Hungary at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	HUN
Nocname:	Hungarian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2020
Website:
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Competitors:	169
Sports:	22
Flagbearer Open:	Aida Mohamed László Cseh^[1]
Flagbearer Close:	Bálint Kopasz^[2]
Rank:	15
Gold:	6
Silver:	7
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] Hungarian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Hungary was not invited to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, because of its role in the first World War, and was also part of the Soviet boycott, when Los Angeles hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

The following Hungarian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9	Total
Canoeing	3	2	1	6
Swimming	1	2	0	3
Fencing	1	1	1	3
Wrestling	1	1	0	2
Sailing	0	1	0	1
Water polo	0	0	2	2
Judo	0	0	1	1
Karate	0	0	1	1
Modern pentathlon	0	0	1	1
Total	6	7	7	20

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#F7F6A8		bgcolor=#DCE5E5		bgcolor=#FFDAB9	Total
Male	5	6	4	15
Female	1	1	3	5
Total	6	7	7	20

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 2020 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
		Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly Men's 100 m butterfly
		Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m Women's K-1 500 m
		Fencing	Men's sabre Men's team sabre
		Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m Women's K-2 500 m
		Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m Women's K-2 500 m

Competitors

| width=78% align=left valign=top |The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in handball are not counted:

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	7	11	18
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	1	0	1
Canoeing	8	8	16
Cycling	2	1	3
Fencing	5	8	13
Gymnastics	0	2	2
Judo	3	4	7
Handball	0	14	14
Karate	1	0	1
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	2	2	4
Shooting	2	2	4
Swimming	21	13	34
Table tennis	2	4	6
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Triathlon	2	2	4
Water polo	13	13	26
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	5	1	6
Total	81	88	169

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Medals by date
Day	Date	bgcolor=f7f6a8		bgcolor=dce5e5		bgcolor=ffdab9	Total
Day 1	24 July	1	0	0	1
Day 2	25 July	0	1	0	1
Day 3	26 July	0	0	0	0
Day 4	27 July	0	0	0	0
Day 5	28 July	1	0	2	3
Day 6	29 July	0	0	0	0
Day 7	30 July	0	0	0	0
Day 8	31 July	0	1	0	1
Day 9	1 August	0	0	0	0
Day 10	2 August	0	0	0	0
Day 11	3 August	2	2	1	5
Day 12	4 August	0	1	0	1
Day 13	5 August	1	2	0	3
Day 14	6 August	0	0	2	2
Day 15	7 August	1	0	1	2
Day 16	8 August	0	0	1	1
Total		6	7	7	20

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. One Hungarian archer directly qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Games by reaching the quarterfinal stage and obtaining one of seven available spots at the 2021 Final Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.^[4]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungarian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[5] ^[6]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
István Szögi	1500 m	3:38.79	12	Did not advance
Valdó Szűcs	110 m hurdles	13.50	3 Q	13.40	4	Did not advance
Máté Koroknai	400 m hurdles	49.80	6	Did not advance
Máté Helebrandt	align=left rowspan=2	50 km walk	3:57:53	17
Bence Venyercsán	3:59:05	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bianka Kéri	800 m	2:02.82	6	Did not advance
Luca Kozák	100 m hurdles	12.97	3 Q			Did not advance
Zita Kácser	align=left rowspan=2	3000 m steeplechase	10.43.99	13	Did not advance
Lili Anna Toth	9.30.96	7	Did not advance
Barbara Kovács	align=left rowspan=2	20 km walk	1:41:49	45
Viktória Madarász

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Norbert Rivasz-Tóth	Men's javelin throw	77.76	22	Did not advance
Bence Halász	Men's hammer throw	75.39	14	Did not advance
Anasztázia Nguyen	Women's long jump	6.52	16	Did not advance
Anita Márton	Women's shot put	17.59	21	Did not advance
Réka Szilágyi	Women's javelin throw	57.39	25	Did not advance
Réka Gyurátz	Women's hammer throw	66.48	26	Did not advance

