Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ROU
Nocname:	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Oldcode:	ROM
Website:
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	173 (105 men and 68 women)
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Costel Grasu
Rank:	14
Gold:	4
Silver:	6
Bronze:	8
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Romania competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Summer Games for the nation after the fall of Communism in 1989. 172 competitors, 104 men and 68 women, took part in 128 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Romania finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 18 medals overall.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				1 August
				1 August
				1 August
				2 August
				28 July
				1 August
				2 August
				2 August
				2 August
				8 August
				26 July
				28 July
				29 July
				30 July
				1 August
				2 August
				4 August
				7 August

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	2	1	2	5
	1	4	1	6
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	4	6	8	18

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#F7F6A8		bgcolor=#DCE5E5		bgcolor=#FFDAB9		Total
Male
Female
Total	4	6	8	18

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	7	18	25
Badminton	1	0	1
Boxing	5	–	5
Canoeing	10	4	14
Diving	1	3	4
Fencing	10	5	15
Gymnastics	6	8	14
Handball	15	0	15
Judo	5	1	6
Modern pentathlon	1	–	1
Rowing	18	14	32
Shooting	4	1	5
Swimming	2	8	10
Table tennis	0	4	4
Tennis	3	2	5
Weightlifting	6	–	6
wrestling	11	–	11
Total	105	68	173

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's 110m Hurdles

• Heats - 14.04 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Bogdan Tudor

• Qualification - 8.07 m

• Final - 7.61 m (→ 12th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Qualification - 63.06 m

• Final - 62.86 m (→ 4th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Qualification - 18.96 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 metres

• Ella Kovacs

• Heat - 1:59.88

• Semifinal - 2:00.89

• Final - 1:57.95 (→ 6th place)
• Leontina Salagean

• Heat - 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Nicoleta Carutasu

• Heat - 57.18 (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Elena Murgoci - 3:01.46 (→ 32nd place)

Women's High Jump

• Qualification - 1.92 m

• Final - 2.00 m (→ Silver Medal)

• Qualification - 1.86 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Heat - 6.83 m

• Final - 6.71 m (→ 4th place)

• Heat - 6.46 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Heat - 60.62m (→ did not advance)

• Heat - 59.44m (→ did not advance)

• Heat - 56.68m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

• Final result - 6152 points (→ 13th place)

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's Light Flyweight ( - 48 kg)

• Valentin Barbu

• First Round  - Defeated Mohammed Haioun (ALG), 11:2

• Second Round  - Defeated Tadahiro Sasaki (JPN), 10:7

• Quarterfinals  - Lost to Jan Quast (GER), 7:15

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Clara Elena Ciocan	10m platform	283.92	15	Did not advance
	align=left	3 m springboard	258.15	20	Did not advance
Ioana Voicu	10m platform	288.87	12 Q	369.87	9

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented Romania in 1992.

Men's épée

• Adrian Pop
• Gabriel Pantelimon
• Cornel Milan

Men's team épée

• Adrian Pop, Gabriel Pantelimon, Cornel Milan, Gheorghe Epurescu, Nicolae Mihăilescu

Men's sabre

• Daniel Grigore
• Vilmoș Szabo
• Alexandru Chiculiță

Men's team sabre

• Alexandru Chiculiță, Victor Găureanu, Daniel Grigore, Florin Lupeică, Vilmoș Szabo

Women's foil

• Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo
• Claudia Grigorescu
• Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan

Women's team foil

• Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo, Claudia Grigorescu, Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan, Laura Cârlescu-Badea, Roxana Dumitrescu

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Preliminary round

Group B

width=25%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD	width=8%	Points
	5	5	0	0	121	98	+23	10
	5	4	0	1	111	98	+13	8
	5	3	0	2	97	98	−1	6
	5	1	1	3	107	115	−8	3
	5	1	1	3	97	103	−6	3
	5	0	0	5	92	113	−21	0

width=25%	Results !	width=12.5%	!	width=12.5%	!	width=12.5%	!	width=12.5%	!	width=12.5%	!	width=12.5%
	bgcolor=lightgrey		23–22	24–18	27–25	25–15	22–18
	22–23	bgcolor=lightgrey		18–16	26–20	23–20	22–19
	18–24	16–18	bgcolor=lightgrey		21–20	19–18	23–18
	25–27	20–26	20–21	bgcolor=lightgrey		20–20	22–21
	15–25	20–23	18–19	20–20	bgcolor=lightgrey		24–16
	18–22	19–22	18–23	21–22	16–24	bgcolor=lightgrey

7th/8th classification

• Team roster

• Daniel Apostu

• Dumitru Berbece

• Mitica Bontas

• Alexandru Buligan

• Alexandru Dedu

• Marian Dumitru

• Robert Ioan Licu

• Ion Mocanu

• Costica Neagu

• Adi Daniel Popovici

• Ioan Rudi Prisacaru

• Ionel Radu

• Gheorghe-Titel Raduta

• Gabriel Sorin Toacsen

• Maricel Voinea

• Valentin Cristian Zaharia
• Head coach: Cezar Paul Nica

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented Romania in 1992.

