Romania at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Romania at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (Romanian) (English) (French)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	97 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Cătălina Ponor (opening)[1] Simona Pop (closing)
Medals Ranked 47th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 2 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Romania competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's participation started in 1900 and marked its official debut in 1924, Romanian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions. Romania missed the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the period of the worldwide Great Depression, and the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Loredana Dinu Simona Gherman Simona Pop Ana Maria Popescu Fencing Women's team épée 11 August  Silver Horia Tecău Florin Mergea Tennis Men's doubles 12 August  Bronze Mădălina Bereș Andreea Boghian Adelina Boguș Roxana Cogianu Iuliana Popa Laura Oprea Mihaela Petrilă Ioana Strungaru Daniela Druncea (cox) Rowing Women's eight 13 August  Bronze Albert Saritov Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg 21 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Fencing 1 0 0 1 Tennis 0 1 0 1 Rowing 0 0 1 1 Wrestling 0 0 1 1 Total 1 1 2 4 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 0 1 1 2 Female 1 0 1 2 Total 1 1 2 4

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, gymnastics, handball and rowing are not counted as athletes: Sport Men Women Total Athletics 6 16 22 Boxing 1 0 1 Cycling 1 0 1 Fencing 1 5 6 Gymnastics 2 2 4 Handball 0 14 14 Judo 1 3 4 Rowing 6 12 18 Shooting 1 0 1 Swimming 5 1 6 Table tennis 2 3 5 Tennis 2 4 6 Weightlifting 2 2 4 Wrestling 4 1 5 Total 34 63 97

Athletics

Romanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2][3]

A total of 18 athletes (six men and twelve women) were selected to the Romanian track and field team for the Games, including two-time Olympian Ancuța Bobocel (women's 3000 m steeplechase) and Athens 2004 silver medalist Marian Oprea (men's triple jump).^[4]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Marius Ionescu	Marathon	2:17:27	37
Alexandru Nicolae Soare		2:31:53	127
Marius Cocioran	50 km walk	DNF
Narcis Stefan Mihaila		4:02:46	30

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marian Oprea	Triple jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Andrei Gag	Shot put	20.40	13	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bianca Răzor	400 m	52.42	6	Did not advance
Claudia Bobocea	800 m	2:03.75	6	Did not advance
Florina Pierdevară		2:03.32	7	Did not advance
Ancuța Bobocel	3000 m steeplechase	9:46.28	13	Did not advance
Sanda Belgyan Anamaria Ioniță Andrea Miklos Adelina Pastor	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.87	7	Did not advance
Daniela Cârlan	Marathon	N/A				DNF
Paula Todoran		N/A				2:48.54	101
Andreea Arsine	20 km walk	N/A				1:38:16	45
Ana Veronica Rodean		N/A				1:38:42	50
Claudia Ștef		N/A				1:41:47	57

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Alina Rotaru	Long jump	6.40	18	Did not advance
Cristina Bujin	Triple jump	13.38	30	Did not advance
Elena Andreea Panțuroiu		14.00	16	Did not advance

Boxing

Romania has entered one boxer to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Mihai Nistor was the only Romanian finishing among the top two of his respective weight division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mihai Nistor	Men's super heavyweight	Bye	Ishaish (JOR) L 1–2	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Romania has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 200 individual ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Serghei Țvetcov	Men's road race	DNF

