Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 (→ 22nd place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Bela Nagy — 2302 points (→ 34th place)

Men's 800 metres

• András Zsinka

• Heat — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Ádám Szepesi

• Qualifying Round — 2.15 m
• Final — 2.18 m (→ 5th place)

• István Major

• Qualifying Round — 2.15 m
• Final — 2.15 m (→ 6th place)

• Jozsef Tihanyi

• Qualification Round — 2.09 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Géza Fejér

• Qualifying Round — 61.58 m
• Final — 62.62 m (→ 5th place)

• Ferenc Tégla

• Qualifying Round — 60.60 m
• Final — 60.60 m (→ 7th place)

• János Murányi

• Qualifying Round — 60.34 m
• Final — 57.92 m (→ 12th place)

Women's High Jump

• Erika Rudolf

• Qualifying Round — 1.76m
• Final — 1.79m (→ 16th place)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Sandor Orbán

• First Round — Lost to Orn-Chim Chawalit (THA), walk-over

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• János Kajdi → 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

Four cyclists represented Hungary in 1972.

Individual road race

• András Takács — 23rd place
• Tibor Debreceni — 64th place
• Imre Géra — 67th place
• József Peterman — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Tibor Debreceni
• Imre Géra
• József Peterman
• András Takács

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.[2]

Men's foil

• Jenő Kamuti
• Sándor Szabó
• László Kamuti

Men's team foil

• Sándor Szabó, Csaba Fenyvesi, László Kamuti, István Marton, Jenő Kamuti

Men's épée

• Csaba Fenyvesi
• Győző Kulcsár
• Pál Schmitt

Men's team épée

• Csaba Fenyvesi, Győző Kulcsár, Pál Schmitt, Sándor Erdős, István Osztrics

Men's sabre

• Péter Marót
• Tamás Kovács
• Tibor Pézsa

Men's team sabre

• Tibor Pézsa, Péter Marót, Péter Bakonyi, Tamás Kovács, Pál Gerevich

Women's foil

• Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis
• Mária Szolnoki
• Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő

Women's team foil

• Ildikó Ságiné Ujlakyné Rejtő, Ildikó Farkasinszky-Bóbis, Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Mária Szolnoki, Ildikó Rónay-Matuscsák

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) → Silver Medal

• Team Roster

• László Bálint
• László Branikovits
• Antal Dunai
• Ede Dunai
• István Géczi
• Péter Juhász
• Lajos Kocsis
• József Kovács
• Mihály Kozma
• Lajos Kű
• Miklós Páncsics
• Ádám Rothermel
• Lajos Szűcs
• Kálmán Tóth
• Béla Várady
• Péter Vépi
• Csaba Vidáts

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 19-18.

Men's Team Competition:

• Hungary - 8th place (2-4-0)
• Roster - János Adorján, Béla Bartalos, János Csík, László Harka, József Horváth, Gyula Hurth, Sandor Kaló, István Marosi, Lajos Simó, János Stiller, István Szabó, László Szabó, Sándor Takács, István Varga, Károly Vass, and Sandor Vass

Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1972. András Balczó won an individual gold while the team won silver.

Men's Individual Competition:

• András Balczó - 5412 points (→ Gold Medal)
• Zsigmond Villányi - 5047 points (12th place)
• Pál Bakó - 4879 points (15th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Balczó, Villányi, and Bakó - 15348 points (→ Silver Medal)

Alternate Member: Peter Kelemen

Nine shooters represented Hungary in 1972. Lajos Papp won bronze in the 300 m rifle, three positions event.

25 m pistol

• Szilárd Kun

50 m pistol

• Kornél Marosvári
• Pál Katkó

300 m rifle, three positions

• Lajos Papp
• Béla Nagy

50 m rifle, three positions

• László Hammerl
• Sándor Nagy

50 m rifle, prone

• László Hammerl
• Sándor Nagy

50 m running target

• Gyula Szabó
• István Jenei

Men's 100m Frbeestyle

• István Szentirmay

• Heat — 54.71s (→ did not advance)

• Attila Csészéri

• Heat — 55.37s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Attila Csészéri

• Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated The Netherlands (3-0)
• Drew with West Germany (3-3)
• Defeated Greece (6-1)
• Defeated Australia (10-2)

• Final Round (Group I)

• Defeated Italy (8-7)
• Defeated United States (5-3)
• Defeated Yugoslavia (4-2)
• Drew with Soviet Union (3-3) → Silver Medal

• Team Roster

• András Bodnár
• Tibor Cservenyák
• István Görgényi
• Tamás Faragó
• Zoltán Kásás
• Ferenc Konrád
• István Magas
• Dénes Pócsik
• László Sárosi
• Endre Molnár
• István Szívós, Jr.