Hungary at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Hungary at the
2025 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics codeHUN
National federationHungarian Swimming Association
Websitehttps://hunswim.com
in Singapore
11 July 2025 (2025-07-11) – 3 August 2025 (2025-08-03)
Competitors70 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
7
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)

Hungary is scheduled to compete at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.

The Hungarian team consisted of 70 athletes (29 men and 41 women) competing in four disciplines.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
1st place, gold medalist(s)
 Hubert Kós Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke 1 August 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Dávid Betlehem Open water swimming Men's 3 km knockout sprints 19 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Hungary women's national water polo team
 Water polo Women's tournament 23 July 2025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Hungary men's national water polo team
 Water polo Men's tournament 24 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Bettina Fábián Open water swimming Women's 3 km knockout sprints 19 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Bettina Fábián
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas
Kristóf Rasovszky
Dávid Betlehem 		Open water swimming Team relay 20 July 2025
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Hubert Kós Swimming 200 m individual medley 31 July 2025

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Artistic swimming 0 12 12
Diving 0 0 0
High diving 0 0 0
Open water swimming* 2 3 5
Swimming 12 11 23
Water polo 15 15 30
Total 29 41 70

*Note: Four open water swimmers also qualified for the swimming competition: Dávid Betlehem, Bettina Fábián, Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas and Kristóf Rasovszky

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

The Hungarian Swimming Association named a team of 12 athletes (all women).

Women

Participating athletes – duet:

  • Blanka Barbócz
  • Blanka Taksonyi

Participating athletes – team:

  • Zsófia Almádi (F) (A)
  • Blanka Barbócz (F) (T) (A)
  • Angelika Bastianelli (F) (T) (A r)
  • Szonja Boros (A)
  • Nóra Császik (F) (T)
  • Léda Duhonyi (F) (T r) (A)
  • Gréta Fehér (F) (T) (A)
  • Titanilla Janku (F) (T) (A)
  • Luca Sára Kis (F r) (T r)
  • Dorka Kovács (T) (A r)
  • Réka Márialigeti (F r) (T) (A)
  • Blanka Taksonyi (F) (T) (A)

Note: F – Free routine; T – Technical routine; A – Arobatic routine; r – Reserve;

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Blanka Barbócz
Blanka Taksonyi 		Duet technical routine 238.2042 23 Did not advance
Duet free routine 214.8972 18 Did not advance
Team
Athletes Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Zsófia Almádi
Blanka Barbócz
Angelika Bastianelli
Nóra Császik
Léda Duhonyi
Gréta Fehér
Titanilla Janku
Blanka Taksonyi 		Team free routine 222.8117 15 Did not advance
Blanka Barbócz
Angelika Bastianelli
Nóra Császik
Gréta Fehér
Titanilla Janku
Dorka Kovács
Réka Márialigeti
Blanka Taksonyi 		Team technical routine 217.8617 21 Did not advance
Zsófia Almádi
Blanka Barbócz
Szonja Boros
Léda Duhonyi
Gréta Fehér
Titanilla Janku
Réka Márialigeti
Blanka Taksonyi 		Team acrobatic routine 150.2713 20 Did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

The Hungarian Swimming Association entered five open water swimmers, four of whom also qualified for the pool competitions.[1]

Men

Participating atheletes:

Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dávid Betlehem Men's 3 km knockout sprints 17:01.4 2 Q 11:27.8 2 Q 5:47.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kristóf Rasovszky 17:05.0 5 Q 11:32.6 9 Q 6:06.0 6
Dávid Betlehem Men's 5 km — 57:37.2 6
Kristóf Rasovszky — 58:08.8 14
Dávid Betlehem Men's 10 km — 2:01:13.8 9
Kristóf Rasovszky — 2:03:05.5 13
Women

Participating atheletes:

Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Janka Juhász Women's 3 km knockout sprints 18:56.4 34 Did not advance
Bettina Fábián 18:34.7 18 Q 12:11.3 8 Q 6:23.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Bettina Fábián Women's 5 km — 1:03:53.5 11
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas — 1:02:39.4 7
Janka Juhász Women's 10 km — 2:20:44.2 31
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas — 2:11:34.3 13
Mixed

