Hungary at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Hungary
FINA codeHUN
National federationMagyar Úszó Szövetség
Websitewww.musz.hu
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors53 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
10
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)

Hungary competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia between 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Katinka Hosszú Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley August 3
 Gold László Cseh Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly August 5
 Gold Katinka Hosszú Swimming Women's 400 m individual medley August 9
 Silver Anna Olasz Open water swimming Women's 25 km August 1
 Silver László Cseh Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly August 8
 Silver Dávid Verrasztó Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley August 9
 Bronze László Cseh Swimming Men's 50 m butterfly August 3
 Bronze Boglárka Kapás Swimming Women's 1500 m freestyle August 4
 Bronze Dániel Gyurta Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 7
 Bronze Katinka Hosszú Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke August 7

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Hungarian divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships.[1]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Botond Bóta 3 m springboard 282.05 54 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Flóra Gondos 3 m springboard 253.10 29 Did not advance
Villő Kormos 10 m platform 269.80 30 Did not advance
Zsófia Reisinger 228.90 36 Did not advance
Flóra Gondos
Villő Kormos 		3 m synchronized springboard 229.92 17 — Did not advance
Villő Kormos
Zsófia Reisinger 		10 m synchronized platform 261.30 13 — Did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Hungary has fielded a team of six swimmers in the open water marathon.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Gergely Gyurta 10 km 1:50:37.6 13
Márk Papp 5 km 55:25.3 13
10 km 1:52:53.0 36
Dániel Székelyi 5 km 55:28.9 19
25 km 5:15:03.4 20
Women
Victory Ceremony - 25 km
Athlete Event Time Rank
Nikoletta Kiss 25 km 5:30:36.4 14
Anna Olasz 5 km 59:16.5 13
10 km 1:58:40.0 11
25 km 5:14:13.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Éva Risztov 5 km 59:16.1 12
10 km 1:58:36.4 10
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Gergely Gyurta
Éva Risztov
Dániel Székelyi 		Team 56:08.4 7

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Hungarian swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[3] Swimmers must qualify at the 2015 Hungarian Swimming Championships (for pool events) to confirm their places for the Worlds.[2]

Men
Victory Ceremony - 50 m butterfly
Victory Ceremony - 200 m butterfly
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gábor Balog 50 m backstroke DNS Did not advance
100 m backstroke 54.65 23 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:58.55 16 Q 1:57.91 12 Did not advance
Péter Bernek 200 m freestyle 1:49.25 34 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 3:46.83 7 Q — 3:46.29 5
800 m freestyle 7:59.56 24 — Did not advance
1500 m freestyle DNS — Did not advance
László Cseh 50 m butterfly 23.32 2 Q 23.06 3 Q 23.15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100 m butterfly 50.91 NR 1 Q 51.03 =1 Q 50.87 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200 m butterfly 1:53.71 1 Q 1:53.53 1 Q 1:53.48 1st place, gold medalist(s)
200 m individual medley DNS Did not advance
Benjámin Grátz 400 m individual medley 4:16.69 13 — Did not advance
Dániel Gyurta 100 m breaststroke 1:00.71 22 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:09.81 5 Q 2:08.53 3 Q 2:08.10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gergely Gyurta 800 m freestyle 7:58.70 23 — Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:16.84 20 — Did not advance
Dávid Horváth 50 m breaststroke 28.40 37 Did not advance
Krisztián Takács 50 m freestyle 22.21 8 Q 22.07 10 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 49.76 33 Did not advance
Dávid Verrasztó 400 m individual medley 4:11.99 2 Q — 4:09.90 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gábor Balog
László Cseh
Dániel Gyurta
Krisztián Takács 		4×100 m medley relay DSQ — Did not advance
Women
Victory Ceremony - 200 m medley
Victory Ceremony - 1500 m freestlye
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Katalin Burián 200 m backstroke 2:12.96 24 Did not advance
Katinka Hosszú 100 m freestyle DNS Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:56.32 2 Q 1:56.51 5 Q 1:56.19 5
100 m backstroke 58.78 NR 1 Q Withdrew
200 m backstroke 2:07.17 1 Q 2:06.18 1 Q 2:06.84 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m butterfly 2:08.07 6 Q 2:08.91 13 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:07.30 EU 1 Q 2:06.84 EU 1 Q 2:06.12 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
400 m individual medley 4:32.78 1 Q — 4:30.39 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Zsuzsanna Jakabos 50 m freestyle 25.79 35 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:12.38 =9 Q 2:11.91 11 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:38.94 11 — Did not advance
Boglárka Kapás 400 m freestyle 4:06.21 5 Q — 4:08.22 8
800 m freestyle 8:26.96 8 Q — 8:22.93 6
1500 m freestyle 16:06.25 6 Q — 15:47.09 NR 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Liliána Szilágyi 50 m butterfly DNS Did not advance
100 m butterfly DNS Did not advance
200 m butterfly 2:07.46 3 Q 2:07.05 3 Q 2:07.76 7
Anna Sztankovics 50 m breaststroke 32.11 34 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:09.34 32 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:29.28 26 Did not advance
Evelyn Verrasztó 200 m freestyle 2:00.72 30 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 59.09 25 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Gábor Balog
Dávid Horváth
Evelyn Verrasztó
Zsuzsanna Jakabos 		4×100 m medley relay 3:49.50 7 Q — 3:50.06 8

