Romania at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 165 competitors, 98 men and 67 women, took part in 122 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

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! Event

! Date

| || Laura Badea || Fencing || Women's individual foil ||

| || Simona Amânar || Gymnastics || Women's vault ||

| || Constanța Burcică-Pipota Camelia Macoviciuc || Rowing || Women's lightweight double sculls ||

| || || Rowing || Women's eight ||

| || Gabriela Szabo|| Athletics || Women's 1500 metres ||

| || Antonel Borșan Marcel Glăvan || Canoeing || Men's C-2 1000 metres ||

| || Laura Badea Roxana Scarlat Reka Szabo|| Fencing || Women's team foil ||

| || Marius Urzică || Gymnastics || Men's pommel horse ||

| || Dan Burincă || Gymnastics || Men's rings ||

| || Gina Gogean || Gymnastics || Women's artistic individual all-around ||

| || Simona Amânar || Gymnastics || Women's floor ||

| || Leonard Doroftei || Boxing || Lightweight||

| || Marian Simion || Boxing || Welterweight||

| || Gheorghe Andriev Grigore Obreja || Canoeing || Men's C-2 500 metres ||

| || Simona Amânar ||Gymnastics || Women's artistic individual all-around ||

| || Lavinia Miloșovici || Gymnastics || Women's artistic individual all-around ||

| || Gina Gogean || Gymnastics || Women's vault ||

| || Gina Gogean || Gymnastics || Women's balance beam ||

| || Simona Amânar Gina Gogean Ionela Loaieș Alexandra Marinescu Lavinia Miloșovici Mirela Ţugurlan || Gymnastics || Women's artistic team all-around ||

| || Nicu Vlad || Weightlifting || Men's 108 kg||

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!colspan=5|Medals by sport

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|Sport

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|Total

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|Athletics

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|Boxing

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|Canoeing

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|Fencing

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|Gymnastics

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|10

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|Rowing

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|Weightlifting

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!Total

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! style="background:silver;" |7

! style="background:#c96;" |9

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!colspan=5|Medals by gender

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|Gender

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|Total

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|Male

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| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |3

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|Female

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!Total

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! style="background:silver;" |7

! style="background:#c96;" |9

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Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

Ovidiu Olteanu

:* Qualification — 3:38.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

Mugur Mateescu

:* Heat — 49.97s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

Florin Ionescu

:* Heat — 8:31.34

:* Semifinals — 8:28.77 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Bogdan Tarus

:* Qualification — 7.96m (→ did not advance)

Bogdan Tudor

:* Qualification — 7.88m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

Costel Grasu

:* Qualification — 58.56m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

Costică Bălan

Women's 10.000 metres

Iulia Negura

:* Qualification — 31:40.16

:* Final — 31:26.46 (→ 8th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

Ionela Târlea

:* Qualification — 55.42

:* Semifinals — 54.41

:* Final — 54.40 (→ 7th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

Felicia Tilea

:* Qualification — 66.94m

:* Final — 59.94m (→ 10th place)

Women's Discus Throw

Nicole Grasu

:* Qualification — 63.00m

:* Final — 63.28m (→ 7th place)

Cristina Boit

:* Qualification — 58.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

Mihaela Gheorghiu

:* Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

Rodica Mateescu

:* Qualification — 14.22m

:* Final — 14.21m (→ 8th place)

Women's Heptathlon

Liliana Nastase

:* Final Result — 5847 points (→ 22nd place)

Women's Marathon

Lidia Șimon — 2:31.04 (→ 6th place)
Anuța Cătună — 2:42.01 (→ 44th place)
Cristina Pomacu — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 10 km Walk

Norica Câmpean — 46:19 (→ 29th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Sabin Bornei

:* First Round — Defeated José Pérez Reyes (Dominican Republic), 16-10

:* Second Round — Lost to Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 7-18

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

George Olteanu

:* First Round — Defeated Samuel Álvarez (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third round

:* Second Round — Defeated Kalai Riadh (Tunisia), 16-3

:* Quarter Finals — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 2-24

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Leonard Doroftei → 16x16px Bronze Medal

:* First Round — Defeated Julio Mboumba (Gabon), referee stopped contest in second round

:* Second Round — Defeated Sergey Kopenkin (Kyrgyzstan), 10-1

:* Quarter Finals — Defeated Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 17-8

:* Semi Finals — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 6-9

Men's Lightweight (– 67 kg)

