Attila Molnár (runner)

The native form of this personal name is Molnár Attila. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Attila Molnár
Personal information
NationalityHungarian
Born (2002-01-17) 17 January 2002 (age 24)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400 m: 44.55 (Tokyo, 2025) NR
Indoor
400m: 45.01 (Ostrava, 2026) AR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Hungary
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Nanjing 4 × 400 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Apeldoorn 400 m
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Espoo 400 m
Youth Olympic Festival
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Baku 400 m

Attila Molnár (born 17 January 2002) is a Hungarian track and field athlete. He set the indoor European record over 400 metres in February 2026. He won the gold medal at that distance at the 2025 European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 2025 World Indoor Championships in the 4 x 400 metres relay.[1]

Career

Molnar runs for Ferencvaros,[2] he was part of the Hungarian 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2022 European Athletics Championships. Along with Tamás Máté, Dániel Huller, and Zoltán Wahl, he was part of the 4 × 400 m indoor relay team that broke a 23-year-old national record, running 3:08.58 in February 2023.[3]

He set a new Hungarian national record over 400 metres when he ran 44.98 seconds in Limassol in May 2023.[4] He matched this time in July 2023, at the István Memorial in Gyulai.[5] Molnar competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest and lowered his national record in the 400 metres to 44.84 to qualify for the semi-final.[6][7]

In January 2024, he set a new Hungarian indoor 400 metres record, running 46.22 seconds in Nyíregyháza.[8] Selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, he reached the final of the men's 400 meters with a new national indoor record time of 46.08. In the final he finished in fifth place overall.[9] He ran as part of the Hungarian Mixed 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10]

In June 2024, he qualified for the final of the 2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres in Rome.[11] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024.[12]

European Indoor champion and record holder

He ran 45.66 for the 400 m at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting in January 2025 to lower his Hungarian national indoor record.[13] He lowered it again on 4 February 2025, running 45.08 seconds at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava.[14] That performance was also just 0.03 seconds off the European indoor record held jointly by Karsten Warholm and Thomas Schönlebe.[15] Competing at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, he was the fastest qualifier for the 400n final, running 45.48 seconds in his semi-final.[16] It was the fastest ever men's 400 m semifinal time at a European Athletics Indoor Championships.[17] He subsequently went faster again to win gold in the final, in a time of 45.25 seconds.[18]

He finished fourth in the individual 400 metres and won a bronze medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, in a new national record time of 3:06.03.[19][20][21]

After returning from injury he ran a seasons best 45.28 seconds to win the 400 metres at the 2025 Hungarian Championships in Budapest.[22] He was selected for the Hungarian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running a personal best 44.55 seconds to qualify for the 400m semi-finals, before placing fifth in his semi-final in 44.94.[23][24]

Molnar set a new European indoor record of 45.01 seconds for the 400 metres at the Czech Golden Gala in Ostrava on 3 February 2026, breaking the previous record jointly held by Thomas Schonlebe and Karsten Warholm by 0.04 seconds.[25]

References

  1. ^ Attila Molnár at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "LET'S SEE WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF OUR COUNTRY'S ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS!". Civilek.info. August 19, 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ "The superheroes showed their superpowers already at season start". World Athletics. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Attila Molnár already longed for the Hungarian top in 400 m". utanpotlassport.hu. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Results for the Gyulai Istvan Memorial 2023". Watch Athletics. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Men's 400m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Wayde van Niekerk wins 400m heat to qualify for semi-finals at World Athletics Championships 2023". Olympics.com. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Van Der Weken dashes to a national 60m record and world lead of 7.09 at home in Luxembourg". European Athletics. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Men's 400m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Montler topples Tentoglou in Belgrade". World Athletics. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Molnar threatens European indoor 400m record with 45.08 in Ostrava". European Athletics. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  15. ^ "10 new stars who could shine at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25". World Athletics. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  16. ^ Crumpey, Euan (7 March 2025). "Mixed 1500m fortunes for Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Georgia Hunter Bell". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  17. ^ Crumpey, Euan (7 March 2025). "7.67! Kambundji threatens world 60m hurdles record in Apeldoorn 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  18. ^ "Skotheim sets European heptathlon record in Apeldoorn". World Athletics. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  19. ^ "Pinnock and Men's 4x400m Relay Win Silver as World Indoors Ends in Nanjing". SportsMax. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  20. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  21. ^ "USA dominates men's 4x400m in Nanjing". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  22. ^ "Takács and Palkovics doubled, Halász and Klekner won with great individual bests at the athletics championships". gazmag.hu. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  23. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 14 Sep 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  24. ^ "The Hungarian team is complete, seventeen will travel to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo". m4sport.hu. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  25. ^ "History repeats as Crestan and Molnar headline record spree in Ostrava". World Athletics. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
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