Romania competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 165 competitors, 98 men and 67 women, took part in 122 events in 18 sports.
Laura Badea — Fencing, Women's Foil IndividualSimona Amânar — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse VaultConstanţa Burcică-Pipota and Camelia Macoviciuc — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double ScullsVera Cochelea, Liliana Gafencu, Elena Georgescu, Doina Ignat, Elisabeta Lipă, Ioana Olteanu, Mărioara Popescu, Doina Spircu, Anca Tănase — Rowing, Women's Eights CompetitionGabriela Szabo — Athletics, Women's 1.500 mAntonel Borsan and Marcel Glavan — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000 m Canadian PairsLaura Badea, Roxana Scarlat, and Reka Szabo — Fencing, Women's Foil Team CompetitionMarius Urzică — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled HorseDan Burincă — Gymnastics, Men's RingsGina Gogean — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual CompetitionSimona Amânar — Gymnastics, Women's Floor ExercisesLeonard Doroftei — Boxing, Men's Lightweight (60 kg)Marian Simion — Boxing, Men's Welterweight (67 kg)Gheorghe Andriev and Grigore Obreja — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian PairsSimona Amânar — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual CompetitionLavinia Miloşovici — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual CompetitionGina Gogean — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse VaultGina Gogean — Gymnastics, Women's Balance BeamSimona Amânar, Gina Gogean, Ionela Loaieş, Alexandra Marinescu, Lavinia Miloşovici, and Mirela Ţugurlan — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined ExercisesNicu Vlad — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (108 kg)Men's 1,500 metres
Ovidiu OlteanuQualification — 3:38.33 (→ did not advance)Men's 400m Hurdles
Mugur MateescuHeat — 49.97s (→ did not advance)Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
Florin IonescuHeat — 8:31.34Semifinals — 8:28.77 (→ did not advance)Men's Long Jump
Bogdan TarusQualification — 7.96m (→ did not advance)Bogdan TudorQualification — 7.88m (→ did not advance)Men's Discus Throw
Costel GrasuQualification — 58.56m (→ did not advance)Men's 20 km Walk
Costică Bălan
Women's 10.000 metres
Iulia NeguraQualification — 31:40.16Final — 31:26.46 (→ 8th place)Women's 400m Hurdles
Ionela TârleaQualification — 55.42Semifinals — 54.41Final — 54.40 (→ 7th place)Women's Javelin Throw
Felicia TileaQualification — 66.94mFinal — 59.94m (→ 10th place)Women's Discus Throw
Nicole GrasuQualification — 63.00mFinal — 63.28m (→ 7th place)Cristina BoitQualification — 58.10m (→ did not advance)Women's Long Jump
Mihaela GheorghiuQualification — NM (→ did not advance)Women's Triple Jump
Rodica MateescuQualification — 14.22mFinal — 14.21m (→ 8th place)Women's Heptathlon
Liliana NastaseFinal Result — 5847 points (→ 22nd place)Women's Marathon
Lidia Șimon — 2:31.04 (→ 6th place)Anuţa Cătună — 2:42.01 (→ 44th place)Cristina Pomacu — did not finish (→ no ranking)Women's 10 km Walk
Norica Câmpean — 46:19 (→ 29th place)Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Sabin BorneiFirst Round — Defeated José Pérez Reyes (Dominican Republic), 16-10Second Round — Lost to Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 7-18Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
George OlteanuFirst Round — Defeated Samuel Álvarez (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third roundSecond Round — Defeated Kalai Riadh (Tunisia), 16-3Quarter Finals — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 2-24Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Leonard Doroftei → Bronze MedalFirst Round — Defeated Julio Mboumba (Gabon), referee stopped contest in second roundSecond Round — Defeated Sergey Kopenkin (Kyrgyzstan), 10-1Quarter Finals — Defeated Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 17-8Semi Finals — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 6-9Men's Lightweight (– 67 kg)
Marian Simion → Bronze MedalFirst Round — Defeated Hussein Bayram (France), 13-6Second Round — Defeated Fernando Vargas (United States), 8-7Quarter Finals — Defeated Hasan Al (Denmark), 16-8Semi Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 7-20Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Francisc VaştagFirst Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 12-17Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Ovidiu BaliFirst Round — ByeSecond Round — Lost to Christophe Mendy (France), referee stopped contest in second roundWomen's 10m Platform
Clara Elena CiocanPreliminary Heat — 281.52Semi Final — 157.41Final — 256.05 (→ 10th place)Anisoara OprieaPreliminary Heat — 233.34 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)Nine fencers, six men and three women, represented Romania in 1996.
