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Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics

IOC code
  
ROU(ROM used at these Games)

NOC
  
Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee

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

Competitors
  
172 (104 men and 68 women) in 18 sports

MedalsRanked 14th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal46818

Romania competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Summer Games for the nation after the fall of Communism in 1989. 172 competitors, 104 men and 68 women, took part in 128 events in 18 sports.

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Medalists

Romania finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 18 medals overall.

Gold

  • Lavinia Miloşovici — Gymnastics, Women's Vaulting
  • Lavinia Miloşovici — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises **(scored the last perfect ' 10 ' in Olympic Gymnastics competition)
  • Elisabeta Lipă — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
  • Dimitrie Popescu, Dumitru Răducanu, Iulică Ruican, Nicolae Țaga, and Viorel Talapan — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

    • Silver

  • Galina Astafei — Athletics, Women's High Jump
  • Cristina Bontaş, Gina Gogean, Vanda Hădărean, Lavinia Miloşovici, Maria Neculiţă, and Mirela Paşca — Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition
  • Vera Cochelea and Elisabeta Lipă — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
  • Constanţa Burcică-Pipota, Vera Cochelea, Anişoara Dobre-Bălan, and Doina Ignat — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
  • Adriana Bazon-Chelariu, Iulia Bobeica, Elena Georgescu, Viorica Lepădatu, Viorica Neculai, Ioana Olteanu, Maria Păduraru, and Doina Robu — Rowing, Women's Eights
  • Dănuț Dobre, Marin Gheorghe, Claudiu Gabriel Marin, Vasile Ionel Măstăcan, Vasile Dorel Năstase, Valentin Robu, Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, and Ioan Iulian Vizitiu — Rowing, Men's Eights

    • Bronze

  • Cristina Bontaş — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise
  • Lavinia Miloşovici — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Finals
  • Leonard Doroftei — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  • Laura Badea, Roxana Daniela Dumitrescu, Claudia Laura Grigorescu, Reka Szabo, and Elisabeta Tufan-Guzganu — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
  • Dimitrie Popescu, Dumitru Răducanu, and Nicolae Țaga — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
  • Sorin Babii — Shooting, Air Pistol
  • Traian Cihărean — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (52 kg)
  • Ioan Grigoraş — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

    • Athletics

    Men's 110m Hurdles

  • Mircea Oaida
  • Heats — 14.04 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Long Jump

  • Bogdan Tudor
  • Qualification — 8.07 m
  • Final — 7.61 m (→ 12th place)

    • Men's Discus Throw

  • Costel Grasu
  • Qualification — 63.06 m
  • Final — 62.86 m (→ 4th place)

    • Men's Shot Put

  • Gheorghe Guşet
  • Qualification — 18.96 m (→ did not advance)


    • Women's 800 metres

  • Ella Kovacs
  • Heat — 1:59.88
  • Semifinal — 2:00.89
  • Final — 1:57.95 (→ 6th place)
  • Leontina Salagean
  • Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Nicoleta Carutasu
  • Heat — 57.18 (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Marathon

  • Elena Murgoci — 3:01.46 (→ 32nd place)

    • Women's High Jump

  • Galina Astafei
  • Qualification — 1.92 m
  • Final — 2.00 m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Oana Musunoi
  • Qualification — 1.86 m (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Long Jump

  • Mirela Dulgheru
  • Heat — 6.83 m
  • Final — 6.71 m (→ 4th place)
  • Marieta Ilcu
  • Heat — 6.46 m (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Discus Throw

  • Nicoleta Grasu
  • Heat — 60.62m (→ did not advance)
  • Manuela Tirneci
  • Heat — 59.44m (→ did not advance)
  • Cristina Boit
  • Heat — 56.68m (→ did not advance)

    • Women's Heptathlon

  • Petra Vaideanu
  • Final result — 6152 points (→ 13th place)

    • Boxing

    Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Valentin Barbu
  • First Round – Defeated Mohammed Haioun (ALG), 11:2
  • Second Round – Defeated Tadahiro Sasaki (JPN), 10:7
  • Quarterfinals – Lost to Jan Quast (GER), 7:15

    • Diving

    Men's 10m Platform

  • Gabriel Chereches
  • Preliminary Round — 327.72 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

    • Women's 3m Springboard

  • Ionica Tudor
  • Preliminary Round — 258.15 points (→ did not advance, 20th place)

    • Women's 10m Platform

  • Ioana Voicu
  • Final — 369.87 points (→ 9th place)
  • Clara Elena Ciocan
  • Preliminary Round — 283.92 points (→ did not advance, 15th place)

    • Fencing

    15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented Romania in 1992.

