Hungary at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Hungary at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
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IPC codeHUN
NPC
Websitewww.hparalimpia.hu
in Beijing
Competitors16 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
5
Total
6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Hungary competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

Medalists[]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Tamás Sors Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S9
 Bronze Tamás Sors Swimming Men's 400m freestyle S9
 Bronze Tamás Sors Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S9
 Bronze Gitta Raczko Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke SB5
 Bronze Zsolt Vereczkei Swimming Men's 50m backstroke S5
 Bronze Pál Szekeres Wheelchair Fencing Men's Individual Foil B

Sports[]

Boccia[]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opponent Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mixed individual BC4  Lau W Y V (HKG) L 2-3 3 Did not advance
 Dueso (ESP) L 6-7
  (CZE) W 9-1
  (POR) L 0-5 4 Did not advance
 Pinto (BRA) L 1-4
  (POR) L 2-7

Pairs BC4  Dueso (ESP) /
  (ESP)
L 4-6 4 Did not advance
 Pinto (BRA) /
 E Santos (BRA)
L 2-6
  (SVK) /
  (SVK)
L 4-5

Judo[]

Men[]

Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1
Repechage
round 2
Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Men's +100kg   (RUS)
W 1011–0000
  (GRE)
W 1001-0001
  (CHN)
L 0111-1110
N/A   (FRA)
L 0000-1000
Gabor Vincze Men's 81kg Bye  Jonard (FRA)
L 0001-1100
N/A   (IRI)
L 0000-0002
Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Nikolett Szabo Women's 70kg  Vermeulen (NED)
L 0001–0011
N/A   (USA)
W 1000-0000
 Savostyanova (RUS)
L 0000-1000

Powerlifting[]

Athlete Event Result Rank
100kg 195.0 7
+100kg NMR

Sailing[]

One Hungarian athlete competed in the following event in sailing:[1]

  • Single-Person Keelboat - 2.4mR

Shooting[]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Men's 10m air pistol SH1 551 25 Did not advance
Mixed 25m pistol SH1 551 19 Did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 510 21 Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men[]

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Janos Becsey S7 50m freestyle 31.99 8 Q 31.46 7
100m freestyle 1:09.78 8 Q 1:09.20 8
SB7 100m breaststroke 1:41.40 12 Did not advance
SM7 200m individual medley 2:58.31 8 Q DSQ
S6 50m butterfly 36.95 9 Did not advance
S8 50m freestyle 29.13 10 Did not advance
100m freestyle 1:03.55 11 Did not advance
100m butterfly 1:07.96 8 Q 1:08.17 7
SM8 200m individual medley 2:40.46 10 Did not advance
S5 50m backstroke 39.82 3 Q 40.61 4
50m butterfly 39.97 4 Q 39.33 4
SB4 100m breaststroke 1:45.01 4 Q 1:44.12 4
SM5 200m individual medley 3:14.70 4 Q 3:12.02 4
Tamás Sors S9 50m freestyle 26.73 7 Q 26.21 5
100m freestyle 57.59 4 Q 56.80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400m freestyle 4:26.21 4 Q 4:20.26 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m butterfly 59.38 1 Q 59.34 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SM9 200m individual medley 2:22.98 3 Q 2:21.42 4
Zsolt Vereczkei S5 50m backstroke 40.50 4 Q 38.78 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50m freestyle 40.82 11 Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
S7 100m backstroke 1:40.14 9 Did not advance
Katalin Engelhardt S5 50m freestyle 44.89 7 Q 45.78 8
100m freestyle 1:42.71 9 Did not advance
200m freestyle 3:32.37 9 Did not advance
SB4 100m breaststroke 2:10.62 7 Q 2:09.72 7
Fanni Illes S6 100m backstroke 1:44.37 11 Did not advance
400m freestyle 6:43.09 9 Did not advance
SB5 100m breaststroke 2:06.29 8 Q 2:07.52 8
SM6 200m individual medley 3:58.59 13 Did not advance
Gitta Raczko S7 50m butterfly 44.81 9 Did not advance
SB5 100m breaststroke 1:56.88 5 Q 1:54.49 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
SM7 200m individual medley 3:28.30 6 Q 3:30.36 8
Diana Zambo S5 50m backstroke 51.19 4 Q 52.04 6
200m freestyle 3:56.25 14 Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Andras Csonka Men's singles C8  Chen G (CHN)
L 0-3
  (POL)
W 3-1
 Vergeylen (BEL)
W 3-0
2 Did not advance
Dezso Berecki Men's singles C9-10  Agunbiade (NGR)
L 1–3
 Karabec (CZE)
W 3���1
N/A 1 Q  Last (NED)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Gyula Zborai  Ge Y (CHN)
L 0-3
  (FRA)
L 2-3
N/A 3 Did not advance
Dezso Berecki
Gyula Zborai
Men's team C9-10 N/A  France (FRA)
L 1-3
Did not advance