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Hungary has qualified one synchronized swimmer for each of the following events at the World Championships.

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Eszter Czékus Solo technical routine 76.5992 17 Did not advance
Solo free routine 79.4000 16 Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 52 13 +39 6 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 34 24 +10 4 Advanced to playoffs
3  South Africa 3 1 0 2 17 37 −20 2
4  Argentina 3 0 0 3 17 46 −29 0
Source: SportResult.com
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.
27 July 2015
17:30 		Report Hungary  14–5  Kazakhstan Kazan
Attendance: 1,180
Referees:
Joseph Peila (USA), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–0, 5–2, 2–3
Hárai 4 Goals Ushakov 2
29 July 2015
12:10 		Report South Africa  4–17  Hungary Kazan
Attendance: 1,127
Referees:
Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Peter de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–3, 2–4, 1–5
Molyneux 2 Goals Dén. Varga 5
31 July 2015
10:50 		Report Hungary  21–4  Argentina Kazan
Attendance: 1,065
Referees:
Sergey Naumov (RUS), Peter de Jong (NED)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–1, 6–1, 6–0
Dén. Varga 5 Goals López 2
Quarterfinals
4 August 2015
20:10 		Report Hungary  7–8  Italy Kazan
Attendance: 693
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–2, 2–3
Dán. Varga 3 Goals Di Fulvio, Luongo 2
5th–8th place semifinals
6 August 2015
17:00 		Report Hungary  13–9  United States Kazan
Attendance: 645
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 2–2, 4–3
Hárai 4 Goals Azevedo, Bonanni 3
Fifth place game
8 August 2015
15:30 		Report Montenegro  10–9  Hungary Kazan
Attendance: 2,365
Referees:
Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 2–2, 4–4
Ivović 3 Goals three players 2

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 1 0 38 25 +13 5 Advanced to quarterfinals
2  China 3 2 1 0 31 21 +10 5 Advanced to playoffs
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 37 25 +12 2
4  France 3 0 0 3 12 47 −35 0
Source: SportResult.com
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.
26 July 2015
21:30 		Report Hungary  8–9  China Kazan
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 4–1, 2–1, 1–3
Antal 2 Goals Zhao Zihan 4
28 July 2015
18:50 		Report Hungary  11–13  Russia Kazan
Attendance: 2,123
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Joseph Peila (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 4–3, 1–5
Keszthelyi 3 Goals Lisunova 3
30 July 2015
12:10 		Report Hungary  18–3  France Kazan
Attendance: 372
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 1–1, 7–0, 5–1
Bujka 6 Goals Guillet 2
Playoffs
1 August 2015
18:50 		Report United States  12–7  Hungary Kazan
Attendance: 780
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 4–1, 1–4
Fattal 4 Goals Keszthelyi 3
9th–12th place semifinals
3 August 2015
12:10 		Report Canada  7–10  Hungary Kazan
Attendance: 274
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 3–2, 1–4
Wright 2 Goals Keszthelyi 4
Ninth place game
5 August 2015
12:10 		Report Hungary  22–7  Brazil Kazan
Attendance: 205
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 6–2, 6–0, 5–3
Keszthelyi 5 Goals Chiappini, Zablith 2

References

  1. ^ "Vizes vb: Nem lesz egyszerű dolguk műugróinknak" [World Aquatics Champs: "Choosing an athlete will not be an easy task"] (in Hungarian). Vizipolo.hu. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b Neidigh, Lauren (3 July 2015). "Katinka Hosszu Isn't Sharing Worlds Lineup; Hungary Names Squad of 23". SwimSwam.com. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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