Men water polo team victorious – Hungary has not won this many medals since 1996!
The Hungarian team returns home with six gold, seven silver, and seven bronze medals from Tokyo.
According to 444.hu, the Hungarian teams had not collected this many medals since the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games when they received 21. Since then, the numbers were 17, 17, 10, 18, and 15. Interestingly, the six gold medals the Hungarian athletes won is fewer than their predecessors won in Rio in 2016, when this number was 8.
On the medal table, Hungary has the 15th position, which is very good compared to the country’s population. Finally, here are the medallists:
Gold
- Kristóf Milák (butterfly, 200m)
- Áron Szilágyi (fencing)
- Tamás Lőrincz (Greco-Roman wrestling, 77 kg)
- Bálint Kopasz (kayak-canoe, 1000m)
- Sándor Tótka (kayak-canoe, 200m)
- Dóra Bodonyi – Tamara Csipes – Anna Kárász – Danuta Kozák (kayak-canoe 4, 500m)
Silver
- Kristóf Milák (butterfly, 100m)
- Gergely Siklósi (fencing)
- Viktor Lőrincz (Greco-Roman wrestling, 87 kg)
- Ádám Varga (kayak-canoe, 1000m)
- Zsombor Berecz (sailing)
- Kristóf Rasovszky (swimming marathon, 10km)
- Tamara Csipes (kayak-canoe, 500m)
Bronze
- Men fencing team
- Krisztián Tóth (judo)
- Sarolta Kovács (modern pentathlon)
- Gábor Hárspataki (karate, 75 kg)
- Danuta Kozák – Dóra Bodonyi
- Women’s water polo team
- Men’s water polo team
Source: 444.hu
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3 Comments
Marvelous and Up-Lifting for the Country.
Congratulations for the Manner in which you represented US – as a Country.
We are Proud of YOU.
Well done Hungary. Superb achievement. Best in Central and Eastern Europe – they always are!
I forgot to add if one looks at the population level per country then Hungary is the best in the world.