Men's épéeGheorghe EpurescuGabriel PantelimonAurel BratuMen's team épéeAurel Bratu, Gheorghe Epurescu, Gabriel PantelimonMen's sabreVilmoş SzaboFlorin LupeicăMihai CovaliuMen's team sabreFlorin Lupeică, Mihai Covaliu, Vilmoş SzaboWomen's foilLaura Cârlescu-BadeaRoxana ScarlatReka Zsofia Lazăr-SzaboWomen's team foilLaura Cârlescu-Badea, Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo, Roxana ScarlatMen's Individual Competition
Adrian Toader — 5335 pts (→ 14th place)Men's 100 m Freestyle
Nicolae IvanHeat — 51.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)Men's 200 m Freestyle
Nicolae ButacuHeat — 1:50.83B-Final — 1:51.46 (→ 16th place)Men's 100 m Backstroke
Nicolae ButacuHeat — 56.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)Men's 200 m Backstroke
Nicolae ButacuHeat — 2:08.59 (→ did not advance, 34th place)Men's 100 m Butterfly
Răzvan PetcuHeat — 55.50 (→ did not advance, 35th place)Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Nicolae Ivan, Răzvan Petcu, Horaţiu Badiţă, and Alexandru IoanoviciHeat — 3:21.66 (→ did not advance, 10th place)Women's 50 m Freestyle
Luminiţa DobrescuHeat — 26.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)Women's 100 m Freestyle
Luminiţa DobrescuHeat — 56.27B-Final — 55.98 (→ 11th place)Women's 200 m Freestyle
Luminiţa DobrescuHeat — 2:00.85Final — 2:01.63 (→ 8th place)Ioana DiaconescuHeat — 2:04.59 (→ did not advance, 25th place)Women's 400 m Freestyle
Carla NegreaHeat — 4:16.89B-Final — 4:17.08 (→ 16th place)Women's 800 m Freestyle
Carla NegreaHeat — 8:54.19 (→ did not advance, 20th place)Women's 200 m Backstroke
Cătălina CăsaruHeat — 2:15.92B-Final — 2:15.15 (→ 14th place)Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Larisa LăcustăHeat — 1:13.91 (→ did not advance, 35th place)Women's 100 m Butterfly
Loredana ZisuHeat — 1:02.66 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)Women's 200 m Butterfly
Loredana ZisuHeat — 2:17.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Beatrice CăslaruHeat — 2:16.80B-Final — 2:16.75 (→ 12th place)Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Beatrice CăslaruHeat — 4:44.66Final — 4:44.91 (→ 6th place)Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Andrea Trufaşu, and Luminiţa DobrescuHeat – 3:48.43 (→ did not advance, 11th place)Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Luminiţa Dobrescu, Loredana Zisu, Ioana Diaconescu, and Carla NegreaHeat – 8:10.77Final – 8:10.02 (→ 7th place)Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Catalina Căsaru, Beatrice Căslaru, Loredana Zisu, and Luminiţa DobrescuHeat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)Women's Singles Competition
Cătălina CristeaFirst round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 6-2 4-6 2-6Ruxandra DragomirFirst round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 4-6 4-4 retiredPreliminary Round (Group B)Romania – Ukraine 6-6Romania – Croatia 6-11Romania – Greece 5-8Romania – United States 5-10Romania – Italy 9-10Classification Matches9th/12th place: Romania – Netherlands 8-109th/12th place: Romania – Ukraine 11-89th/12th place: Romania – Germany 6-10 (→ Eleventh place)Team RosterEdward AndreiFlorin BoncaRobert DinuNiculae FulgeanuVlad HagiuGelu LisacIstvan MoldvaiDaniel RaduBogdan RathRadu SabăuStefan SandaDinel StemateLiviu TotoliciHead Coach: Rus ViorelMen's 108 kg
Nicu VladSnatch — 197.5 kgClean & Jerk — 222.5 kgTotal — 420.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)