Romania at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Gold

Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual

Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars

Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam

Vasile Dîba — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles

Silver

Simion Cuţov — Boxing, Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Mircea Şimon — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Gheorghe Danilov and Gheorghe Simionov — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs

Teodora Ungureanu — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars

Teodora Ungureanu, Anca Grigoraș, Gabriela Trușcă, Nadia Comăneci, Mariana Constantin, and Georgeta Gabor — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

Constantin Tudosie, Radu Voina, Nicolae Munteanu, Cornel Penu, Werner Stöckl, Roland Gunesch, Gabriel Kicsid, Ghiţă Licu, Alexandru Fölker, Cristian Gațu, Mircea Grabovschi, Ştefan Birtalan, Adrian Cosma, and Cezar Drăgăniṭă — Handball, Men's Team Competition

Gheorghe Berceanu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight

Nicu Ginga — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

Ştefan Rusu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Bronze

Gheorghe Megelea — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw

Victor Zilberman — Boxing, Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Alec Năstac — Boxing, Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Kostica Dafinoiu — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Vasile Dîba — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles

Policarp Malîhin and Larion Serghei — Canoeing, Men's K2 500m Kayak Pairs

Alexandru Nilca, Ioan Pop, Dan Irimiciuc, Corneliu Marin, and Marin Mustata — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition

Danuţ Grecu — Gymnastics, Men's Rings

Teodora Ungureanu — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam

Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises

Ioana Tudoran, Felicia Afrasiloaia, Elena Giurcă, and Maria Micsa — Rowing, Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls

Roman Codreanu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

Stelica Morcov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight

Ladislau Simon — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

Ilie Floroiu

Heat — 28:23.40

Final — 27:59.93 (→ 5th place)

Men's Discus Throw

Iosif Nagy

Qualification — 57.28m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

Éva Ráduly-Zörgő

Qualification — 55.34 m

Final — 55.60 m (→ 11th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Remus Cosma

1st Round — Lost to Payao Pooltarat (Thailand), 1-4

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Ibraim Faredin lost to Gu Yong Jo (North Korea) 1-4

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Gheorghe Ciochină def. Jackson Ouma (Kenya) WO,def. René Weller (West Germany) 4-1, lost to Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) KO 3rd round

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

Simion Cuțov def. Silvester Mittee (Great Britain) RSCH 3rd round, def. Nelson Calzadilla (Venezuela) 5-0,def. Ove Lundby (Sweden) 5-0,def. Vasili Solomin (Soviet Union) 5-0, lost to Howard Davis (USA) 0-5 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

Calistrat Cuțov def. Jean-Claude Ruiz (France) 5-0, def. Sjamsul Hanrahap (Indonesia) 5-0, lost to Vladimir Kolev (Bulgaria) (0-5)

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

Victor Zilberman def. Amon Kotey (Ghana) WO, def. Colin Jones (Great Britain)5-0, def. Carlos Santos (Puerto Rico) 3-2, lost to Jochen Bachfeld (East Germany) 2-3 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

Vasile Didea def. Michael Prevost (Canada) disq.3rd round, def. Naiden Stanchev (Bulgaria) 3-2, lost to Tadija Kačar (Yugoslavia) 0-5

Men's Middleweight (71 kg)

Alec Năstac def. Philip Mc. Elwaine (Australia) 3-2, def. Fernando Martins (Brazil) 3-2, lost to Michael Spinks (USA) WO (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

Costică Dafinoiu def. Robert Nixon (Guyana) WO, def. Robert Burgess (Bermuda) 5-0, lost to Sixto Soria (Cuba) abandon 1st round (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg)

Mircea Simon def. Trevor Berbick (Jamaica) 5-0, def. Atanas Suvandjiev (Bulgaria) 4-1, def. Clarence Hill (Bermuda) 5-0, lost to Teofilo Stevenson (Cuba) abandon 3rd round (→ Silver Medal)

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Romania in 1976.

