Dusán Kovács
Hungarian hurdler
Personal information | |
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Born | (1971-07-31) 31 July 1971 (age 53) Balassagyarmat, Hungary |
Education | Semmelweis University Corvinus University of Budapest[1] |
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] |
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | 400 metres hurdles |
Club | Vitalitis Sportegyesület |
Dusán Kovács (born 31 July 1971 in Balassagyarmat) is a retired Hungarian athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles.[3] He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as three consecutive World Championships starting in 1993. In addition he won two bronze medals at the 1993 Summer Universiade.
His personal best in the event is 48.45 seconds set at the 1997 World Championships in Athens where he narrowly missed the final. This is the standing national record. He is now an athletics commentator for Hungarian Eurosport.[1]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Hungary | |||||
1989 | European Junior Championships | Varaždin, Yugoslavia | 9th | Decathlon | 7163 pts |
1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 6th | Decathlon | 7232 pts |
1991 | Universiade | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 5th | Decathlon | 7546 pts |
1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 50.12 |
3rd | 4x400 m relay | 3:04.27 | |||
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 23rd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 49.96 | |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 13th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 50.01 |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.57 |
Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 5th | 400 m hurdles | 49.35 | |
11th (h) | 4x400 m relay | 3:09.59 | |||
1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | – | 400 m | DQ |
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 11th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 48.57 | |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 14th (sf) | 400 m | 47.23 |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 7th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 48.45 | |
Universiade | Catania, Italy | 8th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.40 |
References
- ^ a b Eurosport bio Archived 2015-11-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)
- ^ Sports-Reference profile
- ^ Dusán Kovács at World Athletics
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Hungarian Athletics Championships winners in men's 400 metres
- 1901: Zoltán Speidl
- 1902: Miksa Hellmich
- 1903–04: József Nagy
- 1905: Zoltán Bertalan
- 1906: József Bernegh
- 1907: Sándor Veres
- 1908–09: Ödön Bodor
- 1910: Frigyes Mezei
- 1911: Ödön Bodor
- 1912: István Déván
- 1913–14: Frigyes Mezei
- 1915: István Déván
- 1916: Ervin Szerelemhegyi
- 1917–18: Lajos Kurunczy
- 1919–21: Lajos Fixl
- 1922–24: Lajos Kurunczy
- 1925–30: László Barsi
- 1931–32: Zoltán Zsitvay
- 1933: Gábor Duha
- 1934: László Barsi
- 1935: Zoltán Zsitvay
- 1936: József Vadas
- 1937: József Kovács
- 1938: János Görkói
- 1939: József Vadas
- 1940: József Góby
- 1941: János Görkói
- 1942: Jenő Polgár
- 1943–44: Ferenc Bánhalmi
- 1945: István Varga
- 1946: László Marosi
- 1947: Ferenc Bánhalmi
- 1948: Egon Solymosi
- 1949–51: Ferenc Bánhalmi
- 1952: Zoltán Adamik
- 1953: Ferenc Bánhalmi
- 1954–56: Zoltán Adamik
- 1957: István Kovács
- 1958–59: Csaba Csutorás
- 1960–61: István Korda
- 1962: Csaba Csutorás
- 1963–64: István Gyulai
- 1965: László Mihályfi
- 1966: István Gyulai
- 1967–68: László Mihályfi
- 1969–70: István Rózsa
- 1971: József Fügedi
- 1972–75: István Rózsa
- 1976–78: Nándor Hornyacsek
- 1979–80: András Paróczai
- 1981–83: Sándor Újhelyi
- 1984–86: Gusztáv Menczer
- 1987–89: Tamás Molnár
- 1990: Ervin Katona
- 1991–92: Tamás Molnár
- 1993: Gusztáv Menczer
- 1994: Gábor Kiss
- 1995: Dusán Kovács
- 1996: Tibor Szél
- 1997–98: Péter Nyilasi
- 1999: Zsolt Szeglet
- 2000: Attila Klivinger
- 2001–04: Zsolt Szeglet
- 2005: László Borsányi
- 2006: Balázs Molnár
- 2007: Róbert Mucsi
- 2008: Marcell Deák-Nagy
- 2009: Zoltán Kovács
- 2010–12: Marcell Deák-Nagy
- 2013: Tibor Kása
- 2014: Bálint Móricz
- 2015: Zoltán Kovács
- 2016–17: Marcell Deák-Nagy
- 2018: Boldizsár Boda
- 2019: Tibor Koroknai
- 2020: Dániel Ajide
- 2021: Attila Molnár
Note that between 1901–1914 the championships were held on 440 yards.
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