1992 Barcelona Highlights
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Featured Olympian, Tamas Darnyi:(b. 6/3/1967, Budapest, Hungary)
King of the Medley: 1st swimmer
to break 2 minutes in 200m Individual Medley
The most demanding of swimming events is the individual medley, in
which the swimmer must use each of four strokes. Darnyi is the
greatest medley swimmer in Olympic history. When Darnyi was 15
years old, he lost the vision in his left eye as a result of being
hit by an icy snowball three years earlier. Darnyi entered the 1988
Olympics as the world record holder in both the 200m and 400m medleys.
In Seoul he won both races and set another world record in each. At
the Barcelona Games in 1992, Darnyi successfully defended both of
his Olympic titles and completed an eight-year stretch during which
he was undefeated at either distance.
During a seven-year period of time in the 1980’s and 1990’s, Tamas Darnyi rose from the water as the world’s fastest individual medley swimmer. His father, a steel factory worker, saw a newspaper ad in the Budapest paper for swimming lessons. Darnyi was enrolled and when the six-year-old exhibited great potential he enrolled in a competitive program at the Central Sports Club coached by Tamas Szechy, the country’s most successful coach. Growing up, Darnyi trained with outstanding Szechy protégés Andras Hargitay and Zoltan Verraszto both of whom set world records in the 400m individual medley.
- Hungarian Fencing still unmatched!
- Bence Szabo takes gold (4th Olympic Medal!)
- Men’s Épée take Silver
- Hungarian Swimmers continue to dominate!
- Krisztina Egerszegi wins 3 more Gold Medals
- Tamas Darnyi wins 2 more!
- Future Gold Medalist, and world-record setter, Norbert Rozsa, takes 2 Silvers
- Future Gold Medalist, and Olympic record setter, Attila Czene, takes Bronze
- Hungarian kayak / canoe also continues medal performance!
- Rita Kőbán wins Gold and Silver after her Silver performance in 1988
- Eva Donusz wins Gold and Bronze!
- Zsolt Gyulai and the 1988 Gold-medal winning men’s K4 kayakers take Silvers!
- Hungarian wrestlers repeat 1988 Gold!
Medal
Name
Event
Krisztina Egerszegi
Swimming, Women’s 100 m backstroke
Krisztina Egerszegi
Swimming, Women’s 200 m backstroke
Krisztina Egerszegi
Swimming, Women’s 400 m Individual Medley
Tamás Darnyi
Swimming, Men’s 200 m Individual Medley
Tamás Darnyi
Swimming, Men’s 200 m Individual Medley
Kinga Czigány
Women’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 500 m
Éva Dónusz
Women’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 500 m
Rita Kőbán
Women’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 500 m
Erika Mészáros
Women’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 500 m
Attila Repka
Wrestling, Men’s Greco-Roman Lightweight
Péter Farkas
Wrestling, Men’s Greco-Roman Middleweight
Attila Ábrahám
Men’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 1000 m
Zsolt Gyulai
Men’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 1000 m
Ferenc Csipes
Men’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 1000 m
László Fidel
Men’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-4 1000 m
Zsolt Gyulai
Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-1 500 m
Rita Kőbán
Women’s Kayak Canoe / kajak-kenu K-1 500 m
Ferenc Hegedűs
Fencing, Men’s Épée Team
Ernõ Kolczonay
Fencing, Men’s Épée Team
Iván Kovács
Fencing, Men’s Épée Team
Krisztián Kulcsár
Fencing, Men’s Épée Team
Gábor Totola
Fencing, Men’s Épée Team
Henrietta Ónodi
Gymnastics, Women’s Floor Exercises
József Csák
Judo, Men’s Half Lightweight (65 kg)
Bertalan Hajtós
Judo, Men’s Lightweight (71 kg)
Attila Mizsér
Modern Pentathlon, Men’s Individual
Norbert Rózsa
Swimming, Men’s 100 m Breaststroke
Norbert Rózsa
Swimming, Men’s 200 m Breaststroke
Tünde Szabó
Swimming, Women’s 100 m Backstroke
István “Koko” Kovács
Boxing, Men’s Flyweight
György Mizsei
Boxing, Men’s Light Middleweight
Zoltán Béres
Boxing, Men’s Light Heavyweight
György Zala
Canoeing, Men’s C1 1000 m Canadian Singles
Éva Dónusz
Canoeing, Women’s K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
Rita Kőbán
Canoeing, Women’s K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
Imre Csősz
Judo, Men’s Heavyweight
Attila Czene
Swimming, Men’s 200 m Individual Medley
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