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Hungary at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Hungary at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeHUN
NPCHungarian Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors37 in 10 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Gyöngyi Dani
Flag bearer (closing)Luca Ekler
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
4
Total
16
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Hungary competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, between 24 August and 5 September 2021. This was Hungary's twelfth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Amarilla Veres Wheelchair fencing Women's épée A 26 August
 Gold Péter Pálos Table tennis Men's individual – Class 11 29 August
 Gold Fanni Illés Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke SB4 29 August
 Gold Luca Ekler Athletics Women's long jump T38 31 August
 Gold Zsófia Konkoly Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly S9 2 September
 Gold Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke S10 2 September
 Gold Péter Pál Kiss Paracanoeing Men's KL1 3 September
 Silver Zsófia Konkoly Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle S9 25 August
 Silver Richárd Osváth Wheelchair fencing Men's foil A 28 August
 Silver Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle S10 1 September
 Silver Zsófia Konkoly Swimming Women's 200 metre individual SM9 1 September
 Silver Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley SM10 3 September
 Bronze Alexa Szvitacs Table tennis Women's individual class 9 28 August
 Bronze Zsuzsanna Krajnyák
Éva Hajmási
Gyöngyi Dani
Wheelchair fencing Women's foil team 29 August
 Bronze Krisztina Dávid Shooting Women's P2 10 metre air pistol SH1 31 August
 Bronze Katalin Varga Paracanoeing Women's KL2 4 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Athletics 1 3 4
Cycling 2 0 2
Paracanoeing 4 2 6
Powerlifting 1 0 1
Shooting 1 1 2
Swimming 1 6 7
Table Tennis 4 2 6
Triathlon 0 1 1
Wheelchair Fencing 2 5 7
Total 17 20 37

Archery

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Tamás Gáspár Men's individual recurve W1 647 4  Hekimoğlu (TUR)
L 135–138
Did not advance

Athletics

Hungary allocated five quotas in athletics.

Track events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Bernadett Biacsi Women's 1500m T20 4:58.41 8
Ilona Biacsi 4:53.36 5
Luca Ekler Women's 100m T38 12.94 3 Q 12.82 4
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
István Szőllősi Men's shot put F20 13.59 5
Luca Ekler Women's long jump T38 5.63 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Cycling

Two cyclists qualified to compete.

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Robert Ocelka
Guide: Gergely Nagy
Men's road race B LAP 7
Men's road time trial B 1:00:54.97 8
Zsombor Wermeser Men's road race C4–5 2:34:30 14
Men's road time trial C5 46:23.06 7

Paracanoe

Tamás Juhász, Erik Kiss, Péter Pál Kiss, Erika Pulai, András Rozbora and Katalin Varga qualified to compete.

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tamás Juhász Men's KL1 52.820 3 50.465 1 52.590 6
Péter Pál Kiss 48.058 1 bye 45.447 1st place, gold medalist(s)
András Rozbora Men's KL2 49.465 7 47.066 5 49.105 12
Erik Kiss Men's KL3 42.864 6 42.033 3 44.210 8
Tamás Juhász Men's VL2 58.699 5 55.818 2 57.193 8
Erika Pulai Women's KL1 1:08.790 6 1:08.043 5 Did not advance
Katalin Varga Women's KL2 55.317 2 53.658 1 52.622 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Paratriathlon

Athlete Event Swim Trans 1 Bike Trans 2 Run Total time Rank
Petra Lévay Women's PTS5 15:50 1:17 37:02 1:02 24:12 9

Powerlifting

Sedric Roussel qualified to compete.

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Sedric Roussel Men's 88 kg 181kg 6

Shooting

Hungary entered two athletes into the Paralympic competition. Krisztina Dávid will contest in her second Paralympics while Gyula Gurisatti will be at his debut Games.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Krisztina Dávid Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1
Gyula Gurisatti Mixed P4 – 50m pistol SH1

Swimming

Seven Hungarian swimmers qualified to compete at the Summer Paralympics after participating at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships where four medals were won and their MQS swimming times were achieved.[2][3]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Bence Iván 100m breaststroke SB6 1:28.54 14 Did not advance
200m individual medley SM6 2:52.46 9 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Zsanett Adámi 50m backstroke S2 1:27.13 7 Q 1:27.48 7
100m backstroke S2 3:09.16 7 Q 3:11.88 7
Fanni Illés 400m freestyle S6 5:59.05 11 Did not advance
100m backstroke S6 1:36.58 13 Did not advance
100m breaststroke SB4 1:44.68 1 Q 1:44.41 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200m individual medley SM6 3:28.26 12 Did not advance
Zsofia Konkoly 100m freestyle S9 1:04.86 9 Did not advance
400m freestyle S9 4:44.74 1 Q 4:36.76 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100m backstroke S9 1:14.38 6
100m butterfly S9 1:07.05 ER 1 Q 1:06.55 ER 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200m individual medley SM9 2:35.16 2 Q 2:33.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bianka Pap 100m freestyle S10 1:01.46 2 Q 1:00.80 4
400m freestyle S10 4:29.83 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100m backstroke S10 1:06.70 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100m breaststroke SB9 1:23.45 7 Q 1:22.00 7
200m individual medley SM10 2:33.10 4 Q 2:26.12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kata Payer 400m freestyle S9 5:23.14 14 Did not advance
200m individual medley SM9 2:57.29 16 Did not advance
Evelin Száraz 400m freestyle S6 5:58.09 10 Did not advance
100m backstroke S6 1:41.30 14 Did not advance
100m breaststroke SB6 1:42.04 6 Q 1:41.19 6
Fanni Illés
Zsófia Konkoly
Bianka Pap
Kata Payer
4x100m freestyle relay 34pts 4:38.66 5

Table tennis

Hungary entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Alexa Szvitacs qualified from the 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and other three athletes qualified via World Ranking allocation.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Endre Major Individual C1
András Csonka Individual C8
Péter Pálos Individual C11
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Zsófia Arlóy Individual C8
Alexa Szvitacs Individual C9

Wheelchair fencing

Gyöngyi Dani, Éva Hajmási, Zsuzsanna Krajnyák, Boglárka Mező, Richárd Osváth, István Tarjányi and Amarilla Veres were all qualified to compete.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paralimpiai Csapat (in Hungarian)". Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottsag. 28 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Negy erem es ket biztos paralimpiai kvota a magyar uszocsapat eredmenye a londoni parauszo vilagbajnoksagon (in Hungarian)". Magyar Uszo Szovetseg. 16 September 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.