Wheelchair fencing[]

Pál Szekeres won his last competitive medal at his fifth and final consecutive Paralympics: he won a bronze medal in the men's foil.[2]

Men[]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition Score Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Men's épée A  Tian (CHN) L 0–5 6 Did not advance
  (HKG) L 4-5
 Betti (ITA) L 0-5
  (POL) L 3-5
  (KUW) L 1-5
Men's foil A   (CHN) L 1-5 4 Q   (FRA)
L 3-15
Did not advance
 Betti (ITA) L 0-5
  (KUW) L 4-5
  (ESP) W 5-4
  (THA) W 5-1
  (GER) L 5-1
Men's foil A  Pender (POL) L 1-5 4 Q   (HKG)
L 11-15
Did not advance
 Pellegrini (ITA) L 1-5
  (FRA) L 2-5
  (KUW) W 5-1
  (RUS) W 5-4
Men's sabre A  Ye R (CHN) L 0-5 3 Q   (POL)
L 12-15
Did not advance
  (POL) W 5-2
 Citerne (FRA) L 2-5
  (RUS) W 5-3
  (GRE) W 5-2
Pál Szekeres Men's foil B  Hu D (CHN) L 2-5 3 Q  Hisakawa (JPN)
W 15-6
  (HKG)
W 15-11
 Hu D (CHN)
L 4-15
  (UKR)
W 15-10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  (HKG) L 3-5
  (UKR) W 5-1
 Moreno (USA) W 5-1
  (KOR) W 5-1
Men's sabre B   (FRA) L 3-5 3 Q   (HKG)
L 12-15
Did not advance
  (UKR) L 4-5
  (GBR) W 5-2
  (ESP) L 3-5
  (CAN) W 5-1


Women[]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition Score Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Gyongyi Dani Women's épée B  Jana (THA) L 0-5 4 Q N/A   (CHN)
L 12-15
Did not advance
 Chan Y C (HKG) L 4-5
  (CHN) L 3-5
  (UKR) W 5-2
 Hassen Bey (ESP) W 5-1
Women's foil B   (CHN) L 1-5 2 Q N/A  Jana (THA)
L 8-15
Did not advance
  (UKR) W 5-3
  (FRA) W 5-3
 Hassen Bey (ESP) W 5-2
  (ITA) W 5-3
Women's épée A  Yu C Y (HKG) L 3–5 2 Q N/A   (HKG)
L 12-15
Did not advance
  (POL) W 5-3
  (BLR) W 5-3
  (CHN) W 5-4
  (FRA) W 5-4
Women's foil A   (CHN) L 0-5 6 Did not advance
 Yu C Y (HKG) L 1-5
 Trigilia (ITA) L 3-5
  (FRA) L 3-5
  (BLR) L 2-5
Zsuzsanna Krajnyak Women's épée A   (CHN) L 3-5 3 Q N/A   (UKR)
W 15-5
  (CHN)
L 10-15
  (HKG)
L 14-15
4
  (UKR) L 3-5
  (HKG) W 5-4
 Trigilia (ITA) W 5-2
  (FRA) W 5-0
Women's foil A   (FRA) L 3-5 3 Q N/A  Yu C Y (HKG)
L 1-15
Did not advance
  (HKG) W 5-1
  (CHN) L 4-5
  (UKR) L 2-5
  (POL) W 5-0
Women's épée B   (RUS) L 3-5 5 Q   (ITA)
W 15-9
 Jana (THA)
L 4-15
Did not advance
  (CHN) L 3-5
  (FRA) L 4-5
  (ITA) L 1-5
  (USA) W 5-3
Women's foil B  Chan Y C (HKG) L 3-5 4 Q N/A  Chan Y C (HKG)
L 4-15
Did not advance
  (CHN) L 3-5
 Jana (THA) L 1-5
  (RUS) W 5-4
  (USA) W 5-0

Wheelchair tennis[]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Men's singles  Scheffers (NED)
L 3-6, 4-6
Did not advance
 Tur (ESP)
L 1-6, 1-6
Did not advance

Men's doubles N/A   (ESP) /
 Tur (ESP)
L 2-6, 2-6
Did not advance

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition" Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, International Association for Disabled Sailing, July 16, 2008
  2. ^ "Hungarian Paralympic athlete Pál Szekeres's goal is to win gold" Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, September 3, 2008
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