Men's foil

Petru Kuki

Mihai Țiu

Tudor Petruș

Men's team foil

Petru Kuki, Mihai Țiu, Tudor Petruș, Petrică Buricea

Men's épée

Nicolae Iorgu

Paul Szabo

Anton Pongratz

Men's team épée

Ioan Popa, Anton Pongratz, Nicolae Iorgu, Paul Szabo

Men's sabre

Ioan Pop

Dan Irimiciuc

Cornel Marin

Men's team sabre

Dan Irimiciuc, Ioan Pop, Marin Mustață, Cornel Marin, Alexandru Nilca

Women's foil

Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic

Magdalena Bartoș

Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu

Women's team foil

Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Magdalena Bartoș

Handball

-;Women's Team Competition

Championship Pool

Lost to East Germany (12-18)

Lost to Soviet Union (8-14)

Defeated Japan (21-20)

Defeated Canada (17-11)

Lost to Hungary (15-20)→ 4th place

Team Roster

Elisabeta Ionescu

Rozalia Sóos

Simona Arghir

Georgeta Lăcustă

Doina Furcoiu

Niculina Sasu

Cristina Petrovici

Constantina Pițigoi

Doina Cojocaru

Magdalena Miklos

Maria Bosi

Doina Ionică

-;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Pool, Group B

Defeated Hungary (23-18)

Defeated USA (32-19)

Drew with Czechoslovakia (19-19)

Defeated Poland (17-15)

Final Round, Gold Medal Match

Lost to Soviet Union (15-19)(→ Silver Medal)

Team Roster

Cornel Penu

Nicolae Munteanu

Gabriel Kicsid

Ghiţă Licu

Cezar Drǎgǎniță

Cristian Gațu

Radu Voina

Roland Gunesch

Alexandru Folker

Ștefan Birtalan

Adrian Cosma

Constantin Tudosie

Werner Stockl

Mircea Grabovschi

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Team Roster

Adrian Nastasiu

Adrian Schervan

Claudiu Ioan Rusu

Corneliu Rusu

Dinu Popescu

Doru Spînu

Florin Slâvei

Gheorghe Zamfirescu

Ilie Slâvei

Liviu Râducanu

Viorel Rus

Wrestling

Greco-Roman Wrestling

48 kg

Gheorghe Berceanu def. Moriwaki(Japan) 4-3, def. Zajączkowski (Poland) fall 0:20, def. Kawasaki (Canada) 14-1, def. Hinz (East Germany) fall 2:08, def. Angelov (Bulgaria) 4-3, lost to Shumakov (Soviet Union) 6-10 (→ Silver Medal)

52 kg

Nicu Gingă def. Kirov (Bulgaria) injury 5:11, lost to Konstantinov (Soviet Union) 11-17, def. Kraus (West Germany) disq. 7:08, def. Caltabiano (Italy) 11-1, def. Hirayama (Japan) disq. 5:45 (→ Silver Medal)

57 kg

Mihai Boțilă def. Józef Lipień (Poland) disq., def. Ahn Han Yung (South Korea) 8-0, lost to Mustafin (Soviet Union) 6-14, def. Krysta (Czechoslovakia) 12-0, lost to Pertti Ukkola (Finland) disq. 5:19 →5th place

62 kg

Ion Păun def. Malmkvist (Sweden) fall 5:40, def. Choi Kyung Soo (South Korea) fall 5:53, def. Hjelt (Finland) 11-4, lost to Miyahara (Japan) 2-6, lost to Réczi (Hungary) injury 1:25 →5th place

68 kg

Ștefan Rusu def. Andrzej Supron (Poland) 13-1, def. Kim Halmyung (South Korea) fall 2:49, def. Kobayashi (Japan) disq. 3:45, lost to Suren Nalbandyan (Soviet Union) 3-5, def. Wehling (East Germany) disq. 7:45 (→ Silver Medal)

74 kg

Gheorghe Ciobotaru drew with Karlsson (Sweden) double disqualification, def. Nagatomo (Japan) disq. 6:50,def. Kiss (Austria) fall 5:41, lost to Bykov (Soviet Union) 6-7 →6th place

82 kg

Ion Enache def. Cummings (Canada) injury 7:40, def. Andersson (Sweden) 6-4, drew with Kolev (Bulgaria) 8-8, lost to Momir Petković (Yugoslavia) 2-3 →7th place

90 kg

Petre Dicu lost to Sellyei (Hungary) 2-7, lost to Rezantsev (Soviet Union) fall 2:51

100 kg

Nicolae Martinescu lost to Nikolay Balboshin (Soviet Union) fall 1:23, def. N'diaye (Senegal) fall 2:18, lost to Goranov (Bulgaria) 5:51 →7th place

+100 kg

Roman Codreanu def. Ronnyai (Hungary) disq. 7:22, def. Robertsson (Sweden) disq. 3:59, def. Wolff (West Germany) disq. 5:15, def. Lee (USA) disq. 7:30, lost to Aleksandr Kolchinski (Soviet Union) fall 0:37, lost to Tomov (Bulgaria) injury 0:32 (→ Bronze Medal)

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