Fencing

Romanian fencers have qualified a full squad in the women's team épée by virtue of their top 4 national finish in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[7] Meanwhile, 2012 Olympic silver medalist Tiberiu Dolniceanu secured a spot on the Romanian team in the men's sabre by finishing among the top 14 individual fencers in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[8] Foil fencer Mălina Călugăreanu rounded out the Romanian roster by finishing among the top four individuals at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tiberiu Dolniceanu	Men's sabre	N/A	Sun W (CHN) W 15–7	van Holsbeke (BEL) W 15–13	Szilágyi (HUN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Ana Maria Brânză	Women's épée	Bye	Mallo (FRA) W 15–8	Choi I-j (KOR) L 8–15	Did not advance
Simona Gherman		Bye	Rembi (FRA) L 10–13	Did not advance
Simona Pop		MacKinnon (CAN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Ana Maria Brânză Loredana Dinu Simona Gherman Simona Pop	Women's team épée	N/A		Bye	United States (USA) W 24–23	Russia (RUS) W 45–31	China (CHN) W 44–38
Mălina Călugăreanu	Women's foil	Bulcão (BRA) L 12–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Romania did not send any all-around teams to the Olympics for the first time since 1968, despite Cătălina Ponor coming out of retirement.^[9] This ended the streak of winning a team medal in the event since 1976.^[10] Romania has entered three artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Four-time Olympic medalist Marian Drăgulescu claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the 2015 World Championships, while two more places were awarded to one Romanian male and female gymnast, who participated at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[11][12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Andrei Muntean	All-around	13.733	12.500	13.700	14.633	15.466 Q	13.833	83.865	36	Did not advance
	Parallel bars	N/A				15.466	N/A	15.466	9 Q	N/A				15.600	N/A	15.600	6
Marian Drăgulescu	Floor	12.800	N/A					12.800	67	Did not advance
	Vault	N/A			15.283	N/A		15.283	5 Q	N/A			15.449	N/A		15.449	4
	Horizontal bar	N/A					12.166	12.166	70	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Cătălina Ponor	Balance beam	N/A		14.900	N/A	14.900	5 Q	N/A		14.000	N/A	14.000	7
	Floor	N/A			14.200	14.200	14	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Romania has qualified one rhythmic gymnast in the individual all-around for the Games by claiming one of eight available Olympic spots at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Ana Luiza Filiorianu	Individual	16.850	16.800	16.808	17.000	67.458	22	Did not advance

Handball

Summary

Key:

• ET – After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Romania women's	Women's tournament	Angola L 19–23	Brazil L 13–26	Montenegro W 25–21	Spain W 24–21	Norway L 27–28	5	Did not advance			9

Women's tournament

The Romanian women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the second meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Aarhus, Denmark.^[14]

Team roster

The following is the Romanian roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Tomas Ryde

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LB Gabriella Szűcs 31 August 1984 (aged 31) 1.79 m 5 3 Dunărea Brăila 5 RB Melinda Geiger 28 March 1987 (aged 29) 1.77 m 70 165 Brest Bretagne Handball 7 CB Eliza Buceschi 31 August 1993 (aged 22) 1.75 m 26 54 FC Midtjylland 8 LB Cristina Neagu 26 August 1988 (aged 27) 1.80 m 128 521 Budućnost 9 CB Aurelia Brădeanu 5 May 1979 (aged 37) 1.79 m 253 637 CSM București 11 LB Gabriela Perianu 20 June 1994 (aged 22) 1.87 m 23 45 Dunărea Brăila 12 GK Ionica Munteanu 7 January 1979 (aged 37) 1.75 m 17 0 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 15 LW Valentina Ardean-Elisei 5 June 1982 (aged 34) 1.75 m 205 807 S.C.M. Craiova 22 P Oana Manea 18 April 1985 (aged 31) 1.75 m 274 355 CSM București 25 LW Camelia Hotea 28 October 1984 (aged 31) 1.74 m 38 60 Corona Brașov 30 GK Paula Ungureanu 30 March 1980 (aged 36) 1.80 m 140 2 CSM București 85 P Florina Chintoan 6 December 1985 (aged 30) 1.78 m 106 140 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 88 RB Patricia Vizitiu 15 October 1988 (aged 27) 1.77 m 35 48 HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 89 RW Laura Chiper 21 August 1989 (aged 26) 1.73 m 15 30 Corona Brașov

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	5	4	0	1	138	117	+21	8	Quarter-finals
2	Norway	5	4	0	1	141	121	+20	8
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	125	116	+9	6
4	Angola	5	2	0	3	116	128	−12	4
5	Romania	5	2	0	3	108	119	−11	4
6	Montenegro	5	0	0	5	107	134	−27	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Host.

