<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1906 Intercalated Games </Td> </Tr> <P> Hungary competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012 . Hungarian athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott . The Hungarian Olympic Committee (Hungarian: Magyar Olimpiai Bizottság, MOB) sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1956 . A total of 159 athletes, 97 men and 62 women, competed in 18 sports . </P> <P> Hungary left London originally with a total of 17 medals (8 gold, 4 silver, and 5 bronze), finishing tenth in the overall medal standings . Almost a third of the medals were awarded to the team in sprint canoeing, three in swimming, and two each in judo and wrestling . Three Hungarian athletes, all from sprint canoeing, won more than a single Olympic medal in London . For the first time since 1996, Hungary did not win an Olympic medal in men's water polo . </P> <P> Among the nation's medalists were gymnast Krisztián Berki, who became the fourth Hungarian to claim the title in men's pommel horse after 24 years, and hammer thrower Krisztián Pars, who nearly missed out of the medal standings in Beijing . Katalin Kovács, who won gold and silver in London, emerged as the greatest Hungarian sprint kayaker in history, with a total of eight Olympic medals . Multiple - time European champion László Cseh, who won bronze in London, became one of the most successful Hungarian swimmers in history, with a total of five Olympic medals . Meanwhile, former Olympic silver medalist Dániel Gyurta, set a world record to win the gold in men's breaststroke swimming . Éva Risztov, who retired from the pool after competing in two of her events, became an Olympic champion in women's open water marathon . </P>

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