The Hungarian Swimming Federation announced a 23-strong initial roster of athletes selected for this summer’s World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
12 males and 11 females comprise the list which includes World Record holder Kristof Milak, IM ace Hubert Kos and multi-World Junior Championships gold medalist Nikolett Padar.
These swimmers are considered ‘protected’ in their respective events. Through June, however, Hungarians can still vie for the spots where there is only one current swimmer listed for an event or where there have been no World Championships qualifiers as of yet.
At the 2022 World Championships, Hungary placed 7th in the overall swimming medal table, courtesy of Milak’s gold medal-winning performances in the 100m and 200m fly.
Currently, there are 4 Hungarian swimmers ranked among the top 5 performers in their respective events this season and they are all on the men’s side.
Szebasztian Szabo ranks 4th in the 50m free (21.82) and 3rd in the 50m fly (22.93); Milak ranks 2nd in the 100m fly (50.80) and 1st in the 200m fly (1:52.58); Kos ranks 3rd in the 200m back (1:55.95) and Benedek Kovacs ranks 4th in the 200m back (1:56.11).
Missing from the roster are Olympic medalists Tamas Kenderesi and Katinka Hosszu. We reported how Kenderesi is currently engaged in a doping situation involving his biological passport while Hosszu is pregnant with her first child.
Roster
Men
Dávid Betlehem, Balázs Holló, Hubert Kós, Benedek Kovács, Richard Márton, Kristóf Milák, Nándor Németh, Kristóf Rasovszky, Sebasztián Szabó, Áron Székely, Dávid Verrasztó, Gábor Zombori
Women
Katalin Burián, Bettina Fábián, Nóra Flück, Zsuzsanna Jakabos, Boglárka Kapás, Ajna Késely, Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas, Nikolett Pádár, Dalma Sebestyén, Petra Senánszky, Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy
Specific Events
| Man | Event | Woman |
| Sebastien Szabó | 50 free | Petra Senánszky |
| Kristóf Milák | 100 free | |
| Nándor Németh | 100 free | |
| Kristóf Milák | 200 free | Nikolett Pádár |
| Nándor Németh | 200 free | Ajna Késely |
| Kristóf Rasovszky | 400 free | Ajna Késely |
| Balázs Holó | 400 free | Bettina Fabian |
| David Betlehem | 800 free | Ajna Késely |
| Kristóf Rasovszky | 800 free | Viktoria Mihályvári-Farkas |
| Kristóf Rasovszky | 1500 free | Viktoria Mihályvári-Farkas |
| David Betlehem | 1500 free | Nora Flück |
| Sebastien Szabó | 50 butterfly | |
| Kristóf Milák | 100 butterfly | |
| Hubert Kos | 100 butterfly | |
| Kristóf Milák | 200 butterfly | Boglarka Kapas |
| Richard Márton | 200 butterfly | Zsuzsanna Jakabos |
| Áron Székely | 50 back | |
| Benedek Kovács | 100 back | |
| Hubert Kos | 100 back | |
| Benedek Kovács | 200 back | Eszter Szabó-Feltóthy |
| Hubert Kos | 200 back | Katalin Burián |
| Hubert Kos | 200 IM | Sebestyén Dalma |
| Gabor Zombori | 200 IM | |
| Balázs Holó | 400 IM | Viktoria Mihályvári-Farkas |
| David Verrastó | 400 IM | Zsuzsanna Jakabos |
Milak is going to drop the 100free right? It conflicts with the 200fly
Most likely. He will probably swim in the prelims though, and then scratch the semifinal.
What about USA squad?
USA squad should be interesting!
Australia would have loved to have milak kos in its roster
Hi Vinay
Hello sir! How are you? How is life?
You should have someone double check the Hungarian spelling of names for you.
While I’m delighted to see at least a part of your article lists these athletes’ names properly spelled containing the important diacritical marks above the vowel sound (such as Á,É,Ó,Ö,Í,Ü,etc),
WHAT IS THIS? LOL
While I know, that this is Boglárka Kapás, the 2019 World Champion of the 200 fly, others might not.
Chill man, no need to be so upset about it. It is hard for SwimSwam to translate articles directly from Hungarian with how bad google translate works for this language, props for them for trying. And typing letters with diacritical marks on an US keyboard is a nightmare anyways.
If you want to point fingers, maybe ask the question, why is the Hungarian Swimming Association still not have an English site or at least why don’t they bother translating the more important articles to English themselfs? It is part of their job to promote Hungarian swimming not just in Hungary but all around the world.
Also fun fact for those who are interested: Buttercup is the literal translation of Boglárka.
I am Hungarian and I understand it’s hard to get it right. But your comment is just rude.
And typing isn’t really part of it, you can cut and paste names
The team at the moment:
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Szabó Szebasztián 50 gyors Senánszky Petra
Milák Kristóf 100 gyors
Németh Nándor 100 gyors
Milák Kristóf 200 gyors Pádár Nikolett
Németh Nándor 200 gyors Késely Ajna
Rasovszky Kristóf 400 gyors Késely Ajna
Holló Balázs 400 gyors Fábián Bettina
Betlehem Dávid 800 gyors Késely Ajna
Rasovszky Kristóf 800 gyors Mihályvári-Farkas Viktória
Rasovszky Kristóf 1500 gyors Mihályvári-Farkas Viktória
Betlehem Dávid 1500 gyors Flück Nóra
Szabó Szebasztián 50 pillangó
Milák Kristóf 100 pillangó
Kós Hubert 100 pillangó
Milák Kristóf 200 pillangó Kapás Boglárka
Márton Richárd 200 pillangó Jakabos Zsuzsanna
Székely Áron 50 hát
Kovács Benedek 100 hát
Free, butterfly, backstroke, IM.
No Breaststrokers so far, no Medley relays?
Unless I misunderstood something, this is 1 out of 2 chances to qualify relays for the 2024 Olympics.
Hungary doesn’t really have competent breaststrokers on either the women’s or the men’s side right now. As long as that’s the case – according to head coach Soós – Hungary won’t even try to qualify in the medley relays.