Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ROU
Nocname:	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1964
Oldcode:	RUM
Website:
Location:	Tokyo
Competitors:	138 (108 men and 30 women)
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Aurel Vernescu
Rank:	14
Gold:	2
Silver:	4
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Romania competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 108 men and 30 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Medalists

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Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#F7F6A8		bgcolor=#DCE5E5		bgcolor=#FFDAB9		Total
Male
Female
Total	2	4	6	12

Gold

• Iolanda Balaș — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Mihaela Peneș — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

Silver

• Andrei Igorov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles
• Hilde Lauer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
• Ion Tripșa — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
• Valeriu Bularca — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Bronze

• Lia Manoliu — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Aurel Vernescu — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
• Simion Cuciuc, Atanase Sciotnic, Mihai Țurcaș, and Aurel Vernescu — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
• Hilde Lauer and Cornelia Sideri — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
• Dumitru Pârvulescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
• Ion Cernea — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Women's High Jump

• Iolanda Balaș
• Qualification- 1.70 m
• Final:-1.90 m, OR (Gold Medal)

Women's Discus

• Lia Manoliu
• Qualification- 53.64 m
• Final-56.94 m (Bronze Medal)
• Olimpia Cataramă
• Qualification-53.20 m
• Final-53.08 m (8th place)

Women's Javelin

• Maria Diaconescu
• Qualification-51.12 m
• Final-53.71 m (6th place)
• Mihaela Peneș
• Qualification-51.19 m
• Final-60.54 m (Gold Medal)

Women's Shot Put

• Ana Sălăgean
• Qualification-15.31 m not qualified(no ranking)

Women's Long Jump

• Viorica Viscopoleanu
• Qualification-6.37 m
• Final-6.35 m (5th place)

Men's 5000 m

• Andrei Barabaș
• Heat-14:00.2 not qualified (no ranking)

Marathon

• Constantin Grecescu 2:30:42.6 (36th place)

Triple Jump

• Șerban Ciochină
• Qualification-15.31 m
• Final-16.23 m (5th place)

50 km Walk

• Ilie Popa 2:19:03.0 (28th place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Flyweight

• Constantin Ciucă def. Henry (Canada), def. Cuylenburg (Ceylon),lost to Olech (Poland)→6th place

Bantamweight

• Nicolae Puiu def. Van der Walt (Northern Rhodesia), def. Johnson (U.S.A.), lost to Sakurai (Japan)→5th place

Featherweight

• Constantin Crudu def. Caminero (Cuba), def. Limmonen (Finland), lost to Stepashkin (Soviet Union)→5th place

Light-Welterweight

• Iosif Mihalic def. König (Austria), def. Fasoli (Italy), lost to Kulej (Poland)→5th place

Welterweight

• Niculescu def. Gutierrez (Mexico), lost to Mabwa (Uganda)

Light-Middleweight

• Mârza def. Lee (South Korea), def. Elmahas (United Arab Republic), lost to Grzesiak(Poland)→7th place

Middleweight

• Ion Monea def. Kim (South Korea), lost to Schulz (Germany United Team)

Light-Heavyweight

• Gheorghe Negrea lost to Kiselyov (Soviet Union)

Heavyweight

• Vasile Mariuțan def. Pandov (Bulgaria),lost to Ros (Italy)

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Five cyclists represented Romania in 1964.

Individual road race

• Gabriel Moiceanu
• Constantin Ciocan
• Ion Cosma
• Gheorghe Bădără

Team time trial

• Gheorghe Bădără
• Constantin Ciocan
• Ion Cosma
• Emil Rusu

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1964.

Women's foil

• Ana Ene-Derșidan qualified from Round 1 (2v, 2 d, barrage), qualified from Round 2 (3v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Antonella Ragno (Italy) (8-4)
• Olga Orban-Szabo qualified from Round 1 (3 v,2 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v, 1 d), lost in Round 3 to Giovanna Masciotta(Italy) (8-6)
• Maria Vicol eliminated in Round 1 (2 v, 3 d)

Women's team foil

• Round 1

• Defeated U.S.A. (9-1)
• Round 2

• Lost to Soviet Union (4-9)
• Playoff for 5th place

• Defeated France (9-6)→5th place

Team Roster:

• Olga Orban-Szabo

• Ana Ene-Derșidan

• Ileana Gyulai

• Ecaterina Stahl

• Maria Vicol

Men's foil

• Ion Drîmbă qualified from Round 1 (4 v, 1 d), qualified from Round 2 (3 v, 2 d), def.in Round 3 Naser Madani (Iran)(10-4), lost in Round 4 to Roland Losert (Austria)(6-10)
• Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (6 v,0 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v, 3 d)
• Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v,3 d, barrage)

Men's team foil

• First round

• Def. Argentina (9-0)

• Def. France (9-5)

• Lost to U.S.A. (8-8,54-62 t.d.)
• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Poland (5-9)
• 5-8 Playoff

• Def. Hungary (9-5)

• Lost to Germany United Team (8-8;57-60 t.d.)→6th place
• Team Roster

• Ion Drîmbă

• Ștefan Haukler

• Tănase Mureșanu

• Iuliu Falb

• Attila Csipler

Men's épée

• Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (4 v,3 d), eliminated in Round 2 (0 v, 5 d)

Men's sabre

• Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (6 v, 0 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Marcel Parent (France) (10-12)
• Octavian Vintilă qualified from Round 1 (3 v, 2 d), eliminated in Round 2 (1 v, 6 d)
• Ion Drîmbă qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (3 v, 3 d)

Men's team sabre

• Round 1

• Def. Australia (9-3)

• Def. Great Britain (10-6)
• Quarterfinals

• Lost to France (6-8)
• 5-7 playoff

• Lost to Hungary (0-9)→7th place

Team Roster

• Attila Csipler

• Octavian Vintilă

• Tănase Mureșanu

• Ion Drîmbă

Football

See main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

• Group stage

• Defeated Mexico (3-1)

• Drew with Germany United Team (1-1)

• Defeated Iran (1-0)
• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Hungary (0-2)
• Consolation round 1

• Defeated Ghana (4-2)
• Consolation round 2

• Defeated Yugoslavia (3-0) → 5th place
• Team Roster

• Ilie Datcu

• Ilie Greavu

• Ion Nunweiller

• Dan Coe

• Bujor Hălmăgeanu

• Emil Petru

• Constantin Koszka

• Ion Pârcălab

• Gheorghe Constantin

• Ion Gheorghe Ionescu

• Carol Creiniceanu

• Emerich Jenei

• Cornel Pavlovici

• Marin Andrei

• Mircea Petescu

• Dumitru Ivan

• Sorin Avram

• Nicolae Georgescu

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Nine shooters represented Romania in 1964.

25 m pistol

• Ion Tripșa
• Marcel Roșca

50 m pistol

• Neagu Bratu
• Gavril Maghiar

50 m rifle, three positions

• Ion Olărescu
• Nicolae Rotaru

50 m rifle, prone

• Nicolae Rotaru
• Traian Cogut

Trap

• Ion Dumitrescu
• Gheorghe Enache

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Round Robin

• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)

• Defeated Brazil (3-0)

• Defeated Bulgaria (3-2)

• Defeated Netherlands (3-0)

• Defeated South Korea (3-2)

• Defeated Hungary (3-1)

• Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)

• Lost to Japan (0-3)

• Defeated United States (3-1) → 4th place
• Team Roster

• Gheorghe Fieraru

• Horațiu Nicolau

• Aurel Drăgan

• Iuliu Szőcs

• William Schreiber

• Mihai Grigorovici

• Davila Plocon

• Nicolae Bărbuță

• Eduard Derzsi

• Mihai Chezan

• Constantin Ganciu

• Mihai Coste

Women's Team Competition

• Round Robin

• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)

• Lost to Japan (0-3)

• Defeated United States (3-0)

• Defeated South Korea (3-0)

• Lost to Poland (0-3) → 4th place
• Team Roster

• Ana Mocan

• Cornelia Lăzeanu

• Natalia Todorovschi

• Doina Ivănescu

• Doina Rodica Popescu

• Sonia Colceru

• Lia Vanea

• Alexandrina Chezan

• Ileana Enculescu

• Elisabeta Goloșie

• Marina Stanca

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

• First Round

• Lost to Italy (3-4)

• Defeated Japan (9-4)
• Semifinal Round

• Defeated Germany United Team (5-4)

• Drew with Soviet Union (2-2)

• 5-8 Tournament

• Defeated the Netherlands (6-1)

• Lost to Belgium (3-5)→ 5th place
• Team Roster

• Mircea Ștefănescu

• Anatolie Grințescu

• Aurel Zahan

• Alexandru Szabó

• Ștefan Kroner

• Cornel Mărculescu

• Nicolae Firoiu

• Gruia Novac

• Iosif Kuliniac

• Cosma Liță

• Emil Mureșanu

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Freestyle Wrestling52 kg

• Gheorghe Tapalagă lost to Aliev(Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Georgiev (Bulgaria) (fall 9'19")

78 kg

• Ștefan Tâmpa lost to Watanabe (Japan) (decision), lost to Heinze (Germany Unified Team) (decision)

97 kg

• Ferenc Ballo lost to Medved (Soviet Union) (fall 2'12")drew with Conine (U.S.A.) (2-2)

+97 kg

• Ștefan Stângu drew with Kubat (Czechoslovakia) (2-2), lost to Dzhiber (Bulgaria) (decision)

Greco-Roman Style Wrestling52 kg

• Dumitru Pârvulescu def. Jensen (Denmark) (decision), def. Del Rio (Mexico) (fall 2'55"), def. Savadov (Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Kerezov (Bulgaria) (decision), lost to Hanahara (Japan) (fall 8'19")(→ Bronze Medal)

57 kg

• Ion Cernea drew with Varga (Hungary) def. Knitter (Poland) (decision), def. Švec (Czechoslovakia) (decision), def. Başergil (Turkey) (decision), lost to Trestyanski (Soviet Union) (decision)(→ Bronze Medal)

63 kg

• Marin Bolocan lost to Olsson (Sweden) (decision), def. Sayed (Afghanistan) (fall 3'56"),drew with Mirmalek (Iran), lost to Mansour (United Arab Republic) (decision)

70 kg

• Valeriu Bularca drew with Tapio (Finland), def. Kim (South Korea) (decision), def. Burke (U.S.A.) (foul 7'52"), def. Jonsson (Sweden) (decision), drew with Ayvaz (Turkey); entered tiebreak for places 2–4; defeated Gvanseladze (Soviet Union (decision)), drew with Fujita (Japan)(→ Silver Medal)

78 kg

• Ion Țăranu def. Todorov (Bulgaria) (decision), drew with Kolesov (Soviet Union), def. Asghian (Iran) (decision), drew with Laakso(Finland)→5th place

82 kg

• Gheorghe Popovici drew with Olenik (Soviet Union), lost with Metz (Germany United Team) (decision)

87 kg

• Nicolae Martinescu drew with Sosnowski (Poland), def. Bulgarelli (Italy)(decision), def. Yilmaz (Turkey) (decision), def. Wiesberger (Austria) (decision), lost with Radev (Bulgaria)(decision)→4th place

+97 kg

• Ștefan Stângu drew with Kasabov (Bulgaria), lost to Svensson (Sweden) (decision).

External links

• Official Olympic reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Romania at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1964/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 August 2014 . sports-reference.com.