Romania at the Olympics
| Romania at the Olympics | |
|---|---|
| File:Flag of Romania.svg | |
| IOC code | ROU |
| NOC | Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 21st |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Winter appearances | |
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
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
Medals by summer sport
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Medals by winter sport
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Medalists
Summer medallists with minimum 2 gold
| Athlete | Sport | Years | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadia Comăneci | File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics | 1976–1980 | F | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Elisabeta Lipă | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1984–2004 | F | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Georgeta Damian | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 2000–2008 | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Ivan Patzaichin | File:Canoeing (slalom) pictogram.svg Canoeing | 1968–1984 | M | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Doina Ignat | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1992–2008 | F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Ecaterina Szabo | File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics | 1984 | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Viorica Susanu | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 2000–2008 | F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Daniela Silivaș | File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics | 1988 | F | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Simona Amânar | File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics | 1996–2000 | F | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Constanța Burcică | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1992–2008 | F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Elena Georgescu | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1992–2008 | F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Cătălina Ponor | File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics | 2004–2012 | F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Liliana Gafencu | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1996–2004 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Veronica Cochela | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1988–2000 | F | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Lavinia Miloșovici | File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics | 1992–1996 | F | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Rodica Arba | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1980–1988 | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Olga Homeghi | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1980–1988 | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Toma Simionov | File:Canoeing (slalom) pictogram.svg Canoeing | 1980–1984 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ioana Olteanu | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1992–2000 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ancuța Bodnar | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 2020– | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Simona Radiș | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 2020– | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sandra Izbașa | File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics | 2008–2012 | F | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Leon Rotman | File:Canoeing (slalom) pictogram.svg Canoeing | 1956–1960 | M | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Simona Păucă | File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics | 1984 | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Iolanda Balaș | File:Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics | 1960–1964 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marioara Popescu | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 1984–1996 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Diana Mocanu | File:Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming | 2000 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Angela Alupei | File:Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing | 2000–2004 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Monica Roșu | File:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics | 2004 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Winter medallists
| Athlete | Sport | Years | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ion Panțuru | File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svg Bobsleigh | 1968 | M | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicolae Neagoe | File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svg Bobsleigh | 1968 | M | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Summary by sport
Shooting
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Paris | 1 | 1/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
See also
- List of flag bearers for Romania at the Olympics
- Category:Olympic competitors for Romania
- Romania at the Paralympics
- Sport in Romania
References
- ↑ Dvora Meyers (19 April 2016). "Romania's Olympic gymnastics failure: where did it all go wrong?". The Guardian (London).
- ↑ Laura Wagner (18 April 2016). "Romanian Women's Gymnastics Team Fails To Qualify For Olympics, Ending Medal Streak". npr.
- ↑ 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
- "Romania". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
- "Romania". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/ROU". olympanalyt.com.
