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Hungarian hurdler

Dusán Kovács
Personal information
Born	(1971-07-31) 31 July 1971 (age 53) Balassagyarmat, Hungary
Education	Semmelweis University Corvinus University of Budapest
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
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. 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.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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
	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	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
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	11th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:09.59
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	–	400 m	DQ
1996	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

^ Eurosport bio Archived 2015-11-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)
Sports-Reference profile
Dusán Kovács at World Athletics

v t e 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.

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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