Romania competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 108 men and 30 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports.
Medalists
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Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics Canoeing Shooting Wrestling Total24612
Medals by genderGender TotalMale Female Total24612
Gold Iolanda Balaș — Athletics, Women's High Jump Mihaela Peneș — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
Silver Andrei Igorov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles Hilde Lauer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles Ion Tripșa — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol Valeriu Bularca — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Bronze Lia Manoliu — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw Aurel Vernescu — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles Simion Cuciuc, Atanase Sciotnic, Mihai Țurcaș, and Aurel Vernescu — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours Hilde Lauer and Cornelia Sideri — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs Dumitru Pârvulescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight Ion Cernea — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
Athletics
Women's High Jump Iolanda Balaș Qualification- 1.70 m Final:-1.90 m, OR ( Gold Medal) Women's Discus Lia Manoliu Qualification- 53.64 m Final-56.94 m ( Bronze Medal) Olimpia Cataramă Qualification-53.20 m Final-53.08 m (8th place) Women's Javelin Maria Diaconescu Qualification-51.12 m Final-53.71 m (6th place) Mihaela Peneș Qualification-51.19 m Final-60.54 m ( Gold Medal) Women's Shot Put Ana Sălăgean Qualification-15.31 m not qualified(no ranking) Women's Long Jump Viorica Viscopoleanu Qualification-6.37 m Final-6.35 m (5th place) Men's 5000 m Andrei Barabaș Heat-14:00.2 not qualified (no ranking) Marathon Constantin Grecescu 2:30:42.6 (36th place) Triple Jump Șerban Ciochină Qualification-15.31 m Final-16.23 m (5th place) 50 km Walk Ilie Popa 2:19:03.0 (28th place)
Boxing
Flyweight Constantin Ciucă def. Henry (Canada), def. Cuylenburg (Ceylon), lost to Olech (Poland)→6th place Bantamweight Nicolae Puiu def. Van der Walt (Northern Rhodesia), def. Johnson (U.S.A.), lost to Sakurai (Japan)→5th place Featherweight Constantin Crudu def. Caminero (Cuba), def. Limmonen (Finland), lost to Stepashkin (Soviet Union)→5th place Light-Welterweight Iosif Mihalic def. König (Austria), def. Fasoli (Italy), lost to Kulej (Poland)→5th place Welterweight Niculescu def. Gutierrez (Mexico), lost to Mabwa (Uganda) Light-Middleweight Mârza def. Lee (South Korea), def. Elmahas (United Arab Republic), lost to Grzesiak(Poland)→7th place Middleweight Ion Monea def. Kim (South Korea), lost to Schulz (Germany United Team) Light-Heavyweight Gheorghe Negrea lost to Kiselyov (Soviet Union) Heavyweight Vasile Mariuțan def. Pandov (Bulgaria), lost to Ros (Italy)
Canoeing
Cycling
Five cyclists represented Romania in 1964.
Individual road race Gabriel Moiceanu Constantin Ciocan Ion Cosma Gheorghe Bădără
Team time trial Gheorghe Bădără Constantin Ciocan Ion Cosma Emil Rusu
Fencing
Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1964.
Women's foil Ana Ene-Derșidan qualified from Round 1 (2v, 2 d, barrage), qualified from Round 2 (3v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Antonella Ragno (Italy) (8-4) Olga Orban-Szabo qualified from Round 1 (3 v,2 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v, 1 d), lost in Round 3 to Giovanna Masciotta(Italy) (8-6) Maria Vicol eliminated in Round 1 (2 v, 3 d)
Women's team foil Round 1 Defeated U.S.A. (9-1) Round 2 Lost to Soviet Union (4-9) Playoff for 5th place Defeated France (9-6)→5th place Team Roster: Olga Orban-Szabo Ana Ene-Derșidan Ileana Gyulai Ecaterina Stahl Maria Vicol
Men's foil Ion Drîmbă qualified from Round 1 (4 v, 1 d), qualified from Round 2 (3 v, 2 d), def.in Round 3 Naser Madani (Iran)(10-4), lost in Round 4 to Roland Losert (Austria)(6-10) Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (6 v,0 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v, 3 d) Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v,3 d, barrage)
Men's team foil First round Def. Argentina (9-0) Def. France (9-5) Lost to U.S.A. (8-8,54-62 t.d.) Quarterfinals Lost to Poland (5-9) 5-8 Playoff Def. Hungary (9-5) Lost to Germany United Team (8-8;57-60 t.d.)→6th place Team Roster Ion Drîmbă Ștefan Haukler Tănase Mureșanu Iuliu Falb Attila Csipler
Men's épée Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (4 v,3 d), eliminated in Round 2 (0 v, 5 d)
Men's sabre Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (6 v, 0 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Marcel Parent (France) (10-12) Octavian Vintilă qualified from Round 1 (3 v, 2 d), eliminated in Round 2 (1 v, 6 d) Ion Drîmbă qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (3 v, 3 d)
Men's team sabre Round 1 Def. Australia (9-3) Def. Great Britain (10-6) Quarterfinals Lost to France (6-8) 5-7 playoff Lost to Hungary (0-9)→7th place Team Roster Attila Csipler Octavian Vintilă Tănase Mureșanu Ion Drîmbă
Football
Group stage Defeated Mexico (3-1) Drew with Germany United Team (1-1) Defeated Iran (1-0) Quarterfinals Lost to Hungary (0-2) Consolation round 1 Defeated Ghana (4-2) Consolation round 2 Defeated Yugoslavia (3-0) → 5th place Team Roster Ilie Datcu Ilie Greavu Ion Nunweiller Dan Coe Bujor Hălmăgeanu Emil Petru Constantin Koszka Ion Pârcălab Gheorghe Constantin Ion Gheorghe Ionescu Carol Creiniceanu Emerich Jenei Cornel Pavlovici Marin Andrei Mircea Petescu Dumitru Ivan Sorin Avram Nicolae Georgescu
Gymnastics
Rowing
Shooting
Nine shooters represented Romania in 1964.
