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Highlights Fencer Dr. Fenyvesi Csaba wins first of eventual 3 Gold Medals! Fencer Kulcsar Gyozo wins 2 more Gold Medals! The "Greatest Pentathlete," Balczo Andras wins Gold and Silver! Men's Soccer Team Hungary wins 3rd Gold (second consecutive)! Wrestler Kozma Istvan wins 2nd Consecutive Gold Hammerthrower Zsivotsky Gyula wins Gold after 2 consecutive Silver Medals Gold Medalists: Hesz Mihaly (1943-), Kayak K1 1000m/Kajak egyes 1st Gold Kozma Istvan (1939-1970), Wrestling/Kotottfogasu birkozas nehezsuly, 2nd Gold Kulcsar Gyozo (1940-), Fencing/Parbajtorvivas 2nd Gold Nemeth Angela (Ránky Mátyásné) (1946-), Gerelyhajitas Tatai Tibor (1944-), Canoe C1 1000m/Kenu egyes Varga Janos (1939-), Wrestling/Kotottfogasu birkozas legsuly Zsivotsky Gyula (1937-), Hammer Throw/Kalapacsvetes Men's Team Hungary - Soccer 3rd Gold Basti Istvan (1944-), Dunai Antal (1943-), Dunai Lajos (1942-), Fater Karoly (1940-), Fazekas Laszlo (1947-), Juhasz Istvan (1945-), Keglovich Laszlo (1940-), Kocsis Lajos (1947-), Menczel Ivan (1941-), Nagy Laszlo (1949-), Nosko Erno (1945-), Novak Dezso (1939-), Pancsis Miklos (1944-), Sarkozi Istvan (1947-), Szalay Miklos (1946-), Szarka Zoltan (1942-), Szocs Lajos (1943-) Men's Team Hungary - Modern Pentathlon 3rd Gold Balczo Andras (1938-), 2nd Gold Dr. Mona Istvan (1940-), Dr. Torok Ferenc (1935-), 2nd Gold Bodnar Janos (1944-) Contributor Daniel's Father! Men's Team Hungary - Fencing/Parbajtorvivas: 11th Gold Dr. Fenyvesi Csaba (1943-), 1st Gold Kulcsar Gyozo (1940-), 3rd Gold B. Nagy Pal (1935-),  Nemere Zoltan (1942-), 2nd Gold Schmitt Pal (1942-), 1st Gold (Erdekesseg: Novak Dezso a 64-68-as gyoztes csapat tagja sokaig az FTC vezetoedzoje volt, mignem Varga Zoltan egykori csapattarsa a 64-es olimpian, atvatte tolle...Schmitt Pal a parbajtor csapat tagja joideje a MOB (Magyar Olimpiai Bizottsag) elnoke.) See all 1968 medalists (in Hungarian)

Featured Olympian, Balczo Andras: (b. 8/16/1938 Kondoros, d. ) The Greatest Pentathlete... András Balczó was the winner of a record five individual and five team titles in the modern pentathlon at the World Championships, winning the individual championship consecutively from 1963-1969 (it is not held in Olympic years). Balczó won team gold and individual silver medals in 1968 and then, in 1972, he won the individual title and a silver medal in the team event for a total of six Olympic medals (three gold, three silver). Although the reigning world champion, he did not compete in the 1964 Games but his overall record is the greatest of any modern pentathlete. His best event was cross-country running. Olympic medals: Gold: 3 Silver: 2 World Championships Gold: 11 (63, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71) Silver: 6 (58, 59, 61, 62, 69, 70) Bronze: 2 (61, 71)

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