Hungary at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Hungary at the
2023 World Aquatics Championships
Hungary at the; 2023 World Aquatics Championships
	Flag of Hungary
FINA code	HUN
National federation	Hungarian Swimming Association
Website	www.musz.hu (in Hungarian)
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	61 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 4
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)
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Hungary is set to compete at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

Medalists[edit]

Name	Sport	Event	Date
Hubert Kós	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	28 July 2023
Hungary men's national water polo team Márton Lévai Dániel Angyal Krisztián Manhercz Zoltán Pohl Márton Vámos Ádám Nagy Gergő Zalánki Gergő Fekete Toni Német Dénes Varga Szilárd Jansik Vendel Vigvári Soma Vogel	Water polo	Men's tournament	29 July 2023
Kristóf Rasovszky	Open water swimming	Men's 10 km	16 July 2023
Bettina Fábián Anna Olasz Kristóf Rasovszky Dávid Betlehem	Open water swimming	Team	20 July 2023

Athletes by discipline[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	2	2
Diving	0	2	2
Open water swimming	2*	2*	4*
Swimming	12*	14*	26*
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	27	34	61

Dávid Betlehem, Bettina Fábián and Kristóf Rasovszky was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming.

Artistic swimming[edit]

Hungary entered 2 artistic swimmers.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Blanka Barbócz Angelika Bastianelli	Duet technical routine	173.8016	27	did not advance
Blanka Barbócz Angelika Bastianelli	Duet free routine	135.5583	24	did not advance

Diving[edit]

Hungary entered 2 divers.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Patricia Kun	1 m springboard	182.40	42	—		Did not advance
Patricia Kun	3 m springboard	189.30	47	Did not advance
Estilla Mosena	1 m springboard	186.90	41	—		Did not advance
Estilla Mosena	3 m springboard	215.80	40	Did not advance

Open water swimming[edit]

Hungary entered 4 open water swimmers.^[2]^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dávid Betlehem	Men's 5 km	54:58.6	5
Dávid Betlehem	Men's 10 km	1:53:30.9	16
Kristóf Rasovszky	Men's 5 km	55:23.9	7
Kristóf Rasovszky	Men's 10 km	1:50:59.0

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bettina Fábián	Women's 5 km	59:44.2	8
Bettina Fábián	Women's 10 km	2:03:15.2	9
Anna Olasz	Women's 5 km	1:01:09.4	16
Anna Olasz	Women's 10 km	2:03:16.9	12

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bettina Fábián Anna Olasz Kristóf Rasovszky Dávid Betlehem	Team relay	1:10:35.3

Swimming[edit]

Hungary entered 26 swimmers. Kristóf Milák was originally named in the team, however withdraw for mental health reasons.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dávid Betlehem	800 metre freestyle	7:47.02	12	—		Did not advance
Dávid Betlehem	1500 metre freestyle	14:59.76	15	—		Did not advance
Balázs Holló	400 metre individual medley	4:12.77	7 Q	—		4:15.17	8
Hubert Kós	100 metre backstroke	53.12 NR	2 Q	53.17	6 Q	53.11 NR	7
	200 metre backstroke	1:57.27	3 Q	1:55.99	3 Q	1:54.14 NR
	100 metre butterfly	Did not start
	200 metre individual medley	Did not start
Benedek Kovács	100 metre backstroke	54.24	21	Did not advance
Benedek Kovács	200 metre backstroke	1:58.17	14 Q	1:55.89	2 Q	1:55.85	5
Richárd Márton	100 metre butterfly	52.31	=27	Did not advance
Richárd Márton	200 metre butterfly	1:56.03	14 Q	1:54.54	6 Q	1:55.02	7
Nándor Németh	100 metre freestyle	48.21	=14 Q	47.62	4 Q	48.17	8
Nándor Németh	200 metre freestyle	1:47.11	23	Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky	400 metre freestyle	3:46.56	10	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	7:47.93	15	—		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	14:54.09	7 Q	—		14:51.46	6
Szebasztián Szabó	50 metre freestyle	21.67	2 Q	22.16	16	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	48.36	17	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	23.27	=9 Q	23.16	=10	Did not advance
Áron Székely	50 metre backstroke	25.59	30	Did not advance
Ádám Telegdy	200 metre individual medley	2:01.82	26	Did not advance
Ádám Telegdy	400 metre individual medley	4:21.29	19	—		Did not advance
Nándor Németh Dániel Mészáros Szebasztián Szabó Hubert Kós	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:14.42	11	—		Did not advance
Nándor Németh Richárd Márton Balázs Holló Kristóf Rasovszky	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:11.57	15	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Katalin Burián	200 metre backstroke	2:11.94	16 Q	2:11.47	12	Did not advance
Bettina Fábián	400 metre freestyle	4:12.83	23	—		Did not advance
Bettina Fábián	800 metre freestyle	8:39.63	24	—		Did not advance
Nóra Flück	1500 metre freestyle	16:34.63	22	—		Did not advance
Zsuzsanna Jakabos	100 metre butterfly	1:01.51	30	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:10.73	14 Q	2:11.23	15	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	4:43.52	18	—		Did not advance
Boglárka Kapás	200 metre butterfly	2:10.18	13 Q	2:09.56	13	Did not advance
Ajna Késely	200 metre freestyle	1:58.99	21	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:07.08	9	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	8:28.23	10	—		Did not advance
Lora Komoróczy	50 metre backstroke	28.29	17	Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas	1500 metre freestyle	16:25.16	19	—		Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas	400 metre individual medley	4:41.28	10	—		Did not advance
Dóra Molnár	100 metre backstroke	1:02.62	34	Did not advance
Nikolett Pádár	200 metre freestyle	1:57.35	8 Q	1:56.55	10	Did not advance
Dalma Sebestyén	200 metre individual medley	2:13.32	19	Did not advance
Petra Senánszky	50 metre freestyle	25.04	17	Did not advance
Petra Senánszky	100 metre freestyle	DNS
Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy	200 metre backstroke	2:10.38	9 Q	2:09.90	9	Did not advance
Petra Senánszky Dóra Molnár Lilla Minna Ábrahám Nikolett Pádár	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:40.02	13	—		Did not advance
Lilla Ábrahám Nikolett Pádár Ajna Késely Dóra Molnár	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:55.26	7 Q	—		7:54.65	7

