Romania at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Romania at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  ROU
NOC Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.cosr.ro (Romanian)
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors 165 (98 men and 67 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Iulică Ruican
Medals
Rank: 14
Gold
4
Silver
7
Bronze
9
Total
20
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Romania competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

  • Qualification — 3:38.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.97s (→ did not advance)

Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:31.34
  • Semifinals — 8:28.77 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.96m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 7.88m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 58.56m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

Women's 10.000 metres

  • Qualification — 31:40.16
  • Final — 31:26.46 (→ 8th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification — 55.42
  • Semifinals — 54.41
  • Final — 54.40 (→ 7th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 66.94m
  • Final — 59.94m (→ 10th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 63.00m
  • Final — 63.28m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification — 58.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 14.22m
  • Final — 14.21m (→ 8th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 5847 points (→ 22nd place)

Women's Marathon

Women's 10 km Walk

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Samuel Álvarez (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third round
  • Second Round — Defeated Kalai Riadh (Tunisia), 16-3
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 2-24

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Julio Mboumba (Gabon), referee stopped contest in second round
  • Second Round — Defeated Sergey Kopenkin (Kyrgyzstan), 10-1
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 17-8
  • Semi Finals — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 6-9

Men's Lightweight (– 67 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Hussein Bayram (France), 13-6
  • Second Round — Defeated Fernando Vargas (United States), 8-7
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Hasan Al (Denmark), 16-8
  • Semi Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 7-20

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Christophe Mendy (France), referee stopped contest in second round

Diving

Women's 10m Platform

  • Preliminary Heat — 281.52
  • Semi Final — 157.41
  • Final — 256.05 (→ 10th place)
  • Preliminary Heat — 233.34 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 51.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:50.83
  • B-Final — 1:51.46 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 56.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:08.59 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 55.50 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:21.66 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 26.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 56.27
  • B-Final — 55.98 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:00.85
  • Final — 2:01.63 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat — 2:04.59 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:16.89
  • B-Final — 4:17.08 (→ 16th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 8:54.19 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:15.92
  • B-Final — 2:15.15 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:13.91 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:02.66 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:17.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:16.80
  • B-Final — 2:16.75 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:44.66
  • Final — 4:44.91 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 3:48.43 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 8:10.77
  • Final – 8:10.02 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

  • First round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 6-2 4-6 2-6
  • First round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 4-6 4-4 retired

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

  • Romania – Ukraine 6-6
  • Romania – Croatia 6-11
  • Romania – Greece 5-8
  • Romania – United States 5-10
  • Romania – Italy 9-10
  • 9th/12th place: Romania – Netherlands 8-10
  • 9th/12th place: Romania – Ukraine 11-8
  • 9th/12th place: Romania – Germany 6-10 (→ Eleventh place)
  • Edward Andrei
  • Florin Bonca
  • Robert Dinu
  • Niculae Fulgeanu
  • Vlad Hagiu
  • Gelu Lisac
  • Istvan Moldvai
  • Daniel Radu
  • Bogdan Rath
  • Radu Sabău
  • Stefan Sanda
  • Dinel Stemate
  • Liviu Totolici

Weightlifting

Men's 108 kg

  • Snatch — 197.5 kg
  • Clean & Jerk — 222.5 kg
  • Total — 420.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)

References