Romania competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1932 Summer Olympics. 54 competitors, 52 men and 2 women, took part in 33 events in 9 sports.
Medalists
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Medals by sportSport TotalEquestrian Total0101
Medals by genderGender TotalMale Female Total0101
Silver Henri Rang — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Athletics
Men's Long Jump Bogdan Ionescu-Crum — did not qualify → no ranking Men's Discus Throw Ioan Havaleţ — did not qualify → no ranking 50 km Walk Gheorghe Firea — 5:09:39 → 20th place
Boxing
Flyweight Dumitru Panaitescu — lost to Nunag (Philippines) → no ranking Bantamweight Ioan Gaşpar — lost to Stasch (Germany) → no ranking Featherweight Nicolae Berechet — lost to Seeberg (Estonia) → no ranking Lightweight Gheorghe David — lost to Facchin (Italy) → no ranking
Equestrian
Grand Prix des Nations Show Jumping Event, individual Henri Rang — on "Delfis" 4 penalty points in 144,2 seconds (→ Silver Medal) Ion Apostol — on "Dracu Ştie" 28 penalty points in 191 seconds (→ 29th place) Toma Tudoran — on "Hunter" — DNF → no ranking
Grand Prix des Nations Show Jumping Event, Team Team roster: Henri Rang on "Delfis", Ion Apostol on ""Dracu Ştie", Toma Tudoran on "Hunter" Romania disqualified, because of Tudoran not finishing the course (→ no ranking)
Fencing
Seven fencers, five men and two women, represented Romania in 1936.
Men's épée Nicolae Marinescu — qualified from the 1st round (4 v,1 d), eliminated in 2nd round (2 v, 4 d) Denis Dolecsko — eliminated in the 1st round (1 v, 4 d) Ioan Miclescu-Prăjescu — qualified from the 1st round (4v, 2 d), eliminated in the 2nd round (3v,2 d, lost barrage to Campbell-Gray, Great Britain)
Men's sabre Denis Dolecsko — qualified from the 1st round (4 v, 1 d), eliminated in 2nd round (1 v, 4 d) Nicolae Marinescu — qualified from the first round (4 v, 2 d), eliminated in 2nd round (0 v, 5 d) Kamilló Szathmáry — eliminated in the 1st round (3v, 3d, lost barrage to Harry, Great Britain)
Men's team sabre Team roster: Nicolae Marinescu, Gheorghe Man, Denis Dolecsko, Kamilló Szathmáry. Romania eliminated in 1st round: lost to Germany (6-10) lost to Uruguay (8-8, 57-60 td)
Women's foil Thea Kellner — eliminated in Pool Stage (0 v, 5 d) Gerda Gantz — eliminated in Pool Stage (1 v, 5 d)
Gymnastics
Men's team Team roster:Drăghici, Matuşek, Ludu, Abraham, Dan, Schmidt, Albert, Moldoveanu. Romania — 71.566 p. (→ 14th place) Individual all-around Ludu — 11.966 p. (→ 93rd place) Abraham — 10.093 p. (→ 98th place) Albert — 9.900 p. (→ 99th place) Matuşek — 9.050 p. (→ 101st place) Dan — 9.037 p. (→ 103rd place) Drăghici — 8.500 p. (→ 105th place) Schmidt — 8.370 p. (→ 107th place) Moldoveanu — did not complete the all-around competition (→ no ranking)
Handball
Team roster: Fesci, Zoller, Carl Haffer, Franz Haffer, Zickeli, Höchsmann, Speck, Zacharias, Kirschner, Halmen, Halder, Hermannstädter, Schorsten, Holzträger, Herzog. Lost to Austria (3-18) Lost to Switzerland (6-8) Defeated U.S.A. (10-3) (→ Fifth place)
Shooting
Four shooters represented Romania in 1936.
50 m pistol Vasile Crişan
50 m rifle, prone Mihai Ionescu-Călineşti Gheorghe Mirea Eduard Grand
Wrestling
Bantamweight József Tõzsér — defeated Bayle (France) (throw 11:58), defeated Tóth (Yugoslavia) (decision 3-0), defeated Bertoli (Italy) (throw 2:50, lost to Brendel (Germany) (throw 16:24), lost to Perttunen (Finland) (decision 2-1) (→ Fifth place) Featherweight Dezsõ Horváth — lost to Hering (Germany) (throw 11:36), defeated Janda (Czechoslovakia) (decision 3-0), defeated Kracher (France) (throw 6:28), lost to Reini (Finland) (throw 5:28) (→no ranking) Lightweight Ilie Borlovan — defeated Kálmán (Hungary) (decision 2-1), defeated Arikan (Turkey) (decision 2-1), lost to Koskela (Finland)(throw 8:51) (→no ranking) Middleweight Marin Cocoş — defeated Gogel (Switzerland) (throw 5:30), lost to Schweikert (Germany) (throw 8:28), defeated Pointner (Austria)(throw 2:21), lost to Kokkinen (Finland) (throw 3:00) (→ Fifth place) Heavyweight Tibor Kondorossy — lost to Nyman (Sweden) (throw 6:51), lost to Palusalu (Estonia) (throw 10:36 ) (→no ranking)
Art competitions
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database