Romania competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 108 men and 30 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports.
Iolanda Balaş — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Mihaela Peneş — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
Andrei Igorov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
Hilde Lauer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Ion Tripşa — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
Valeriu Bularca — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Lia Manoliu — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
Aurel Vernescu — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
Simion Cuciuc, Atanase Sciotnic, Mihai Ţurcaş, and Aurel Vernescu — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
Hilde Lauer and Cornelia Sideri — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
Dumitru Pârvulescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
Ion Cernea — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
Women's High Jump
Iolanda Balaş
Qualification- 1.70 m
Final:-1.90 m, OR ( Gold Medal)
Women's Discus
Lia Manoliu
Qualification- 53.64 m
Final-56.94 m ( Bronze Medal)
Olimpia Cataramă
Qualification-53.20 m
Final-53.08 m (8th place)
Women's Javelin
Maria Diţi-Diaconescu
Qualification-51.12 m
Final-53.71 m (6th place)
Mihaela Peneş
Qualification-51.19 m
Final-60.54 m ( Gold Medal)
Women's Shot Put
Ana Sǎlǎgean
Qualification-15.31 m not qualified(no ranking)
Women's Long Jump
Viorica Viscopoleanu
Qualification-6.37 m
Final-6.35 m(5th place)
Men's 5000 m
Andrei Barabás
Heat-4'002'not qualified(no ranking)
Marathon
Constantin Grecescu 2h30'426' (36th place)
Triple Jump
Şerban Ciochină
Qualification-15.31 m
Final-16.23 m(5th place)
50 km Walk
Ilie Popa 2h 19'030 (28th place)
Flyweight
Constantin Ciucǎ def.Henry (Canada), def. Cuylenburg (Ceylon),lost to Olech (Poland)→6th place
Bantamweight
Nicolae Puiu def. Van der Walt (Northern Rhodesia), def.Johnson (U.S.A.), lost to Sakurai (Japan)→5th place
Featherweight
Constantin Crudu def. Caminero (Cuba), def. Limmonen (Finland), lost to Stepashkin (Soviet Union)→5th place
Light-Welterweight
Iosif Mihalic def. König (Austria), def. Fasoli (Italy), lost to Kulej (Poland)→5th place
Welterweight
Niculescu def. Gutierrez (Mexico), lost to Mabwa (Uganda)
Light-Middleweight
Mârza def. Lee (South Korea), def. Elmahas (United Arab Republic), lost to Grzesiak(Poland)→7th place
Middleweight
Ion Monea def. Kim (South Korea), lost to Schulz (Germany United Team)
Light-Heavyweight
Gheorghe Negrea lost to Kiselyov (Soviet Union)
Heavyweight
Vasile Mariuţan def. Pandov (Bulgaria),lost to Ros (Italy)
Five cyclists represented Romania in 1964.
Individual road race
Gabriel Moiceanu
Constantin Ciocan
Ion Cosma
Gheorghe Bădără
Team time trial
Gheorghe Bădără
Constantin Ciocan
Ion Cosma
Emil Rusu
Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1964.
Women's foil
Ana Ene-Derșidan qualified from Round 1 (2v, 2 d, barrage), qualified from Round 2 (3v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Antonella Ragno (Italy) (8-4)
Olga Orban-Szabo qualified from Round 1 (3 v,2 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v, 1 d), lost in Round 3 to Giovanna Masciotta(Italy) (8-6)
Maria Vicol eliminated in Round 1 (2 v, 3 d)
Women's team foil
Round 1
Defeated U.S.A. (9-1)
Round 2
Lost to Soviet Union (4-9)
Playoff for 5th place
Defeated France (9-6)→5th place
Team Roster:
Olga Orban-Szabo
Ana Ene-Derșidan
Ileana Gyulai
Ecaterina Stahl
Maria Vicol
Men's foil
Ion Drîmbă qualified from Round 1 (4 v, 1 d), qualified from Round 2 (3 v, 2 d), def.in Round 3 Naser Madani (Iran)(10-4), lost in Round 4 to Roland Losert (Austria)(6-10)
Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (6 v,0 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v, 3 d)
Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v,3 d, barrage)
Men's team foil
First round
Def. Argentina (9-0)
Def. France (9-5)
Lost to U.S.A. (8-8,54-62 t.d.)
Quarterfinals
Lost to Poland (5-9)
5-8 Playoff
Def. Hungary (9-5)
Lost to Germany United Team (8-8;57-60 t.d.)→6th place
Team Roster
Ion Drîmbă
Ștefan Haukler
Tănase Mureșanu
Iuliu Falb
Attila Csipler
Men's épée
Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (4 v,3 d), eliminated in Round 2 (0 v, 5 d)
Men's sabre
Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (6 v, 0 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Marcel Parent (France) (10-12)
Octavian Vintilă qualified from Round 1 (3 v, 2 d), eliminated in Round 2 (1 v, 6 d)
Ion Drîmbă qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (3 v, 3 d)
Men's team sabre
Round 1
Def. Australia (9-3)
Def. Great Britain (10-6)
Quarterfinals
Lost to France (6-8)
5-7 playoff
Lost to Hungary (0-9)→7th place
Team Roster
Attila Csipler
Octavian Vintilă
Tănase Mureşanu
Ion Drîmbă
Group stage
Defeated Mexico (3-1)
Drew with Germany United Team (1-1)
Defeated Iran (1-0)
Quarterfinals
Lost to Hungary (0-2)
Consolation Round 1
Defeated Ghana (4-2)
Consolation Round 2
Defeated Yugoslavia (3-0) → 5th place
Team Roster
Ilie Datcu
Ilie Greavu
Ion Nunweiller
Dan Coe
Bujor Hălmăgeanu
Emil Petru
Constantin Koszka
Ion Pârcălab
Gheorghe Constantin
Ion Gheorghe Ionescu
Carol Creiniceanu
Emerich Jenei
Cornel Pavlovici
Marin Andrei
Mircea Petescu
Dumitru Ivan
Sorin Avram
Nicolae Georgescu
Nine shooters represented Romania in 1964.
