Later in the day the women's foursome of Gabriella Szabo, Danuta Kozak, Katalin Kovacs and Krisztina Fazekas-Zur won the 500-metre race, relegating Germany to silver for the first time since 1992.

Hungary finished second in this event in the three previous Olympic competitions.

However, defending Olympic champion Attila Vajda placed sixth in the 1,000 metres canoeing final.

The Hungarian men's water polo team will not achieve a record fourth straight gold medal, having lost to Italy 11-9 in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

The men's handball team advanced to the semi-finals with a surprise 34-33 win over a strong Iceland side after two extra time periods. Hungary will next meet Sweden.

With three days of competition remaining, Hungary is ninth in the overall medal standings with six gold medals, two silver and three bronze.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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