Hungary at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

Hungary at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
IAAF code	HUN
National federation	Magyar Atlétikai Szovetség
Website	www.masz.hu
in Daegu
Competitors	12
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 0 1

Hungary competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

Team selection

A team of 14 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team will be led by Hammer thrower Krisztián Pars and discus thrower Zoltán Kővágó.^[1]

The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List,^[2] but not on the Official Start List of the specific event,^[3] resulting in a total number of 12 competitors:

KEY:	Did not participate	Competed in another event

	Event	Athlete
Men	110 m hurdles	Dániel Kiss
	3000 metres steeplechase	Albert Minczér

Medalists

The following competitor from Hungary won a medal at the Championships

Krisztián Pars won a silver medal in the Men's Hammer Throw event at this year's championships (foto archived from Budapest 2010) Medal Athlete Event  Silver Krisztián Pars Hammer throw Results Men Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Tamás Kazi 800 metres 1:48.29 31 Q 1:46.53 16 Did not advance Balázs Baji 110 m hurdles 14.08 30 Did not advance Lajos Kürthy Shot put 20.02 14 Did not advance Róbert Fazekas Discus throw NM Did not advance Zoltán Kővágó Discus throw 62.16m 15 Did not advance Krisztián Pars Hammer throw 77.21m 4 Q 81.18m 2 Kristóf Németh Hammer throw 74.09m 16 Did not advance Women Athlete Event Preliminaries Heats Semifinals Final Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Time Width Height Rank Krisztina Papp 10,000 metres 32:56.02 16 Viktória Madarász 20 kilometres walk DQ Anita Márton Shot put 17.04m 22 Did not advance Éva Orbán Hammer throw 68.89m 13 Did not advance Heptathlon Györgyi Farkas Heptathlon Event Results Points Rank 100 m hurdles 14.32 934 28 High jump 1.80m 978 16 Shot put 12.75m 711 19 200 m 26.35 767 26 Long jump 5.78m 783 26 Javelin throw 42.15m 709 16 800 m 2:14.33 902 10 Total 5784 24 References Latest World Championships news: Finland, Hungary and the Netherlands teams, European Athletics, August 15, 2011, retrieved August 15, 2011 IAAF (August 21, 2011), Entry Lists by Country (PDF), retrieved August 21, 2011 IAAF, Athletes participating per day, retrieved September 12, 2011 External links Official local organising committee website Official IAAF competition website