Noc: | ROU |
Nocname: | Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee |
Games: | Winter Olympics |
Year: | 1968 |
Oldcode: | ROM |
Website: | |
Location: | Grenoble |
Competitors: | 30 (29 men, 1 woman) |
Sports: | 5 |
Flagbearer: | Beatrice Huștiu |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 1 |
Appearances: | auto |
App Begin Year: | 1928 |
Romania competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. The two-man bobsleigh team of Nicolae Neagoe and Ion Panţuru won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games, a bronze. As of the 2022 games, they remain Romania's only Winter Olympic medalists.
See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Dorin Munteanu | Downhill | 2:22.53 | 65 | ||||
Dan Cristea | 2:18.52 | 62 | |||||
Dorin Munteanu | Giant Slalom | 1:55.78 | 55 | 1:59.18 | 60 | 3:54.96 | 55 |
Dan Cristea | 1:54.66 | 52 | 1:56.98 | 50 | 3:51.64 | 49 |
Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | ||||||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Dorin Munteanu | 57.72 | 5 | 56.05 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
Dan Cristea | 53.75 | 2 QF | - | - | 56.10 | 39 | 57.23 | 26 | 1:53.33 | 25 |
See main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
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20 km | Nicolae Bărbăşescu | 1'24:05.3 | 4 | 1'28:05.3 | 29 |
Gheorghe Cimpoia | 1'25:36.5 | 1 | 1'26:36.5 | 23 | |
Vilmoş Gheorghe | 1'20:07.3 | 6 | 1'26:07.3 | 22 | |
Constantin Carabela | 1'22:52.2 | 0 | 1'22:52.2 | 14 |
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | ||||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
ROU-1 | Ion Panţuru Nicolae Neagoe | Two-man | 1:10.20 | 2 | 1:11.62 | 6 | 1:11.31 | 7 | 1:11.33 | 4 | 4:44.46 | ||
ROU-2 | Romeo Nedelcu Gheorghe Maftei | Two-man | n/a | ? | n/a | ? | n/a | ? | DNF | - | DNF | - |
See main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
See main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
West Germany - Romania 7:0 (1:0, 3:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Gustav Hanig 2, Alois Schloder, Ernst Kopf, Otto Schneitberger, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach.
Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places.
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 10 | ||
10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 8 | ||
11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 6 | ||
12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 4 | ||
13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 2 | ||
14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 |
Romania – Austria 3:2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Fagarasi, Calamar, Mois – Schupp, Samonig.
France – Romania 3:7 (0:2, 0:2, 3:3)
Goalscorers: Itzicsohn, Mazza, Lacarriere – Iuliu Szabo 2, Florescu 2, Pana, Geza Szabo, Stefan.
Japan – Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1)
Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.
Norway – Romania 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Bergeid, Olsen, Syversen, Mikkelsen – Pana, Iuliu Szabo, Czaka.
Yugoslavia – Romania 9:5 (5:3, 1:1, 3:1)
Goalscorers: Roman Smolej 2, Tisler 2, Felc 2, Ivo Jan, Hiti, Jug – Iuliu Szabo 2, Tekei, Florescu, Geza Szabo.
12. ROMANIA
Goaltenders: Constantin Dumitras, Mihai Stoiculescu
Defence: Ion Stefan Ionescu, Zoltan Czaka, Dezső Varga, Zoltan Fogaras, Razvan Schiau
Forwards: Geza Szabo, Iulian Florescu, Alexandru Kalamar, Gyula Szabo, Eduard Pana, Ion Gheorghiu, Stefan Texe, Ion Basa, Aurel Mois, Valentin Stefanov