Romania at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Romania at the
1960 Summer Olympics

IOC code| ROU
NOC| Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website| www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Rome
Competitors| 98 in 13 sports
Flag bearer| Alexandru Bizim
Medals
Ranked 11th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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Romania competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 98 competitors, 82 men and 16 women, took part in 65 events in 13 sports.[1]

## Medalists

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| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Silver |  |  |  |
Bronze |  |  |  |
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| Medals by sport

Sport |  |  |  | Total
Athletics |  |  |  |
Boxing |  |  |  |
Canoeing |  |  |  |
Fencing |  |  |  |
Gymnastics |  |  |  |
Shooting |  |  |  |
Wrestling |  |  |  |
Total | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10

Medals by gender

Gender |  |  |  | Total
Male  |  |  |  |
Female  |  |  |  |
Total | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10

### Gold

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* Iolanda Balaş — Athletics, Women's High Jump
* Ion Dumitrescu — Shooting, Men's Trap
* Dumitru Pârvulescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

### Silver

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* Ion Cernea — Wrestling, Men's Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

### Bronze

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* Lia Manoliu — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
* Ion Monea — Boxing, Men's Middleweight (—75 kg)
* Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m
* Maria Vicol — Fencing, Women's Individual Foil
* Atanasia Ionescu, Sonia Iovan, Elena Leuşteanu, Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă, Elena Niculescu, Uta Poreceanu — Gymnastics, Women's Team All-Around
* Ion Ţăranu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Six cyclists, all males, represented Romania in 1960.

Individual road race

* Ion Cosma
* Gheorghe Calcişcă
* Gabriel Moiceanu
* Aurel Şelaru

Team time trial

* Ion Cosma
* Gabriel Moiceanu
* Aurel Şelaru
* Ludovic Zanoni

1000m time trial

* Ion Ioniţă

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

15 fencers, 11 men and 4 women, represented Romania in 1960.

Men's foil

* Tănase Mureșanu
* Attila Csipler
* Ion Drîmbă

Men's team foil

* Iosif Szilaghi, Sorin Poenaru, Attila Csipler, Tănase Mureșanu

Men's épée

* Adalbert Gurath, Jr.

Men's sabre

* Ladislau Rohony
* Emeric Arus
* Dumitru Mustață

Men's team sabre

* Dumitru Mustață, Cornel Pelmuș, Ion Santo, Ladislau Rohony, Emeric Arus

Women's foil

* Maria Vicol
* Olga Orban-Szabo
* Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr

Women's team foil

* Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr, Eugenia Mateianu, Olga Orban-Szabo, Maria Vicol

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Romania had eight male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1960.[2]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Ştefan Kurecska
Gheorghe Riffelt | Coxless pair | 7:35.77  | 4 R | 7:59.67  | 4  | —  | —  | 18
Ştefan Kurecska
Gheorghe Riffelt
Mircea Roger | Coxed pair | 7:43.38  | 1 Q | BYE  | —  | 7:49.57  | 6
Martin Bielz
Ionel Petrov
Ștefan Pongratz
Iosif Varga | Coxless four | 6:43.45  | 2 R | 6:47.04  | 2  | —  | —  | 10
Martin Bielz
Petre Milincovici
Ionel Petrov
Ștefan Pongratz
Mircea Roger | Coxed four | 6:47.71  | 3 R | 6:55.63  | 2 Q | 7:10.58  | 5  | —  | 9

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Nine shooters represented Romania in 1960. Ion Dumitrescu won the gold medal in the trap event.

25 m pistol

* Ştefan Petrescu
* Gavril Maghiar

50 m pistol

* Gavril Maghiar
* Ilie Nițu

300 m rifle, three positions

* Constantin Antonescu
* Marin Ferecatu

50 m rifle, three positions

* Iosif Sîrbu
* Nicolae Rotaru

50 m rifle, prone

* Iosif Sîrbu
* Nicolae Rotaru

Trap

* Ion Dumitrescu
* Gheorghe Enache

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

## Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Romania at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Romania Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

## External links

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database

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