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.
Medalists Romania finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 18 medals overall.
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Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics 010 1Boxing 001 1Fencing 001 1Gymnastics 212 5Rowing 241 7Shooting 001 1Weightlifting 001 1Wrestling 001 1Total46818
Medals by genderGender TotalMale Female Total46818
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 7 18 25Badminton 1 0 1Boxing 5 – 5Canoeing 10 4 14Diving 1 3 4Fencing 10 5 15Gymnastics 6 8 14Handball 15 0 15Judo 5 1 6Modern pentathlon 1 – 1Rowing 18 14 32Shooting 4 1 5Swimming 2 8 10Table tennis 0 4 4Tennis 3 2 5Weightlifting 6 – 6wrestling 11 – 11 Total 105 68 173
Athletics
Men's 110m Hurdles Mircea Oaida 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 Costel Grasu Qualification — 63.06 m Final — 62.86 m (→ 4th place)
Men's Shot Put Gheorghe Gușet 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 Galina Astafei Qualification — 1.92 m Final — 2.00 m (→ Silver Medal)
Oana Musunoi Qualification — 1.86 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump Mirela Dulgheru Heat — 6.83 m Final — 6.71 m (→ 4th place)
Marieta Ilcu Heat — 6.46 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw Nicoleta Grasu Heat — 60.62m (→ did not advance)
Manuela Tirneci Heat — 59.44m (→ did not advance)
Cristina Boit Heat — 56.68m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon Petra Vaideanu Final result — 6152 points (→ 13th place)
Badminton
Boxing
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
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankGabriel Cherecheș10m platform327.72 20Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankClara Elena Ciocan10m platform283.9215Did not advanceIonica Tudor 3 m springboard258.1520Did not advanceIoana Voicu10m platform288.87 12 Q369.879
Fencing
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
Handball
Preliminary round
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPoints 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
Results 23–22 24–18 27–25 25–15 22–18 22–23 18–16 26–20 23–20 22–19 18–24 16–18 21–20 19–18 23–18 25–27 20–26 20–21 20–20 22–21 15–25 20–23 18–19 20–20 24–16 18–22 19–22 18–23 21–22 16–24
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
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Romania in 1992.
Individual Marian Gheorghe
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
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
Swimming
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 Diana Ureche, Carla Negrea, Beatrice Coada, and Liliana Dobrescu Heat – 3:55.52 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Claudia Stanescu, Beatrice Coada, Diana Ureche, and Liliana Dobrescu Heat – 4:17.91 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition Andrei Pavel First round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 5-7, 2-6, 2-6
Men's Doubles Competition George Cosac and Dinu Pescariu 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
Wrestling
References