Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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.[1]
| Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ROU (ROM used at these Games) |
| NOC | Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Barcelona | |
| Competitors | 172 (104 men and 68 women) in 18 sports |
| Flag bearer | Costel Grasu |
| Medals Ranked 14th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
Romania finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 18 medals overall.
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Gold
Romanian men's coxed four after winning the gold medal
- Lavinia Miloșovici — Gymnastics, Women's Vaulting
- Lavinia Miloșovici — 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 Bontaș, Gina Gogean, Vanda Hădărean, Lavinia Miloșovici, Maria Neculiță, and Mirela Pașca — Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition
- Vera Cochelea and Elisabeta Lipă — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
- Constanța Burcică-Pipota, Vera Cochelea, Anișoara Dobre-Bălan, and Doina Ignat — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
- Adriana Bazon-Chelariu, Iulia Bobeica, Elena Georgescu, Victoria 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 Bontaș — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise
- Lavinia Miloșovici — 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 Grigoraș — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
Athletics
Men's 110m Hurdles
- Heats — 14.04 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
- Qualification — 8.07 m
- Final — 7.61 m (→ 12th place)
Men's Discus Throw
- Qualification — 63.06 m
- Final — 62.86 m (→ 4th place)
Men's Shot Put
- Qualification — 18.96 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
- Heat — 1:59.88
- Semifinal — 2:00.89
- Final — 1:57.95 (→ 6th place)
- Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Heat — 57.18 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
- Elena Murgoci — 3:01.46 (→ 32nd place)
Women's High Jump
- Qualification — 1.92 m
- Final — 2.00 m (→
Silver Medal)
- Qualification — 1.86 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
- Heat — 6.83 m
- Final — 6.71 m (→ 4th place)
- Heat — 6.46 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
- Heat — 60.62m (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 59.44m (→ did not advance)
- Heat — 56.68m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
- Final result — 6152 points (→ 13th place)
Badminton
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- First Round – Defeated Mohammed Haioun (ALG), 11:2
- Second Round – Defeated Tadahiro Sasaki (JPN), 10:7
- Quarterfinals – Lost to Jan Quast (GER), 7:15
Canoeing
Diving
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Gabriel Chereches | 10m platform | 327.72 | 20 | Did not advance | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Clara Elena Ciocan | 10m platform | 283.92 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| Ionica Tudor | 3 m springboard | 258.15 | 20 | Did not advance | |
| Ioana Voicu | 10m platform | 288.87 | 12 Q | 369.87 | 9 |
Fencing
15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented Romania in 1992.
Gymnastics
Handball
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Unified Team | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 98 | +23 | 10 |
 France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 98 | +13 | 8 |
 Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 98 | −1 | 6 |
| Romania | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 107 | 115 | −8 | 3 |
 Germany | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 103 | −6 | 3 |
 Egypt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 113 | −21 | 0 |
| Results | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unified Team | 23–22 | 24–18 | 27–25 | 25–15 | 22–18 | |
| France | 22–23 | 18–16 | 26–20 | 23–20 | 22–19 | |
| Spain | 18–24 | 16–18 | 21–20 | 19–18 | 23–18 | |
| Romania | 25–27 | 20–26 | 20–21 | 20–20 | 22–21 | |
| Germany | 15–25 | 20–23 | 18–19 | 20–20 | 24–16 | |
| Egypt | 18–22 | 19–22 | 18–23 | 21–22 | 16–24 |
Judo
Sorin Zaharuk
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Men's Coxless Pairs
Men's Coxed Pairs
Men's Coxless Fours
Men's Coxed Fours
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
Women's Double Sculls
Women's Coxless Pairs
Women's Quadruple Sculls
- Constanța Burcică-Pipota, Vera Cochelea, Anișoara Dobre-Bălan, and Doina Ignat — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
Women's Coxless Fours
Women's coxed eight
- Adriana Bazon-Chelariu, Iulia Bobeica, Elena Georgescu, Victoria Lepădatu, Viorica Neculai, Ioana Olteanu, Maria Păduraru, and Doina Robu — Rowing, Women's Eights
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Heat – 1:52.24 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Heat – 1:59.59
- Final – 1:59.34 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Heat – 2:06.45 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Heat – 4:26.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Heat – 26.76 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
- Heat – 26.96 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Heat – 56.45
- B-Final – 56.17 (→ 10th place)
- Heat – 58.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Heat – 2:00.51
- Final – 2:00.48 (→ 5th place)
- 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)
- 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)
- Heat – 8:48.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Heat – 1:04.44 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- 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
- 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)
- Heat – 2:16.86 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- 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)
- 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)
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- First round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 5-7, 2-6, 2-6
Men's Doubles Competition
- 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
- First Round – Lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) 1-6, 3-6
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- "Romania at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
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