Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

AndrÃÂ¡s BalczÃÂ³ — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
GyÃÂ¶rgy GedÃÂ³ — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
Csaba Fenyvesi — Fencing, Men's ÃÂpÃÂ©e Individual
SÃÂ¡ndor ErdÃÂs, Csaba Fenyvesi, GyÃÂzÃÂ KulcsÃÂ¡r, IstvÃÂ¡n Osztrics, and PÃÂ¡l Schmitt — Fencing, Men's ÃÂpÃÂ©e Team
Imre FÃÂ¶ldi — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Csaba HegedÃÂ±s — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Silver

AndrÃÂ¡s BalczÃÂ³, Zsigmond VillÃÂ¡nyi, and PÃÂ¡l BakÃÂ³ — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ OrbÃÂ¡n — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
JÃÂ¡nos Kajdi — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
JÃÂ³zsef Deme and JÃÂ¡nos RÃÂ¡tkai — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
TamÃÂ¡s Wichmann — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
JenÃÂ Kamuti — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
PÃÂ©ter MarÃÂ³t — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
IldikÃÂ³ BÃÂ³bis — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
IldikÃÂ³ BÃÂ³bis, IldikÃÂ³ RÃÂ³nay, IldikÃÂ³ Schwarczenberger, MÃÂ¡ria Szolnoki, and IldikÃÂ³ RejtÃÂ — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Lajos SzÃÂ±cs — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
IstvÃÂ¡n GÃÂ©czi, PÃÂ©ter VÃÂ©pi, MiklÃÂ³s PÃÂ¡ncsics, PÃÂ©ter JuhÃÂ¡sz, Lajos SzÃÂ±cs, MihÃÂ¡ly Kozma, Antal Dunai, Lajos KÃÂ±, BÃÂ©la VÃÂ¡radi, Ede Dunai, LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ BÃÂ¡lint, Lajos Kocsis, KÃÂ¡lmÃÂ¡n TÃÂ³th, LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ Branikovics, JÃÂ³zsef KovÃÂ¡cs, Csaba VidÃÂ¡cs, and ÃÂdÃÂ¡m Rothermel — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
AndrÃÂ¡s BodnÃÂ¡r, Tibor CservenyÃÂ¡k, IstvÃÂ¡n GÃÂ¶rgÃÂ©nyi, TamÃÂ¡s FaragÃÂ³, ZoltÃÂ¡n KÃÂ¡sÃÂ¡s, Ferenc KonrÃÂ¡d, IstvÃÂ¡n Magas, DÃÂ©nes PÃÂ³csik, LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ SÃÂ¡rosi, Endre MolnÃÂ¡r, and IstvÃÂ¡n SzÃÂvÃÂ³s, Jr. — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

AndrÃÂ¡s Botos — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
GÃÂ©za CsapÃÂ³ — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
Anna Pfeffer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
GyÃÂ¶zÃÂµ KulcsÃÂ¡r — Fencing, Men's ÃÂpÃÂ©e Individual
PÃÂ©ter MarÃÂ³t, PÃÂ©ter Bakonyi, PÃÂ¡l Gerevich, TamÃÂ¡s KovÃÂ¡cs, and Tibor PÃÂ©zsa — Fencing, Men's
Ilona BÃÂ©kÃÂ©si, MÃÂ³nika CsÃÂ¡szÃÂ¡r, MÃÂ¡rta Kelemen, AnikÃÂ³ KÃÂ©ry, Krisztina Medveczky, and Zsuzsanna Nagy — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
Lajos Papp — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions
AndrÃÂ¡s Hargitay — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
SÃÂ¡ndor Holczreiter — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
JÃÂ¡nos Benedek — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
GyÃÂ¶rgy HorvÃÂ¡th — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
Ferenc Kiss — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ Klinga — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
KÃÂ¡roly BajkÃÂ³ — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
JÃÂ³zsef CsatÃÂ¡ri — 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:

Hamvas Agnes Hajdene — 2265 points (Ã¢ÂÂ 22nd place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Bela Nagy — 2302 points (Ã¢ÂÂ 34th place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

AndrÃÂ¡s Zsinka

* Heat — 1:49.0 (Ã¢ÂÂ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

ÃÂdÃÂ¡m Szepesi

* Qualifying Round — 2.15 m

* Final — 2.18 m (Ã¢ÂÂ 5th place)

IstvÃÂ¡n Major

* Qualifying Round — 2.15 m

* Final — 2.15 m (Ã¢ÂÂ 6th place)

Jozsef Tihanyi

* Qualification Round — 2.09 m (Ã¢ÂÂ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

GÃÂ©za FejÃÂ©r

* Qualifying Round — 61.58 m

* Final — 62.62 m (Ã¢ÂÂ 5th place)

Ferenc TÃÂ©gla

* Qualifying Round — 60.60 m

* Final — 60.60 m (Ã¢ÂÂ 7th place)

JÃÂ¡nos MurÃÂ¡nyi

* Qualifying Round — 60.34 m

* Final — 57.92 m (Ã¢ÂÂ 12th place)

Women's High Jump

Erika Rudolf

* Qualifying Round — 1.76m

* Final — 1.79m (Ã¢ÂÂ 16th place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Sandor OrbÃÂ¡n

* First Round — Lost to Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), walkover

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

JÃÂ¡nos Kajdi Ã¢ÂÂ Silver Medal

* First Round — Bye

* Second Round — Defeated James Vrij (HOL), 4:1

* Third Round — Defeated Damdinjavyn Bandi (MGL), KO-2

* Quarterfinals — Defeated Maurice Hope (GBR), 5:0

* Semifinals — Defeated Richard Murunga (KEN), 4:1

* Final — Lost to Emilio Correa (CUB), 0:5

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Jozsef Reder

* First Round — Lost to Ion Alexe (ROM), 0:5

Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Hungary in 1972.

Individual road race

AndrÃÂ¡s TakÃÂ¡cs — 23rd place
Tibor Debreceni — 64th place
Imre GÃÂ©ra — 67th place
JÃÂ³zsef Peterman — did not finish (Ã¢ÂÂ no ranking)

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

SÃÂ¡ndor SzabÃÂ³, Csaba Fenyvesi, LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ Kamuti, IstvÃÂ¡n Marton, JenÃÂ Kamuti

Men's ÃÂ©pÃÂ©e

Men's team ÃÂ©pÃÂ©e

Csaba Fenyvesi, GyÃÂzÃÂ KulcsÃÂ¡r, PÃÂ¡l Schmitt, SÃÂ¡ndor ErdÃÂs, IstvÃÂ¡n Osztrics

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Tibor PÃÂ©zsa, PÃÂ©ter MarÃÂ³t, PÃÂ©ter Bakonyi, TamÃÂ¡s KovÃÂ¡cs, PÃÂ¡l Gerevich

Women's foil

Women's team foil

IldikÃÂ³ SÃÂ¡ginÃÂ© UjlakynÃÂ© RejtÃÂ, IldikÃÂ³ Farkasinszky-BÃÂ³bis, IldikÃÂ³ Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, MÃÂ¡ria Szolnoki, IldikÃÂ³ RÃÂ³nay-MatuscsÃÂ¡k

Football

Men's Team Competition

First Round (Group C)

* Defeated Iran (5-0)

* Drew with Brazil (2-2)

* Defeated Denmark (2-0)

Second Round (Group 1)

* Defeated East Germany (2-0)

* Defeated West Germany (4-1)

* Defeated Mexico (2-0)

Final

* Lost to Poland (2-1) Ã¢ÂÂ Silver Medal

Team Roster

* LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ BÃÂ¡lint

* LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ Branikovits

* MiklÃÂ³s PÃÂ¡ncsics

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 19Ã¢ÂÂ18.

Men's Team Competition: