Romania at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ROU
Nocname:	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Website:
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	114
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Dumitru Paraschivescu
Rank:	23
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 114 competitors, 103 men and 11 women, took part in 67 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Qualification Round (Group C)

• Lost to Canada (51-72)

• Lost to Italy (39-53) → did not advance, 23rd place
• Team Roster

• Dan Niculescu

• Mihai Nedef

• Andrei Folbert

• Corneliu Călugăreanu

• Grigore Costescu

• Emanoil Răducanu

• Ladislau Mokos

• Liviu Nagy

• Cezar Niculescu

• Adrian Petroșanu

• Vasile Popescu

• Gheorghe Constantinide

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road CompetitionMen's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Constantin Stanescu - 5:20:01.4 (→ 29th place)
• Marin Niculescu - 5:23:34.1 (→ 41st place)
• Victor Georgescu - 5:24:27.5 (→ 44th place)
• Petre Nuță - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track CompetitionMen's 1.000m Time Trial

• Ion Ionita

• Final - 1:14.4 (→ 7th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Ion Ionita - 25th place

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Eight fencers, all men, represented Romania in 1952.

Men's foil

• Vasile Chelaru
• Nicolae Marinescu
• Andrei Vîlcea

Men's team foil

• Andrei Vîlcea, Ilie Tudor, Nicolae Marinescu, Vasile Chelaru

Men's épée

• Nicolae Marinescu
• Vasile Chelaru
• Zoltan Uray

Men's sabre

• Adalbert Gurath, Sr.
• Ilie Tudor
• Ion Santo

Men's team sabre

• Andrei Vîlcea, Ion Santo, Ilie Tudor, Mihai Kokossy

Football

See main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary Round

• Team Roster

• Ion Voinescu

• Aurel Crâsnic

• Traian Popa

• Vasile Zavoda

• Zoltan Farmati

• Iosif Kovács

• Guido Fodor

• Iosif Ritter

• Valeriu Călinoiu

• Eugen Iordache

• Ștefan Balint

• Tiberiu Bone

• Titus Ozon

• Tudor Paraschiva

• Iosif Petschovski

• Gavril Serfözö

• Ioan Suru

• Gheorghe Bodo

• Andrei Mercea

• Francisc Zavoda

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Romania had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[2]

Men's eight

• Iosif Bergesz
• Milivoi Iancovici
• Ștefan Konyelicska
• Gheorghe Măcinic
• Ion Niga
• Ștefan Pongratz
• Alexandru Rotaru
• Ștefan Somogy
• Ion Vlăduț (cox)

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Four shooters represented Romania in 1952. Iosif Sîrbu won gold in the 50 m rifle, prone event and Gheorghe Lichiardopol won bronze in the 25 m pistol.

25 m pistol

• Gheorghe Lichiardopol
• Penait Calcai

50 m rifle, three positions

• Iosif Sîrbu

50 m rifle, prone

• Iosif Sîrbu
• Petre Cişmigu

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Romania at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090231/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.
2. Romania Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115630/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 March 2018.