Romania at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Romania at the
1984 Summer Olympics

IOC code| ROU
(ROM used at these Games)
NOC| Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website| www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Los Angeles
Competitors| 124 (71 men and 53 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer | Corneliu Ion
Medals
Ranked 2nd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Romania competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 124 competitors, 71 men and 53 women, took part in 86 events in 13 sports.[1] Notably, Romania was the only Eastern Bloc nation to participate at these Games; all others followed the Soviet Union's boycott of the Games. The Romanian athletes were greeted with warm applause and even a standing ovation from the spectators as they entered the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the opening ceremony, in part an affirmation of the nation's defiance of the boycott.[2][3] The Romanian Olympic team was phenomenally successful at the games, ultimately placing second to the United States in the gold medal tally.[4]

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Lavinia Agache
Laura Cutina
Cristina Elena Grigoraș
Simona Păucă
Mihaela Stănuleţ
Ecaterina Szabo | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around | 1 August
Gold | Ion Draica | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg | 3 August
Gold | Vasile Andrei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg | 3 August
Gold | Valeria Răcilă | Rowing | Women's single sculls | 4 August
Gold | Mărioara Popescu
Elisabeta Oleniuc | Rowing | Women's double sculls | 4 August
Gold | Rodica Arba
Elena Horvat | Rowing | Women's coxless pair | 4 August
Gold | Chira Apostol
Maria Fricioiu
Olga Homeghi-Bularda
Viorica Ioja
Florica Lavric | Rowing | Women's coxed four | 4 August
Gold | Ioana Badea
Sofia Corban
Ecaterina Oancia
Anişoara Sorohan
Maricica Țăran | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls | 4 August
Gold | Petre Becheru | Weightlifting | Men's 82.5 kg | 4 August
Gold | Petru Iosub
Valer Toma | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | 5 August
Gold | Ecaterina Szabo | Gymnastics | Women's vault | 5 August
Gold | Ecaterina Szabo | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 5 August
Gold | Simona Păucă | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 5 August
Gold | Ecaterina Szabo | Gymnastics | Women's floor | 5 August
Gold | Nicu Vlad | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg | 5 August
Gold | Doina Melinte | Athletics | Women's 800 metres | 6 August
Gold | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu | Athletics | Women's long jump | 9 August
Gold | Maricica Puică | Athletics | Women's 3000 metres | 10 August
Gold | Agafia Constantin
Tecla Marinescu-Borcănea
Nastasia Nichitov-Ionescu
Maria Ștefan | Canoeing | Women's K-4 500 metres | 11 August
Gold | Ivan Patzaichin
Toma Simionov | Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 metres | 11 August
Silver | Gelu Radu | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg | 31 July
Silver | Andrei Socaci | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | 1 August
Silver | Ilie Matei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg | 1 August
Silver | Corneliu Ion | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol | 2 August
Silver | Ecaterina Szabo | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | 3 August
Silver | Mihaela Loghin | Athletics | Women's shot put | 3 August
Silver | Mihaela Armășescu
Doina Liliana Bălan
Adriana Chelariu
Camelia Diaconescu
Viorica Ioja
Aneta Mihaly
Aurora Pleșca
Lucia Sauca
Marioara Trașcă | Rowing | Women's eight | 4 August
Silver | Dimitrie Popescu
Dumitru Răducanu
Vasile Tomoiagă | Rowing | Men's coxed pair | 5 August
Silver | Petre Dumitru | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg | 5 August
Silver | Vasile Groapă | Weightlifting | Men's 100 kg | 6 August
Silver | Aurora Dan
Elisabeta Guzganu
Rozalia Oros
Monica Veber-Koszto
Marcela Zsak | Fencing | Women's team foil | 7 August
Silver | Ștefan Tașnadi | Weightlifting | Men's 110 kg | 7 August
Silver | Vali Ionescu | Athletics | Women's long jump | 9 August
Silver | Ivan Patzaichin
Toma Simionov | Canoeing | Men's C-2 500 metres | 10 August
Silver | Doina Melinte | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 11 August
Silver | Doina Stăiculescu | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic individual all-around | 11 August
Bronze | Dragomir Cioroslan | Weightlifting | Men's 75 kg | 2 August
Bronze | Ștefan Rusu | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | 2 August
Bronze | Victor Dolipschi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg | 2 August
Bronze | Simona Păucă | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | 3 August
Bronze | Anca Pătrășcoiu | Swimming | Women's 200 metre backstroke | 4 August
Bronze | Lavinia Agache | Gymnastics | Women's vault | 5 August
Bronze | Fița Lovin | Athletics | Women's 800 metres | 6 August
Bronze | Mircea Frățică | Judo | Men's 78 kg | 7 August
Bronze | Cristieana Cojocaru | Athletics | Women's 400 metres hurdles | 8 August
Bronze | Alexandru Chiculiță
Cornel Marin
Marin Mustață
Ioan Pop
Vilmoș Szabo | Fencing | Men's team sabre | 9 August
Bronze | Mircea Fulger | Boxing | Men's light-welterweight | 9 August
Bronze | Costică Olaru | Canoeing | Men's C-1 500 metres | 10 August
Bronze | Romania men's national handball team

