Romania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 145 competitors, 71 men and 74 women, took part in 116 events in 16 sports. At the Games, there was some controversy when gymnast Andreea Răducan was stripped of her individual all-around gold medal after testing positive for a stimulant. Răducan had taken cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine given to her by a team doctor.
These games were Romania's best showing, both in number of gold medals and total medals won at a non-boycotted games.
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Florin Ionescu
Round 1 — 08:37.44 (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put
Gheorghe Guşet
Qualifying — 18.56 (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus
Costel Grasu
Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
Bogdan Ţărus
Qualifying — 8.00
Final — 8.00 (→ 8th place)
Men's Triple Jump
Ionuţ Pungă
Qualifying — 16.72 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
Costică Bălan
Final — 1:23:42 (→ 18th place)
Women's 400 m
Otillia Silvia Ruicu
Round 1 — 52.65
Round 2 — 52.28 (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 m
Elena Iagăr
Round 1 — 02:07.56 (→ did not advance)
Women's 1,500 m
Gabriela Szabo
Round 1 — 04:08.33
Semifinal — 04:07.38
Final — 04:05.27 (→ Bronze Medal)
Violeta Szekely
Round 1 — 04:10.18
Semifinal — 04:06.60
Final — 04:05.15 (→ Silver Medal)
Elena Iagăr
Round 1 — 04:11.35
Semifinal — 04:14.75 (→ did not advance)
Women's 5,000 m
Gabriela Szabo
Round 1 — 15:08.36
Final — 14:40.79 (→ Gold Medal) — Olympic record
Women's 400 m Hurdles
Ionela Târlea
Round 1 — 56.40
Semifinal — 54.70
Final — 54.35 (→ 6th place)
Women's Discus
Nicoleta Grasu
Qualifying — 58.87 (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw
Ana Mirela Ţermure
Qualifying — 56.31 (→ did not advance)
Felicea Moldovan Tilea
Qualifying — 58.75 (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump
Cristina Elena Nicolau
Qualifying — 14.14
Final — 14.17 (→ 6th place)
Women's High Jump
Oana Manuela Pantelimon
Qualifying — 1.94
Final — 1.99 (→ Bronze Medal)
Monica Iagăr-Dinescu
Qualifying — 1.94
Final — 1.93 (→ 9th place)
Women's 20 km Walk
Norica Câmpean
Final — 1:31:50 (→ 6th place)
Ana Maria Groza
Final — 1:33:38 (→ 13th place)
Women's Marathon
Lidia Șimon
Final — 2:23:22 (→ Silver Medal)
Alina Gherasim
Final — 2:36:16 (→ 29th place)
Anuţa Cătună
Final — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's Heptathlon
Viorica Ţigău
100 m Hurdles — 13.39
High Jump — 1.72
Shot Put — 11.53
200 m — 24.80
Long Jump — 6.01
Javelin Throw — 43.38
800 m — 02:19.65
Points — 5893 (→ 18th place)
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Marian Velicu
Round 1 — Defeated Ramazan Ballioglu of Turkey
Round 2 — Lost to Maikro Romero of Cuba (→ did not advance)
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Bogdan Dobrescu
Round 1 — Defeated Yang Xiangzhong of PR China
Round 2 — Lost to Manuel Mantilla of Cuba (→ did not advance)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
George Olteanu
Round 1 — Defeated Artour Mikaelian of Greece
Round 2 — Defeated Cesar Morales Velazquez of Mexico
Quarterfinal — Lost to Clarence Vinson of United States (→ did not advance)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Ovidiu Bobîrnat
Round 1 — Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Gheorghe Lungu
Round 1 — Defeated Adisu Tebebu of Ethiopia
Round 2 — Lost to Cristian Bejarano of Mexico (→ did not advance)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Dorel Simion
Round 1 — Defeated Ruben Fuchu of Puerto Rico
Round 2 — Defeated Roberto Guerra of Cuba
Quarterfinal — Defeated Steven Küchler of Germany
Semifinal — Lost to Oleg Saitov of Russia — Bronze medal
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Marian Simion
Round 1 — Defeated Ciro Fabio di Corcia of Italy
Round 2 — Defeated José Luis Zertuche of Mexico
Quarterfinal — Defeated Frédéric Esther of France
Semifinal — Defeated Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand
Final — Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov of Kazakhstan — Silver medal
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Adrian Diaconu
Round 1 — Defeated Abdelhani Kinzi of Algeria
Round 2 — Defeated Jitender Kumar of India
Quarterfinal — Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez of Cuba (→ did not advance)
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Grigore Claudiu Rasco
Round 1 — Lost to Sergei Mikhailov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)
Men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)
Constantin Onofrei
Round 1 — Bye
