-2 1000 m, respectively, with their top-two placements at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kolos Csizmadia	K-1 200 m	34.442	1 SF	Bye		35.099	1 FA	35.317	4
Sándor Tótka		35.070	1 SF	Bye		35.114	1 FA	35.035
Balázs Adolf	C-1 1000 m	4:01.665	2 SF	Bye		4:09.177	5 FB	4:07.613	15
Dániel Fejes		4:34.000	6 QF	4:21.847	5	Did not advance
Bálint Kopasz	K-1 1000 m	3:39.084	1 SF	Bye		3:24.558	1 FA	3:20.643
Ádám Varga		3:39.650	2 SF	Bye		3:23.634	2 FA	3:22.431
Balázs Adolf Dániel Fejes	C-2 1000 m	3:53.964	7 QF	3:53:559	4 FB	—N/a	3:32.076	11
Kornél Béke Ádám Varga	K-2 1000 m	3:26.732	4 QF	3:15.225	3 SF	3:20.197	5 FB	3:24.223	12
Bálint Kopasz Bence Nádas	K-2 1000 m	3:11.877	1 SF	Bye		3:18.316	2 FA	3:16.535	4
Kornél Béke Kolos Csizmadia Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka	K-4 500 m	1:34.274	5 QF	1:23.727	1 SF	1:24.918	3 FA	1:25.068	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Virág Balla	C-1 200 m	46.852	3 QF	46.218	1 SF	48.257	6 FB	47.560	9
Kincső Takács		47.977	2 SF	Bye		49.178	8 FB	48.921	14
Anna Kárász	K-1 200 m	41.127	2 SF	Bye		40.724	8 FB	41.242	16
Dóra Lucz		41.098	1 SF	Bye		39.713	1 FA	39.442	6
Tamara Csipes	K-1 500 m	1:48.790	1 SF	Bye		1:51.698	1 FA	1:51.855
Danuta Kozák		1:48.730	1 SF	Bye		1:52.016	1 FA	1:53.414	4
Virág Balla Kincső Takács	C-2 500 m	2:02.344	2 SF	Bye		2:04.545	3 FA	2:00.289	5
Tamara Csipes Erika Medveczky	K-2 500 m	1:42.776	1 SF	Bye		1:38.446	2 FA	1:37.117	4
Dóra Bodonyi Danuta Kozák	K-2 500 m	1:45.735	1 SF	Bye		1:37.912	1 FA	1:36.867
Dóra Bodonyi Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Danuta Kozák	K-4 500 m	1:33.335	1 SF	—N/a		1:36.529	1 FA	1:35.463

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Hungary entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.^[12]

Hungarian mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's twentieth-place finish for men and nineteenth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.^[13][14]

Hungarian fencers qualified a full squad in the men's team sabre at the Games, by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the women's foil and women's sabre teams claimed the spot each as the highest-ranked nation from the European zone outside the world's top four.^[15] Meanwhile, Gergely Siklósi (men's épée) booked an additional spot on the Hungarian roster as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

The fencing squad was officially named on May 28, 2021, with the two-time defending champion Áron Szilágyi in the men's sabre leading the fencers to his fourth consecutive Games.^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gergely Siklósi	Épée	Bye	Dong C (CHN) W 15–9	El Kord (MAR) W 15–13	Park S-y (KOR) W 15–12	Santarelli (ITA) W 15–10	Cannone (FRA) L 10–15
Tamás Decsi	Sabre	Bye	Hartung (GER) L 8–15	Did not advance
András Szatmári		Bye	Pakmadan (IRI) L 12–15	Did not advance
Áron Szilágyi		Bye	Quintero (VEN) W 15–7	Abedini (IRI) W 15–7	Pakmadan (IRI) W 15–6	Bazadze (GEO) W 15–13	Samele (ITA) W 15–7
Tamás Decsi Csanád Gémesi* András Szatmári Áron Szilágyi	Team sabre	—N/a		Bye	United States W 45–36	Italy L 43–45	Germany W 45–40

