Hungary at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the Olympic Games

Flag of Hungary
IOC code  HUN
NOC Hungarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.mob.hu (Hungarian) (English)
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 263 (182 men and 81 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer István Szívós, Jr.
Medals
Rank: 6		 Gold
7		 Silver
10		 Bronze
15		 Total
32
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
Intercalated Games
1906

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.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

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:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat — 10.68 (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 10.69 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:47.5
  • Semifinals — 1:48.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:15:18 (→ 12th place)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

  • Heat — 50.23
  • Semifinals — 51.06 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:34:10.5 (→ 12th place)
  • Final — 1:37:16.6 (→ 16th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final — 4:10:53 (→ 9th place)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — 2.18 m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 2.15 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.91 m
  • Final — 8.13 m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 7.29 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 16.45 m
  • Final — 16.47 m (→ 7th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 84.84 m
  • Final — 82.40 m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification — 88.76 m
  • Final — 79.52 m (→ 10th place)


Women's 200 metres

Women's 400 metres

Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Heat — 13.23
  • Semifinal — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Women's 4×400 metres Relay

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.88 m
  • Final — 1.85 m (→ 10th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualifying Round — 6.41 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
  • Qualifying Round — 6.32 m (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 57.80 m
  • Final — 55.06 m (→ 12th place)
  • Qualification — 57.38 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 57.80 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Pentathlon

  • 100 metres — 13.96s
  • Shot Put — 14.94m
  • High Jump — 1.74m
  • Long Jump — 6.35m
  • 800 metres — 2:15.80

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)


Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)


Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)


Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)


Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)


Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)


Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)


Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)


Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Hungary in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
Team pursuit

Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Preliminary Round — 475.17 points (→ 17th place, did not advance)

Men's Platform

  • Preliminary Round — 429.75 points (→ 14th place, did not advance)

Equestrianism

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1980.

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

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition
  • Drew with Poland (20-20)
  • Drew with East Germany (14-14)
  • Defeated Spain (20-17)
  • Defeated Denmark (16-15)
  • Defeated Cuba (26-22)
  • Bronze Medal Match: Lost to Romania (18-20) → 4th place

Judo

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:


Men's Team Competition:

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Women's Competition

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heats — 1:14.33 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heats — did not start (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

Women's Team Competition
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Lost to Romania (2-3)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (2-3) → 4th place
  • 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
  • Drew with Romania (6-6)
  • Defeated Netherlands (5-3)
  • Defeated Greece (8-5)
  • 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

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "Hungary at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 19, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.