Romania at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ROU
Nocname:	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1980
Oldcode:	ROM
Website:
Location:	Moscow
Competitors:	228 (154 men and 74 women)
Sports:	20
Flagbearer:	Vasile Andrei (Wrestling)
Rank:	7
Gold:	6
Silver:	6
Bronze:	13
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Romania competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 228 competitors, 154 men and 74 women, took part in 135 events in 20 sports.^[1]

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Canoeing	C2 1000m
		Gymnastics	Balance Beam
		Gymnastics	Floor Exercises
		Rowing	Single sculls
		Shooting	Rapid-Fire Pistol
		Wrestling	Greco-Roman Lightweight
		Canoeing	K4 1000m
		Canoeing	C2 500m
		Gymnastics	All-Around Individual
		Gymnastics	Asymmetrical Bars
		Gymnastics	Team Combined Exercises
		Wrestling	Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
		Boxing	Bantamweight
		Boxing	Middleweight
		Canoeing	K1 500m
		Canoeing	K1 1000m
		Equestrian	Dressage Team
		Gymnastics	Side Horse Vault
		Gymnastics	Uneven Bars
		Handball	Team Competition
		Rowing	Double Sculls
		Rowing	Eights
		Volleyball	Team Competition
		Wrestling	Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
		Wrestling	Greco-Roman Heavyweight

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	0	0	2	2
	1	2	2	5
	0	0	1	1
	2	3	2	7
	0	0	1	1
	1	0	2	3
	1	0	0	1
	0	0	1	1
	1	1	2	4
Total	6	6	13	25

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#F7F6A8		bgcolor=#DCE5E5		bgcolor=#FFDAB9		Total
Male
Female
Total	6	6	13	25

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In its first appearance at the Olympic archery competition, Romania was represented by two men and two women. The best result for the nation was earned by Aurora Chin, at 13th place.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Aurora Chin – 2319 pts (→ 13th place)
• Terezia Preda – 2195 pts (→ 24th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Andrei Berki – 2389 pts (→ 15th place)
• Mihai Birzu – 2280 pts (→ 25th place)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's 10,000 metres

• Ilie Floroiu

• Heat - 29:03.1

• Final - 28:16.3 (→ 10th place)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Horia Toboc

• Heat - 50.89

• Semifinals - 50.58

• Final - 49.84 (→ 6th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Vasile Bichea

• Heat - 8:35.4

• Semifinals - 8:24.3

• Final - 8:23.9 (→ 9th place)
• Paul Copu

• Heat - 8:45.6

• Semifinals - 8:45.0 (→ did not advance)
• Nicolae Voicu

• Heat - 8:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Adrian Proteasa

• Qualification - 2.21 m

• Final - 2.21 m (→ 7th place)
• Sorin Matei

• Qualification - 2.21 m

• Final - 2.18 m (→ 13th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Iosif Nagy

• Qualification - 59.34 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 800 metres

• Doina Melinte

• Heat - 2:01.9

• Semifinals - 2:00.8 (→ did not advance)
• Fiţa Lovin

• Heat - 2:00.2

• Semifinals - 1:59.2 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Maricica Puică

• Heat - 4:01.7

• Final - 4:01.3 (→ 7th place)
• Ileana Silai

• Heat - 4:04.7

• Final - 4:03.0 (→ 8th place)
• Natalia Mărășescu

• Heat - 4:05.9

• Final - 4:04.8 (→ 9th place)

Women's High Jump

• Cornelia Popa

• Qualification - 1.88 m

• Final - 1.88 m (→ 8th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Florenţa Ţacu

• Qualification - 60.40 m

• Final - 64.38 m (→ 6th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Éva Ráduly-Zörgő

• Qualification - 63.84 m

• Final - 64.08 m (→ 7th place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Dumitru Şchiopu

• First Round - Defeated Adel Hammoude (Syria) after knock-out in second round

• Second Round - Defeated Antti Juntumaa (Finland) on points (4-1)

• Quarter Finals - Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (4-1)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Daniel Radu

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Defeated Keith Wallace (Great Britain) on points (4-1)

• Quarter Finals - Lost to János Váradi (Hungary) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Dumitru Cipere → Bronze Medal

• First Round - Defeated Mario Behrendt (East Germany) on points (5-0)

• Second Round - Defeated Lucky Mutale (Zambia) on points (5-0)

• Third Round - Defeated Ryszard Czerwinski (Poland) on points (5-0)

• Quarter Finals - Defeated Samson Khachatrian (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)

• Semi Finals - Lost to Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (2-3)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Titi Cercel

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Defeated Róbert Gönczi (Hungary) on points (5-0)

• Third Round - Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Florian Livadaru

• First Round - Defeated Tadesse Haile (Ethiopia) after disqualification in third round

• Second Round - Defeated Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round

• Quarter Finals - Lost to Kazimierz Adach (Poland) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Simion Cuçov

• First Round - Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Teodor Pîrjol

• First Round - Lost to Francesco Damiani (Italy) on points (1-4)

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Three cyclists represented Romania in 1980.

