Hungary at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 178 competitors, 124 men and 54 women, took part in 109 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Gold

MiklÃÂ³s NÃÂ©meth — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
IldikÃÂ³ Schwarczenberger — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
ZoltÃÂ¡n Magyar — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
GÃÂ¡bor CsapÃÂ³, Tibor CservenyÃÂ¡k, TamÃÂ¡s FaragÃÂ³, GyÃÂ¶rgy GerendÃÂ¡s, GyÃÂ¶rgy Horkai, GyÃÂ¶rgy KenÃÂ©z, Ferenc KonrÃÂ¡d, Endre MolnÃÂ¡r, LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ SÃÂ¡rosi, Attila SudÃÂ¡r, and IstvÃÂ¡n SzÃÂvÃÂ³s, Jr. — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Silver

ZoltÃÂ¡n Sztanity — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles
GÃÂ©za CsapÃÂ³ — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
Anna Pfeffer and KlÃÂ¡ra Rajnai — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
GyÃÂ¶rgy KÃÂszegi — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
JÃÂ³zsef Balla — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

Bronze

ZoltÃÂ¡n BakÃÂ³ and IstvÃÂ¡n SzabÃÂ³ — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
TamÃÂ¡s Wichmann — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
TamÃÂ¡s Buday and OszkÃÂ¡r Frey — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
TamÃÂ¡s Buday and OszkÃÂ¡r Frey — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
KlÃÂ¡ra Rajnai — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
GyÃÂzÃÂ KulcsÃÂ¡r — Fencing, Men's ÃÂpÃÂ©e Individual
IldikÃÂ³ BÃÂ³bis, Edit KovÃÂ¡cs, Magda Maros, IldikÃÂ³ Schwarczenberger, and IldikÃÂ³ RejtÃÂ — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
MÃÂ¡rta EgervÃÂ¡ri — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
ÃÂva Angyal, ÃÂgota BujdosÃÂ³, KlÃÂ¡ra HorvÃÂ¡th, Zsuzsanna PethÃÂ, Katalin TÃÂ³th HarsÃÂ¡nyi, RozÃÂ¡lia Toman, MÃÂ¡rta Pacsai, Ilona Nagy, Marianna Nagy, ErzsÃÂ©bet NÃÂ©meth, AmÃÂ¡lia Sterbinszky, BorbÃÂ¡la TÃÂ³th HarsÃÂ¡nyi, and MÃÂ¡ria Vanya — Handball, Women's Team Competition
JÃÂ³zsef Tuncsik — Judo, Men's Lightweight (63 kg)
TamÃÂ¡s Kancsal, Tibor MaracskÃÂ³, and SvetiszlÃÂ¡v Sasics — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
PÃÂ©ter BaczakÃÂ³ — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
LÃÂ¡szlÃÂ³ RÃÂ©czi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight

Athletics

Men's High Jump

Endre Kelemen

* Qualification — 2.13m (Ã¢ÂÂ did not advance)

IstvÃÂ¡n Major

* Qualification — 2.05m (Ã¢ÂÂ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

Ferenc TÃÂ©gla

* Qualification — 61.66m

* Final — 60.54m (Ã¢ÂÂ 11th place)

JanÃÂ³s Farago

* Qualification — 60.06m

* Final — 57.48m (Ã¢ÂÂ 14th place)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

Imre Stankovics — 1:32:06 (Ã¢ÂÂ 16th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

GyÃÂ¶rgy GedÃÂ³

* First Round — Defeated Said Bashiri (IRN), KO-2

* Second Round — Defeated Serdamba Batsuk (MGL), 5:0

* Quarterfinals — Lost to Payao Pooltarat (THA), 1:4

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Sandor OrbÃÂ¡n

* First Round — Lost to Said Ahmed El-Ashry (EGY), 0:5

Canoeing

Cycling

One cyclist represented Hungary in 1976.

Individual pursuit

GÃÂ¡bor SzÃÂ±cs — 16th place

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1976.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

JÃÂ³zsef Komatits, Csaba Fenyvesi, Lajos Somodi Jr., JenÃÂ Kamuti, SÃÂ¡ndor ErdÃÂs

Men's ÃÂ©pÃÂ©e

Men's team ÃÂ©pÃÂ©e

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

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

PÃÂ©ter MarÃÂ³t, TamÃÂ¡s KovÃÂ¡cs, Imre GedÃÂvÃÂ¡ri, Ferenc Hammang, Csaba KÃÂ¶rmÃÂ¶czi

Women's foil

Women's team foil

IldikÃÂ³ Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, IldikÃÂ³ SÃÂ¡ginÃÂ© UjlakynÃÂ© RejtÃÂ, IldikÃÂ³ Farkasinszky-BÃÂ³bis, Magda Maros, Edit KovÃÂ¡cs

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1976, winning bronze in the team event.

Individual

Team

TamÃÂ¡s Kancsal
Tibor MaracskÃÂ³
SzvetiszlÃÂ¡v Sasics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

Women's team competition

Preliminary round (group A)

* Lost to Japan (0-3)

* Defeated Canada (3-1)

* Defeated Peru (3-1)

Semi Finals

* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)

Bronze Medal Match

* Lost to South Korea (1-3) Ã¢ÂÂ Fourth place

Team roster

Head coach: Gabriella Kotsis