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Áron Székely Dalma Sebestyén Lora Komoróczy Dániel Mészáros	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:56.82	21	Did not advance

Water polo[edit]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hungary	Men's tournament	Japan W 16–8	Croatia W 12–10	Argentina W 21–13	1 Q	—	United States W 13–12	Spain W 12–11	Greece W 14–13
Hungary	Women's tournament	Canada W 11–10	Japan W 26–21	New Zealand W 23–5	1 Q	—	Spain L 9–12	Greece W 10–9	United States L 13–15	6

Men's tournament[edit]

Team roster

The following is the Hungarian roster.^[5]

Head coach: Zsolt Varga

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	49	31	+18	9	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	3	2	1	51	29	+22	6	Playoffs
3	Japan (H)	3	1	2	40	42	−2	3	Playoffs
4	Argentina	3	0	3	27	65	−38	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

17 July 2023 19:00	Report	Hungary	16–8	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 3–1, 6–1
		Jansik, Zalánki 4	Goals	Suzuki, Takata 2

19 July 2023 12:00	Report	Croatia	10–12	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 3–3, 4–4
		three players 2	Goals	Zalánki 3

21 July 2023 09:00	Report	Hungary	21–13	Argentina	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Alessia Ferrari (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 5–4, 4–4, 5–4
		Vigvári 4	Goals	Camnasio, Corsi 3

Quarterfinals

25 July 2023 18:00	Report	Hungary	13–12	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–1, 3–2, 3–5
		Zalánki 6	Goals	Bowen 4

Semifinals

27 July 2023 18:30	Report	Hungary	12–11	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 3–2, 5–3
		Manhercz 3	Goals	three players 2

Final

29 July 2023 18:00	Report	Greece	13–14	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 3–2, 3–3 PSO: 3–4
		Genidounias 4	Goals	Manhercz, Zalánki 3

Women's tournament[edit]

Team roster

The following is the Hungarian roster.^[6]

Head coach: Attila Bíró

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	60	36	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	1	40	34	+6	6	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	33	52	−19	3	Playoffs
4	Japan (H)	3	0	3	49	60	−11	0

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

16 July 2023 20:30	Report	Hungary	11–10	Canada	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 2–2, 1–2, 3–3
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	four players 2

18 July 2023 19:00	Report	Japan	21–26	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 6–8, 5–7, 6–6
		Arima 7	Goals	Hajdú 5

20 July 2023 12:00	Report	New Zealand	5–23	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Marta Cabanas (ESP),
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 0–3, 2–9, 0–5
		Doyle, Houghton 2	Goals	Szilágyi 5

Quarterfinals

24 July 2023 19:30	Report	Hungary	9–12	Spain	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 3–4, 2–2
		Garda 4	Goals	Forca 5

5–8th place semifinals

26 July 2023 15:30	Report	Greece	9–10	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–5, 2–1
		Ninou 3	Goals	Garda, Keszthelyi 3

Fifth place game

28 July 2023 16:30	Report	United States	15–13	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 5–4, 1–2 PSO: 4–2
		Raney 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 4

References[edit]

^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Men" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Women" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ D'Addona, Dan (21 June 2023). "Kristof Milak Withdraws from World Championships Citing Mental, Physical Health". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster HUN" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster HUN" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

[1] "20th World Aquatics World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[2] "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Men" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[3] "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Women" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

[4] D'Addona, Dan (21 June 2023). "Kristof Milak Withdraws from World Championships Citing Mental, Physical Health". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[5] "20th World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster HUN" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

[6] "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster HUN" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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