Hungary finishes 12th in Olympic medal rankings
Hungary was ranked 12th in medal rankings in this year鈥檚 Olympic Games in Rio, where Hungarian athletes gathered a total of 15 medals: eight gold, three silver and four bronze.
Dancers at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio yesterday. (Photo: MTI/Tam谩s Kov谩cs)
The impressive showing is likely to bode well for efforts to build support for holding the 2024 games in Budapest.
Swimmer Katinka Hossz煤 garnered the most medals among the Hungarian athletes, a total of four at the Olympics, three gold and one silver. She swam for gold in the 400 meters medley, breaking a world record as well as in the 100 meters backstroke and 200 meters medley, while winning silver in the 200 meters backstroke. She is now aiming at competing in Tokyo in 2020 and is a strong advocate of helping Hungarian swimming improve in general and to this end has just established her own Hungarian swimming club.
Hungarian gold medal winners:
*Emese Sz谩sz - Fencing, women始s individual 茅p茅e
*Katinka Hossz煤 - Swimming, women始s 400m individual medley; women始s 100m backstroke; women始s
200m individual medley
*脕ron Szil谩gyi - Fencing, men始s sabre
*Koz谩k & Szab贸 team - Canoeing, women始s kayak pair 500m
*Danuta Koz谩k - Canoeing, women始s individual kayak 500m
*Hungary鈥檚 national team - Canoeing, women始s kayak four 500m.
Hungarian silver medals:
*G茅za Imre - Fencing, men始s individual 茅p茅e
*Katinka Hossz煤 - Swimming, women始s 200m backstroke
*L谩szl贸 Cseh - Swimming, men始s 100m Butterfly.
Hungarian bronze medals:
* Tam谩s Kenderesi - Swimming, men始s 200m butterfly
* Bogl谩rka Kap谩s - Swimming, women始s 800m freestyle
* Anita M谩rton - Athletics, women始s shot put
* Hungary鈥檚 national team - Fencing, men始s 茅p茅e
In the all-time medal rankings, Hungary occupies 11th place with a total of 482 medals: 167 gold, 146 silver and 169 bronze.
Hungary鈥檚 capital, Budapest, is a candidate city for the 2024 Olympic Games, bidding against Rome, Paris and Los Angeles. Hungary received positive feedback in its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games from the International Olympic Committee鈥檚 executive board at a meeting in Lausanne, in June. The IOC said that Budapest is well suited to the Olympics, according to Bal谩zs F眉rjes, government commissioner for the bid.
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