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kata Kondricz	Foil	Bye	Volpi (ITA) L 5–15	Did not advance
Fanni Kreiss		Bye	Batini (ITA) W 15–10	Deriglazova (ROC) L 10–15	Did not advance
Flóra Pásztor		Mebarki (ALG) W 15–8	Thibus (FRA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Kata Kondricz Fanni Kreiss Flóra Pásztor Aida Mohamed	Team foil	—N/a			Italy L 32–45	Classification semifinal  Canada L 33–45	Seventh place final  Egypt W 45–28	7
Renáta Katona	Sabre	Daghfous (TUN) W 15–6	Velikaya (ROC) L 4–15	Did not advance
Anna Márton		Bye	Maurice (ARG) W 15–12	Choi S-y (KOR) W 15–12	Dayibekova (UZB) W 15–11	Velikaya (ROC) L 8–15	Brunet (FRA) L 6–15	4
Liza Pusztai		Bye	Chaabane (TUN) W 15–12	Qian Jr (CHN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Renáta Katona Anna Márton Liza Pusztai Sugar Battai	Team sabre	—N/a			South Korea L 40–45	Classification semifinal  Japan L 42–45	Seventh place final  China L 30–45	8

Hungary entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Zsófia Kovács booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing sixth out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[17]

Women

Hungary qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around at the 2021 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, signifying the country's return to the sporting scene since 2000.^[18]

Hungary entered seven judoka (three men and four women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[22]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Attila Ungvári	−81 kg	Abdelaal (EGY) L 00–10	Did not advance
Krisztián Tóth	−90 kg	Misenga (EOR) W 10–00	Mukai (JPN) W 10–00	Trippel (GER) L 00–10	Did not advance	van 't End (NED) W 01–00	Igolnikov (ROC) W 01–00
Miklós Cirjenics	–100 kg	Borodavko (LAT) W WO	Ilyasov (ROC) L 00–10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Éva Csernoviczki	–48 kg	Likmabam (IND) W 10–00	Tonaki (JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance
Réka Pupp	–52 kg	Kelmendi (KOS) W 01–00	Delgado (USA) W 10–00	Kocher (SUI) L 00–10	Did not advance	Park D-s (KOR) W 01–00	Giuffrida (ITA) L 00–10	5
Hedvig Karakas	–57 kg	Kowalczyk (POL) L 00–01	Did not advance
Szofi Özbas	–63 kg	Trajdos (GER) W 01–00	Centracchio (ITA) L 00–11	Did not advance

Hungary entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Gábor Hárspataki qualified directly for the men's kumite 75 kg category by finishing third in the final pool round at the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.^[23]

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gábor Hárspataki	Men's −75 kg	Abdalla Abdelaziz (EGY) W 2–2	Thomas Scott (USA) L 3–8	Horuna (UKR) D 0–0	Nishimura (JPN) W 3–1	1 Q	Aghayev (AZE) L 0–7	Did not advance

Hungarian athletes qualified for the following spots in the modern pentathlon at the Games. Two-time Olympian Sarolta Kovács confirmed a place in the women's event by finishing eighth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.^[24][25] London 2012 bronze medalist Ádám Marosi reclaimed the individual title to secure a men's place for the Hungarians at the 2021 UIPM World Championships in Cairo, Egypt, with Michelle Gulyás locking the podium with a bronze on the women's side.^[26][27] Róbert Kasza accepted a spare berth previously allocated by Bence Demeter as the nation's next highest-ranked modern pentathlete based on the UIPM World Rankings.^[28]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Róbert Kasza	Men's	15–20	1	27	191	2:00.61	12	309	29	25	271	11:58.88	33	582	1353	26
Ádám Marosi		20–15	0	10	220	1:59.50	9	311	3	4	297	11:07.43	11	633	1461	6
Michelle Gulyás	Women's	20–15	0	=6	220	2:07.48	2	296	57	26	243	12:14.76	7	566	1325	12
Sarolta Kovács		20–15	1	=6	221	2:07.71	4	295	7	9	293	12:21.42	11	559	1368

Hungary qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by winning the bronze medal and securing the second of three berths available at the 2021 FISA European Olympic Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.^[29]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Hungarian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^[30][31]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Benjámin Vadnai	Men's Laser	7	21	9	15	16	18	17	21	21	25	—N/a		EL	145	18
Zsombor Berecz	Men's Finn	2	2	9	4	6	7	3	5	4	4	—N/a		1	39
Sára Cholnoky	Women's RS:X	27	26	27	21	25	15	24	19	24	23	20	21	EL	246	25
Mária Érdi	Women's Laser Radial	19	18	16	16	2	17	14	11	15	25	—N/a		EL	128	13

