Romania at the Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Romania at the
Olympics

IOC code| ROU
NOC| Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website| www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
Medals
Ranked 21st|

Gold

Silver
101
Bronze
124
Total
318
Summer appearances

* 1900
* 1904–1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Winter appearances

* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Romania first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a single participant. The National Olympic Committee for Romania is the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, and was created and recognized in 1914. The nation first sent a team to compete at the Games in 1924, and has only missed two editions each of the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then. Notably, Romania was the lone Eastern Bloc nation to participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics, which the other nations boycotted. That was also Romania's most successful Olympic Games: they won 20 gold medals and 53 medals in total.

Gymnastics is Romania's top medal-producing sport. Romania has won the third highest total number of medals (after Hungary, and Poland) of nations that have never hosted the Games.

## History

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From the 1972 Summer Olympics through the 2012 Summer Olympics, Romania had qualified a women's team for the gymnastics team all-around. They had won medals at every Olympics from the 1976 Summer Olympics through to the 2012 Summer Games. However, the women's team failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics, ending the 40-year run in medals, and the 44-year run of having a team at the Olympics.[1][2][3]

At the winter Olympics Romania has won only one medal, at the 1968 Winter Olympics with two-man bobsleigh team led by Ion Panțuru and Nicolae Neagoe.

## Medal tables

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See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

### Medals by Summer Games

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Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank

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1900 Paris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1904–1920 | did not participate
1924 Paris | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23
1928 Amsterdam | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1932 Los Angeles | did not participate
1936 Berlin | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25
1948 London | did not participate
1952 Helsinki | 114 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 23
1956 Melbourne | 44 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 9
1960 Rome | 98 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11
1964 Tokyo | 138 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14
1968 Mexico City | 82 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 12
1972 Munich | 159 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 13
1976 Montreal | 157 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 9
1980 Moscow | 228 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 7
1984 Los Angeles | 124 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 53 | 2
1988 Seoul | 68 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 8
1992 Barcelona | 172 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 14
1996 Atlanta | 165 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 14
2000 Sydney | 145 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 11
2004 Athens | 108 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 14
2008 Beijing | 102 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17
2012 London | 103 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 31
2016 Rio de Janeiro | 97 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 47
2020 Tokyo | 101 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 46
2024 Paris | 106 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 23
2028 Los Angeles | future event
2032 Brisbane
Total (23/30) | 2,422 | 93 | 101 | 123 | 317 | 17

### Medals by Winter Games

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Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank

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1928 St. Moritz | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1932 Lake Placid | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1948 St. Moritz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1952 Oslo | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1960 Squaw Valley | did not participate
1964 Innsbruck | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1968 Grenoble | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15
1972 Sapporo | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1976 Innsbruck | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1980 Lake Placid | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1984 Sarajevo | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1988 Calgary | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1992 Albertville | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1994 Lillehammer | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
1998 Nagano | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2002 Salt Lake City | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2006 Turin | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2010 Vancouver | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2014 Sochi | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2018 Pyeongchang | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2022 Beijing | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –
2026 Milano Cortina | future event
Total (22/24) | 447 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47

### Medals by summer sport

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Sport| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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Gymnastics| 25| 21| 27| 73
Rowing| 22| 15| 9| 46
Athletics| 11| 14| 10| 35
Canoeing| 10| 10| 14| 34
Wrestling| 7| 8| 19| 34
Shooting| 6| 4| 5| 15
Fencing| 4| 6| 7| 17
Swimming| 4| 2| 5| 11
Weightlifting| 2| 7| 3| 12
Boxing| 1| 9| 15| 25
Judo| 1| 2| 3| 6
Handball| 0| 1| 3| 4
Equestrian| 0| 1| 1| 2
Tennis| 0| 1| 0| 1
Rugby| 0| 0| 1| 1
Volleyball| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (16 entries)| 93| 101| 123| 317

### Medals by winter sport

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Sport| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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Bobsleigh| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (1 entries)| 0| 0| 1| 1

## Medalists

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### Summer medallists with minimum 2 gold

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Athlete  | Sport  | Years  | Gender  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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Nadia Comăneci |  Gymnastics | 1976–1980  | F  | 5  | 3  | 1  | 9
Elisabeta Lipă |  Rowing | 1984–2004  | F  | 5  | 2  | 1  | 8
Georgeta Damian |  Rowing | 2000–2008  | F  | 5  | 0  | 1  | 6
Ivan Patzaichin |  Canoeing | 1968–1984  | M  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 7
Doina Ignat |  Rowing | 1992–2008  | F  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 6
Ecaterina Szabo |  Gymnastics | 1984  | F  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 5
Viorica Susanu |  Rowing | 2000–2008  | F  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 5
Daniela Silivaș |  Gymnastics | 1988  | F  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 6
Simona Amânar |  Gymnastics | 1996–2000  | F  | 3  | 1  | 3  | 7
Constanța Burcică |  Rowing | 1992–2008  | F  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 5
Elena Georgescu |  Rowing | 1992–2008  | F  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 5
Cătălina Ponor |  Gymnastics | 2004–2012  | F  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 5
Liliana Gafencu |  Rowing | 1996–2004  | F  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3
Veronica Cochela |  Rowing | 1988–2000  | F  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 6
Lavinia Miloșovici |  Gymnastics | 1992–1996  | F  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 6
Rodica Arba |  Rowing | 1980–1988  | F  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 4
Olga Homeghi |  Rowing | 1980–1988  | F  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 4
Toma Simionov |  Canoeing | 1980–1984  | M  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 3
Ioana Olteanu |  Rowing | 1992–2000  | F  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 3
Ancuța Bodnar |  Rowing | 2020–  | F  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 3
Simona Radiș |  Rowing | 2020–  | F  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 3
Sandra Izbașa |  Gymnastics | 2008–2012  | F  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 4
Leon Rotman |  Canoeing | 1956–1960  | M  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3
Simona Păucă |  Gymnastics | 1984  | F  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 3
Iolanda Balaș |  Athletics | 1960–1964  | F  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2
Marioara Popescu |  Rowing | 1984–1996  | F  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2
Diana Mocanu |  Swimming | 2000  | F  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2
Angela Alupei |  Rowing | 2000–2004  | F  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2
Monica Roșu |  Gymnastics | 2004  | F  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2

### Winter medallists

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Athlete  | Sport  | Years  | Gender  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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Ion Panțuru |  Bobsleigh | 1968  | M  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Nicolae Neagoe |  Bobsleigh | 1968  | M  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1

## Summary by sport

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### Shooting

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Romania's only appearance before 1924 was a single shooter at the 1900 Games, when Gheorghe Plagino placed 13th in the trap.

Games  | Shooters  | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze  | Total

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1900 Paris | 1 | 1/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Total |  |  | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15

## See also

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* List of flag bearers for Romania at the Olympics
* Category:Olympic competitors for Romania
* Romania at the Paralympics
* Sport in Romania

## References

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1. ^ Dvora Meyers (19 April 2016). "Romania's Olympic gymnastics failure: where did it all go wrong?". The Guardian (London).
2. ^ Laura Wagner (18 April 2016). "Romanian Women's Gymnastics Team Fails To Qualify For Olympics, Ending Medal Streak". npr.
3. ^ Erin Corbett (4 August 2016). "Why Isn't The Romania Gymnastics Team At Rio? The Women's Team Isn't Competing This Year". Bustle.com.

## External links

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* "Romania". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
* "Romania". Olympedia.com.
* "Olympic Analytics/ROU". olympanalyt.com.

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