Romania at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Romania at the Olympic Games

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At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors 32 (men) in 4 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Romania competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Contents

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ion Cavaşi Downhill 2:00.19 57
Dan Cristea 1:55.63 49
Dan Cristea Giant Slalom 2:01.78 65 2:03.51 45 4:05.29 45
Ion Cavaşi 1:59.90 60 DNF – DNF –
Dan Cristea Slalom 1:10.70 39 1:16.87 35 2:27.57 34
Ion Cavaşi 1:08.59 36 1:12.73 30 2:21.32 30

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Nicolae Cristoloveanu 1'20:15.53 8 1'28:15.53 45
Gheorghe Gârniţă 1'17:00.71 8 1'25:00.71 31
Gheorghe Voicu 1'16:01.52 5 1'21:01.52 16

1One 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
Misses 2 Time Rank
Nicolae Cristoloveanu
Gheorghe Voicu
Victor Fontana
Gheorghe Gârniţă		 7 2'09:54.40 10

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

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ROU-1 Ion Panţuru
Gheorghe Lixandru		 Two-man 57.15 11 57.43 11 57.85 16 57.66 12 3:50.09 11
ROU-2 Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan
Costel Ionescu		 Two-man 57.95 18 57.66 15 57.58 11 57.34 10 3:50.53 12
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ROU-1 Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan
Paul Neagu
Costel Ionescu
Gheorghe Lixandru		 Four-man 55.54 9 55.51 7 56.18 8 56.68 7 3:43.91 8
ROU-2 Ion Panţuru
Constantin Romaniuc
Alexe Gheorghe Tănăsescu
Mihai Nicolau		 Four-man 56.09 15 56.23 15 56.81 12 57.57 13 3:46.70 14

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Poland 7–4  Romania

Consolation Round

Rank Pld W L T GF GA Pts
7  Romania 5 4 1 0 23 15 8
8  Austria 5 3 2 0 18 14 6
9  Japan 5 3 2 0 20 18 6
10  Yugoslavia 5 3 2 0 22 19 6
11  Switzerland 5 2 3 0 24 22 4
12  Bulgaria 5 0 5 0 19 38 0
Contestants
Valerian Netedu
Vasile Morar
Elöd Antal
Şandor Gal
George Justinian
Ion Ioniţă
Dezideriu Varga
Doru Moroşan
Doru Tureanu
Dumitru Axinte
Eduard Pană
Vasile Huţanu
Ioan Gheorghiu
Tiberiu Mikloş
Alexandru Hălăucă
Marian Pisaru
Nicolae Vişan
Marian Costea

References