1988 Seoul Highlights
- Hungarian Swimmers dominate!
- "Queen" Krisztina Egerszegi wins first of 5 Gold Medals becoming Youngest Olympic Champion of all Time! Takes a Silver too!
- Tamas Darnyi wins first 2 of 4 Gold Medals!
- Jozsef Szabo takes Gold, World Record holder, Karoly Guttler, takes Silver!
- Swimmer Noemi Ildiko Lung wins 2 Silver Medals competing for Rumania
- Janos Martinek, and Gyulai Zsolt each win 2 Golds!
- Men's Pentathlon Team Hungary wins 4th Gold!
- Men's Fencing Sabre Team Hungary wins historic 14th Gold!
- Both men and women also win Bronze in foil!
- World record holder, Swimmer Karoly Guttler, takes Silver
- Shooter Miroslav Varga, takes Gold for Czechoslovakia
- Hungarian-American Karch Kiraly wins second consecutive Gold in Indoor Volleyball! He'll make history with another Gold in 1996 in Beach Volleyball!
Medal |
Name |
Event |
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Krisztina Egerszegi |
Swimming, Women's 200 m backstroke |
|
József Szabó |
Swimming, Men's 200 m breaststroke |
|
Tamás Darnyi |
Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley |
|
Tamás Darnyi |
Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley |
|
Attila Ábrahám |
Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 1000 m |
|
Ferenc Csipes |
Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 1000 m |
|
Zsolt Gyulai, 2nd Gold |
Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 1000 m |
|
Sándor Hódosi |
Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 1000 m |
|
Zsolt Gyulai |
Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-1 500 m |
|
Imre Bujdosó |
Men's Team Fencing / vívás tőr csapat |
|
László Csongrádi |
Men's Team Fencing Sabre / vívás tőr csapat |
|
Imre Gedővári |
Men's Team Fencing Sabre / vívás tőr csapat |
|
György Nébald |
Men's Team Fencing Sabre / vívás tőr csapat |
|
Bence Szabó |
Men's Team Fencing Sabre / vívás tőr csapat |
|
János Martinek |
Modern Pentathlon (individual) / öttusa egyéni |
|
János Martinek, 2nd Gold |
Modern Pentathlon (team) / öttusa csapat |
|
Attila Mizsér |
Modern Pentathlon (team) / öttusa csapat |
|
László Fábián |
Modern Pentathlon (team) / öttusa csapat |
|
András Sike |
Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight |
|
Zsolt Borkai |
Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse |
|
Karch Király |
Indoor Volleyball  |
|
Erika Géczi |
Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours |
|
Rita Kőbán |
Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours |
|
Erika Mészáros |
Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours |
|
Éva Rakusz |
Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours |
|
Károly Güttler |
Swimming: Men's 100m Breaststroke |
|
Krisztina Egerszegi |
Swimming: Women's 100m Backstroke |
|
Noemi Ildiko Lung |
Swimming: Women's 200m Freestyle |
|
Noemi Ildiko Lung |
Swimming: Women's 400m Freestyle |
|
István Messzi |
Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (82½ kg) |
|
József Jacsó |
Men's Heavyweight (110 kg) |
|
Tibor Komáromi |
Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight |
|
Róbert Isaszegi |
Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight |
|
Attila Ábrahám |
Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs |
|
Ferenc Csipes |
Canoeing, Men's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs |
|
István Busa |
Men's Team Fencing Foil / vívás kard csapat |
|
Zsolt Érsek |
Men's Team Fencing Foil / vívás kard csapat |
|
Róbert Gátai |
Men's Team Fencing Foil / vívás kard csapat |
|
Pál Szekeres |
Men's Team Fencing Foil / vívás kard csapat |
|
István Szelei |
Men's Team Fencing Foil / vívás kard csapat |
|
Zsuzsanna Jánosi |
Women's Team Fencing Foil / vívás kard csapat |
|
Edit Kovács |
Women's Team Fencing Foil / vívás kard csapat |
|
Gertrúd Stefanek |
Women's Team Fencing Foil / vívás kard csapat |
|
Zsuzsanna Szőcs |
Women's Team Fencing Foil / vívás kard csapat |
|
Katalin Tuschák |
Women's Team Fencing Foil / vívás kard csapat |
|
Zoltán Kovács |
Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol |
|
Attila Záhonyi |
Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone |
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1988 Olympians
 Krisztina Egerszegi:
(b. 8/16/1974, Budapest, Hungary, d. )
Queen Krisztina...
Youngest
Olympic Champion of all time!
Hailed as "Queen Krisztina" in Hungary, she inspires a great
deal of affection from her fans who watched her grow from a skinny teenage
prodigy into an attractive young woman and youngest Olympic Champion of
all time. Krisztina Egerszegi is the only woman to win five
gold medals in individual swimming events. Egerszegi was only 14
years old when she competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Emboldened by the
silver medal she gained in the 100m backstroke, she felt that she could
upset the favored East Germans at 200m, even though, at 45kg, she was 19kg
lighter than any of her opponents in the final. Egerszegi sprinted into
the lead after the mid-race turn and won going away. In 1992, Egerszegi,
by now a seasoned 18-year-old, won both backstroke events. She also
entered and won the 400m individual medley, recording the fastest time
since Petra Schneider's chemically augmented 1982 world record. At the
1996 Atlanta Games, Egerszegi earned a bronze medal in the 400 IM and then
won the 200m backstroke to become only the second swimmer in history
to win the same event three times. Her margin of victory, 4.15
seconds, was the greatest in any women's 200m event. In 1996,
Egerszegi did not enter the 100m backstroke, however her leadoff
backstroke time in the medley relay, 1:01.15, was faster than the winning
time in the 100m backstroke final.
Look at this incredible record:
-
1988 Olympics - 200 m backstroke (1 Gold Medal), 100m backstroke
(1 Silver Medal)
-
1989 European Championship - 100m, 200m backstroke, 400m individual
medley (3 Silver Medals)
-
1991 European Championship - 100m, 200m backstroke, 400m individual
medley (3 Gold Medals)
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1991 World Championship - 100m, 200m backstroke (2 Gold Medals)
-
1992 Olympics - 100m, 200m backstroke, 400m individual medley
(3 Gold Medals)
-
1993 European Championship - 100m, 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly,
400m individual medley (4 Gold Medals)
-
1994 World Championship - 200m backstroke (1 Silver Medal)
-
1995 European Championship - 200m backstroke, 400m individual
medley (2 Gold Medals)
-
1996 Olympics - 200m backstroke (1 Gold Medal), 400m individual medley
(1 Bronze Medal)
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Olympic Committee's Heroes or
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