Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 114 competitors, 103 men and 11 women, took part in 67 events in 15 sports.
Iosif Sîrbu — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
Vasile Tiţă — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Gheorghe Fiat — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
Gheorghe Lichiardopol — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
Men's Team Competition
Qualification Round (Group C)
Lost to Canada (51-72)
Lost to Italy (39-53) → did not advance, 23rd place
Team Roster
Dan Niculescu
Mihai Nedef
Andrei Folbert
Corneliu Călugăreanu
Grigore Costescu
Emanoil Răducanu
Ladislau Mokos
Liviu Nagy
Cezar Niculescu
Adrian Petroșanu
Vasile Popescu
Gheorghe Constantinide
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
Constantin Stanescu — 5:20:01.4 (→ 29th place)
Marin Niculescu — 5:23:34.1 (→ 41st place)
Victor Georgescu — 5:24:27.5 (→ 44th place)
Petre Nuță — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
Ion Ionita
Final — 1:14.4 (→ 7th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
Ion Ionita — 25th place
Eight fencers, all men, represented Romania in 1952.
Men's foil
Vasile Chelaru
Nicolae Marinescu
Andrei Vîlcea
Men's team foil
Andrei Vîlcea, Ilie Tudor, Nicolae Marinescu, Vasile Chelaru
Men's épée
Nicolae Marinescu
Vasile Chelaru
Zoltan Uray
Men's sabre
Adalbert Gurath, Sr.
Ilie Tudor
Ion Santo
Men's team sabre
Andrei Vîlcea, Ion Santo, Ilie Tudor, Mihai Kokossy
Preliminary Round
Lost to Hungary 1-2 (0-0) (did not advance, 20-th place)
Team Roster
Ion Voinescu
Aurel Crîsnic
Traian Popa
Vasile Zavoda
Zoltan Farmati
Iosif Kovács
Guido Fodor
Iosif Ritter
Valeriu Călinoiu
Eugen Iordache
Ștefan Balint
Tiberiu Bone
Titus Ozon
Tudor Paraschiva
Iosif Petschovski
Gavril Serföző
Ioan Suru
Gheorghe Bodo
Andrei Mercea
Francisc Zavoda
Four shooters represented Romania in 1952. Iosif Sîrbu won gold in the 50 m rifle, prone event and Gheorghe Lichiardopol won bronze in the 25 m pistol.
25 m pistol
Gheorghe Lichiardopol
Penait Calcai
50 m rifle, three positions
Iosif Sîrbu
50 m rifle, prone
Iosif Sîrbu
Petre Cişmigu
