Szijjártó: Hungary remains ‘global sports power’

Hungary has remained a ‘global sports power’, the foreign minister said on Facebook on Monday, adding that as a country with the 95th largest population in the world, it had finished in the 14th place at the Paris Olympic Games.

Szijjártó thanks athletes and trainers

Péter Szijjártó said on Facebook that in terms of the number of medals won in Paris, Hungary ranked sixth in Europe and “by far” the first among central European countries, adding that “countries much larger … richer and stronger are far behind.”

Szijjártó also said that the first 10-12 places at the Olympics “are usually booked by the world’s largest and strongest countries … the G7, China, Korea, and Australia – and of course Russia, if they are allowed to compete”. “The real competition starts from here,” the minister said, welcoming that “we have finished in the forefront in this competition in the company of New Zealand, Uzbekistan and Spain.”

Szijjártó noted that Hungary was one of 15 countries that had won at least 5 gold medals. “Glory at all levels,” he said, and thanked all athletes and trainers for helping the country again to “this glorious achievement”.

Hungary has won 6 gold, 7 silver, and 6 bronze medals at the Paris Games and finished in 14th place on the medal table, up from the 15th in Tokyo, positioned between Uzbekistan and Spain.

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