Romania at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Romania at the Olympic Games
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IOC code: ROM
1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Medals	Gold 6	Silver 6	Bronze 13	Total 25
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Romania competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

1 Medals
2 Results by event

[edit] Medals

Romania finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 25 medals overall.

[edit] Gold

Toma Simionov and Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
Nadia Comaneci — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
Nadia Comaneci — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
Sanda Toma — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
Corneliu Ion — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
Stefan Rusu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

[edit] Silver

Vasile Diba, Nicusor Esanu, Ion Geanta, and Mihai Zafiu — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
Petre Capusta and Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
Nadia Comaneci — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
Emilia Eberle — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
Nadia Comaneci, Rodica Dunca, Emilia Eberle, Melita Rühn, and Dumitrita Turner — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
Constantin Alexandru — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight

[edit] Bronze

Dumitru Cipere — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
Valentin Silaghi — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Vasile Diba — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Ion Birladeanu — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
Anghelache Donescu, Petre Rosca and Durnitru Velicu — Equestrian, Dressage Team
Melita Rühn — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
Stefan Birtalan, Iosif Boros, Adrian Cosma, Cezar Draganina, Marian Dumitru, Cornel Durau, Alexandru Fölker, Claudiu Eugen Ionescu, Nicolae Munteanu, Vasile Stinga, Lucian Vasilache, Neculai Vasilca, Radu Voina, and Maricel Voinea — Handball, Men's Team Competition
Olga Homeghi and Valeria Racila — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
Angelica Aposteanu, Elena Bondar, Fiorica Bucur, Mariana Constantinescu, Elena Dobritoiu, Rodica Frintu, Ana Iliuta, and Marlena Zagoni-Predescu — Rowing, Women's Eights
Marius Cata-Chitiga, Valter-Corneliu Chifu, Laurentiu Dumanoiu, Günter Enescu, Dan Girleanu, Sorin Macavei, Corneliu Oros, Neculae Vasile Pop, Constantin Sterea, and Nicu Stoian — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition
Petre Dicu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Vasile Andrei — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

In its first appearance at the Olympic archery competition, Romania was represented by two men and two women. The best result for the nation was earned by Aurora Chin, at 13th place.

Women's Individual Competition:

Aurora Chin - 2319 pts, 13th place
Terezia Preda - 2195 pts, 24th place

Men's Individual Competition:

Andrei Berki - 2389 pts, 15th place
Mihai Birzu - 2280 pts, 25th place

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Dumitru Schiopu
1. First Round — Defeated Adel Hammoude (Syria) after knock-out in second round
2. Second Round — Defeated Antti Juntumaa (Finland) on points (4-1)
3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (4-1)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Daniel Radu
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Keith Wallace (Great Britain) on points (4-1)
3. Quarter Finals — Lost to János Váradi (Hungary) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Dumitru Cipere → Bronze Medal
1. First Round — Defeated Mario Behrendt (East Germany) on points (5-0)
2. Second Round — Defeated Lucky Mutale (Zambia) on points (5-0)
3. Third Round — Defeated Ryszard Czerwinski (Poland) on points (5-0)
4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Samson Khachatrian (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
5. Semi Finals — Lost to Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (2-3)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Titi Cercel
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Róbert Gönczi (Hungary) on points (5-0)
3. Third Round — Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

Florian Livadaru
1. First Round — Defeated Tadesse Haile (Ethiopia) after diskwalification in third round
2. Second Round — Defeated Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round
3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Kazimierz Adach (Poland) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)