Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Hungary
games=1972 Summer
competitors=232
sports=20
flagbearer=Gergely Kulcsár
gold=6
silver=13
bronze=16
total=35
rank=8

Hungary competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

Hungary finished in 8th position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 35 medals overall.

Gold

* András Balczó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
* György Gedó — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
* Csaba Fenyvesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
* Sándor Erdős, Csaba Fenyvesi, Győző Kulcsár, István Osztrics, and Pál Schmitt — Fencing, Men's Épée Team
* Imre Földi — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
* Csaba Hegedűs — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Silver

* András Balczó, Zsigmond Villányi, and Pál Bakó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
* László Orbán — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
* János Kajdi — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
* József Deme and János Rátkai — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
* Tamás Wichmann — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
* Jenő Kamuti — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
* Péter Marót — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
* Ildikó Bóbis — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
* Ildikó Bóbis, Ildikó Rónay, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Mária Szolnoki, and Ildikó Rejtő — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
* Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
* Lajos Szűcs — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
* István Géczi, Péter Vépi, Miklós Páncsics, Péter Juhász, Lajos Szűcs, Mihály Kozma, Antal Dunai, Lajos Kű, Béla Váradi, Ede Dunai, László Bálint, Lajos Kocsis, Kálmán Tóth, László Branikovics, József Kovács, Csaba Vidács, and Ádám Rothermel — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
* András Bodnár, Tibor Cservenyák, István Görgényi, Tamás Faragó, Zoltán Kásás, Ferenc Konrád, István Magas, Dénes Pócsik, László Sárosi, Endre Molnár, and István Szívós — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

* András Botos — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
* Géza Csapó — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
* Anna Pfeffer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
* Csaba Fenyvesi — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
* Gyözõ Kulcsár — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
* Péter Marót, Péter Bakonyi, Pál Gerevich, Tamás Kovács, Péter Marót, and Tibor Pézsa — Fencing, Men's
* Ilona Békési, Mónika Császár, Márta Kelemen, Anikó Kéry, Krisztina Medveczky, and Zsuzsanna Nagy — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
* Lajos Papp — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions
* András Hargitay — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Andrea Gyarmati — Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
* Sándor Holczreiter — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight
* János Benedek — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight
* György Horváth — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight
* Ferenc Kiss — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
* László Klinga — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight
* Károly Bajkó — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
* József Csatári — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

Results by event

=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 (→ 22nd place)

Men's Individual Competition:
* Bela Nagy — 2302 points (→ 34th place)

=Athletics=

Men's 800 metres
*András Zsinka:* Heat — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump
*Adam Szepesi :* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.18m (→ 5th place)

*István Major:* Qualifying Round — 2.15m:* Final — 2.15m (→ 6th place)

*Jozsef Tihanyi:* Qualification Round — 2.09m (→ did not advance)

=Boxing=

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 Damdiniav 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

=Cycling=

Men's Individual Road Race
* András Takács — 23rd place
* Tibor Debreceni — 64th place
* Imre Géra — 67th place
* József Peterman — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=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) → 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

=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 19-18.

Men's Team Competition:
* Hungary - 8th place (2-4-0)
* Roster - János Adorján, Bála Bartalos, János Csik, László Harka, József Horváth, Gyula Hurth, Sandor Kaló, István Marosi, Lajos Simó, János Stiller, István Szabó, László Szabó, Sandor Takács, István Varga, Károly Vass, and Sandor Vass

=Modern pentathlon=

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

=Swimming=

Men's 100m Freestyle
*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)

=Water polo=

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 Szivós