Round 2 — Lost to Samuel Peter of Nigeria (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
Geza Magyar
Qualifying Heat — 01:42.733
Semifinal — 01:41.482 (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m
Marian Băban
Qualifying Heat — 03:45.127
Semifinal — 03:47.215 (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m
Vasile Curuzan, Nicu Romică Şerban
Qualifying Heat — 01:33.184
Semifinal — 01:32.975 (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m
Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Nicu Romică Şerban, Marian Sîrbu
Qualifying Heat — 03:05.341
Semifinal — 03:05.101 (→ did not advance)
Men's Canoe Singles 500 m
Florin Huidu
Qualifying Heat — 01:53.076
Semifinal — 01:53.277 (→ did not advance)
Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m
Florin Huidu
Qualifying Heat — 03:56.770
Semifinal — 04:03.901 (→ did not advance)
Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m
Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop
Qualifying Heat — 01:41.904
Semifinal — Bye
Final — 01:54.260 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m
Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop
Qualifying Heat — 03:37.340
Semifinal — Bye
Final — 03:37.355 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
Sanda Toma
Qualifying Heat — 01:54.738
Semifinal — 01:56.310 (→ did not advance)
Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m
Raluca Andreea Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău
Qualifying Heat — 01:43.204
Semifinal — Bye
Final — 01:59.264 (→ 4th place)
Women's Kayak Fours 500 m
Sanda Toma, Raluca Andreea Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu
Qualifying Heat — 01:35.935
Semifinal — Bye
Final — 01:37.010 (→ Bronze Medal)
Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Romania in 2000.
Men's sabre
Mihai Covaliu
Victor Gaureanu
Florin Lupeică
Men's team sabre
Mihai Covaliu, Florin Lupeică, Victor Gaureanu
Women's foil
Laura Cârlescu-Badea
Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Dragoş Coman
Preliminary Heat — 1:50.20 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Dragoş Coman
Preliminary Heat — 03:48.77
Final — 03:47.38 (→ 5th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Dragoş Coman
Preliminary Heat — 15:12.64 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Ioan Gherghel
Preliminary Heat — 54.13 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
Ioan Gherghel
Preliminary Heat — 01:59.48 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Răzvan Florea
Preliminary Heat — 56.35 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
Răzvan Florea
Preliminary Heat — 01:59.79
Semi-final — 01:59.44
Final — 01:59.05 (→ 6th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Cezar Bădiţă
Preliminary Heat — 02:02.48
Semi-final — 02:02.02 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Cezar Bădiţă
Preliminary Heat — 04:17.11
Final — 04:20.91 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle
Dragoş Coman, Cezar Bădiţă, Răzvan Florea, Ioan Gherghel
Preliminary Heat — 07:24.06 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Camelia Potec
Preliminary Heat — 02:00.18
Semi-final — 01:59.54
Final — 01:59.46 (→ 7th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
Camelia Potec
Preliminary Heat — 04:11.92 (→ did not advance)
Simona Păduraru
Preliminary Heat — 04:13.89 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Diana Mocanu
Preliminary Heat — 59.72
Semi-final — 59.12
Final — 59.43 (→ 8th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Beatrice Căslaru
Preliminary Heat — 02:27.59 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Diana Mocanu
Preliminary Heat — 01:01.18
Semi-final — 01:00.70
Final — 01:00.21 (→ Gold Medal) — Olympic Record
Women's 200 m Backstroke
Diana Mocanu
Preliminary Heat — 02:09.21
Semi-final — 02:09.64
Final — 02:08.61 (→ Gold Medal)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Beatrice Căslaru
Preliminary Heat — 02:13.72
Semi-final — 02:13.31
Final — 02:12.57 (→ Silver Medal)
Diana Mocanu
Preliminary Heat — 02:29.58 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Beatrice Căslaru
Preliminary Heat — 04:41.04
Final — 04:37.18 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Floina Herea, Simona Păduraru, Diana Mocanu, and Camelia Potec
Preliminary Heat — 03:48.78 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Beatrice Căslaru, Ioana Diaconescu, Floina Herea, Simona Păduraru, and Camelia Potec
Preliminary Heat — 08:05.24
Final — 08:01.63 (→ 4th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Oana Strătianu, Floina Herea, Simona Păduraru, and Raluca Udroiu
Preliminary Heat — 04:23.56 (→ did not advance)
Men
