Romania at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Romania
games=1996 Summer
competitors=165 (98 men and 67 women)
sports=18
flagbearer=Iulică Ruican
gold=4
silver=7
bronze=9
total=20
rank=14

Romania competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Gold

* Laura Badea — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
* Simona Amânar — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
* Constanţa Burcică-Pipota and Camelia Macoviciuc — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls
* Vera Cochelea, Liliana Gafencu, Elena Georgescu, Doina Ignat, Elisabeta Lipă, Ioana Olteanu, Mărioara Popescu, Doina Spircu, Anca Tănase — Rowing, Women's Eights Competition

Silver

* Gabriela Szabo — Athletics, Women's 1.500 m
* Antonel Borsan and Marcel Glavan — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000 m Canadian Pairs
* Laura Badea, Roxana Scarlat, and Reka Szabo — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
* Marius Urzică — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
* Dan Burincă — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
* Gina Gogean — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual Competition
* Simona Amânar — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises

Bronze

* Leonard Doroftei — Boxing, Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
* Marian Simion — Boxing, Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
* Gheorghe Andriev and Grigore Obreja — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs
* Simona Amânar — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual Competition
* Lavinia Miloşovici — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual Competition
* Gina Gogean — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
* Gina Gogean — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
* Simona Amânar, Gina Gogean, Ionela Loaieş, Alexandra Marinescu, Lavinia Miloşovici, and Mirela Ţugurlan — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
* Nicu Vlad — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (108 kg)

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 1,500 metres
* Ovidiu Olteanu:* Qualification — 3:38.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles
* Mugur Mateescu :* Heat — 49.97s (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
* Bogdan Tarus:* Qualification — 7.96m (→ did not advance)

* Bogdan Tudor:* Qualification — 7.88m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw
* Costel Grasu:* Qualification — 58.56m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10.000 metres
* Iulia Negura:* Qualification — 31:40.16:* Final — 31:26.46 (→ 8th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles
* Ionela Târlea:* Qualification — 55.42:* Semifinals — 54.41:* Final — 54.40 (→ 7th place)

Women's Javelin Throw
* Felicia Tilea:* Qualification — 66.94m:* Final — 59.94m (→ 10th place)

Women's Discus Throw
* Nicole Grasu:* Qualification — 63.00m:* Final — 63.28m (→ 7th place)

* Cristina Boit:* Qualification — 58.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump
*Mihaela Gheorghiu:* Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump
* Rodica Mateescu:* Qualification — 14.22m:* Final — 14.21m (→ 8th place)

Women's Heptathlon
* Liliana Nastase:* Final Result — 5847 points (→ 22nd place)

Women's Marathon
* Lidia Simon — 2:31.04 (→ 6th place)
* Anuţa Cătuna — 2:42.01 (→ 44th place)
* Cristina Pomacu — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women’s 10km Walk
* Norica Cimpean — 46:19 (→ 29th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
*Sabin Bornei:* First Round — Defeated José Perez (Dominican Republic), 16-10 :* Second Round — Lost to Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 7-18

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
*George Olteanu:* First Round — Defeated Samuel Alvarez (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)
*Leonard Doroftei → Bronze Medal:* 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)
*Marian Simion → Bronze Medal:* 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)
*Francisc Vaştag:* First Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 12-17

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
*Ovidiu Bali:* First Round — Bye:* Second Round — Lost to Christophe Mendy (France), referee stopped contest in second round

=Diving=

Women's 10m Platform
*Clara Elena Ciocan:* Preliminary Heat — 281.52 :* Semi Final — 157.41:* Final — 256.05 (→ 10th place)

*Anisoara Opriea:* Preliminary Heat — 233.34 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

=Modern pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition
* Adrian Toader — 5335 pts (→ 14th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 100 m Freestyle
*Nicolae Ivan:* Heat — 51.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle
*Nicolae Butacu:* Heat — 1:50.83:* B-Final — 1:51.46 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
*Nicolae Butacu:* Heat — 56.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke
*Nicolae Butacu:* Heat — 2:08.59 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
*Răzvan Petcu:* Heat — 55.50 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
*Nicolae Ivan, Răzvan Petcu, Horaţiu Badiţă, and Alexandru Ioanovici:* Heat — 3:21.66 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle
*Luminiţa Dobrescu:* Heat — 26.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle
*Luminiţa Dobrescu:* Heat — 56.27 :* B-Final — 55.98 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle
*Luminiţa Dobrescu:* Heat — 2:00.85 :* Final — 2:01.63 (→ 8th place)

*Ioana Diaconescu:* Heat — 2:04.59 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle
*Carla Negrea:* Heat — 4:16.89:* B-Final — 4:17.08 (→ 16th place) Women's 800 m Freestyle
*Carla Negrea:* Heat — 8:54.19 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's 200 m Backstroke
*Cătălina Căsaru:* Heat — 2:15.92:* B-Final — 2:15.15 (→ 14th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
*Larisa Lăcustă:* Heat — 1:13.91 (→ did not advance, 35th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly
*Loredana Zisu:* Heat — 1:02.66 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly
*Loredana Zisu:* Heat — 2:17.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley
*Beatrice Caslaru:* Heat — 2:16.80 :* B-Final — 2:16.75 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley
*Beatrice Caslaru:* Heat — 4:44.66:* Final — 4:44.91 (→ 6th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
*Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Andrea Trufaşu, and Luminiţa Dobrescu:* Heat – 3:48.43 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
*Luminiţa Dobrescu, Loredana Zisu, Ioana Diaconescu, and Carla Negrea:* Heat – 8:10.77:* Final – 8:10.02 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
*Catalina Căsaru, Beatrice Caslaru, Loredana Zisu, and Luminiţa Dobrescu:* Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

=Tennis=

Women's Singles Competition
* Catalina Cristea:* First round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 6-2 4-6 2-6

* Ruxandra Dragomir:* First round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 4-6 4-4 retired

=Water Polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Romania – Ukraine 6-6:* Romania – Croatia 6-11:* Romania – Greece 5-8:* Romania – United States 5-10:* Romania – Italy 9-10
*Classification Matches:* 9th/12th place: Romania – Netherlands 8-10:* 9th/12th place: Romania – Ukraine 11-8:* 9th/12th place: Romania – Germany 6-10 (→ Eleventh place)
*Team Roster:*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
*Head Coach: Rus Viorel

=Weightlifting=

Men's 108 kg
*Nicu Vlad :*Snatch — 197.5 kg:*Clean & Jerk — 222.5 kg:*Total — 420.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)

References

*cite book |title=The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results |author=(ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. |publisher=Peachtree Publishers |location=Atlanta |year=1997 |isbn=1-56145-150-9 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-02-13
*cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |accessdate=2008-02-13
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/1996/ sports-reference]