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Xénia Krizsán	Result	13.58	1.74	13.78	24.96	5.88	50.59	2:07.65	6295	13
Points	1039	903	779	890	813	872	999		6295	13

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary entered two badminton players (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Laura Sárosi was selected to compete in the women's singles based on the BWF World Race to Tokyo Rankings.^[7] Gergely Krausz will compete in the men's singles after received reallocation quota.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gergely Krausz	Men's singles	L (13–21, 8–21)	L (18–21, 18–21)	3	Did not advance
Laura Sárosi	Women's singles	L (5–21, 10–21)	L	3	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament. Roland Gálos scored a round-of-16 victory to secure a spot in the men's featherweight division at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London, United Kingdom.^[9]

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Sprint

Hungarian canoeists qualified six boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged.^[10] Meanwhile, two additional boats were awarded to the Hungarian canoeists each in the men's K-2 1000 m and women's C-2 1000 m, respectively, with their top-two placements at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kolos Csizmadia	align=left rowspan=2	K-1 200 m	34.442	1 SF	35.099	1 FA	35.317	4
Sándor Tótka	35.070	1 SF	35.114	1 FA	35.035
Balázs Adolf	align=left rowspan=2	C-1 1000 m	4:01.665	2 SF	4:09.177	5 FB	4:07.613	15
Dániel Fejes	4:34.000	6 QF	4:21.847	5	Did not advance
Bálint Kopasz	K-1 1000 m	3:39.084	1 SF	3:24.558	1 FA	3:20.643
Ádám Varga	3:39.650	2 SF	3:23.634	2 FA	3:22.431
Balázs Adolf Dániel Fejes	C-2 1000 m	3:53.964	7 QF	3:53:559	4 FB	3:32.076	11
Kornél Béke Ádám Varga	K-2 1000 m	3:26.732	4 QF	3:15.225	3 SF	3:20.197	5 FB	3:24.223	12
Bálint Kopasz Bence Nádas	K-2 1000 m	3:11.877	1 SF	3:18.316	2 FA	3:16.535	4
Kornél Béke Kolos Csizmadia Bence Nádas Sándor Tótka	K-4 500 m	1:34.274	5 QF	1:23.727	1 SF	1:24.918	3 FA	1:25.068	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Virág Balla	align=left rowspan=2	C-1 200 m	46.852	3 QF	46.218	1 SF	48.257	6 FB	47.560	9
Kincső Takács	47.977	2 SF	49.178	8 FB	48.921	14
Anna Kárász	K-1 200 m	41.127	2 SF	40.724	8 FB	41.242	16
Dóra Lucz	41.098	1 SF	39.713	1 FA	39.442	6
Tamara Csipes	K-1 500 m	1:48.790	1 SF	1:51.698	1 FA	1:51.855
Danuta Kozák	1:48.730	1 SF	1:52.016	1 FA	1:53.414	4
Virág Balla Kincső Takács	C-2 500 m	2:02.344	2 SF	2:04.545	3 FA	2:00.289	5
Tamara Csipes Erika Medveczky	K-2 500 m	1:42.776	1 SF	1:38.446	2 FA	1:37.117	4
Dóra Bodonyi Danuta Kozák	K-2 500 m	1:45.735	1 SF	1:37.912	1 FA	1:36.867
Dóra Bodonyi Tamara Csipes Anna Kárász Danuta Kozák	K-4 500 m	1:33.335	1 SF	1:36.529	1 FA	1:35.463

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Hungary entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.^[12]

Mountain biking

Hungarian mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's twentieth-place finish for men and nineteenth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.^[13] ^[14]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
András Parti	Men's cross-country	1:35:33	32
Kata Blanka Vas	Women's cross-country	1:17:55	4

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungarian fencers qualified a full squad in the men's team sabre at the Games, by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the women's foil and women's sabre teams claimed the spot each as the highest-ranked nation from the European zone outside the world's top four.^[15] Meanwhile, Gergely Siklósi (men's épée) booked an additional spot on the Hungarian roster as one of the two highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Europe in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

