Hungary at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Hungary at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Hungary at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	HUN
NPC
Website	www.hparalimpia.hu
in Beijing
Competitors	16 in 6 sports
Medals; Ranked 49th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 5 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Janos Becsey	S7	50m freestyle	31.99	8 Q	31.46	7
	S7	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
	S5	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
		400m freestyle	4:26.21	4 Q	4:20.26
		100m butterfly	59.38	1 Q	59.34
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:22.98	3 Q	2:21.42	4
Zsolt Vereczkei	S5	50m backstroke	40.50	4 Q	38.78
Zsolt Vereczkei	S5	50m freestyle	40.82	11	Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	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
	S6	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
	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
Diana Zambo	S5	200m freestyle	3:56.25	14	Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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	Men's singles C9-10	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
Athlete	Event	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
		(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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
	Men's singles	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

External links[]

References[]

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

[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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Contents

Medalists[]

Sports[]

Boccia[]

Judo[]

Men[]

Women[]

Powerlifting[]

Sailing[]

Shooting[]

Swimming[]

Men[]

Women[]

Table tennis[]

Wheelchair fencing[]

Men[]

Women[]

Wheelchair tennis[]

See also[]

External links[]

References[]