Romania competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 228 competitors, 154 men and 74 women, took part in 135 events in 20 sports.
Toma Simionov and Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
Sanda Toma — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
Corneliu Ion — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
Ştefan Rusu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Vasile Dîba, Nicuşor Eşanu, Ion Geanta, and Mihai Zafiu — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
Petre Capusta and Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
Emilia Eberle — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
Nadia Comăneci, Rodica Dunca, Emilia Eberle, Melita Ruhn, and Dumitriţa Turner — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
Constantin Alexandru — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
Dumitru Cipere — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
Valentin Silaghi — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Vasile Dîba — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Ion Bîrlădeanu — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
Anghelache Donescu, Petre Rosca and Durnitru Velicu — Equestrian, Dressage Team
Melita Ruhn — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
Melita Ruhn — Gymnastics, Women's Uneven Bars
Ştefan Birtalan, Iosif Boros, Adrian Cosma, Cezar Draganita, Marian Dumitru, Cornel Durau, Alexandru Fölker, Claudiu Eugen Ionescu, Nicolae Munteanu, Vasile Stinga, Lucian Vasilache, Neculai Vasilca, Radu Voina, and Maricel Voinea — Handball, Men's Team Competition
Olga Homeghi and Valeria Răcilă — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
Angelica Aposteanu, Elena Bondar, Florica Bucur, Maria Constantinescu, Elena Dobrițoiu, Rodica Frintu, Ana Iliuță, and Marlena Zagoni-Predescu — Rowing, Women's Eights
Marius Cata-Chitiga, Valter-Corneliu Chifu, Laurentiu Dumanoiu, Günther Enescu, Dan Girleanu, Sorin Macavei, Corneliu Oros, Neculae Vasile Pop, Constantin Sterea, and Nicu Stoian — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
Petre Dicu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Vasile Andrei — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
In its first appearance at the Olympic archery competition, Romania was represented by two men and two women. The best result for the nation was earned by Aurora Chin, at 13th place.
Women's Individual Competition:
Aurora Chin - 2319 pts (→ 13th place)
Terezia Preda - 2195 pts (→ 24th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Andrei Berki - 2389 pts (→ 15th place)
Mihai Birzu - 2280 pts (→ 25th place)
Men's 10,000 metres
Ilie Floroiu
Heat — 29:03.1
Final — 28:16.3 (→ 10th place)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
Horia Toboc
Heat — 50.89
Semifinals — 50.58
Final — 49.84 (→ 6th place)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Vasile Bichea
Heat — 8:35.4
Semifinals — 8:24.3
Final — 8:23.9 (→ 9th place)
Paul Copu
Heat — 8:45.6
Semifinals — 8:45.0 (→ did not advance)
Nicolae Voicu
Heat — 8:49.0 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
Adrian Proteasa
Qualification — 2.21 m
Final — 2.21 m (→ 7th place)
Sorin Matei
Qualification — 2.21 m
Final — 2.18 m (→ 13th place)
Men's Discus Throw
Iosif Nagy
Qualification — 59.34 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's 800 metres
Doina Melinte
Heat — 2:01.9
Semifinals — 2:00.8 (→ did not advance)
Fiţa Lovin
Heat — 2:00.2
Semifinals — 1:59.2 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 metres
Maricica Puică
Heat — 4:01.7
Final — 4:01.3 (→ 7th place)
Ileana Silai
Heat — 4:04.7
Final — 4:03.0 (→ 8th place)
Natalia Marasescu
Heat — 4:05.9
Final — 4:04.8 (→ 9th place)
Women's High Jump
Cornelia Popa
Qualification — 1.88 m
Final — 1.88 m (→ 8th place)
Women's Discus Throw
Florenţa Ţacu
Qualification — 60.40 m
Final — 64.38 m (→ 6th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Éva Ráduly-Zörgő
Qualification — 63.84 m
Final — 64.08 m (→ 7th place)
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
Dumitru Şchiopu
First Round — Defeated Adel Hammoude (Syria) after knock-out in second round
Second Round — Defeated Antti Juntumaa (Finland) on points (4-1)
Quarter Finals — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (4-1)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
Daniel Radu
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Keith Wallace (Great Britain) on points (4-1)
Quarter Finals — Lost to János Váradi (Hungary) on points (1-4)
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
Dumitru Cipere → Bronze Medal
First Round — Defeated Mario Behrendt (East Germany) on points (5-0)
Second Round — Defeated Lucky Mutale (Zambia) on points (5-0)
Third Round — Defeated Ryszard Czerwinski (Poland) on points (5-0)
Quarter Finals — Defeated Samson Khachatrian (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
Semi Finals — Lost to Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (2-3)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
Titi Cercel
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Róbert Gönczi (Hungary) on points (5-0)
Third Round — Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
Florian Livadaru
First Round — Defeated Tadesse Haile (Ethiopia) after disqualification in third round
Second Round — Defeated Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round
Quarter Finals — Lost to Kazimierz Adach (Poland) after referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)
Simion Cuçov
First Round — Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Teodor Pîrjol
First Round — Lost to Francesco Damiani (Italy) on points (1-4)
Two cyclists represented Romania in 1980.
