Romania at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ROU
Nocname:	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1984
Oldcode:	ROM
Website:
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	124 (71 men and 53 women)
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Corneliu Ion
Rank:	2
Gold:	20
Silver:	16
Bronze:	17
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Romania competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 124 competitors, 71 men and 53 women, took part in 86 events in 13 sports.^[1] Notably, Romania was the only Eastern Bloc nation to participate at these Games; all others followed the Soviet Union's boycott of the Games. The Romanian athletes were greeted with warm applause and even a standing ovation from the spectators as they entered the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the opening ceremony, in part an affirmation of the nation's defiance of the boycott.^{[2] [3]} The Romanian Olympic team was phenomenally successful at the games, ultimately placing second to the United States in the gold medal tally.^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				1 August
				3 August
				3 August
				4 August
				4 August
				4 August
				4 August
				4 August
				4 August
				5 August
				5 August
				5 August
				5 August
				5 August
				5 August
				6 August
				9 August
				10 August
				11 August
				11 August
				31 July
				1 August
				1 August
				2 August
				3 August
				3 August
				4 August
				5 August
				5 August
				6 August
				7 August
				7 August
				9 August
				10 August
				11 August
				11 August
				2 August
				2 August
				2 August
				3 August
				4 August
				5 August
				6 August
				7 August
				8 August
				9 August
				9 August
				10 August
	Romania men's national handball team			11 August
				11 August
				11 August
				11 August
				11 August

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Women's 1,500 metres

• Heat - 4:10.48

• Final - 4:03.76 (→ Silver Medal)

• Heat - 4:05.30

• Final - 4:04.15 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Heat - 4:10.58

• Final - 4:09.11 (→ 9th place)

Women's 3,000 metres

• Heat - 8:43.32

• Final - 8:35.96 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Heat - 56.94

• Semifinal - 55.24

• Final - 55.41 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's High Jump

• Niculina Vasile

• Qualification - 1.90m

• Final - 1.85m (→ 11th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu

• Qualification - 6.69 m

• Final - 6.96 m (→ Gold Medal)
• Valy Ionescu

• Qualification - 6.60 m

• Final - 6.81 m (→ Silver Medal)

Women's Discus Throw

• Qualification - 57.84m

• Final - 63.64m (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Shot Put

• Mihaela Loghin

• Final - 20.47 m (→ Silver Medal)

• Final - 17.23 m (→ 8th place)

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Men's Featherweight ( - 57 kg)

• Nicolae Talpos

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Lost to Meldrick Taylor (United States), 0:5

Men's Lightweight ( - 60 kg)

• Viorel Ioana

• First Round - Lost to Renato Cornett (Australia), 1:4

Men's Light Welterweight ( - 63.5 kg)

• Mircea Fulger → Bronze Medal

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Defeated Jean Duarte (France), RSC-1

• Third Round - Defeated Stefan Sjøstrand (SWE), 5:0

• Quarterfinals - Defeated Lofti Belkhir (Tunisia), 5:0

• Semifinals - Lost to Dhawee Umponmaha (Thailand), 0:5

Men's Welterweight ( - 67 kg)

• Rudel Obreja

• First Round - Defeated Antoine Loungoude (RCA), KO-1

• Second Round - Defeated Michael Hughes (GBR), 5:0

• Third Round - Lost to Mark Breland (United States), 0:5

Men's Light Middleweight ( - 71 kg)

• Gheorghe Simion

• First Round - Lost to Ahn Dal-Ho (South Korea), 0:5

Men's Light Heavyweight ( - 81 kg)

• Georgica Donici

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Defeated Fine Sani (Tonga), 5:0

• Quarterfinals - Lost to Anton Josipović (Yugoslavia), 0:5

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1984.

Men's foil

• Petru Kuki

Men's sabre

• Marin Mustață
• Ioan Pop
• Cornel Marin

Men's team sabre

• Marin Mustață, Ioan Pop, Alexandru Chiculiță, Cornel Marin, Vilmoș Szabo

Women's foil

• Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan
• Aurora Dan
• Marcela Moldovan-Zsak

Women's team foil

• Aurora Dan, Monika Weber-Koszto, Rozalia Oros, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Algeria (25-16)

• Defeated Iceland (26-17)

• Defeated Switzerland (23-17)

• Defeated Japan (28-22)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (18-19)
• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated Denmark (23-19) → Bronze Medal
• Team Roster

• Mircea Bedivan

• Dumitru Berbece

• Iosif Boroș

• Alexandru Buligan

• Gheorghe Covaciu

• Gheorghe Dogărescu

• Marian Dumitru

• Cornel Durău

• Alexandru Fölker

• Nicolae Munteanu

• Vasile Oprea

• Adrian Simion

• Vasile Stîngă

• Neculai Vasilcă

• Maricel Voinea

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Rhythmic gymnastics

See main article: article and Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Petru Iosub Valer Toma	Coxless pair	6:56.60	2 Q	6:53.23	1 Q	6:45.39
Dimitrie Popescu Vasile Tomoiagă Dumitru Răducanu	Coxed pair	7:12.18	1 Q	7:11.21

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valeria Răcilă	Single sculls	3:44.22	1 Q	3:54.55	1 Q	3:40.68
Marioara Popescu Elisabeta Oleniuc	Double sculls	3:24.28	1 Q	3:26.75
Rodica Arba Elena Horvat	Coxless pair	3:32.60
Florica Lavric Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu Chira Apostol Olga Homeghi-Bularda Viorica Ioja	Coxed four	3:21.61	1 Q	3:19.30
Titie Taran Anișoara Sorohan Ioana Badea Sofia Corban Ecaterina Oancia	Quadruple sculls (coxed)	3:15.34	1 Q	3:14.11
Marioara Trașcă Lucia Sauca Doina Șnep-Bălan Aneta Mihaly Aurora Pleșca Camelia Diaconescu Viorica Ioja Mihaela Armășescu Adriana Bazon-Chelariu	Eight	2:59.80

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Sorin Babii	50 m pistol	555	11
Corneliu Ion	25 m rapid fire pistol	593
Constantin Stan	50 metre rifle three positions	1140	20
	50 metre rifle prone	591	17
	10 m air rifle	577	20
	25 m rapid fire pistol	588	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Elena Macovei	25 m pistol	572	15
Maria Macovei		577	8

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Women's 100m Backstroke

• Carmen Bunaciu

• Heat - 1:03.79

• Final - 1:03.21 (→ 4th place)
• Anca Pătrășcoiu

• Heat - 1:04.16

• Final - 1:03.29 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Anca Pătrășcoiu

• Heat - 2:16.71

• Final - 2:13.29 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Carmen Bunaciu

• Heat - 2:16.41

• Final - 2:16.15 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Anca Pătrășcoiu

• Heat - 5:03.97

• B-Final - 5:05.53 (→ 16th place)

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Romania at the 1984 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043042/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1984/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-05-13 . sports-reference.com.
2. News: Litsky . Frank . President and Pomp Begin Games . 2020-08-28 . . July 29, 1984 . 1, 8, § 5 . Of the first 139 nations in the parade, the biggest cheers went to Rumania, the only Warsaw Pact nation competing here..
3. News: Yake . D. Byron . '84 Olympics: Gala trumpets in Games . 2020-08-28 . . . July 29, 1984 . A1, A10 . The Romanians, the only Eastern bloc nation to defy the Soviet boycott, were greeted with a standing ovation..
4. News: Leavy . Jane . Romania: No Boycott, A Winning Presence . . 23 July 1984.