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Hungarian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[32] The shooting squad was named on June 14, 2021, with 2018 world silver medalist and current world record holder István Péni earning his second consecutive trip to the Games as the lone returning Olympian.^[33]

Hungarian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[34][35]

Thirty-three swimmers (22 men and 11 women) were named to the Hungarian roster for the Olympics at the end of the qualifying window, with six-time medalist László Cseh, freestylers Zsuzsanna Jakabos and Evelyn Verrasztó, and two-time defending individual medley champion Katinka Hosszú racing in the pool at their fifth straight Games.^[36]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Péter Bernek	400 m individual medley	4:12.38	13	—N/a		Did not advance
Richárd Bohus	100 m backstroke	DSQ		Did not advance
László Cseh	200 m individual medley	1:57.51	10 Q	1:57.64	8 Q	1:57.68	7
Gergely Gyurta	1500 m freestyle	15:01.85	15	—N/a		Did not advance
Ákos Kalmár	800 m freestyle	7:55.85	22	—N/a		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:17.02	22	—N/a		Did not advance
Tamás Kenderesi	200 m butterfly	1.55.18	8 Q	1:55.17	5 Q	1:54.52	4
Hubert Kós	200 m individual medley	1:58.47	20	Did not advance
Dominik Kozma	200 m freestyle	1:48.87	30	Did not advance
Maxim Lobanovskij	50 m freestyle	22.25	=26	Did not advance
Kristóf Milák	100 m butterfly	50.62	2 Q	50.31	2 Q	49.68 EU
	200 m butterfly	1:53.58	1 Q	1:52.22	1 Q	1:51.25 OR
Nándor Németh	100 m freestyle	48.11	9 Q	47.81 NR	7 Q	48.10	8
	200 m freestyle	1:46.19	12 Q	1:47.20	15	Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky	10 km open water	—N/a				1:48:59.0
Szebasztián Szabó	100 m freestyle	48.51	20	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	51.67	=14 Q	51.89	14	Did not advance
Ádám Telegdy	100 m backstroke	54.42	29	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:57.70	14 Q	1:56.19	4 Q	1:56.15	5
Dávid Verrasztó	400 m individual medley	4:09.80	4 Q	—N/a		4:10:59	=4
Gábor Zombori	400 m freestyle	3:47.99	18	—N/a		Did not advance
Richárd Bohus Kristóf Milák Nándor Németh Szebasztián Szabó	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.73	6 Q	—N/a		3:11.06 NR	5
Balázs Holló Dominik Kozma Richárd Márton Gábor Zombori	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	DSQ		—N/a		Did not advance
Richárd Bohus Péter Holoda Hubert Kós Tamás Takács	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.91	13	—N/a		Did not advance

Women

Mixed

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Hungary entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. For the first time in history, the women's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the women's singles tournament.^[37] Meanwhile, Bence Majoros scored a second-match final triumph to book one of the four available places in the men's singles at the 2021 ITTF World Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.^[38] Moreover, the last open berth in the inaugural mixed doubles was awarded to the Hungarian table tennis players, as the next highest-ranked pair vying for qualification in the ITTF World Rankings of June 1, 2021.^[39]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bence Majoros	Men's singles	Bye	Bouriah (ALG) W 4–0	Groth (DEN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Dóra Madarász	Women's singles	Bye	Edem (NGR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Georgina Póta		Bye		Moret (SUI) L 1–4	Did not advance
Dóra Madarász Mária Fazekas Szandra Pergel	Women's team	—N/a				Japan L 0–3	Did not advance
Ádám Szudi Szandra Pergel	Mixed doubles	—N/a				Wong C T / Doo H K (HKG) L 0–4	Did not advance

For the first time since 2000, Hungary entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. American-born Omar Salim secured a spot in the men's flyweight category (58 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[40]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Omar Salim	Men's −58 kg	Dell'Aquila (ITA) L 13–26	Did not advance		Sawekwiharee (THA) W 43–22 PTG	Jang J (KOR) L 16–46 PTG	5

Hungary named a team of three players on 10 June 2021.^[41] Tímea Babos withdrew ahead of the tournament, with Márton Fucsovics joining her before his initial scheduled match against Poland's Hubert Hurkacz because of a right shoulder injury.^[42][43]

Hungary confirmed four quota places (two per gender) in the triathlon events for the rescheduled Tokyo, after finishing among the top seven nations vying for qualification in the ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Rankings.^[44]

Individual

Relay