Romania competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 44 competitors, 33 men and 11 women, took part in 35 events in 10 sports.

Medalists

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Medals by sportSport TotalBoxing Canoeing Fencing Gymnastics Shooting Wrestling Total53513

Medals by genderGender TotalMale Female Total53513

Gold Nicolae Linca — Boxing, Men's Welterweight Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canadian Singles Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 10.000m Canadian Singles Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000m Canadian Pairs Ștefan Petrescu — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

Silver Mircea Dobrescu — Boxing, Men's Flyweight Gheorghe Negrea — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight Olga Orban-Szabo — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

Bronze Constantin Dumitrescu — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight Elena Leuşteanu — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises Gheorghe Lichiardopol — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol Francisc Horvat — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight Elena Leuşteanu, Georgeta Hurmuzachi, Sonia Iovan, Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă, Elena Mărgărit-Niculescu, and Elena Săcălici — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Fencing

Two fencers, both women, represented Romania in 1956.

Women's foil Olga Orban-Szabo Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1956.

Individual Cornel Vena Dumitru Țintea Victor Teodorescu

Team Cornel Vena Dumitru Ţintea Victor Teodorescu

Shooting

Four shooters represented Romania in 1956. In the 25 m pistol event Ștefan Petrescu won gold and Gheorghe Lichiardopol won bronze.

25 m pistol Ștefan Petrescu Gheorghe Lichiardopol

300 m rifle, three positions Constantin Antonescu

50 m rifle, three positions Iosif Sîrbu Constantin Antonescu

50 m rifle, prone Iosif Sîrbu Constantin Antonescu

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankAlexandru Popescu200 m butterfly 2:29.9 8 Q 2:31.0 8

Women AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankMaria Both100 m backstroke 1:15.8 12 Did not advance

Water polo

Wrestling

References