* Nicolae Munteanu
* Marian Dumitru
* Iosif Boroș
* Maricel Voinea
* Vasile Stîngă
* Gheorghe Dogărescu
* Gheorghe Covaciu
* Cornel Durău
* Alexandru Fölker
* Dumitru Berbece
* Neculai Vasilcă
* Alexandru Buligan
* Vasile Oprea
* Mircea Bedivan
* Adrian Simion

| Handball | Men's tournament | 11 August
Bronze | Florența Crăciunescu | Athletics | Women's discus throw | 11 August
Bronze | Maricica Puică | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 11 August
Bronze | Mihai Cioc | Judo | Men's open category | 11 August
Bronze | Vasile Pușcașu | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg | 11 August

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women's 1,500 metres

* Doina Melinte

* Heat -- 4:10.48
* Final -- 4:03.76 (→  Silver Medal)

* Maricica Puică

* Heat -- 4:05.30
* Final -- 4:04.15 (→  Bronze Medal)

* Fița Lovin

* Heat -- 4:10.58
* Final -- 4:09.11 (→ 9th place)

Women's 3,000 metres

* Maricica Puică

* Heat -- 8:43.32
* Final -- 8:35.96 (→  Gold Medal)

Women's 400m Hurdles

* Cristieana Cojocaru

* Heat -- 56.94
* Semifinal -- 55.24
* Final -- 55.41 (→  Bronze Medal)

Women's High Jump

* Niculina Vasile

* Qualification -- 1.90m
* Final -- 1.85m (→ 11th place)

Women's Long Jump

* Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu

* Qualification -- 6.69 m
* Final -- 6.96 m (→  Gold Medal)

* Valy Ionescu

* Qualification -- 6.60 m
* Final -- 6.81 m (→  Silver Medal)

Women's Discus Throw

* Florența Crăciunescu

* Qualification -- 57.84m
* Final -- 63.64m (→  Bronze Medal)

Women's Shot Put

* Mihaela Loghin

* Final -- 20.47 m (→  Silver Medal)

* Florența Crăciunescu

* Final -- 17.23 m (→ 8th place)

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Featherweight (- 57 kg)

* Nicolae Talpos

* First Round -- Bye
* Second Round -- Lost to Meldrick Taylor (United States), 0:5

Men's Lightweight (- 60 kg)

* Viorel Ioana

* First Round -- Lost to Renato Cornett (Australia), 1:4

Men's Light Welterweight (- 63.5 kg)

* Mircea Fulger →  Bronze Medal

* First Round -- Bye
* Second Round -- Defeated Jean Duarte (France), RSC-1
* Third Round -- Defeated Stefan Sjøstrand (SWE), 5:0
* Quarterfinals -- Defeated Lofti Belkhir (Tunisia), 5:0
* Semifinals -- Lost to Dhawee Umponmaha (Thailand), 0:5

Men's Welterweight (- 67 kg)

* Rudel Obreja

* First Round -- Defeated Antoine Loungoude (RCA), KO-1
* Second Round -- Defeated Michael Hughes (GBR), 5:0
* Third Round -- Lost to Mark Breland (United States), 0:5

Men's Light Middleweight (- 71 kg)

* Gheorghe Simion

* First Round -- Lost to Ahn Dal-Ho (South Korea), 0:5

Men's Light Heavyweight (- 81 kg)

* Georgica Donici

* First Round -- Bye
* Second Round -- Defeated Fine Sani (Tonga), 5:0
* Quarterfinals -- Lost to Anton Josipović (Yugoslavia), 0:5

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1984.

