Hungary at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Hungary at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeHUN
NPCHungarian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.hparalimpia.hu
in Beijing
Competitors16 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 49th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
5
Total
6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opponent Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Dezso Beres Mixed individual BC4  Lau W Y V (HKG) L 2-3 3 did not advance
 Dueso (ESP) L 6-7
 Kratina (CZE) W 9-1
Jozsef Gyurkota  F Pereira (POR) L 0-5 4 did not advance
 Pinto (BRA) L 1-4
 Valentim (POR) L 2-7
Dezso Beres
Jozsef Gyurkota 		Pairs BC4  Dueso (ESP) /
 Desamparados Baixauli (ESP)		 L 4-6 4 did not advance
 Pinto (BRA) /
 E Santos (BRA)		 L 2-6
 Durkovic (SVK) /
 Streharsky (SVK)		 L 4-5

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1 		Repechage
round 2 		Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Gabor Papp Men's +100kg  Parasyuk (RUS)
W 1011–0000 		 Papachristos (GRE)
W 1001-0001 		 Wang S (CHN)
L 0111-1110 		—  Taurines (FRA)
L 0000-1000
Gabor Vincze Men's 81kg Bye  Jonard (FRA)
L 0001-1100 		—  Mirhassan Nattaj (IRI)
L 0000-0002 		did not advance

Women

Athlete Event First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Nikolett Szabo Women's 70kg  Vermeulen (NED)
L 0001–0011 		—  Mouton (USA)
W 1000-0000 		 Savostyanova (RUS)
L 0000-1000

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Result Rank
Sandor Sas 100kg 195.0 7
Csaba Szavai +100kg NMR

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

One Hungarian athlete competed in the following event in sailing:[1]

  • Single-Person Keelboat - 2.4mR

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Gyula Gurisatti 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

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Janos Becsey S7 50m freestyle 31.99 8 Q 31.46 7
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
Zoltan Bencsura S6 50m butterfly 36.95 9 did not advance
Ferenc Csuri 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
Ervin Kovacs S5 50m backstroke 39.82 3 Q 40.61 4
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400m freestyle 4:26.21 4 Q 4:20.26 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m butterfly 59.38 1 Q 59.34 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SM9 200m individual medley 2:22.98 3 Q 2:21.42 4
Zsolt Vereczkei S5 50m backstroke 40.50 4 Q 38.78 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50m freestyle 40.82 11 did not advance

Women

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Dorottya Baka 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
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
200m freestyle 3:56.25 14 did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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 		 Skrzynecki (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 		— 1 Q  Last (NED)
L 0–3 		did not advance
Gyula Zborai  Ge Y (CHN)
L 0-3 		 Rousseau (FRA)
L 2-3 		— 3 did not advance
Dezso Berecki
Gyula Zborai 		Men's team C9-10 —  France (FRA)
L 1-3 		did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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
Opposition Score Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Gabor Horvath Men's épée A  Tian (CHN) L 0–5 6 did not advance
 Wong T T (HKG) L 4-5
 Betti (ITA) L 0-5
 Stanczuk (POL) L 3-5
 Alqallaf (KUW) L 1-5
Men's foil A  Zhang L (CHN) L 1-5 4 Q  Maillard (FRA)
L 3-15 		did not advance
 Betti (ITA) L 0-5
 Alqallaf (KUW) L 4-5
 Granell (ESP) W 5-4
 Saengsawang (THA) W 5-1
 Andree (GER) L 5-1
Gyula Mato Men's foil A  Pender (POL) L 1-5 4 Q  Chan W K (HKG)
L 11-15 		did not advance
 Pellegrini (ITA) L 1-5
 Maillard (FRA) L 2-5
 Alhaddad (KUW) W 5-1
 Andreev (RUS) W 5-4
Men's sabre A  Ye R (CHN) L 0-5 3 Q  Stanczuk (POL)
L 12-15 		did not advance
 Stanczuk (POL) W 5-2
 Citerne (FRA) L 2-5
 Andreev (RUS) W 5-3
 Alexakis (GRE) W 5-2
Pál Szekeres Men's foil B  Hu D (CHN) L 2-5 3 Q  Hisakawa (JPN)
W 15-6 		 Hui C H (HKG)
W 15-11 		 Hu D (CHN)
L 4-15 		 Komar (UKR)
W 15-10 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Hui C H (HKG) L 3-5
 Komar (UKR) W 5-1
 Moreno (USA) W 5-1
 Kim G H (KOR) W 5-1
Men's sabre B  Francois (FRA) L 3-5 3 Q  Hui C H (HKG)
L 12-15 		did not advance
 Shenkevych (UKR) L 4-5
 Fawcett (GBR) W 5-2
 Arnau (ESP) L 3-5
 Mainville (CAN) W 5-1


Women

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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 —  Yao F (CHN)
L 12-15 		did not advance
 Chan Y C (HKG) L 4-5
 Ye H (CHN) L 3-5
 Lukianenko (UKR) W 5-2
 Hassen Bey (ESP) W 5-1
Women's foil B  Yao F (CHN) L 1-5 2 Q —  Jana (THA)
L 8-15 		did not advance
 Lukianenko (UKR) W 5-3
 Magnat (FRA) W 5-3
 Hassen Bey (ESP) W 5-2
 Vettraino (ITA) W 5-3
Veronika Juhasz Women's épée A  Yu C Y (HKG) L 3–5 2 Q —  Fan P S (HKG)
L 12-15 		did not advance
 Witos-Eze (POL) W 5-3
 Halkina (BLR) W 5-3
 Zhang W (CHN) W 5-4
 Poignet (FRA) W 5-4
Women's foil A  Zhang C (CHN) L 0-5 6 did not advance
 Yu C Y (HKG) L 1-5
 Trigilia (ITA) L 3-5
 Picot (FRA) L 3-5
 Halkina (BLR) L 2-5
Zsuzsanna Krajnyak Women's épée A  Zhang C (CHN) L 3-5 3 Q —  Gorlina (UKR)
W 15-5 		 Zhang C (CHN)
L 10-15 		 Fan P S (HKG)
L 14-15 		4
 Gorlina (UKR) L 3-5
 Fan P S (HKG) W 5-4
 Trigilia (ITA) W 5-2
 Picot (FRA) W 5-0
Women's foil A  Poignet (FRA) L 3-5 3 Q —  Yu C Y (HKG)
L 1-15 		did not advance
 Fan P S (HKG) W 5-1
 Zhang W (CHN) L 4-5
 Gorlina (UKR) L 2-5
 Witos-Eze (POL) W 5-0
Judit Palfi Women's épée B  Vasilyeva (RUS) L 3-5 5 Q  Vettraino (ITA)
W 15-9 		 Jana (THA)
L 4-15 		did not advance
 Yao F (CHN) L 3-5
 Magnat (FRA) L 4-5
 Vettraino (ITA) L 1-5
 Demello (USA) W 5-3
Women's foil B  Chan Y C (HKG) L 3-5 4 Q —  Chan Y C (HKG)
L 4-15 		did not advance
 Ye H (CHN) L 3-5
 Jana (THA) L 1-5
 Vasilyeva (RUS) W 5-4
 Demello (USA) W 5-0

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Laszlo Farkas Men's singles  Scheffers (NED)
L 3-6, 4-6 		did not advance
Csaba Prohaszka  Tur (ESP)
L 1-6, 1-6 		did not advance
Laszlo Farkas
Csaba Prohaszka 		Men's doubles —  Illobre (ESP) /
 Tur (ESP)
L 2-6, 2-6 		did not advance

See also

References

  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