25 m pistol
Ion Tripșa
Marcel Roșca
50 m pistol
Neagu Bratu
Gavril Maghiar
50 m rifle, three positions
Ion Olărescu
Nicolae Rotaru
50 m rifle, prone
Nicolae Rotaru
Traian Cogut
Trap
Ion Dumitrescu
Gheorghe Enache
Men's Team Competition
Round Robin
Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
Defeated Brazil (3-0)
Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)
Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
Defeated South Korea (3-2)
Defeated Hungary (3-1)
Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
Lost to Japan (0-3)
Defeated United States (3-1) → 4th place
Team Roster
Gheorghe Fieraru
Horaţiu Nicolau
Aurel Drăgan
Iuliu Szőcs
William Schreiber
Mihai Grigorovici
Davila Plocon
Nicolae Bărbuţă
Eduard Derzsi
Mihai Chezan
Constantin Ganciu
Mihai Coste
Women's Team Competition
Round Robin
Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
Lost to Japan (0-3)
Defeated United States (3-0)
Defeated South Korea (3-0)
Lost to Poland (0-3) → 4th place
Team Roster
Ana Mocan
Cornelia Lăzeanu
Natalia Todorovschi
Doina Ivănescu
Doina Rodica Popescu
Sonia Colceru
Lia Vanea
Alexandrina Chezan
Ileana Enculescu
Elisabeta Goloşie
Marina Stanca
First Round
Lost to Italy (3-4)
Defeated Japan (9-4)
Semifinal Round
Defeated Germany United Team (5-4)
Drew with Soviet Union (2-2)
5-8 Tournament
Defeated the Netherlands (6-1)
Lost to Belgium (3-5)→ 5th place
Team Roster
Mircea Ştefănescu (water polo)
Anatolie Grinţescu
Aurel Zahan
Alexandru Szabó
Ştefan Kroner
Cornel Mărculescu
Nicolae Firoiu
Gruia Novac
Iosif Kuliniac
Cosma Liţă
Emil Mureşanu
Freestyle Wrestling
52 kg
Gheorghe Tapalagă lost to Aliev(Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Georgiev (Bulgaria) (fall 9'19)
78 kg
Ştefan Tâmpa lost to Watanabe (Japan) (decision), lost to Heinze (Germany Unified Team) (decision)
97 kg
Ferenc Ballo lost to Medved (Soviet Union) (fall 2'12)drew with Conine (U.S.A.) (2-2)
+97 kg
Ştefan Stângu drew with Kubat (Czechoslovakia) (2-2), lost to Dzhiber (Bulgaria) (decision)
Greco-Roman Style Wrestling
52 kg
Dumitru Pârvulescu def. Jensen (Denmark) (decision), def. Del Rio (Mexico) (fall 2'55), def. Savadov (Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Kerezov (Bulgaria) (decision), lost to Hanahara (Japan) (fall 8'19)(→ Bronze Medal)
57 kg
Ion Cernea drew with Varga (Hungary) def. Knitter (Poland) (decision), def. Švec (Czechoslovakia) (decision), def. Başergil (Turkey) (decision), lost to Trestyanski (Soviet Union) (decision)(→ Bronze Medal)
63 kg
Marin Bolocan lost to Olsson (Sweden) (decision), def. Sayed (Afghanistan) (fall 3'56),drew with Mirmalek (Iran), lost to Mansour (United Arab Republic) (decision)
70 kg
Valeriu Bularca drew with Tapio (Finland), def. Kim (South Korea) (decision), def. Burke (U.S.A.) (foul 7'52), def. Jonsson (Sweden) (decision), drew with Ayvaz (Turkey); entered tiebreak for places 2-4;defeated Gvanseladze (Soviet Union (decision), drew with Fujita (Japan)(→ Silver Medal)
78 kg
Ion Ţăranu def. Todorov (Bulgaria) (decision), drew with Kolesov (Soviet Union), def. Asghian (Iran) (decision), drew with Laakso(Finland)→5th place
82 kg
Gheorghe Popovici drew with Olenik (Soviet Union), lost with Metz (Germany United Team) (decision)
87 kg
Nicolae Martinescu drew with Sosnowski (Poland), def. Bulgarelli (Italy)(decision), def. Yilmaz (Turkey) (decision), def. Wiesberger (Austria) (decision), lost with Radev (Bulgaria)(decision)→4th place
+97 kg
Ştefan Stângu drew with Kasabov (Bulgaria), lost to Svensson (Sweden) (decision).