25 m pistol Ion Tripșa Marcel Roșca
50 m pistol Neagu Bratu Gavril Maghiar
50 m rifle, three positions Ion Olărescu Nicolae Rotaru
50 m rifle, prone Nicolae Rotaru Traian Cogut
Trap Ion Dumitrescu Gheorghe Enache
Volleyball
Men's Team Competition Round Robin Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) Defeated Brazil (3-0) Defeated Bulgaria (3-2) Defeated Netherlands (3-0) Defeated South Korea (3-2) Defeated Hungary (3-1) Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3) Lost to Japan (0-3) Defeated United States (3-1) → 4th place Team Roster Gheorghe Fieraru Horațiu Nicolau Aurel Drăgan Iuliu Szőcs William Schreiber Mihai Grigorovici Davila Plocon Nicolae Bărbuță Eduard Derzsi Mihai Chezan Constantin Ganciu Mihai Coste
Women's Team Competition Round Robin Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) Lost to Japan (0-3) Defeated United States (3-0) Defeated South Korea (3-0) Lost to Poland (0-3) → 4th place Team Roster Ana Mocan Cornelia Lăzeanu Natalia Todorovschi Doina Ivănescu Doina Rodica Popescu Sonia Colceru Lia Vanea Alexandrina Chezan Ileana Enculescu Elisabeta Goloșie Marina Stanca
Water polo
First Round Lost to Italy (3-4) Defeated Japan (9-4)
Semifinal Round Defeated Germany United Team (5-4) Drew with Soviet Union (2-2) 5-8 Tournament Defeated the Netherlands (6-1) Lost to Belgium (3-5)→ 5th place Team Roster Mircea Ștefănescu Anatolie Grințescu Aurel Zahan Alexandru Szabó Ștefan Kroner Cornel Mărculescu Nicolae Firoiu Gruia Novac Iosif Kuliniac Cosma Liță Emil Mureșanu
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Freestyle Wrestling 52 kg Gheorghe Tapalagă lost to Aliev(Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Georgiev (Bulgaria) (fall 9'19") 78 kg Ștefan Tâmpa lost to Watanabe (Japan) (decision), lost to Heinze (Germany Unified Team) (decision) 97 kg Ferenc Ballo lost to Medved (Soviet Union) (fall 2'12")drew with Conine (U.S.A.) (2-2) +97 kg Ștefan Stângu drew with Kubat (Czechoslovakia) (2-2), lost to Dzhiber (Bulgaria) (decision)
Greco-Roman Style Wrestling 52 kg Dumitru Pârvulescu def. Jensen (Denmark) (decision), def. Del Rio (Mexico) (fall 2'55"), def. Savadov (Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Kerezov (Bulgaria) (decision), lost to Hanahara (Japan) (fall 8'19")(→ Bronze Medal) 57 kg Ion Cernea drew with Varga (Hungary) def. Knitter (Poland) (decision), def. Švec (Czechoslovakia) (decision), def. Başergil (Turkey) (decision), lost to Trestyanski (Soviet Union) (decision)(→ Bronze Medal) 63 kg Marin Bolocan lost to Olsson (Sweden) (decision), def. Sayed (Afghanistan) (fall 3'56"), drew with Mirmalek (Iran), lost to Mansour (United Arab Republic) (decision) 70 kg Valeriu Bularca drew with Tapio (Finland), def. Kim (South Korea) (decision), def. Burke (U.S.A.) (foul 7'52"), def. Jonsson (Sweden) (decision), drew with Ayvaz (Turkey); entered tiebreak for places 2–4; defeated Gvanseladze (Soviet Union (decision)), drew with Fujita (Japan)(→ Silver Medal) 78 kg Ion Țăranu def. Todorov (Bulgaria) (decision), drew with Kolesov (Soviet Union), def. Asghian (Iran) (decision), drew with Laakso(Finland)→5th place 82 kg Gheorghe Popovici drew with Olenik (Soviet Union), lost with Metz (Germany United Team) (decision) 87 kg Nicolae Martinescu drew with Sosnowski (Poland), def. Bulgarelli (Italy)(decision), def. Yilmaz (Turkey) (decision), def. Wiesberger (Austria) (decision), lost with Radev (Bulgaria)(decision)→4th place +97 kg Ștefan Stângu drew with Kasabov (Bulgaria), lost to Svensson (Sweden) (decision).
References
External links Official Olympic reports