Individual road race
Mircea Romaşcanu
Teodor Vasile
Men's Springboard
Alexandru Adrian Bagiu
Preliminary Round — 427.35 points (→ 23rd place, did not advance)
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Romania in 1980.
Men's foil
Petru Kuki
Mihai Ţiu
Tudor Petruş
Men's team foil
Petru Kuki, Mihai Ţiu, Sorin Roca, Tudor Petruş
Men's épée
Ioan Popa
Anton Pongratz
Octavian Zidaru
Men's team épée
Ioan Popa, Octavian Zidaru, Anton Pongratz, Costică Bărăgan
Men's sabre
Cornel Marin
Ioan Pop
Marin Mustaţă
Men's team sabre
Ioan Pop, Marin Mustaţă, Cornel Marin, Ion Pantelimonescu, Alexandru Nilca
Women's foil
Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic
Marcela Moldovan-Zsak
Suzana Ardeleanu
Women's team foil
Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Viorica Ţurcanu, Suzana Ardeleanu, Aurora Dan
Handball
Men's team competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Defeated Kuwait (32-12)
Defeated Algeria (26-18)
Lost to Yugoslavia (21-23)
Defeated Soviet Union (22-19)
Defeated Switzerland (18-16)
Classification Match
Bronze Medal Match: Defeated Hungary (20-18) → Bronze Medal
Team Roster
Nicolae Munteanu
Marian Dumitru
Iosif Boros
Maricel Voinea
Vasile Stîngă
Radu Voina
Cezar Draganita
Cornel Durau
Ştefan Birtalan
Alexandru Fölker
Neculai Vasilca
Lucian Vasilache
Adrian Cosma
Claudiu Eugen Ionescu
Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1980.
Men's Individual Competition:
Dumitru Spîrlea — 5058 pts, 22nd place
Gyula Galovici — 4,935 pts, 27th place
Cezar Răducanu — 4,397 pts, 41st place
Men's Team Competition:
Spîrlea, Câllovits, and Râducanu — 14,390 pts, 11th place
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Brigitte Prass
Heats — 1:15.10 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
Irinel Panulescu
Heats — 5:07.74 (→ did not advance)
Mariana Paraschiv
Heats — 5:04.56 (→ did not advance)
Women's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)
Defeated Hungary (3-2)
Defeated Brazil (3-2)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Lost to Peru (0-3)
7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 8th place
Team Roster
Mariana Ionescu
Gabriela Coman
Doina Savoiu
Victoria Georgescu
Ileana Dobroschi
Victoria Banciu
Irina Petculet
Crina Georgescu
Iuliana Enescu
Ioana Liteanu
Corina Crivat
Elena Piron
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round, Group B
Defeated Libya 3-0 (3, 1, 1)
Lost to Poland 1-3 (9,-12, -13, -13)
Defeated Brazil 3-1 (-11, 4, 12, 3)
Defeated Yugoslavia 3-1 (9, -14, 8, 12)
Semi-final
Lost to Soviet Union 0-3 (-6, -10, -5)
Bronze Medal Match
Defeated Poland 3-1 (10, -9, 13,9) (→ Bronze Medal)
Team Roster
Corneliu Oros
Laurențiu Dumănoiu
Dan Gîrleanu
Nicu Stoian
Sorin Macovei
Constantin Sterea
Neculae Pop
Günther Enescu
Corneliu Chifu
Marius Căta-Chițiga
Florin Mina
Viorel Manole
Men's team competition
Preliminary Round (Group B)
Drew with Hungary (6-6)
Defeated Greece (6-4)
Lost to Netherlands (3-5)
Final Round (Group B)
Lost to Italy (3-5)
Drew with Australia (4-4)
Defeated Sweden (8-3)
Defeated Bulgaria (10-6)
Defeated Greece (11-8) → 9th place
Team Roster
Doru Spînu
Vasile Ungureanu
Dorin Viorel Costras
Adrian Nastasiu
Dinu Popescu
Claudiu loan Rusu
Ilie Slâvei
Liviu Râducanu
Viorel Rus
Adrian Schervan
Florin Slâvei
