Hungary competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 212 competitors, 147 men and 65 women, took part in 145 events in 24 sports. Medalists Gold Balázs Kiss — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw István Kovács — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs Rita Kőbán — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 m Kayak Singles Norbert Rózsa — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke Attila Czene — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke Silver Attila Adrovicz, Ferenc Csipes, Gábor Horváth and András Rajna — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000 m Kayak Fours Csaba Köves, József Navarrete and Bence Szabó — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Szilveszter Csollány — Gymnastics, Men's Rings Károly Güttler — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke Bronze Imre Pulai — Canoeing, Men's C1 500 m Canadian Singles György Zala — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000 m Canadian Singles Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Singles Géza Imre — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Gyöngyi Szalay — Fencing, Women's Épée Individual Éva Erdős, Andrea Farkas, Beáta Hoffmann, Anikó Kántor, Erzsébet Kocsis, Beatrix Kökény, Eszter Mátéfi, Auguszta Mátyás, Anikó Meksz, Anikó Nagy, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Beáta Siti, Anna Szántó, Katalin Szilágyi, and Beatrix Tóth — Handball, Women's Team Competition János Martinek — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition Ágnes Kovács — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke Krisztina Egerszegi — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley Attila Feri — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (70 kg) Archery Hungary's two veterans in Atlanta were both defeated in the first round. Women's Individual Competition: Judit Kovács → Round of 64, 45th place (0–1) Timea Kiss → Round of 64, 51st place (0–1) Athletics Men's 400 m Hurdles Dusan Kovács Heat — 49.23 s Semi Final — 48.57 s (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump János Uzsoki Qualification — 7.82m (→ did not advance, 22nd place) Men's Triple Jump Tibor Ordina Qualification — 16.04m (→ did not advance, 33rd place) Men's Discus Throw Attila Horváth Qualification — 62.90 m Final — 62.28 m (→ 10th place) Men's Hammer Throw Balázs Kiss Qualification — 78.34m Final — 81.24m (→ Gold Medal) Zsolt Németh Qualification — 73.68m (→ did not advance) Adrián Annus Qualification — 72.58m (→ did not advance) Men's Decathlon Zsolt Kürtösi Final Result — 7755 points (→ 27th place) Women's Heptathlon Rita Ináncsi Final Result