Individual

• Marian Gheorghe

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's Coxless Pairs

• Vasile Tomoiagă and Dragoș Neagu

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga and Dumitru Răducanu

Men's Coxless Fours

• Vasile Hanuseac, Nicolae Spîrcu, Florin Ene, and Ioan Snep

Men's Coxed Fours

• Viorel Talapan, Iulică Ruican, Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga, and Dumitru Răducanu

Men's eight

• Ioan Vizitiu, Dănuț Dobre, Gabriel Marin, Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, Vasile Năstase, Valentin Robu, Vasile Măstăcan, and Marin Gheorghe

Women's Single Sculls

• Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă

Women's Double Sculls

• Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă and Veronica Cogeanu-Cochela

Women's Coxless Pairs

• Doina Șnep-Bălan and Doina Robu

Women's Quadruple Sculls

• Constanța Burcică-Pipota, Vera Cochela, Anișoara Dobre-Bălan, and Doina Ignat - Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls

Women's Coxless Fours

• Victoria Lepădatu, Iulia Bobeică, Adriana Chelariu-Bazon, and Maria Pădurariu

Women's eight

• Adriana Bazon-Chelariu, Iulia Bobeica, Elena Georgescu, Victoria Lepădatu, Viorica Neculai, Ioana Olteanu, Maria Păduraru, and Doina Robu - Rowing, Women's Eights

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's 200m Freestyle

• Robert Pinter

• Heat  - 1:52.24 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Robert Pinter

• Heat  - 1:59.59

• Final  - 1:59.34 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Marian Satnoianu

• Heat  - 2:06.45 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Marian Satnoianu

• Heat  - 4:26.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Liliana Dobrescu

• Heat  - 26.76 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
• Diana Ureche

• Heat  - 26.96 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Liliana Dobrescu

• Heat  - 56.45

• B-Final  - 56.17 (→ 10th place)
• Diana Ureche

• Heat  - 58.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Liliana Dobrescu

• Heat  - 2:00.51

• Final  - 2:00.48 (→ 5th place)
• Carla Negrea

• Heat  - 2:03.16

• B-Final  - 2:02.96 (→ 15th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Beatrice Coada

• Heat  - 4:16.23

• B-Final  - 4:14.90 (→ 12th place)
• Carla Negrea

• Heat  - 4:17.00

• B-Final  - 4:14.92 (→ 13th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

• Beatrice Coada

• Heat  - 8:44.17 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
• Carla Negrea

• Heat  - 8:48.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Claudia Stanescu

• Heat  - 1:04.44 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Claudia Stanescu

• Heat  - 2:18.39 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Beatrice Coada

• Heat  - 2:34.97 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Diana Ureche

• Heat  - 1:02.72 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
• Iuliana Pantilimon

• Heat  - 1:04.07 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Iuliana Pantilimon

• Heat  - 2:15.44

• B-Final  - 2:14.95 (→ 14th place)
• Corina Dumitru

• Heat  - 2:16.86 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Noemi Lung

• Heat  - 2:18.12

• B-Final  - 2:18.97 (→ 13th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Beatrice Coada

• Heat  - 4:48.12

• B-Final  - 4:50.60 (→ 15th place)
• Noemi Lung

• Heat  - 4:53.91 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Heat  - 3:55.52 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Heat  - 4:17.91 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's Singles Competition

• First round - Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 5-7, 2-6, 2-6

Men's Doubles Competition

• First round - Defeated László Markovits and Sándor Noszály (Hungary) retired

• Second round - Defeated Omar Camporese and Diego Nargiso (Italy) 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

• Quarterfinals - Lost to Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval (South Africa) 0-6, 3-6, 2-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Irina Spîrlea

• First Round  - Lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) 1-6, 3-6

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Romania at the 1992 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043813/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1992/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-12-26 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/ROU/editions/23 Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics