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Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
ROU

1
  
1

Competitors
  
114 in 15 sports

Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee

Website
  
www.cosr.ro (Romanian) (English) (French)

MedalsRanked 23rd
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal1124

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.

Contents

Gold

  • Iosif Sîrbu — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone

    • Silver

  • Vasile Tiţă — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

    • Bronze

  • Gheorghe Fiat — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
  • Gheorghe Lichiardopol — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

    • Basketball

    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

    • Cycling

    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

    • Fencing

    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

    • Football

  • 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

    • Shooting

    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

    • References

    Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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