Romania at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Romania at the
1972 Winter Olympics

IOC code| ROU
NOC| Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website| www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Sapporo
Competitors| 13 (men) in 4 sports
Flag bearer| Ion Panțuru
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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Romania competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Virgil Brenci | Downhill  |  | 2:04.33  | 48
Dan Cristea |  | 2:01.26  | 39
Virgil Brenci | Giant Slalom  | 1:42.81  | 40  | 1:44.59  | 29  | 3:27.40  | 33
Dan Cristea | 1:37.93  | 30  | 1:41.95  | 23  | 3:19.88  | 26

Men's slalom
Athlete  | Classification  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time 1  | Rank  | Time 2  | Rank  | Total  | Rank
Virgil Brenci | 1:46.46  | 4  | 1:01.56  | 30  | 1:00.02  | 22  | 2:01.58  | 20
Dan Cristea | DSQ  | - | ?  | 23  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Penalties  | Adjusted time 1 | Rank

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20 km  | Constantin Carabela | 1'22:45.95  | 11  | 1'33:45.95  | 52
Nicolae Veştea | 1'21:08.21  | 6  | 1'27:08.21  | 34
Vilmoş Gheorghe | 1'17:52.27  | 8  | 1'25:52.27  | 32
Victor Fontana | 1'19:17.85  | 5  | 1'24:17.85  | 28

1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 2 | Time  | Rank
Nicolae Veştea
Victor Fontana
Ion Teposu
Vilmoş Gheorghe | 5  | 1'59:30.61  | 9

2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
ROU-1  | Ion Panţuru
Ion Zangor | Two-man  | 1:16.50  | 7  | 1:15.31  | 2  | 1:14.04  | 3  | 1:14.68  | 9  | 5:00.53  | 5
ROU-2  | Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan
Dumitru Focşeneanu | Two-man  | 1:17.98  | 14  | 1:17.00  | 13  | 1:14.67  | 11  | 1:15.24  | 13  | 5:04.89  | 12
Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
ROU-1  | Ion Panţuru
Ion Zangor
Dumitru Pascu
Dumitru Focşeneanu | Four-man  | 1:12.07  | 11  | 1:12.65  | 14  | 1:11.08  | 7  | 1:11.32  | 7  | 4:47.12  | 10

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | CF  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Gheorghe Fazekas | 17  | 17  | 2094.0  | 153  | 17

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
* Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com

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Nations at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan

Africa|

none

America|

* Argentina
* Canada
* United States

Asia|

* Republic of China
* Iran
* Japan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Lebanon
* Mongolia
* Philippines

Europe|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* Finland
* France
* East Germany
* West Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

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