The fencing squad was officially named on May 28, 2021, with the two-time defending champion Áron Szilágyi in the men's sabre leading the fencers to his fourth consecutive Games.^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gergely Siklósi	Épée	W 15–9	W 15–13	W 15–12	W 15–10	L 10–15
Tamás Decsi	align=left rowspan=3	Sabre		L 8–15	Did not advance
András Szatmári		L 12–15	Did not advance
Áron Szilágyi		W 15–7	W 15–7	W 15–6	W 15–13	W 15–7
Tamás Decsi Csanád Gémesi András Szatmári Áron Szilágyi	Team sabre		W 45–36	L 43–45	W 45–40

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kata Kondricz	align=left rowspan=3	Foil		L 5–15	Did not advance
Fanni Kreiss		W 15–10	L 10–15	Did not advance
Flóra Pásztor	W 15–8	L 13–15	Did not advance
Kata Kondricz Fanni Kreiss Flóra Pásztor Aida Mohamed	Team foil	L 32–45	Classification semifinal L 33–45	Seventh place final W 45–28	7
Renáta Katona	align=left rowspan=3	Sabre	W 15–6	L 4–15	Did not advance
Anna Márton		W 15–12	W 15–12	W 15–11	L 8–15	L 6–15	4
Liza Pusztai		W 15–12	L 10–15	Did not advance
Renáta Katona Anna Márton Liza Pusztai Sugar Battai	Team sabre	L 40–45	Classification semifinal L 42–45	Seventh place final L 30–45	8

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

Hungary entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Zsófia Kovács booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing sixth out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[17]

Women

Rhythmic

Hungary qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around at the 2021 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria, signifying the country's return to the sporting scene since 2000.^[18]

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Hungary women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-two finish at the Győr leg of the 2020 IHF Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[19]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary entered seven judoka (three men and four women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Attila Ungvári	−81 kg	L 00–10	Did not advance
Krisztián Tóth	−90 kg	W 10–00	W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance	W 01–00	W 01–00
Miklós Cirjenics	–100 kg	W	L 00–10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Éva Csernoviczki	–48 kg	W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance
Réka Pupp	–52 kg	W 01–00	W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance	W 01–00	L 00–10	5
Hedvig Karakas	–57 kg	L 00–01	Did not advance
Szofi Özbas	–63 kg	W 01–00	L 00–11	Did not advance

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Gábor Hárspataki qualified directly for the men's kumite 75 kg category by finishing third in the final pool round at the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France.^[21]

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungarian athletes qualified for the following spots in the modern pentathlon at the Games. Two-time Olympian Sarolta Kovács confirmed a place in the women's event by finishing eighth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.^[22] ^[23] London 2012 bronze medalist Ádám Marosi reclaimed the individual title to secure a men's place for the Hungarians at the 2021 UIPM World Championships in Cairo, Egypt, with Michelle Gulyás locking the podium with a bronze on the women's side.^[24] ^[25] Róbert Kasza accepted a spare berth previously allocated by Bence Demeter as the nation's next highest-ranked modern pentathlete based on the UIPM World Rankings.^[26]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event			Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Total points	Final rank
Róbert Kasza	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	15–20	1	27	191	2:00.61	12	309	29	25	271	11:58.88	33	582	1353	26
Ádám Marosi	20–15	0	10	220	1:59.50	9	311	3	4	297	11:07.43	11	633	1461	6
Michelle Gulyás	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	20–15	0	=6	220	2:07.48	2	296	57	26	243	12:14.76	7	566	1325	12
Sarolta Kovács	20–15	1	=6	221	2:07.71	4	295	7	9	293	12:21.42	11	559	1368

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by winning the bronze medal and securing the second of three berths available at the 2021 FISA European Olympic Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.^[27]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungarian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^[28] ^[29]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Benjámin Vadnai	Men's Laser	7		9	15	16	18	17	21	21	25	EL	145	18
Zsombor Berecz	Men's Finn	2	2		4	6	7	3	5	4	4	1	39
Sára Cholnoky	Women's RS:X		26	27	21	25	15	24	19	24	23	20	21	EL	246	25
Mária Érdi	Women's Laser Radial	19	18	16	16	2	17	14	11	15		EL	128	13

