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.
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.
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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