    Men's épée
  • Adrian Pop
  • Gabriel Pantelimon
  • Cornel Milan
    • Men's team épée
  • Adrian Pop, Gabriel Pantelimon, Cornel Milan, Gheorghe Epurescu, Nicolae Mihăilescu
    • Men's sabre
  • Daniel Grigore
  • Vilmoş Szabo
  • Alexandru Chiculiţă
    • Men's team sabre
  • Alexandru Chiculiţă, Victor Gaureanu, Daniel Grigore, Florin Lupeică, Vilmoş Szabo
    • Women's foil
  • Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo
  • Claudia Grigorescu
  • Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan
    • Women's team foil
  • Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo, Claudia Grigorescu, Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan, Laura Cârlescu-Badea, Roxana Dumitrescu

    • Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Romania – Egypt 22-21
  • Romania – Germany 20-20
  • Romania – Spain 20-21
  • Romania – France 20-26
  • Romania – Unified Team 25-27
  • Classification Match
  • 7th/8th place: Romania – Hungary 19-23 (→ Eighth place)
  • Team Roster
  • Daniel Apostu
  • Dumitru Berbece
  • Mitica Bontas
  • Alexandru Buligan
  • Alexandru Dedu
  • Marian Dumitru
  • Robert Ioan Licu
  • Ion Mocanu
  • Costica Neagu
  • Adi Daniel Popovici
  • Ioan Rudi Prisacaru
  • Ionel Radu
  • Gheorghe-Titel Raduta
  • Gabriel Sorin Toacsen
  • Maricel Voinea
  • Valentin Cristian Zaharia
  • Head Coach: Cezar Paul Nica

    • Modern pentathlon

    One male pentathlete represented Romania in 1992.

    Individual
  • Marian Gheorghe

    • Rowing

    Men's Coxless Pairs

  • Vasile Tomoiagă and Dragoş Neagu

    • Men's Coxed Pairs

  • Dimitrie Popescu, Neculai Ţaga and Dumitru Răducanu

    • Men's Coxless Fours

  • Vasile Hanuseac, Nicolae Spîrcu, Florin Ene, and Ioan Snep

    • Men's Coxed Fours

  • Viorel Talapan, Iulică Ruican, Dimitrie Popescu, Neculai Ţaga, and Dumitru Răducanu

    • Men's coxed eight

  • Ioan Vizitiu, Dănuț Dobre, Gabriel Marin, Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, Vasile Năstase, Valentin Robu, Vasile Măstăcan, and Marin Gheorghe

    • Women's Single Sculls

  • Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă

    • Women's Double Sculls

  • Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă and Veronica Cogeanu-Cochelea

    • Women's Coxless Pairs

  • Doina Șnep-Bălan and Doina Robu

    • Women's Quadruple Sculls

  • Constanţa Burcică-Pipota, Vera Cochelea, Anişoara Dobre-Bălan, and Doina Ignat — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls

    • Women's Coxless Fours

  • Victoria Lepădatu, Iulia Bobeică-Bulie, Adriana Chelariu-Bazon, and Maria Pădurariu

    • Women's coxed eight

  • Adriana Bazon-Chelariu, Iulia Bobeica, Elena Georgescu, Viorica Lepădatu, Viorica Neculai, Ioana Olteanu, Maria Păduraru, and Doina Robu — Rowing, Women's Eights

    • Swimming

    Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Robert Pinter
  • Heat – 1:52.24 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

    • Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Robert Pinter
  • Heat – 1:59.59
  • Final – 1:59.34 (→ 7th place)

    • Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Marian Satnoianu
  • Heat – 2:06.45 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

    • Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Marian Satnoianu
  • Heat – 4:26.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)


    • Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Liliana Dobrescu
  • Heat – 26.76 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Diana Ureche
  • Heat – 26.96 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

    • Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Liliana Dobrescu
  • Heat – 56.45
  • B-Final – 56.17 (→ 10th place)
  • Diana Ureche
  • Heat – 58.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

    • Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Liliana Dobrescu
  • Heat – 2:00.51
  • Final – 2:00.48 (→ 5th place)
  • Carla Negrea
  • Heat – 2:03.16
  • B-Final – 2:02.96 (→ 15th place)

    • Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Beatrice Coada
  • Heat – 4:16.23
  • B-Final – 4:14.90 (→ 12th place)
  • Carla Negrea
  • Heat – 4:17.00
  • B-Final – 4:14.92 (→ 13th place)

    • Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Beatrice Coada
  • Heat – 8:44.17 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
  • Carla Negrea
  • Heat – 8:48.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

    • Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Claudia Stanescu
  • Heat – 1:04.44 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

    • Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Claudia Stanescu
  • Heat – 2:18.39 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

    • Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Beatrice Coada
  • Heat – 2:34.97 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

    • Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Diana Ureche
  • Heat – 1:02.72 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
  • Iuliana Pantilimon
  • Heat – 1:04.07 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

    • Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Iuliana Pantilimon
  • Heat – 2:15.44
  • B-Final – 2:14.95 (→ 14th place)
  • Corina Dumitru
  • Heat – 2:16.86 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

    • Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Noemi Lung
  • Heat – 2:18.12
  • B-Final – 2:18.97 (→ 13th place)

    • Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Beatrice Coada
  • Heat – 4:48.12
  • B-Final – 4:50.60 (→ 15th place)
  • Noemi Lung
  • Heat – 4:53.91 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

    • Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Diana Ureche, Carla Negrea, Beatrice Coada, and Liliana Dobrescu
  • Heat – 3:55.52 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

    • Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Claudia Stanescu, Beatrice Coada, Diana Ureche, and Liliana Dobrescu
  • Heat – 4:17.91 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

    • Tennis

    Men's Singles Competition

  • Andrei Pavel
  • First round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 5-7, 2-6, 2-6

    • Men's Doubles Competition

  • George Cosac and Dinu Pescariu
  • First round — Defeated László Markovits and Sándor Noszály (Hungary) retired
  • Second round — Defeated Omar Camporese and Diego Nargiso (Italy) 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval (South Africa) 0-6, 3-6, 2-6

    • Women's Singles Competition

  • Irina Spîrlea
  • First Round – Lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) 1-6, 3-6

    • References

    Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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