Hungarian athletes shine on final day: A review of their Paris 2024 Olympic achievements

As the last day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games is approaching an end, let’s look at the Olympic achievements of Hungarian athletes.

On 11 August, the final day of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Hungarian athletes had chances for medals in three different sports.

Men’s water polo team

The day began with the men’s water polo team competing for bronze against the United States. The match was intensely close, with Hungary leading by two goals in the final quarter. The game ended 8-8, and after a penalty shootout, the US triumphed 11-8, with none of Hungary’s three penalty attempts succeeding. This result left Hungary in fourth place, Telex reports.

Ismail Musukaev

In wrestling, Ismail Musukaev, Hungary’s nationalised athlete, contested the bronze medal match in the 65kg freestyle category. Despite a significant 12-6 deficit, Musukaev mounted a dramatic comeback in the closing seconds. However, after a video review, the Albanian wrestler Islam Dudaev was awarded the win, leaving Musukaev in fifth place, matching his Tokyo 2020 result.

Blanka Guzi and Michelle Gulyás

Michelle Gulyás. Photo: MTI/Czeglédi Zsolt

The modern pentathlon wrapped up the Hungarian campaign at the Games. Blanka Guzi and Michelle Gulyás started their laser run just before 1 PM. Gulyás delivered an outstanding performance in both the semi-finals and finals, setting herself up with a second-place finish in fencing. She began the final combined event in second place but took the lead after the first shooting round and held on to win the gold medal. Guzi finished in fourth place, improving significantly from her 13th-place start.

Overall medals

Overall, Hungary’s performance in Paris resulted in 6 gold, 7 silver, and 6 bronze medals, just one bronze short of equalling their Tokyo tally. The team ended up in 14th place on the medal table, up from 15th in Tokyo, positioned between Uzbekistan (13th) and Spain (15th). A double-digit gold medal count was necessary to make it into the top 10 again this year.

Gold medallists:

Kristóf Milák. Photo: MTI/Illyés Tibor

• Hubert Kós (Swimming, 200m Backstroke)
• Men’s épée team – Gergely Siklósi, Máté Koch, Tibor Andrásfi, Dávid Nagy
• Kristóf Milák (Swimming, 100m Butterfly)
• Kristóf Rasovszky (Open water swimming, Men’s 10km)
• Viviána Márton (Taekwondo, 67kg)
• Michelle Gulyás (Modern pentathlon)

Silver medallists:

• Kristóf Milák (Swimming, 200m Butterfly)
• Men’s sabre team – Áron Szilágyi, András Szatmári, Csanád Gémesi, Krisztián Rabb
• Bence Halász (Hammer throw)
• Tamara Csipes, Alida Dóra Gazsó (Canoe-Kayak, Women’s K-2 500m)
• Bence Nádas, Sándor Tótka (Canoe-Kayak, Men’s K-2 500m)
• Tamara Csipes (Canoe-Kayak, Women’s K-1 500m)
• Ádám Varga (Canoe-Kayak, Men’s K-1 1000m)

Bronze medallists:

• Eszter Muhari (Épée, Individual)
• Veronika Major (Sport pistol)
• Women’s kayak four – Noémi Pupp, Sára Fojt, Tamara Csipes, Alida Dóra Gazsó
• Noémi Pupp, Sára Fojt (Canoe-Kayak, Women’s K-2 500m)
• Dávid Betlehem (Open Water Swimming, Men’s 10km)
• Bálint Kopasz (Canoe-Kayak, Men’s K-1 1000m)

4th place finishers:

• Tibor Andrásfi (Épée, Individual)
• Nándor Németh (Swimming, 100m Freestyle)
• Attila Valter (Road cycling, Men’s road race)
• Blanka Vas (Road cycling, Women’s road race)
• Dávid Betlehem (Swimming, 1500m freestyle)
• Jonatán Vadnai (Sailing, ILCA 7)
• Ágnes Kiss, Bianka Nagy (Canoe-Kayak, Women’s C-2 500m)
• Men’s water polo team – Dániel Angyal, Márk Bányai, Gergő Fekete, Balázs Hárai, Szilárd Jansik, Krisztián Manhercz, Erik Molnár, Ádám Nagy, Dénes Varga, Márton Vámos, Vince Vigvári, Soma Vogel, Gergő Zalánki
• Blanka Guzi (Modern pentathlon)

5th place finishers:

• Réka Pupp (Judo, 52kg)
• Richárd Kovács (Boxing, 63.5kg)
• Luca Hámori (Boxing, 66kg)
• Bettina Fábián (Open water swimming, Women’s 10km)
• Dávid Losonczi (Wrestling, Greco-roman, 87kg)
• Women’s water polo team – Alda Magyari, Dorottya Szilágyi, Vanda Vályi, Gréta Gurisatti, Geraldine Mahieu, Rebecca Parkes, Brigitta Horváth, Rita Keszthelyi, Dóra Leimeter, Natasa Rybanska, Kamilla Faragó, Krisztina Garda, Boglárka Neszmély
• Ismail Musukaev (Wrestling, Freestyle, 65kg)

6th place finishers:

• Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay – Nikolett Pádár, Minna Ábrahám, Ajna Késely, Panna Ugrai (Swimming)
• Women’s sabre team – Anna Márton, Luca Szűcs, Liza Pusztai, Sugár Battai
• Women’s handball team – Anna Albek, Blanka Böde-Bíró, Réka Bordás, Kinga Debreczeni-Klivinyi, Petra Füzi-Tóvizi, Viktória Győri-Lukács, Kinga Janurik, Gréta Kácsor, Katrin Klujber, Csenge Kuczora, Gréta Márton, Nikoletta Papp, Noémi Pásztor, Petra Simon, Zsófia Szemerey, Nadine Szöllősi-Schatzl, Petra Vámos
• Balázs Adolf, Jonatán Hajdu (Canoe-Kayak, Men’s C-2 500m)
• Alida Dóra Gazsó (Canoe-Kayak, Women’s K-1 500m)

Congratulations and thank you, Hungarian athletes!

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