4 × 1,500 metre relay swimming.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Bettina Fábián (17:37.4 – 11th)
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas (35:38.9 – 7th)
Kristóf Rasovszky (52:42.4 – 5th)
Dávid Betlehem 		Team relay 1:09:16.7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete(s) Time Record
27 July Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (Final) Nikolett Pádár
Panna Ugrai
Petra Senánszky
Minna Ábrahám		 3:36.34 NR
Men's 400 metre freestyle (Heat) Zalán Sárkány 3:46.82 PB
28 July Men's 100 metre backstroke (Semi-final) Hubert Kós 52.21 NR
29 July Men's 100 metre backstroke (Final) Hubert Kós 52.20 NR
31 July Men's 200 metre individual medley (Final) Hubert Kós 1:55.34 PB
1 August Women's 200 metre backstroke (Heat) Dóra Molnár 2:08.53 PB
Men's 200 metre backstroke (Final) Hubert Kós 1:53.19 ER, NR
2 August Men's 50 metre backstroke (Heat) Ádám Jászó 24.73 PB
Hubert Kós 24.62 =NR
Men's 50 metre backstroke (Semi-final) 24.50 NR
Men's 1500 metre freestyle (Heat) Zalán Sárkány 14:47.89 PB
3 August Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay (Heat) Dóra Molnár
Henrietta Fángli
Panna Ugrai
Minna Ábrahám		 4:01.22 NR

The Hungarian Swimming Association entered total of 23 swimmers.[2][3]

Men

Participating athletes:

Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Szebasztián Szabó 50 m freestyle 21.83 11 Q 21.84 14 Did not advance
Nándor Németh 100 m freestyle 48.07 10 Q 47.72 9 Did not advance
Balázs Holló 200 m freestyle 1:48.09 30 Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky 400 m freestyle 3:48.84 21 — Did not advance
Zalán Sárkány 3:46.82 PB 13 — Did not advance
Dávid Betlehem 800 m freestyle 7:50.57 10 — Did not advance
Kristóf Rasovszky 8:05.09 21 — Did not advance
Dávid Betlehem 1500 m freestyle 14:59.09 10 — Did not advance
Zalán Sárkány 14:47.89 PB 7 Q — 14:55.17 7
Ádám Jászó 50 m backstroke 24.73 PB 9 Q 24.74 12 Did not advance
Hubert Kós 24.62 =NR 5 Q 24.50 NR =5 24.62 8
Ádám Jászó 100 m backstroke 53.78 16 Q 53.62 15 Did not advance
Hubert Kós 52.60 3 Q 52.21 NR 1 Q 52.20 NR 4
Benedek Kovács 200 m backstroke 1:56.40 4 Q 1:56.69 14 Did not advance
Hubert Kós 1:56.71 9 Q 1:54.64 3 Q 1:53.19 ER 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Szebasztián Szabó 50 m butterfly 23.29 17 Did not advance
Hubert Kós 100 m butterfly Did not start
Richárd Márton 200 m butterfly 1:55.51 11 Q 1:55:80 14 Did not advance
Hubert Kós 200 m individual medley 1:57.93 4 Q 1:57.22 5 Q 1:55.34 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gábor Zombori 1:59.51 17 Did not advance
Balázs Holló 400 m individual medley 4:13.88 9 — Did not advance
Gábor Zombori 4:13.59 8 Q — 4:12.51 6
Nándor Németh
Dániel Mészáros
Ádám Jászó
Szebasztián Szabó
Hubert Kós* 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:12.71 7 Q — 3:12.75 6
Women

Participating athletes:

Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Petra Senánszky 50 m freestyle 24.89 16 Q 24.87 16 Did not start
Nikolett Pádár 100 m freestyle Did not start
Minna Ábrahám 200 m freestyle 1:57.65 12 Q 1:56.70 10 Did not advance
Nikolett Pádár 1:58.62 19 Did not advance
Bettina Fábián 400 m freestyle 4:14.31 20 — Did not advance
Vivien Jackl 800 m freestyle 8:43.29 20 — Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas 8:46.46 21 — Did not advance
Vivien Jackl 1500 m freestyle 16:29.60 17 — Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas 16:28.04 15 — Did not advance
Lora Komoróczy 50 m backstroke 28.57 27 Did not advance
Lora Komoróczy 100 m backstroke 1:01.80 26 Did not advance
Dóra Molnár 200 m backstroke 2:08.53 PB 2 Q 2:09.90 8 Q 2:09.74 7
Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy 2:12.08 23 Did not advance
Henrietta Fángli 50 m breaststroke 30.67 =13 Q 30.81 14 Did not advance
Henrietta Fángli 100 m breaststroke 1:07.08 19 Did not advance
Vivien Jackl 400 m individual medley 4:43.02 11 — Did not advance
Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas 4:49.50 16 — Did not advance
Nikolett Pádár
Panna Ugrai
Petra Senánszky
Minna Ábrahám 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:37.04 8 Q — 3:36.34 NR 8
Dóra Molnár
Panna Ugrai
Nikolett Pádár
Minna Ábrahám 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:54.69 4 Q — 7:49.66 4
Dóra Molnár
Henrietta Fángli
Panna Ugrai
Minna Ábrahám 		4 × 100 m medley relay 4:01.22 NR 12 — Did not advance
Mixed
Athletes Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Nándor Németh
Hubert Kós
Nikolett Pádár
Minna Ábrahám 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:24.96 9 Did not advance
TBD 4 × 100 m medley relay Did not startǂ