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungarian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[30] The shooting squad was named on June 14, 2021, with 2018 world silver medalist and current world record holder István Péni earning his second consecutive trip to the Games as the lone returning Olympian.^[31]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Zalán Pekler	Men's 10 m air rifle	621.1	39	Did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1169	18	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	István Péni	Men's 10 m air rifle	629.4	7 Q	186.5	5
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1173	10	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Veronika Major	Women's 10 m air pistol	566	34	Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol	572	35	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Eszter Mészáros	Women's 10 m air rifle	625.3	20	Did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1161-48x	26	Did not advance
István Péni Eszter Mészáros	Mixed 10 m air rifle team	627.9	8 Q	414.6	7	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungarian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[32] ^[33]

Thirty-three swimmers (22 men and 11 women) were named to the Hungarian roster for the Olympics at the end of the qualifying window, with six-time medalist László Cseh, freestylers Zsuzsanna Jakabos and Evelyn Verrasztó, and two-time defending individual medley champion Katinka Hosszú racing in the pool at their fifth straight Games.^[34]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Péter Bernek	400 m individual medley	4:12.38	13	Did not advance
Richárd Bohus	100 m backstroke			Did not advance
László Cseh	200 m individual medley	1:57.51	10 Q	1:57.64	8 Q	1:57.68	7
Gergely Gyurta	1500 m freestyle	15:01.85	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ákos Kalmár	800 m freestyle	7:55.85	22	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	15:17.02	22	Did not advance
Tamás Kenderesi	200 m butterfly	1.55.18	8 Q	1:55.17	5 Q	1:54.52	4
Hubert Kós	200 m individual medley	1:58.47	20	Did not advance
Dominik Kozma	200 m freestyle	1:48.87	30	Did not advance
Maxim Lobanovskij	50 m freestyle	22.25	=26	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Kristóf Milák	100 m butterfly	50.62	2 Q	50.31	2 Q	49.68 EU
200 m butterfly	1:53.58	1 Q	1:52.22	1 Q	1:51.25
align=left rowspan=2	Nándor Németh	100 m freestyle	48.11	9 Q	47.81 NR	7 Q	48.10	8
200 m freestyle	1:46.19	12 Q	1:47.20	15	Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky	10 km open water	1:48:59.0
align=left rowspan=2	Szebasztián Szabó	100 m freestyle	48.51	20	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	51.67	=14 Q	51.89	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ádám Telegdy	100 m backstroke	54.42	29	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	1:57.70	14 Q	1:56.19	4 Q	1:56.15	5
Dávid Verrasztó	400 m individual medley	4:09.80	4 Q	4:10:59	=4
Gábor Zombori	400 m freestyle	3:47.99	18	Did not advance
Richárd Bohus Kristóf Milák Nándor Németh Szebasztián Szabó	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.73	6 Q	3:11.06 NR	5
Balázs Holló Dominik Kozma Richárd Márton Gábor Zombori	4 × 200 m freestyle relay			Did not advance
Richárd Bohus Péter Holoda Hubert Kós Tamás Takács	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:34.91	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eszter Békési	200 m breaststroke	2:26.89	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Katalin Burián	100 m backstroke	1:00.07	=18	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:09.10	=8 Q	2:09.65	10	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Katinka Hosszú	200 m backstroke	2:12.84	20	Did not advance
200 m butterfly			Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:09.70	2 Q	2:10.22	7 Q	2:12.38	7
400 m individual medley	4:36.01	7 Q	4:35.98	5
Boglárka Kapás	200 m butterfly	2:08.58	5 Q	2:06.59	3 Q	2:06.53	4
align=left rowspan=3	Ajna Késely	400 m freestyle	4:05.34	10	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:26.20	13	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	15:59.80	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas	1500 m freestyle	16:02.26	12	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:35.99	6 Q	4:37.75	6
Anna Olasz	10 km open water	1:59:34.8	4
align=left rowspan=2	Dalma Sebestyén	200 m individual medley	2:12.42	17	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	59.79	27	Did not advance
Zsuzsanna Jakabos Boglárka Kapás Ajna Késely Laura Veres Evelyn Verrasztó	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:56.16	8 Q	7:56.62	7

