Romania competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after having missed the 1948 Summer Olympics. 114 competitors, 103 men and 11 women, took part in 67 events in 15 sports.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Iosif Sîrbu Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone Vasile Tiță Boxing Middleweight Gheorghe Fiat Boxing Lightweight Gheorghe Lichiardopol Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
Athletics
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Qualification Round (Group C) Lost to Canada (51-72) Lost to Italy (39-53) → did not advance, 23rd place
Team Roster Dan Niculescu Mihai Nedef Andrei Folbert Corneliu Călugăreanu Grigore Costescu Emanoil Răducanu Ladislau Mokos Liviu Nagy Cezar Niculescu Adrian Petroșanu Vasile Popescu Gheorghe Constantinide
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) Constantin Stanescu – 5:20:01.4 (→ 29th place) Marin Niculescu – 5:23:34.1 (→ 41st place) Victor Georgescu – 5:24:27.5 (→ 44th place) Petre Nuță – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition Men's 1.000m Time Trial Ion Ionita Final – 1:14.4 (→ 7th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race Ion Ionita – 25th place
Equestrian
Fencing
Eight fencers, all men, represented Romania in 1952.
Men's foil Vasile Chelaru Nicolae Marinescu Andrei Vîlcea
Men's team foil Andrei Vîlcea, Ilie Tudor, Nicolae Marinescu, Vasile Chelaru
Men's épée Nicolae Marinescu Vasile Chelaru Zoltan Uray
Men's sabre Adalbert Gurath, Sr. Ilie Tudor Ion Santo
Men's team sabre Andrei Vîlcea, Ion Santo, Ilie Tudor, Mihai Kokossy
Football
Preliminary Round
Team Roster Ion Voinescu Aurel Crâsnic Traian Popa Vasile Zavoda Zoltan Farmati Iosif Kovács Guido Fodor Iosif Ritter Valeriu Călinoiu Eugen Iordache Ștefan Balint Tiberiu Bone Titus Ozon Tudor Paraschiva Iosif Petschovski Gavril Serfözö Ioan Suru Gheorghe Bodo Andrei Mercea Francisc Zavoda
Gymnastics
Rowing
Romania had nine male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.
Men's eight Iosif Bergesz Milivoi Iancovici Ștefan Konyelicska Gheorghe Măcinic Ion Niga Ștefan Pongratz Alexandru Rotaru Ștefan Somogy Ion Vlăduț (cox)
Shooting
Four shooters represented Romania in 1952. Iosif Sîrbu won gold in the 50 m rifle, prone event and Gheorghe Lichiardopol won bronze in the 25 m pistol.
25 m pistol Gheorghe Lichiardopol Penait Calcai
50 m rifle, three positions Iosif Sîrbu
50 m rifle, prone Iosif Sîrbu Petre Cișmigiu
Swimming
Men Rank given is within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIosif Novac100 m freestyle 1:00.5 =3 Did not advance
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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