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.
Medalists
| style="text-align:left; width:72%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Laura Badea Fencing Women's individual foil Simona Amânar Gymnastics Women's vault Constanța Burcică-PipotaCamelia Macoviciuc Rowing Women's lightweight double sculls Rowing Women's eight Gabriela Szabo Athletics Women's 1500 metres Antonel BorșanMarcel Glăvan Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres Laura Badea Roxana ScarlatReka Szabo Fencing Women's team foil Marius Urzică Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Dan Burincă Gymnastics Men's rings Gina Gogean Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Simona Amânar Gymnastics Women's floor Leonard Doroftei Boxing Lightweight Marian Simion Boxing Welterweight Gheorghe AndrievGrigore Obreja Canoeing Men's C-2 500 metres Simona Amânar Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Lavinia Miloșovici Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Gina Gogean Gymnastics Women's vault Gina Gogean Gymnastics Women's balance beam Simona AmânarGina GogeanIonela LoaieșAlexandra MarinescuLavinia MiloșoviciMirela Ţugurlan Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Nicu Vlad Weightlifting Men's 108 kg | style="text-align:left; width:23%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics 0101Boxing 0022Canoeing 0112Fencing 1102Gymnastics 14510Rowing 2002Weightlifting 0011Total47920
Medals by genderGender TotalMale0347Female44513Total47920
Athletics
Men's 1,500 metres Ovidiu Olteanu Qualification — 3:38.33 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles Mugur Mateescu Heat — 49.97s (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase Florin Ionescu Heat — 8:31.34 Semifinals — 8:28.77 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump Bogdan Tarus Qualification — 7.96m (→ did not advance)
Bogdan Tudor Qualification — 7.88m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw Costel Grasu Qualification — 58.56m (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk Costică Bălan
Women's 10.000 metres Iulia Negura Qualification — 31:40.16 Final — 31:26.46 (→ 8th place)
Women's 400m Hurdles Ionela Târlea Qualification — 55.42 Semifinals — 54.41 Final — 54.40 (→ 7th place)
Women's Javelin Throw Felicia Tilea Qualification — 66.94m Final — 59.94m (→ 10th place)
Women's Discus Throw Nicole Grasu Qualification — 63.00m Final — 63.28m (→ 7th place)
Cristina Boit Qualification — 58.10m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump Mihaela Gheorghiu Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump Rodica Mateescu Qualification — 14.22m Final — 14.21m (→ 8th place)
Women's Heptathlon Liliana Nastase Final Result — 5847 points (→ 22nd place)
Women's Marathon Lidia Șimon — 2:31.04 (→ 6th place) Anuța Cătună — 2:42.01 (→ 44th place) Cristina Pomacu — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 10 km Walk Norica Câmpean — 46:19 (→ 29th place)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Sabin Bornei First Round — Defeated José Pérez Reyes (Dominican Republic), 16-10 Second Round — Lost to Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 7-18
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) George Olteanu 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) Leonard Doroftei → Bronze Medal First Round — Defeated Julio Mboumba (Gabon), referee stopped contest in second round Second Round — Defeated Sergey Kopenkin (Kyrgyzstan), 10-1 Quarter Finals — Defeated Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 17-8 Semi Finals — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 6-9
Men's Lightweight (– 67 kg) Marian Simion → Bronze Medal First Round — Defeated Hussein Bayram (France), 13-6 Second Round — Defeated Fernando Vargas (United States), 8-7 Quarter Finals — Defeated Hasan Al (Denmark), 16-8 Semi Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 7-20
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Francisc Vaștag First Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 12-17
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) Ovidiu Bali First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Christophe Mendy (France), referee stopped contest in second round
Canoeing
Diving
Women's 10m Platform Clara Elena Ciocan Preliminary Heat — 281.52 Semi Final — 157.41 Final — 256.05 (→ 10th place)
Anisoara Opriea Preliminary Heat — 233.34 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Fencing
Nine fencers, six men and three women, represented Romania in 1996.
Men's épée Gheorghe Epurescu Gabriel Pantelimon Aurel Bratu
Men's team épée Aurel Bratu, Gheorghe Epurescu, Gabriel Pantelimon
Men's sabre Vilmoș Szabo Florin Lupeică Mihai Covaliu
Men's team sabre Florin Lupeică, Mihai Covaliu, Vilmoș Szabo
Women's foil Laura Cârlescu-Badea Roxana Scarlat Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo
Women's team foil Laura Cârlescu-Badea, Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo, Roxana Scarlat
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 Nicolae Butacu Heat — 1:50.83 B-Final — 1:51.46 (→ 16th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke Nicolae Butacu Heat — 56.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke Nicolae Butacu Heat — 2:08.59 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Răzvan Petcu Heat — 55.50 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Nicolae Ivan, Răzvan Petcu, Horațiu Badiță, and Alexandru Ioanovici Heat — 3:21.66 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle Luminița Dobrescu Heat — 26.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Luminița Dobrescu Heat — 56.27 B-Final — 55.98 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle Luminița Dobrescu Heat — 2:00.85 Final — 2:01.63 (→ 8th place)
Ioana Diaconescu Heat — 2:04.59 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle Carla Negrea Heat — 4:16.89 B-Final — 4:17.08 (→ 16th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle Carla Negrea Heat — 8:54.19 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke Cătălina Căsaru Heat — 2:15.92 B-Final — 2:15.15 (→ 14th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Larisa Lăcustă Heat — 1:13.91 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly Loredana Zisu Heat — 1:02.66 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly Loredana Zisu Heat — 2:17.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley Beatrice Câșlaru Heat — 2:16.80 B-Final — 2:16.75 (→ 12th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley Beatrice Câșlaru Heat — 4:44.66 Final — 4:44.91 (→ 6th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Andrea Trufașu, and Luminița Dobrescu Heat – 3:48.43 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Luminița Dobrescu, Loredana Zisu, Ioana Diaconescu, and Carla Negrea Heat – 8:10.77 Final – 8:10.02 (→ 7th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Catalina Căsaru, Beatrice Câșlaru, Loredana Zisu, and Luminița Dobrescu Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Table tennis
Tennis
Women's Singles Competition Cătălina Cristea First round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 6-2 4-6 2-6
Ruxandra Dragomir 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 Edward Andrei Florin Bonca Robert Dinu Niculae Fulgeanu Vlad Hagiu Gelu Lisac Istvan Moldvai Daniel Radu Bogdan Rath Radu Sabău Stefan Sanda Dinel Stemate Liviu Totolici Head coach: Rus Viorel
Weightlifting
Men's 108 kg Nicu Vlad Snatch — 197.5 kg Clean & Jerk — 222.5 kg Total — 420.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)
Wrestling
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