Career
Balczó was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the Year 1966, 1969 and 1972, while the pentathlon team was several times chosen as the Hungarian Team of the Year. He was awarded the title of Merited Master of Sport of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in 1972, along with eight other athletes from outside Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. He is considered one of the most successful athletes in the history of modern pentathlon.