6 August 2016 19:50	Romania	19–23	Angola	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 4,465 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Neagu 8	(9–11)	Guialo 5
	2× 2×	Report	5× 3×

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8 August 2016 16:40	Brazil	26–13	Romania	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Belo 8	(14–9)	Neagu 6
	2× 2× 1×	Report	4× 2×

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10 August 2016 11:30	Romania	25–21	Montenegro	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	Neagu 10	(11–9)	K. Bulatović 9
	4× 3×	Report	4× 4×

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12 August 2016 14:40	Romania	24–21	Spain	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Neagu 9	(13–11)	three players 4
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

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14 August 2016 16:40	Norway	28–27	Romania	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS)
	Kristiansen 7	(14–13)	Neagu 11
	6× 3×	Report	6× 3×

Judo

Romania has qualified a total of four judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Daniel Natea, Monica Ungureanu, London 2012 Olympian Andreea Chițu and silver medalist Corina Căprioriu were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.^[15][16]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniel Natea	Men's +100 kg	N/A	Yea-on (THA) W 100–000	Tangriev (UZB) L 000–110	Did not advance
Monica Ungureanu	Women's −48 kg	N/A	van Snick (BEL) L 000–100	Did not advance
Andreea Chițu	Women's −52 kg	N/A	Bye	Gómez (ESP) W 101–000	Giuffrida (ITA) L 000–001	Did not advance	Miranda (BRA) L 010–100	Did not advance	7
Corina Căprioriu	Women's −57 kg	N/A	Bye	Gjakova (KOS) W 002–000	Lien C-l (TPE) W 100–000	R Silva (BRA) L 000–010	Bye	Monteiro (POR) L 000–001	5

Rowing

Romania has qualified a total of five boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Three rowing crews confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the rowers competing in the women's lightweight double sculls and women's eight were further added to the Romanian roster as a result of their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[17][18]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
George Alexandru Palamariu Cristi-Ilie Pîrghie	Pair	6:51.71	3 SA/B	Bye		6:48.17	6 FB	7:13.68	12
Vlad-Dragos Aicoboae Marius Vasile Cozmiuc Constantin Adam Toader-Andrei Gontarau	Four	6:02.56	4 R	6:39.64	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mădălina Bereș Laura Oprea	Pair	7:18.16	5 R	7:55.25	1 SA/B	7:29.20	4 FB	7:19.63	9
Gianina-Elena Beleaga Ionela-Livia Lehaci	Lightweight double sculls	7:07.29	3 R	8:00.47	1 SA/B	7:21.38	4 FB	7:24.61	8
Mădălina Bereș Andreea Boghian Adelina Boguș Roxana Cogianu Iuliana Popa Laura Oprea Mihaela Petrilă Ioana Strungaru Daniela Druncea (cox)	Eight	6:16.24	3 R	6:32.63	2 FA	Bye		6:04.10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Romania has received a wildcard invitation from ISSF to send London 2012 champion Alin Moldoveanu in the men's air rifle to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was met by March 31, 2016.^[19][20]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alin Moldoveanu	Men's 10 m air rifle	622.7	19	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Romanian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[21][22]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Robert Glință	100 m backstroke	53.51	9 Q	53.34 NR	4 Q	53.50	8
	200 m backstroke	1:57.91	18	Did not advance
Marius Radu	100 m freestyle	49.57	38	Did not advance
Norbert Trandafir	50 m freestyle	22.10	16 Q	21.99	14	Did not advance
Alin Coste Daniel Macovei Marius Radu Norbert Trandafir	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:17.03	16	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Iulia Dascăl	100 m freestyle	58.72	36	Did not advance

Table tennis

Romania has fielded a team of five athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Ovidiu Ionescu, along with two-time Olympians Elizabeta Samara and Daniela Dodean, were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players each in their respective singles events based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[23] Meanwhile, Adrian Crișan granted an invitation from ITTF to compete in the men's singles as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.

