Romania at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Romania at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code ROU
(ROM used at these Games)
NOC Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.cosr.ro (Romanian) (English) (French)
in Atlanta
Competitors 165 (98 men and 67 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Iulică Ruican
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
4 7 9 20
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold Cochelea, VeraVera Cochelea
Gafencu, LilianaLiliana Gafencu
Georgescu, ElenaElena Georgescu
Ignat, DoinaDoina Ignat
Lipă, ElisabetaElisabeta Lipă
Olteanu, IoanaIoana Olteanu
Popescu, MărioaraMărioara Popescu
Spircu, DoinaDoina Spircu
Tănase, AncaAnca Tănase
Rowing Women's eight July 28
 Silver
 Silver
 Silver
 Silver
 Silver
 Silver
 Silver
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
Medals by sport
Sport 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Total
Athletics '
Boxing '
Canoeing '
Fencing '
Gymnastics '
Rowing '
Weightlifting '
Total 4 7 9 20
Medals by gender
Gender 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Total
Male '
Female '
Total 4 7 9 20

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Qualification 3:38.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat 49.97s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

  • Heat 8:31.34
  • Semifinals 8:28.77 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification 7.96m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification 7.88m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification 58.56m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk


Women's 10.000 metres

  • Qualification 31:40.16
  • Final 31:26.46 (→ 8th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification 55.42
  • Semifinals 54.41
  • Final 54.40 (→ 7th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification 66.94m
  • Final 59.94m (→ 10th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification 63.00m
  • Final 63.28m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification 58.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification 14.22m
  • Final 14.21m (→ 8th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result 5847 points (→ 22nd place)

Women's Marathon

Women's 10 km Walk

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight ( 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight ( 54 kg)

  • First Round Defeated Samuel Álvarez (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third round
  • Second Round Defeated Kalai Riadh (Tunisia), 16-3
  • Quarter Finals Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 2-24

Men's Lightweight ( 60 kg)

  • First Round Defeated Julio Mboumba (Gabon), referee stopped contest in second round
  • Second Round Defeated Sergey Kopenkin (Kyrgyzstan), 10-1
  • Quarter Finals Defeated Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 17-8
  • Semi Finals Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 6-9

Men's Lightweight ( 67 kg)

  • First Round Defeated Hussein Bayram (France), 13-6
  • Second Round Defeated Fernando Vargas (United States), 8-7
  • Quarter Finals Defeated Hasan Al (Denmark), 16-8
  • Semi Finals Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 7-20

Men's Light Middleweight ( 71 kg)

Men's Heavyweight ( 91 kg)

  • First Round Bye
  • Second Round Lost to Christophe Mendy (France), referee stopped contest in second round

Canoeing

Diving

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Heat 281.52
  • Semi Final 157.41
  • Final 256.05 (→ 10th place)
  • Preliminary Heat 233.34 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Fencing

Nine fencers, six men and three women, represented Romania in 1996.

Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat 51.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat 1:50.83
  • B-Final 1:51.46 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat 56.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat 2:08.59 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat 55.50 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 3:21.66 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat 26.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat 56.27
  • B-Final 55.98 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat 2:00.85
  • Final 2:01.63 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat 2:04.59 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat 4:16.89
  • B-Final 4:17.08 (→ 16th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat 8:54.19 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat 2:15.92
  • B-Final 2:15.15 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat 1:13.91 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat 1:02.66 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat 2:17.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat 2:16.80
  • B-Final 2:16.75 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat 4:44.66
  • Final 4:44.91 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 3:48.43 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 8:10.77
  • Final 8:10.02 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • First round Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 6-2 4-6 2-6
  • First round Lost to Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 4-6 4-4 retired

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

  • Romania Ukraine 6-6
  • Romania Croatia 6-11
  • Romania Greece 5-8
  • Romania United States 5-10
  • Romania Italy 9-10
  • 9th/12th place: Romania Netherlands 8-10
  • 9th/12th place: Romania Ukraine 11-8
  • 9th/12th place: Romania Germany 6-10 (→ Eleventh place)

Weightlifting

Men's 108 kg

  • Snatch 197.5 kg
  • Clean & Jerk 222.5 kg
  • Total 420.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)

Wrestling

Notes

References

  1. "Romania at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
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