Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Hungary at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeHUN
NOCHungarian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpia.hu (in Hungarian and English)
in Beijing
Competitors171 in 18 sports
Flag bearers Zoltán Kammerer (opening)
Attila Vajda (closing)
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
3
Silver
5
Bronze
2
Total
10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Hungary competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country sent 131 individual competitors (77 men and 54 women) plus the men's and women's water polo teams and the women's handball team (13+13 + 14 athletes, respectively) for a total of 171 athletes taking part in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Hungary's gold medal count of 3 was the lowest in the nation's Summer Olympic history since the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics. Its total medal count of 10 was the lowest since the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.