Bence Halasz at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 (© Getty Images)
Hungary will be represented by 63 athletes when the nation hosts the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 on 19-27 August.
It is the largest Hungarian team ever named for the global event.
As Hungary’s top performer in Oregon last year and their sole medallist in Doha in 2019, hammer thrower Bence Halasz represents the host nation’s best hope of a medal.
A strong championship performer, Halasz was world U20 champion in 2016 and European U23 champion one year later. He earned European bronze in 2018 and matched that medal at the World Championships one year later.
He set a PB of 80.15m in Oregon last year to place fifth in the World Championships final, then improved to 80.92m to take European silver in Munich.
Meanwhile, 2018 world indoor shot put champion Anita Marton will be competing at her seventh World Championships.
Hungarian team for Budapest
WOMEN
100m: Boglárka Takács
200m: Alexa Sulyán, Boglárka Takács
400m: Fanni Rapai
800m: Bianka Kéri
1500m: Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth
5000m: Viktória Wagner-Gyürkés
Marathon: Katalin Kovács-Garami, Nóra Szabó
100m hurdles: Gréta Kerekes, Luca Kozák, Anna Tóth
400m hurdles: Janka Molnár
Long jump: Petra Bánhidi-Farkas, Diana Lesti
High jump: Fédra Fekete
Pole vault: Hanga Klekner
Triple jump: Beatrix Szabó
Shot put: Anita Márton
Discus: Dóra Kerekes
Hammer: Réka Gyurátz
Javelin: Angéla Moravcsik, Réka Szilágyi
Heptathlon: Xénia Krizsán, Rita Nemes
20km race walk: Viktória Madarász, Barbara Oláh
35km race walk: Viktória Madarász, Rita Récsei
4x100m: Jusztina Csóti, Gréta Kerekes, Anna Luca Kocsis, Luca Kozák, Anasztázia Nguyen, Alexa Sulyán, Boglárka Takács
4x400m: Bianka Kéri, Sarolta Kriszt, Evelin Nádházy, Regina Mohai, Janka Molnár, Fanni Rapai, Virág Simon
MEN
100m: Bence Boros
200m: Zoltán Wahl
400m: Attila Molnár
800m: Dániel Huller, Balázs Vindics
1500m: István Szögi
5000m: Ferenc Soma Kovács
Marathon: Levente Szemerei
3000m steeplechase: Istvan Palkovits
110m hurdles: Bálint Szeles
400m hurdles: Árpád Bánóczy
Long jump: Mátyás Németh
Triple jump: Dániel Szenderffy
High jump: Gergely Török
Shot put: Balázs Tóth
Discus: Róbert Szikszai
Hammer: Bence Halász, Dániel Rába, Donát Varga
Javelin: György Herczeg
20km race walk: Máté Helebrandt
35km race walk: Bence Venyercsán
4x100m: Bence Boros, Patrik Bundschu, Dominik Illovszky, Márk Pap, Dániel Szabó, Zoltán Wahl
4x400m: Dániel Huller, Árpád Kovács, Attila Molnár, Levente Nadj, Ernő Steigerwald, Zoltán Wahl
Mixed 4x400m: Bianka Kéri, Attila Molnár, Janka Molnár, Fanni Rapai, Ernő Steigerwald, Zoltán Wahl