* The athlete swam in the heat.
ǂ The Hungarian 4 × 100 meter medley relay ultimately did not start, as the team's only breaststroke specialist, Henrietta Fángli, was unable to participate due to health problems.[4]

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Summary
Team Event Group stage Playoff Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
 Hungary Men's tournament  Australia
W 18–6 		 Japan
W 23–18 		 Spain
L 9–10 		2 Q  Romania
W 15–11 		 Croatia
W 18–12 		 Serbia
W 19–18 		 Spain
L 13–15 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Hungary Women's tournament  Greece
W 10–9 		 Japan
W 33–13 		 Croatia
W 22–6 		1 Q Bye  Italy
W 12–9 		 Spain
W 15–9 		 Greece
L 9–12 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Hungary's men's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Bucharest, Romania.[5][6]

Team roster

The team of 15 athletes was named on July 1, 2025.[5][6]

Head coach: Zsolt Varga

Group play
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 0 42 32 +10 9 Quarterfinals
2  Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 50 34 +16 6 Playoffs
3  Japan 3 1 0 0 2 46 56 −10 3
4  Australia 3 0 0 0 3 24 40 −16 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
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.
12 July 2025
17:35 		Report Hungary  18–6  Australia OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–0, 3–2, 6–3
Vámos 3 Goals Grgurevic 3
14 July 2025
13:45 		Report Japan  18–23  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Germán Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–5, 3–5, 7–8
Adachi, Watanabe 4 Goals Vismeg 4
16 July 2025
20:45 		Report Spain  10–9  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 2–3, 5–1
Granados 4 Goals Angyal, Vigvári 2
Playoff
18 July 2025
17:35 		Report Romania  11–15  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–2, 3–3, 2–4
Georgescu 4 Goals Burián 3
Quarterfinal
20 July 2025
20:45 		Report Croatia  12–18  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 6–6, 1–5, 2–2, 3–5
Butić 4 Goals Manhercz 4
Semifinal
22 July 2025
21:35 		Report Serbia  18–19  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–6, 5–2, 4–8, 6–3
Mandić 6 Goals Fekete, Manhercz 4
Final
24 July 2025
21:35 		Report Spain  15–13  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–1, 2–4, 6–3
Sanahuja, Granados 5 Goals Burián 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Hungary's women's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup in Alexandroupolis (Greece) and Super final in Chengdu (China).[7]

Team roster

The team of 15 athletes was named on July 1, 2025.[7][6]

Head coach: Sándor Cseh

Group play
Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 65 28 +37 9 Quarterfinals
2  Greece 3 2 0 0 1 65 32 +33 6 Playoffs
3  Japan 3 1 0 0 2 53 70 −17 3
4  Croatia 3 0 0 0 3 25 78 −53 0 13–16th place semifinals
Source: Omegatiming
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.
11 July 2025
20:45 		Report Greece  9–10  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 0–4, 4–2
Tricha 6 Goals Rybanska 3
13 July 2025
10:35 		Report Hungary  33–13  Japan OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Germán Moller (ARG), Megan Perry (NZL)
Score by quarters: 8–3, 8–2, 9–3, 8–5
Rybanska, Vályi 6 Goals Arima 4
15 July 2025
20:45 		Report Croatia  6–22  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Fiona Haigh (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–9, 2–5, 1–5, 1–3
Rožić 4 Goals Garda, Keszthelyi 4
Quarterfinal
19 July 2025
19:10 		Report Hungary  12–9  Italy OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 4–2, 2–2
Keszthelyi 4 Goals Ranalli 4
Semifinal
21 July 2025
21:35 		Report Hungary  15–9  Spain OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 5–2, 3–2, 1–3
Keszthelyi, Szilágyi 3 Goals Ruiz 3
Final
23 July 2025
21:35 		Report Greece  12–9  Hungary OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Marta Cabanas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 2–2, 2–3
Tricha, Xenaki 3 Goals Tiba, Hajdú 2

References

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