Romania at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Romania at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeROU
(ROM used at these Games)
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Atlanta
Competitors165 (98 men and 67 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Iulică Ruican
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
4
Silver
7
Bronze
9
Total
20
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Romania competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 165 competitors, 98 men and 67 women, took part in 122 events in 18 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Laura Badea Fencing Women's individual foil July 22
 Gold Simona Amânar Gymnastics Women's vault July 28
 Gold Constanța Burcică-Pipota
Camelia Macoviciuc		 Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls July 28
 Gold Vera Cochela
Liliana Gafencu
Elena Georgescu
Doina Ignat
Elisabeta Lipă
Ioana Olteanu
Mărioara Popescu
Doina Spircu
Anca Tănase		 Rowing Women's eight July 28
 Silver Gabriela Szabo Athletics Women's 1500 metres August 3
 Silver Antonel Borșan
Marcel Glăvan		 Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres August 3
 Silver Laura Badea
Roxana Scarlat
Reka Szabo		 Fencing Women's team foil July 25
 Silver Marius Urzică Gymnastics Men's pommel horse July 28
 Silver Dan Burincă Gymnastics Men's rings July 28
 Silver Gina Gogean Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around July 25
 Silver Simona Amânar Gymnastics Women's floor July 29
 Bronze Leonard Doroftei Boxing Lightweight August 4
 Bronze Marian Simion Boxing Welterweight August 4
 Bronze Gheorghe Andriev
Grigore Obreja		 Canoeing Men's C-2 500 metres August 4
 Bronze Simona Amânar Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around July 25
 Bronze Lavinia Miloșovici Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around July 25
 Bronze Gina Gogean Gymnastics Women's vault July 28
 Bronze Gina Gogean Gymnastics Women's balance beam July 29
 Bronze Simona Amânar
Gina Gogean
Ionela Loaieș
Alexandra Marinescu
Lavinia Miloșovici
Mirela Ţugurlan		 Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around July 23
 Bronze Nicu Vlad Weightlifting Men's 108 kg July 30
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Athletics 0 1 0 1
Boxing 0 0 2 2
Canoeing 0 1 1 2
Fencing 1 1 0 2
Gymnastics 1 4 5 10
Rowing 2 0 0 2
Weightlifting 0 0 1 1
Total 4 7 9 20
Medals by gender
Gender 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Male 0 3 4 7
Female 4 4 5 13
Total 4 7 9 20

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Qualification — 3:38.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.97s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:31.34
  • Semifinals — 8:28.77 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.96m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 7.88m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 58.56m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk


Women's 10.000 metres

  • Qualification — 31:40.16
  • Final — 31:26.46 (→ 8th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification — 55.42
  • Semifinals — 54.41
  • Final — 54.40 (→ 7th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 66.94m
  • Final — 59.94m (→ 10th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 63.00m
  • Final — 63.28m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification — 58.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 14.22m
  • Final — 14.21m (→ 8th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 5847 points (→ 22nd place)

Women's Marathon

Women's 10 km Walk

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Samuel Álvarez (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third round
  • Second Round — Defeated Kalai Riadh (Tunisia), 16-3
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 2-24

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's Lightweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Christophe Mendy (France), referee stopped contest in second round

Canoeing

Diving

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Heat — 281.52
  • Semi Final — 157.41
  • Final — 256.05 (→ 10th place)
  • Preliminary Heat — 233.34 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Fencing

Nine fencers, six men and three women, represented Romania in 1996.

Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition

  • Adrian Toader — 5335 pts (→ 14th place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Nicolae Ivan
  • Heat — 51.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:50.83
  • B-Final — 1:51.46 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 56.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:08.59 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 55.50 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:21.66 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 26.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 56.27
  • B-Final — 55.98 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:00.85
  • Final — 2:01.63 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat — 2:04.59 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:16.89
  • B-Final — 4:17.08 (→ 16th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:54.19 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:15.92
  • B-Final — 2:15.15 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:13.91 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:02.66 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:17.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:16.80
  • B-Final — 2:16.75 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:44.66
  • Final — 4:44.91 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 3:48.43 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 8:10.77
  • Final – 8:10.02 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • First round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 6-2 4-6 2-6
  • First round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 4-6 4-4 retired

Water polo

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Romania – Ukraine 6-6
  • Romania – Croatia 6-11
  • Romania – Greece 5-8
  • Romania – United States 5-10
  • Romania – Italy 9-10
  • Classification Matches
  • 9th/12th place: Romania – Netherlands 8-10
  • 9th/12th place: Romania – Ukraine 11-8
  • 9th/12th place: Romania – Germany 6-10 (→ Eleventh place)
  • Team roster
  • Head coach: Rus Viorel

Weightlifting

Men's 108 kg

  • Snatch — 197.5 kg
  • Clean & Jerk — 222.5 kg
  • Total — 420.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)

Wrestling

Notes

  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

  1. ^ "Romania at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
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