Romania at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Romania at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Romania at the; 2018 Winter Olympics
	Flag of Romania
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea; 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	27 (18 men and 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Marius Ungureanu
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Romania competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 27 competitors in 8 sports.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	5	1	6
Bobsleigh	5	2	7
Cross-country skiing	2	1	3
Luge	4	1	5
Skeleton	1	1	2
Ski jumping	0	1	1
Speed skating	0	1	1
Total	18	9	27

Alpine skiing

Romania qualified two athletes, one male and one female.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexandru Barbu	Men's giant slalom	1:19.74	66	1:17.40	52	2:37.14	55
Alexandru Barbu	Men's slalom	DNF
Ania Monica Caill	Women's downhill	—				1:45.06	28
	Women's super-G	—				1:25.74	36
	Women's giant slalom	DNS

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Romania has qualified 5 men.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
George Buta	Men's individual	51:55.6	1 (0+0+1+0)	37
Remus Faur	Men's sprint	26:03.3	1 (0+1)	68
Remus Faur	Men's individual	55:01.5	4 (0+0+0+4)	74
Gheorghe Pop	Men's sprint	28:04.4	5 (2+3)	86
Gheorghe Pop	Men's individual	54:40.1	3 (2+0+1+0)	69
Cornel Puchianu	Men's sprint	25:52.7	1 (1+0)	60
	Men's pursuit	39:37.6	5 (1+1+2+1)	58
	Men's individual	53:12.1	4 (0+2+0+2)	55
Marius Ungureanu	Men's sprint	28:59.1	4 (2+2)	87
George Buta Remus Faur Gheorghe Pop Cornel Puchianu	Men's relay	1:22:51.1	10 (1+9)	14
Éva Tófalvi	Women's sprint	25:20.0	4 (2+2)	81
Éva Tófalvi	Women's individual	52:13.7	7 (1+2+4+0)	84

Bobsleigh

Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, Romania has qualified 2 sleds.^[4]^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mihai Cristian Tentea* Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi	Two-man	49.69	14	49.72	17	49.93	25	49.64	12	3:18:98	18
Dorin Alexandru Grigore* Florin Cezar Crăciun Levente Bartha Paul Septimiu Muntean	Four-man	50.55	29	50.79	29	50.81	29	Eliminated		2:32.15	29
Maria Constantin* Andreea Grecu	Two-woman	51.17	12	51.40	15	51.39	14	51.57	19	3:25.53	16

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Romania qualified three athletes, two male and one female.^[6]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Alin Florin Cioancă	Men's 15 km freestyle	—				36:31.9	+2:48.0	43
Paul Constantin Pepene	Men's 15 km freestyle	—				36:19.1	+2:35.2	37
	Men's 30 km skiathlon	41:16.2	30	36:37.8	28	1:18:20.4	+2:00.4	24
	Men's 50 km classical	—				2:18:44.0	+10:21.9	32
Tímea Sára	Women's 10 km freestyle	—				28:40.9	+3:40.4	53

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alin Florin Cioancă	Men's sprint	3:22.22	47	Did not advance
Alin Florin Cioancă Paul Constantin Pepene	Men's team sprint	—				16:52.38	9	Did not advance
Tímea Sára	Women's sprint	3:48.84	61	Did not advance

Luge

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Romania qualified 4 sleds.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valentin Crețu	Men's singles	49.030	28	49.085	33	48.424	26	Eliminated		2:26.539	29
Andrei Turea	Men's singles	49.482	32	48.489	26	49.314	35	Eliminated		2:27.285	31
Cosmin Atodiresei Ștefan Musei	Men's doubles	47.101	18	47.171	19	—				1:34.272	19
Raluca Strămăturaru	Women's singles	46.469	8	46.532	12	46.606	9	46.681	6	3:06.288	7

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raluca Strămăturaru Valentin Crețu Cosmin Atodiresei Ștefan Musei	Team relay	47.097	3	49.609	11	50.138	11	2:26.844	10

Skeleton

Romania qualified two sleds, one in the male disciplined in one in the female discipline.^[8] Both athletes and also previously represented Romania in the Olympic Games.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dorin Dumitru Velicu	Men's	51.91	25	51.51	23	52.02	27	Eliminated		2:35.44	25
Maria Marinela Mazilu	Women's	53.31	18	53.47	19	53.48	18	53.66	19	3:33.92	18

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daniela Haralambie	Women's normal hill	80.5	66.5	27 Q	85.0	84.3	20	150.8	25

Speed skating

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alexandra Ianculescu	Women's 500 m	40.70	31

References

^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
^ "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "Men's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 2-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Cross-country Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
^ "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[1] "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[2] "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

[3] "Men's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[4] "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 2-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[5] "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[6] "Cross-country Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.

[7] "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[8] "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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