Hungary at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Hungary competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 263 competitors, 182 men and 81 women, took part in 151 events in 21 sports.
Medalists
Gold
- László Foltán and István Vaskuti — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
- Zoltán Magyar — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
- Károly Varga — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle Prone
- Sándor Wladár — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke
- Péter Baczakó — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
- Ferenc Kocsis — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
- Norbert Növényi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Silver
- István Joós and István Szabó — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
- Ernõ Kolczonay — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
- Magda Maros — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
- Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
- László Horváth, Tibor Maracskó and Tamás Szombathelyi — Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
- Zoltán Verrasztó — Swimming, Men's 200m Backstroke
- Albán Vermes — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Lajos Rácz — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
- István Tóth — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
- József Balla — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight
Bronze
- János Váradi — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- István Lévai — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Éva Rakusz and Mária Zakariás — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
- Imre Gedővári — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
- Imre Gedővári, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, György Nébald and Rudolf Nébald — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team
- Edit Kovács, Magda Maros, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Gertrúd Stefanek and Zsuzsanna Szőcs — Fencing, Women's Foil Team
- Ferenc Donáth, György Guczoghy, Zoltán Kelemen, Zoltán Magyar, Péter Kovács, and István Vámos — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
- Tibor Kincses — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight
- András Ozsvár — Judo, Men's Open Class
- Zoltán Verrasztó — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley
- György Szalai — Weightlifting, Heavyweight
- Endre Molnár, István Szívós, Jr., Attila Sudár, György Gerandás, György Horkai, Gábor Csapó, István Kiss, István Udvardi, László Kuncz, Tamás Faragó, and Károly Hauszler — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition
- Ferenc Seres — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
- István Kovács — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
- Szabolcs Detre and Zsolt Detre — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
Archery
Women's Individual Competition:
- Judit Kovacs — 2323 points
- Margit Szobi — 2216 points
- Bela Nagy — 2446 points
- Istvan Balasz — 2241 points
Athletics
Men's 200 metres
- Ferenc Kiss
- István Nagy
Men's Marathon
Men's 400 m Hurdles
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- István Tatár, István Nagy, László Babály, Sr., and Ferenc Kiss
Men's 50 km Walk
Men's High Jump
- Zoltán Társi
- István Gibicsár
Men's Triple Jump
- Béla Bakosi
Women's 200 metres
- Irén Orosz-Árva
- Ilona Pál
- Judit Forgács
- Xénia Siska
- Irén Orosz-Árva, Judit Forgács, Éva Tóth, Ilona Pál, and Ibolya Petrika
- Andrea Mátay
Women's Discus Throw
Women's Javelin Throw
- Mária Janák
- Margit Papp — 4562 points
Basketball
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight- György Gedó
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Charles Lubulwa after referee stopped contest in first round
- # Quarter Finals — Lost to Hipolito Ramos on points
- János Váradi → Bronze Medal
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Rabiraj Thapa after referee stopped contest in first round
- # Quarter Finals — Defeated Daniel Radu on points
- # Semi Finals — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko on points
- Sándor Farkas
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Lost to Juan Hernández on points
- Róbert Gönczi
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Lost to Titi Cercel on points
- Tibor Dezamits
- # First Round — Defeated Alphonse Matoubela on points
- # Second Round — Lost to Yordan Lesov on points
- Imre Bacskai
- # First Round — Defeated Paul Kamela Fogang on points
- # Second Round — Lost to Serik Konakbayev after retiring in second round
- Imre Csjef
- # First Round — Lost to Paul Rasamimanana after knock-out in second round
- Csaba Kuzma
- # First Round — Lost to Michael Madsen on points
- István Lévai → Bronze Medal
- # First Round — Bye
- # Quarter Finals — Defeated Anders Eklund on points
- # Semi Finals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson on points
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Hungary in 1980.;Individual road race
;Team time trial
- Tamás Csathó
- László Halász
- Zoltán Halász
- András Takács
;Team pursuit
Men's Springboard
- Károly Némedi
- Károly Némedi
Equestrian
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Hungary in 1980.;Men's foil
;Men's team foil
- István Szelei, Ernő Kolczonay, András Papp, László Demény, Jenő Pap
- Ernő Kolczonay, István Osztrics, László Pető
- Ernő Kolczonay, István Osztrics, László Pető, Jenő Pap, Péter Takács
- Imre Gedővári
- Pál Gerevich
- György Nébald
- Imre Gedővári, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, Rudolf Nébald, György Nébald
- Magda Maros
- Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi
- Gertrúd Stefanek
- Magda Maros, Edit Kovács, Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi, Zsuzsa Szőcs, Gertrúd Stefanek
Gymnastics
Handball
;Men's Team Competition- Preliminary Round
- Classification Match
- Team Roster
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Hungary in 1980. They won a team silver and Tamás Szombathelyi won an individual silver.Men's Individual competition:
- Tamás Szombathelyi — 5502pts, Silver Medal
- Tibor Maracskó — 5279pts, 5th place
- László Horváth — 5131pts, 19th place
- Szombathelyi, Maracskó, and Horváth — 15912 pts, Silver Medal
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's Competition- János Dzvonyár
- András Hargitay
- Gábor Mészáros
- Sándor Nagy
- Róbert Rudolf
- Csaba Sós
- Albán Vermes
- Zoltán Verrasztó
- Sándor Wladár
- Zoltán Wladár
- Ágnes Fodor
- Éva Miklósfalvy
- Gabriella Kindl
- Klara Gulyas
Volleyball
- Preliminary Round
- Semi Finals
- Bronze Medal Game
- Team Roster
Water polo
- Preliminary Round
- Final Round
- Team Roster
Weightlifting