Individual road race

• Mircea Romaşcanu
• Teodor Vasile
• Stan Nicolae

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's Springboard

• Alexandru Adrian Bagiu

• Preliminary round - 427.35 points (→ 23rd place, did not advance)

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. 18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Romania in 1980.

Men's foil

• Petru Kuki
• Mihai Ţiu
• Tudor Petruş

Men's team foil

• Petru Kuki, Mihai Ţiu, Sorin Roca, Tudor Petruş

Men's épée

• Ioan Popa
• Anton Pongratz
• Octavian Zidaru

Men's team épée

• Ioan Popa, Octavian Zidaru, Anton Pongratz, Costică Bărăgan

Men's sabre

• Cornel Marin
• Ioan Pop
• Marin Mustaţă

Men's team sabre

• Ioan Pop, Marin Mustaţă, Cornel Marin, Ion Pantelimonescu, Alexandru Nilca

Women's foil

• Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic
• Marcela Moldovan-Zsak
• Suzana Ardeleanu

Women's team foil

• Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Viorica Ţurcanu, Suzana Ardeleanu, Aurora Dan

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)

• Defeated Kuwait (32-12)

• Defeated Algeria (26-18)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (21-23)

• Defeated Soviet Union (22-19)

• Defeated Switzerland (18-16)
• Classification Match

• Bronze Medal Match: Defeated Hungary (20-18) → Bronze Medal
• Team Roster

• Nicolae Munteanu

• Marian Dumitru

• Iosif Boros

• Maricel Voinea

• Vasile Stîngă

• Radu Voina

• Cezar Draganita

• Cornel Durau

• Ştefan Birtalan

• Alexandru Fölker

• Neculai Vasilca

• Lucian Vasilache

• Adrian Cosma

• Claudiu Eugen Ionescu

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1980.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Dumitru Spîrlea - 5058 pts, 22nd place
• Gyula Galovici - 4,935 pts, 27th place
• Cezar Răducanu - 4,397 pts, 41st place

Men's Team Competition:

• Spîrlea, Câllovits, and Râducanu - 14,390 pts, 11th place

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Mihai Butucaru	Finn	10	19	18	10	13	19	8	114.0	15
Mircea Carp Adrian Arendt	Flying Dutchman	12	12	13	11	13	14	13	110.0	13
Andrei Chjliman Catalin Luchian	Tornado	10	11	11	10	11	9	11	98.0	11

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Mircea Ilca	50 metre rifle prone	596	11
Corneliu Ion	25 m rapid fire pistol	596+148
Daniel Iuga	50 m pistol	555	17
	25 m rapid fire pistol	595	7
	Skeet	192	22

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Brigitte Prass

• Heats - 1:15.10 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Irinel Panulescu

• Heats - 5:07.74 (→ did not advance)
• Mariana Paraschiv

• Heats - 5:04.56 (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)

• Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)

• Defeated Hungary (3-2)

• Defeated Brazil (3-2)
• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Lost to Peru (0-3)

• 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 8th place
• Team Roster

• Mariana Ionescu

• Gabriela Coman

• Doina Savoiu

• Victoria Georgescu

• Ileana Dobroschi

• Victoria Banciu

• Irina Petculet

• Crina Georgescu

• Iuliana Enescu

• Ioana Liteanu

• Corina Crivat

• Elena Piron

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary round, Group B

• Defeated Libya 3-0 (3, 1, 1)

• Lost to Poland 1-3 (9,-12, -13, -13)

• Defeated Brazil 3-1 (-11, 4, 12, 3)

• Defeated Yugoslavia 3-1 (9, -14, 8, 12)
• Semi-final

• Lost to Soviet Union 0-3 (-6, -10, -5)
• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated Poland 3-1 (10, -9, 13,9) (→ Bronze Medal)
• Team Roster

• Corneliu Oros

• Laurențiu Dumănoiu

• Dan Gîrleanu

• Nicu Stoian

• Sorin Macovei

• Constantin Sterea

• Neculae Pop

• Günther Enescu

• Corneliu Chifu

• Marius Căta-Chițiga

• Florin Mina

• Viorel Manole

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)

• Drew with Hungary (6-6)

• Defeated Greece (6-4)

• Lost to Netherlands (3-5)
• Final Round (Group B)

• Lost to Italy (3-5)

• Drew with Australia (4-4)

• Defeated Sweden (8-3)

• Defeated Bulgaria (10-6)

• Defeated Greece (11-8) → 9th place
• Team Roster

• Doru Spînu

• Vasile Ungureanu

• Adrian Nastasiu

• Dinu Popescu

• Claudiu loan Rusu

• Ilie Slâvei

• Liviu Râducanu

• Viorel Rus

• Adrian Schervan

• Florin Slâvei

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Romania at the 1980 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090350/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1980/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-04-24 . sports-reference.com.