Marian Simion → 16x16px Bronze Medal

:* First Round — Defeated Hussein Bayram (France), 13-6

:* Second Round — Defeated Fernando Vargas (United States), 8-7

:* Quarter Finals — Defeated Hasan Al (Denmark), 16-8

:* Semi Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 7-20

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Francisc Vaștag

:* First Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 12-17

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Ovidiu Bali

:* First Round — Bye

:* Second Round — Lost to Christophe Mendy (France), referee stopped contest in second round

Canoeing

Diving

Women's 10m Platform

Clara Elena Ciocan

:* Preliminary Heat — 281.52

:* Semi Final — 157.41

:* Final — 256.05 (→ 10th place)

Anisoara Opriea

:* Preliminary Heat — 233.34 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Fencing

Nine fencers, six men and three women, represented Romania in 1996.

;Men's épée

Gheorghe Epurescu
Gabriel Pantelimon
Aurel Bratu

;Men's team épée

Aurel Bratu, Gheorghe Epurescu, Gabriel Pantelimon

;Men's sabre

Vilmoș Szabo
Florin Lupeică
Mihai Covaliu

;Men's team sabre

Florin Lupeică, Mihai Covaliu, Vilmoș Szabo

;Women's foil

Laura Cârlescu-Badea
Roxana Scarlat
Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo

;Women's team foil

Laura Cârlescu-Badea, Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo, Roxana Scarlat

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition

Adrian Toader — 5335 pts (→ 14th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Nicolae Ivan

:* Heat — 51.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Nicolae Butacu

:* Heat — 1:50.83

:* B-Final — 1:51.46 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Nicolae Butacu

:* Heat — 56.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Nicolae Butacu

:* Heat — 2:08.59 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Răzvan Petcu

:* Heat — 55.50 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Nicolae Ivan, Răzvan Petcu, Horațiu Badiță, and Alexandru Ioanovici

:* Heat — 3:21.66 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Luminița Dobrescu

:* Heat — 26.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Luminița Dobrescu

:* Heat — 56.27

:* B-Final — 55.98 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

Luminița Dobrescu

:* Heat — 2:00.85

:* Final — 2:01.63 (→ 8th place)

Ioana Diaconescu

:* Heat — 2:04.59 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

Carla Negrea

:* Heat — 4:16.89

:* B-Final — 4:17.08 (→ 16th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

Carla Negrea

:* Heat — 8:54.19 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

Cătălina Căsaru

:* Heat — 2:15.92

:* B-Final — 2:15.15 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Larisa Lăcustă

:* Heat — 1:13.91 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Loredana Zisu

:* Heat — 1:02.66 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

Loredana Zisu

:* Heat — 2:17.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Beatrice Câșlaru

:* Heat — 2:16.80

:* B-Final — 2:16.75 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Beatrice Câșlaru

:* Heat — 4:44.66

:* Final — 4:44.91 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Andrea Trufașu, and Luminița Dobrescu

:* Heat – 3:48.43 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Luminița Dobrescu, Loredana Zisu, Ioana Diaconescu, and Carla Negrea

:* Heat – 8:10.77

:* Final – 8:10.02 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Catalina Căsaru, Beatrice Câșlaru, Loredana Zisu, and Luminița Dobrescu

:* Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

Cătălina Cristea

:* First round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 6-2 4-6 2-6

Ruxandra Dragomir

:* First round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 4-6 4-4 retired

Water polo

Men's team competition

Preliminary round (group B)

:* Romania – Ukraine 6-6

:* Romania – Croatia 6-11

:* Romania – Greece 5-8

:* Romania – United States 5-10

:* Romania – Italy 9-10

Classification Matches

:* 9th/12th place: Romania – Netherlands 8-10

:* 9th/12th place: Romania – Ukraine 11-8

:* 9th/12th place: Romania – Germany 6-10 (→ Eleventh place)

Team roster

:*Edward Andrei

:*Florin Bonca

:*Robert Dinu

:*Niculae Fulgeanu

:*Vlad Hagiu

:*Gelu Lisac

:*Istvan Moldvai

:*Daniel Radu

:*Bogdan Rath

:*Radu Sabău

:*Stefan Sanda

:*Dinel Stemate

:*Liviu Totolici

Head coach: Rus Viorel

Weightlifting

Men's 108 kg

Nicu Vlad

:*Snatch — 197.5 kg

:*Clean & Jerk — 222.5 kg

:*Total — 420.0 kg (→ 16x16px Bronze Medal)

Romania at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Diving

Fencing

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Water polo

Men's team competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Notes

References