Mixed

Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. For the first time in history, the women's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the women's singles tournament.^[35] Meanwhile, Bence Majoros scored a second-match final triumph to book one of the four available places in the men's singles at the 2021 ITTF World Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.^[36] Moreover, the last open berth in the inaugural mixed doubles was awarded to the Hungarian table tennis players, as the next highest-ranked pair vying for qualification in the ITTF World Rankings of June 1, 2021.^[37]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bence Majoros	Men's singles		W 4–0	L 1–4	Did not advance
Dóra Madarász	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles		L 1–4	Did not advance
Georgina Póta	L 1–4	Did not advance
Dóra Madarász Mária Fazekas Szandra Pergel	Women's team	L 0–3	Did not advance
Ádám Szudi Szandra Pergel	Mixed doubles	L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2000, Hungary entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. American-born Omar Salim secured a spot in the men's flyweight category (58 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[38]

Tennis

Hungary named a team of three players on 10 June 2021.^[39] Tímea Babos withdrew ahead of the tournament, with Márton Fucsovics joining her before his initial scheduled match against Poland's Hubert Hurkacz because of a right shoulder injury.^[40] ^[41]

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary confirmed four quota places (two per gender) in the triathlon events for the rescheduled Tokyo, after finishing among the top seven nations vying for qualification in the ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Rankings.^[42]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Bence Bicsák	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	17:55	0:42	56:26	0:29	30:24	1:45:56	7
Tamás Tóth	18:07	0:40	56:20	0:33	32:39	1:48:19	29
Zsanett Bragmayer	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	19:19	0:42	1:03:07	0:34	36:18	2:00:00	12
Zsófia Kovács	20:30	0:42	Lapped

Relay

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
Athlete	Event	Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (7 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total group	Rank
Zsanett Bragmayer	align=left rowspan=5	Mixed relay	3:53	0:39	10:33	0:30	6:29	22:04	rowspan=4
Bence Bicsák	4:07	0:38	9:53	0:28	5:31	20:37
Zsófia Kovács	4:31	0:38	10:53	0:30	6:34	23:06
Tamás Tóth	4:12	0:44	9:52	0:28	5:40	20:56
Total	1:26:43	11

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hungary men's	Men's tournament	L 9–10	W 16–11	W 23–1	W 11–8	D 5–5	3	W 15–11	L 6–9	W 9–5
Hungary women's	Women's tournament	D 10–10	W 10–9	W 17–13	L 9–11		2	W 14–11	L 6–8	W 11–9

Men's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Hungary men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2020 European Championships in Budapest.^[43]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Hungary women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Trieste, Italy.^[44]

Team roster

Group play------------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Two-time Olympian Péter Nagy accepted a spare berth unused by Africa as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the men's +109 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Hungary qualified six wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle 65 kg, men's Greco-Roman (77 and 87 kg), and women's freestyle 62 kg wrestling at the 2019 World Championships, while an additional license was awarded to the Hungarian wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's Greco-Roman 67 kg at the 2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest.^[45] ^[46] Another Hungarian wrestler claimed one of the remaining slots each in the men's Greco-Roman 97 kg, respectively, to complete the nation's roster at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[47]

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iszmail Muszukajev	Men's −65 kg	W 3–1 ^PP	L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	W 3–1 ^PP	L 0–3 ^PO	5
Marianna Sastin	Women's −62 kg	L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				13

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bálint Korpási	Men's −67 kg	L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				12
Tamás Lőrincz	Men's −77 kg	W 5–0 ^VA	W 3–1 ^PP	W 3–1 ^PP		W 3–1 ^PP
Viktor Lőrincz	Men's −87 kg	W 3–1 ^PP	W 3–1 ^PP	W 3–1 ^PP		L 1–3 ^PP
Alex Szőke	Men's −97 kg	W 3–1 ^PP	L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	W 3–1 ^PP	L 0–4 ^ST	5

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