Hungary at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

*Note: Four open water swimmers also qualified for the swimming competition: Dávid Betlehem, Bettina Fábián, Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas and Kristóf Rasovszky

The Hungarian Swimming Association named a team of 12 athletes (all women).

Women

Participating athletes – duet:

• Blanka Barbócz
• Blanka Taksonyi

Participating athletes – team:

Note: F – Free routine; T – Technical routine; A – Arobatic routine; r – Reserve;

Team

The Hungarian Swimming Association entered five open water swimmers, four of whom also qualified for the pool competitions.^[1]

Men

Participating athletes:

• Dávid Betlehem
• Kristóf Rasovszky

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dávid Betlehem	Men's 3 km knockout sprints	17:01.4	2 Q	11:27.8	2 Q	5:47.7
Kristóf Rasovszky		17:05.0	5 Q	11:32.6	9 Q	6:06.0	6
Dávid Betlehem	Men's 5 km	—N/a				57:37.2	6
Kristóf Rasovszky		—N/a				58:08.8	14
Dávid Betlehem	Men's 10 km	—N/a				2:01:13.8	9
Kristóf Rasovszky		—N/a				2:03:05.5	13

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Women

Participating athletes:

• Janka Juhász
• Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas
• Bettina Fábián

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Janka Juhász	Women's 3 km knockout sprints	18:56.4	34	Did not advance
Bettina Fábián		18:34.7	18 Q	12:11.3	8 Q	6:23.1
Bettina Fábián	Women's 5 km	—N/a				1:03:53.5	11
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas		—N/a				1:02:39.4	7
Janka Juhász	Women's 10 km	—N/a				2:20:44.2	31
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas		—N/a				2:11:34.3	13

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Mixed

4 × 1,500 metre relay swimming.

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Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bettina Fábián (17:37.4 – 11th) Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas (35:38.9 – 7th) Kristóf Rasovszky (52:42.4 – 5th) Dávid Betlehem	Team relay	1:09:16.7

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The following new records were set during this competition.

The Hungarian Swimming Association entered total of 23 swimmers.^[2][3]

Men

Participating athletes:

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Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Szebasztián Szabó	50 m freestyle	21.83	11 Q	21.84	14	Did not advance
Nándor Németh	100 m freestyle	48.07	10 Q	47.72	9	Did not advance
Balázs Holló	200 m freestyle	1:48.09	30	Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky	400 m freestyle	3:48.84	21	—N/a		Did not advance
Zalán Sárkány [es; he; hu; it; no; sv]		3:46.82 PB	13	—N/a		Did not advance
Dávid Betlehem	800 m freestyle	7:50.57	10	—N/a		Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky		8:05.09	21	—N/a		Did not advance
Dávid Betlehem	1500 m freestyle	14:59.09	10	—N/a		Did not advance
Zalán Sárkány [es; he; hu; it; no; sv]		14:47.89 PB	7 Q	—N/a		14:55.17	7
Ádám Jászó	50 m backstroke	24.73 PB	9 Q	24.74	12	Did not advance
Hubert Kós		24.62 =NR	5 Q	24.50 NR	=5	24.62	8
Ádám Jászó	100 m backstroke	53.78	16 Q	53.62	15	Did not advance
Hubert Kós		52.60	3 Q	52.21 NR	1 Q	52.20 NR	4
Benedek Kovács	200 m backstroke	1:56.40	4 Q	1:56.69	14	Did not advance
Hubert Kós		1:56.71	9 Q	1:54.64	3 Q	1:53.19 ER
Szebasztián Szabó	50 m butterfly	23.29	17	Did not advance
Hubert Kós	100 m butterfly	Did not start
Richárd Márton	200 m butterfly	1:55.51	11 Q	1:55:80	14	Did not advance
Hubert Kós	200 m individual medley	1:57.93	4 Q	1:57.22	5 Q	1:55.34 PB
Gábor Zombori		1:59.51	17	Did not advance
Balázs Holló	400 m individual medley	4:13.88	9	—N/a		Did not advance
Gábor Zombori		4:13.59	8 Q	—N/a		4:12.51	6
Nándor Németh Dániel Mészáros Ádám Jászó Szebasztián Szabó Hubert Kós*	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.71	7 Q	—N/a		3:12.75	6

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Women

Participating athletes:

Mixed

* The athlete swam in the heat.
^ǂ The Hungarian 4 × 100 meter medley relay ultimately did not start, as the team's only breaststroke specialist, Henrietta Fángli, was unable to participate due to health problems.^[4]

