Hungary at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Hungary at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag bearer (opening)
Gyöngyi Dani
Flag bearer (closing)Luca Ekler
Medals
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
4
Total
16
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Hungary competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, between 24 August and 5 September 2021. This was Hungary's twelfth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Amarilla Veres Wheelchair fencing Women's épée A 26 August
 Gold Péter Pálos Table tennis Men's individual – Class 11 29 August
 Gold Fanni Illés Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke SB4 29 August
 Gold Luca Ekler Athletics Women's long jump T38 31 August
 Gold Zsófia Konkoly Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly S9 2 September
 Gold Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke S10 2 September
 Gold Péter Pál Kiss Paracanoeing Men's KL1 3 September
 Silver Zsófia Konkoly Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle S9 25 August
 Silver Richárd Osváth Wheelchair fencing Men's foil A 28 August
 Silver Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle S10 1 September
 Silver Zsófia Konkoly Swimming Women's 200 metre individual SM9 1 September
 Silver Bianka Pap Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley SM10 3 September
 Bronze Alexa Szvitacs Table tennis Women's individual class 9 28 August
 Bronze Zsuzsanna Krajnyák
Éva Andrea Hajmási
Gyöngyi Dani
Wheelchair fencing Women's foil team 29 August
 Bronze Krisztina Dávid Shooting
Women's P2 10 metre air pistol SH1
31 August
 Bronze Katalin Varga Paracanoeing Women's KL2 4 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Athletics 1 3 4
Cycling 2 0 2
Paracanoeing 4 2 6
Powerlifting 1 0 1
Shooting 1 1 2
Swimming 1 6 7
Table Tennis 4 2 6
Triathlon 0 1 1
Wheelchair Fencing 2 5 7
Total 17 20 37

Archery

Tamás Gáspár qualified to compete.

Athletics

Hungary allocated five quotas in athletics.

Track events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Bernadett Biacsi Women's 1500m T20
Ilona Biacsi
Luca Ekler Women's 100m T38
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Result Points Rank
István Szőllősi Men's shot put F20
Luca Ekler Women's long jump T38

Cycling

Zsombor Wermeser and Róbert Ocelka with pilot Gergely Nagy qualified to compete.

Paratriathlon

Petra Lévay qualified to compete.

Paracanoe

Tamás Juhász, Erik Kiss, Péter Pál Kiss, Erika Pulai, András Rozbora and Katalin Varga qualified to compete.

Powerlifting

Sedric Roussel qualified to compete.

Shooting

Hungary entered two athletes into the Paralympic competition. Krisztina Dávid will contest in her second Paralympics while Gyula Gurisatti will be at his debut Games.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Krisztina Dávid Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1
Gyula Gurisatti Mixed P4 – 50m pistol SH1

Swimming

Seven Hungarian swimmers qualified to compete at the Summer Paralympics after participating at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships where four medals were won and their MQS swimming times were achieved.[2][3]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Bence Iván
Tamás Tóth
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Zsanett Adámi
Fanni Illés
Zsofia Konkoly
Bianka Pap
Evelin Száraz

Table tennis

Hungary entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Alexa Szvitacs qualified from the 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and other three athletes qualified via World Ranking allocation.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Endre Major Individual C1
András Csonka Individual C8
Péter Pálos Individual C11
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Zsófia Arlóy Individual C8
Alexa Szvitacs Individual C9

Wheelchair fencing

were all qualified to compete.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paralimpiai Csapat (in Hungarian)". Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottsag. 28 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Negy erem es ket biztos paralimpiai kvota a magyar uszocsapat eredmenye a londoni parauszo vilagbajnoksagon (in Hungarian)". Magyar Uszo Szovetseg. 16 September 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.