Men's foil

* Petru Kuki

Men's sabre

* Marin Mustață
* Ioan Pop
* Cornel Marin

Men's team sabre

* Marin Mustață, Ioan Pop, Alexandru Chiculiță, Cornel Marin, Vilmoș Szabo

Women's foil

* Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan
* Aurora Dan
* Marcela Moldovan-Zsak

Women's team foil

* Aurora Dan, Monika Weber-Koszto, Rozalia Oros, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

## Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group A)

* Defeated Algeria (25-16)
* Defeated Iceland (26-17)
* Defeated Switzerland (23-17)
* Defeated Japan (28-22)
* Lost to Yugoslavia (18-19)

* Bronze Medal Match

* Defeated Denmark (23-19) →  Bronze Medal

* Team Roster

* Mircea Bedivan
* Dumitru Berbece
* Iosif Boroș
* Alexandru Buligan
* Gheorghe Covaciu
* Gheorghe Dogărescu
* Marian Dumitru
* Cornel Durău
* Alexandru Fölker
* Nicolae Munteanu
* Vasile Oprea
* Adrian Simion
* Vasile Stîngă
* Neculai Vasilcă
* Maricel Voinea

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

## Rhythmic gymnastics

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Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Petru Iosub
Valer Toma | Coxless pair | 6:56.60  | 2 Q | BYE  | 6:53.23  | 1 Q | 6:45.39  |
Dimitrie Popescu
Vasile Tomoiagă
Dumitru Răducanu | Coxed pair | 7:12.18  | 1 Q | BYE  | —  | 7:11.21  |

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Valeria Răcilă  | Single sculls | 3:44.22  | 1 Q | BYE  | 3:54.55  | 1 Q | 3:40.68  |
Marioara Popescu
Elisabeta Oleniuc  | Double sculls | 3:24.28  | 1 Q | BYE  | —  | 3:26.75  |
Rodica Arba
Elena Horvat | Coxless pair | —  | 3:32.60  |
Florica Lavric
Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu
Chira Apostol
Olga Homeghi-Bularda
Viorica Ioja | Coxed four | 3:21.61  | 1 Q | BYE  | —  | 3:19.30  |
Titie Taran
Anișoara Sorohan
Ioana Badea
Sofia Corban
Ecaterina Oancia | Quadruple sculls (coxed) | 3:15.34  | 1 Q | BYE  | —  | 3:14.11  |
Marioara Trașcă
Lucia Sauca
Doina Șnep-Bălan
Aneta Mihaly
Aurora Pleșca
Camelia Diaconescu
Viorica Ioja
Mihaela Armășescu
Adriana Bazon-Chelariu | Eight | —  | 2:59.80  |

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Score  | Rank
Sorin Babii | 50 m pistol | 555  | 11
Corneliu Ion | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 593  |
Constantin Stan  | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1140  | 20
50 metre rifle prone | 591  | 17
10 m air rifle | 577  | 20
Marin Stan | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 588  | 13

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Score  | Rank
Elena Macovei | 25 m pistol | 572  | 15
Maria Macovei | 577  | 8

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women's 100m Backstroke

* Carmen Bunaciu

* Heat -- 1:03.79
* Final -- 1:03.21 (→ 4th place)

* Anca Pătrășcoiu

* Heat -- 1:04.16
* Final -- 1:03.29 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

* Anca Pătrășcoiu

* Heat -- 2:16.71
* Final -- 2:13.29 (→  Bronze Medal)

* Carmen Bunaciu

* Heat -- 2:16.41
* Final -- 2:16.15 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

* Anca Pătrășcoiu

* Heat -- 5:03.97
* B-Final -- 5:05.53 (→ 16th place)

## Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Romania at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
2. ^ Litsky, Frank (July 29, 1984). "President and Pomp Begin Games". The New York Times. p. 1, 8, § 5. Retrieved 2020-08-28. "Of the first 139 nations in the parade, the biggest cheers went to Rumania, the only Warsaw Pact nation competing here."
3. ^ Yake, D. Byron (July 29, 1984). "'84 Olympics: Gala trumpets in Games". Beaver County Times. AP. p. A1, A10. Retrieved 2020-08-28. "The Romanians, the only Eastern bloc nation to defy the Soviet boycott, were greeted with a standing ovation."
4. ^ Leavy, Jane (23 July 1984). "Romania: No Boycott, A Winning Presence". The Washington Post.

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Africa|

* Algeria
* Benin
* Botswana
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
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* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zaire
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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* United States
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* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

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* San Marino
* Spain
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* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
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* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
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