Summary

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Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hungary	Men's tournament	Australia W 18–6	Japan W 23–18	Spain L 9–10	2 Q	Romania W 15–11	Croatia W 18–12	Serbia W 19–18	Spain L 13–15
Hungary	Women's tournament	Greece W 10–9	Japan W 33–13	Croatia W 22–6	1 Q	Bye	Italy W 12–9	Spain W 15–9	Greece L 9–12

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Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Hungary's men's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Bucharest, Romania.^[5][6]

Team roster

The team of 15 athletes was named on July 1, 2025.^[5][6]

Head coach: Zsolt Varga

• 1 Kristóf Csoma GK
• 2 Dániel Angyal CB
• 3 Krisztián Manhercz (c) D
• 4 Erik Molnár CF
• 5 Márton Vámos RW
• 6 Ádám Nagy D
• 7 Gergő Fekete D
• 8 Gergely Burián RW
• 9 Péter Kovács CF
• 10 Vendel Vigvári D
• 11 Szilárd Jansik CB
• 12 Vince Vigvári D
• 13 Márton Mizsei GK
• 14 Ákos Nagy RW
• 15 Zsombor Vismeg CB

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	42	32	+10	9	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	0	1	50	34	+16	6	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	46	56	−10	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	0	3	24	40	−16	0	13–16th place semifinals

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Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

12 July 2025 17:35	Report	Hungary	18–6	Australia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–0, 3–2, 6–3
		Vámos 3	Goals	Grgurevic 3

14 July 2025 13:45	Report	Japan	18–23	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–5, 3–5, 7–8
		Adachi, Watanabe 4	Goals	Vismeg 4

16 July 2025 20:45	Report	Spain	10–9	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 2–3, 5–1
		Granados 4	Goals	Angyal, Vigvári 2

Playoff

18 July 2025 17:35	Report	Romania	11–15	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–2, 3–3, 2–4
		Georgescu 4	Goals	Burián 3

Quarterfinal

20 July 2025 20:45	Report	Croatia	12–18	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 6–6, 1–5, 2–2, 3–5
		Butić 4	Goals	Manhercz 4

Semifinal

22 July 2025 21:35	Report	Serbia	18–19	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 5–2, 4–8, 6–3
		Mandić 6	Goals	Fekete, Manhercz 4

Final

24 July 2025 21:35	Report	Spain	15–13	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–1, 2–4, 6–3
		Sanahuja, Granados 5	Goals	Burián 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Hungary's women's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup in Alexandroupolis (Greece) and Super final in Chengdu (China).^[7]

Team roster

The team of 15 athletes was named on July 1, 2025.^[7][6]

Head coach: Sándor Cseh [hu]

• 1 Boglárka Neszmély GK
• 2 Dorottya Szilágyi LW
• 3 Vanda Vályi RW
• 4 Eszter Varró CF
• 5 Kinga Peresztegi-Nagy CB
• 6 Nóra Sümegi CB
• 7 Dalma Dömsödi CF
• 8 Rita Keszthelyi (c) RW
• 9 Dóra Leimeter LW
• 10 Natasa Rybanska CF
• 11 Kamilla Faragó D
• 12 Krisztina Garda D
• 13 Luca Torma GK
• 14 Panna Tiba RW
• 15 Kata Hajdú RW

Group play

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	0	65	28	+37	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	0	1	65	32	+33	6	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	53	70	−17	3
4	Croatia	3	0	0	0	3	25	78	−53	0	13–16th place semifinals

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Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

11 July 2025 20:45	Report	Greece	9–10	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 0–4, 4–2
		Tricha 6	Goals	Rybanska 3

13 July 2025 10:35	Report	Hungary	33–13	Japan	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Megan Perry (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 8–3, 8–2, 9–3, 8–5
		Rybanska, Vályi 6	Goals	Arima 4

15 July 2025 20:45	Report	Croatia	6–22	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Fiona Haigh (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–9, 2–5, 1–5, 1–3
		Rožić 4	Goals	Garda, Keszthelyi 4

Quarterfinal

19 July 2025 19:10	Report	Hungary	12–9	Italy	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–2, 2–2
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	Ranalli 4

Semifinal

21 July 2025 21:35	Report	Hungary	15–9	Spain	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 5–2, 3–2, 1–3
		Keszthelyi, Szilágyi 3	Goals	Ruiz 3

Final

23 July 2025 21:35	Report	Greece	12–9	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 2–2, 2–3
		Tricha, Xenaki 3	Goals	Tiba, Hajdú 2