Hungarian-born Bernadette Szőcs was awarded the third spot to build the women's team for the Games by virtue of a top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adrian Crișan	Men's singles	Bye	Achanta (IND) W 4–1	Lebesson (FRA) W 4–3	Lee S-s (KOR) W 4–3	Zhang Jk (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Ovidiu Ionescu		Bye	Ni Alamian (IRI) W 4–1	Gardos (AUT) W 4–1	Freitas (POR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Daniela Dodean	Women's singles	Bye	Das (IND) W 4–0	Li Q (POL) W 4–1	Fukuhara (JPN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Elizabeta Samara		Bye		Lin G (BRA) W 4–0	Ding N (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Daniela Dodean Elizabeta Samara Bernadette Szőcs	Women's team	N/A				South Korea (KOR) L 2–3	Did not advance

Tennis

Romania has entered seven tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Irina-Camelia Begu (world no. 28), Simona Halep (world no. 5), and Monica Niculescu (world no. 37) qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players for the women's singles based on the WTA World Rankings, while London 2012 Olympian Horia Tecău teamed up with his partner Florin Mergea in the men's doubles by virtue of his top 10 ATP ranking as of June 6, 2016.^[25][26] Andreea Mitu and Raluca Olaru received a spare ITF Olympic place freed up by the Italians to join Begu and Niculescu in the women's doubles.^[27]

On July 15, 2016, Halep pulled out from the Games due to her concerns about the Zika virus.^[28]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Florin Mergea Horia Tecău	Doubles	Delbonis/ Durán (ARG) W 6–3, 6–2	González/ Reyes-Varela (MEX) W 6–3, 7–6^(11–9)	Melo/ Soares (BRA) W 6–4, 5–7, 6–2	Johnson/ Sock (USA) W 6–3, 7–5	López/ Nadal (ESP) L 2–6, 6–3, 4–6

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Irina-Camelia Begu	Singles	Hibino (JPN) L 4–6, 6–3, 3–6	Did not advance
Andreea Mitu		Muguruza (ESP) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Monica Niculescu		Cepede Royg (PAR) W 6–2, 6–3	Kuznetsova (RUS) L WO	Did not advance
Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	Doubles	N/A	Chan H-c / Chan Y-j (TPE) L 7–5, 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Andreea Mitu Raluca Olaru		N/A	Babos / Jani (HUN) W 6–3, 6–4	Makarova / Vesnina (RUS) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Irina-Camelia Begu Horia Tecău	Doubles	Radwańska/ Kubot (POL) W 6–4, 6–7^(1–7), [10–8]	Štěpánek / Hradecká (CZE) L 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Romanian weightlifters have qualified three men's and two women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

On November 19, 2015, the International Weightlifting Federation decided to strip one men's entry place from Romania because of "multiple positive cases" of doping.^[29]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dumitru Captari	Men's −77 kg	145	14	—	—	145	DNF
Gabriel Sîncrăian	Men's −85 kg	173	5	217	1	390	DSQ
Florina-Sorina Hulpan	Women's −69 kg	100	12	—	—	100	DNF
Andreea Aanei	Women's +75 kg	120	6	145	10	265	8

Wrestling

Romania has qualified a total of four wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spot in the men's Greco-Roman 98 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while another Olympic berth was awarded to Romanian wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of the women's freestyle 48 kg at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^[30]

Three further wrestlers claimed Olympic slots to round out the Romanian roster at the Olympic Qualification Tournaments; two of them at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar and one more in the men's freestyle 98 kg at the final meet in Istanbul.^[31]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ivan Guidea	−57 kg	Bye	Atlı (TUR) W 3–1 ^PP	Dubov (BUL) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance				11
Albert Saritov	−97 kg	Bye	Ceban (MDA) W 3–1 ^PP	Snyder (USA) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Cortina (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Odikadze (GEO) W 4–0 ^ST

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ion Panait	−66 kg	Albiev (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						12
Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu	−98 kg	Bye	El-Said (EGY) W 3–1 ^PP	Aleksanyan (ARM) L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance	Bye	Timoncini (ITA) W 3–0 ^PO	İldem (TUR) L 0–3 ^PO	5

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alina Vuc	−48 kg	Bye	Phogat (IND) L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance					18

See also

• Romania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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