Romania at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Romania
games=2000 Summer
competitors=145 (71 men and 74 women)
sports=16
flagbearer=Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă
gold=11
silver=6
bronze=9
total=26

Romania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.At the Games, there was some controversy when gymnast Andreea Răducan was stripped of her individual all-around gold medal after testing positive for a stimulant.Fact|date=August 2008 Răducan had taken cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine given to her by a team doctor.Fact|date=August 2008

Medalists

Romania finished in 11th position in the final medal rankings, with 11 gold medals and 25 medals overall.

Gold

*Gabriela Szabo — Athletics, Women's 5000 metres
*Florin Popescu and Mitică Pricop — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000 m Canadian Pairs
*Mihai Claudiu Covaliu — Fencing, Men's Sabre Individual
*Marius Urzică — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
*Simona Amânar — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
*Simona Amânar, Loredana Boboc, Andreea Isărescu, Maria Olaru, Claudia Presecan, and Andreea Răducan — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
*Georgeta Damian and Doina Ignat — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
*Vera Cochelea, Georgeta Damian, Maria Magdalena Dumitrache, Liliana Gafencu, Elena Georgescu, Doina Ignat, Elisabeta Lipă, Ioana Olteanu, and Viorica Susanu — Rowing, Women's Eights
*Angela Alupei and Constanţa Burcică-Pipota — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls
*Diana Mocanu — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
*Diana Mocanu — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke

Silver

*Violeta Szekely — Athletics, Women's 1500 metres
*Lidia Simon — Athletics, Women's Marathon
*Marian Simion — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
*Maria Olaru — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
*Andreea Răducan — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
*Beatrice Căslaru — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Bronze

*Gabriela Szabo — Athletics, Women's 1500 metres
*Dorel Simion — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
*Florin Popescu and Mitică Pricop — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs
*Raluca Andreea Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu, and Sanda Toma — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours
*Oana Pantelimon — Athletics, Women's High Jump
*Simona Amânar — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
*Simona Marcela Richter — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (78 kg)
*Iulian Raicea — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
*Beatrice Căslaru — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's Competition

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
* Florin Ionescu:* Round 1 – 08:37.44 (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put
* Gheorghe Guşet:* Qualifying – 18.56 (did not advance)

Men's Discus
* Costel Grasu:* Qualifying – NM (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
* Bogdan Ţărus:* Qualifying – 8.00:* Final – 8.00 (8th place)

Men's Triple Jump
* Ionuţ Pungă:* Qualifying – 16.72 (did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk
* Costică Bălan:* Final – 1:23:42 (18th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m
* Otillia Silvia Ruicu:* Round 1 – 52.65:* Round 2 – 52.28 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m
* Elena Iagăr:* Round 1 – 02:07.56 (did not advance)

Women's 1,500 m
* Gabriela Szabo:* Round 1 – 04:08.33:* Semifinal – 04:07.38:* Final – 04:05.27 (Bronze medal)

* Violeta Szekely:* Round 1 – 04:10.18:* Semifinal – 04:06.60:* Final – 04:05.15 (Silver medal)

* Elena Iagăr:* Round 1 – 04:11.35:* Semifinal – 04:14.75 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m
* Gabriela Szabo:* Round 1 – 15:08.36:* Final – 14:40.79 (Gold medal) – "Olympic record"

Women's 400 m Hurdles
* Ionela Târlea:* Round 1 – 56.40:* Semifinal – 54.70:* Final – 54.35 (6th place)

Women's Discus
* Nicoleta Grasu:* Qualifying – 58.87 (did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw
* Ana Mirela Termure:* Qualifying – 56.31 (did not advance)

* Felicea Moldovan Tilea:* Qualifying – 58.75 (did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump
* Cristina Elena Nicolau:* Qualifying – 14.14:* Final – 14.17 (6th place)

Women's High Jump
* Oana Manuela Pantelimon:* Qualifying – 1.94:* Final – 1.99 (Bronze medal)

* Monica Iagăr-Dinescu:* Qualifying – 1.94:* Final – 1.93 (9th place)

Women's 20 km Walk
* Norica Câmpean:* Final – 1:31:50 (6th place)

* Ana Maria Groza:* Final – 1:33:38 (13th place)

Women's Marathon
* Lidia Simon:* Final – 2:23:22 (Silver medal)

* Alina Gherasim:* Final – 2:36:16 (29th place)

* Anuţa Cătuna:* Final – DNF

Women's Heptathlon
* Viorica Ţigău:* 100 m Hurdles – 13.39:* High Jump – 1.72:* Shot Put – 11.53:* 200 m – 24.80:* Long Jump – 6.01:* Javelin Throw – 43.38:* 800 m – 02:19.65:* Points – 5893 (18th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
*Marian Velicu
**Round 1 – Defeated Ramazan Ballioglu of Turkey
**Round 2 – Lost to Maikro Romero of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
*Bogdan Dobrescu
**Round 1 – Defeated Xiangzhong Yang of China
**Round 2 – Lost to Manuel Mantilla of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
*George Olteanu
**Round 1 – Defeated Artour Mikaelian of Greece
**Round 2 – Defeated Cesar Morales Velazquez of Mexico
**Quarterfinal – Lost to Clarence Vinson of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
*Ovidiu Bobîrnat
**Round 1 – Lost to Bekzat Sattarkhanov of Kazakhstan (→ did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
*Gheorghe Lungu
**Round 1 – Defeated Adisu Tebebu of Ethiopia
**Round 2 – Lost to Cristian Bejarano of Mexico (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
*Dorel Simion
**Round 1 – Defeated Ruben Fuchu of Puerto Rico
**Round 2 – Defeated Roberto Guerra of Cuba
**Quarterfinal – Defeated Steven Küchler of Germany
**Semifinal – Lost to Oleg Saitov of Russia – Bronze medal

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
*Marian Simion
**Round 1 – Defeated Ciro Fabio di Corcia of Italy
**Round 2 – Defeated José Luis Zertuche of Mexico
**Quarterfinal – Defeated Frédéric Esther of France
**Semifinal – Defeated Pornchai Thongburan of Thailand
**Final – Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov of Kazakhstan – Silver medal

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
*Adrian Diaconu
**Round 1 – Defeated Abdelhani Kinzi of Algeria
**Round 2 – Defeated Jitender Kumar of India
**Quarterfinal – Lost to Jorge Gutierrez of Cuba (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
*Grigore Claudiu Rasco
**Round 1 – Lost to Sergei Mikhailov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)
*Constantin Onofrei
**Round 1 – Bye
**Round 2 – Lost to Samuel Peter of Nigeria (→ did not advance)

=Canoe / Kayak=

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
* Geza Magyar:* Qualifying Heat – 01:42.733:* Semifinal – 01:41.482 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m
* Marian Băban:* Qualifying Heat – 03:45.127:* Semifinal – 03:47.215 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m
* Vasile Curuzan, Nicu Romică Şerban:* Qualifying Heat – 01:33.184:* Semifinal – 01:32.975 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m
* Vasile Curuzan, Sorin Petcu, Nicu Romică Şerban, Marian Sîrbu:* Qualifying Heat – 03:05.341:* Semifinal – 03:05.101 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m
* Florin Huidu:* Qualifying Heat – 01:53.076:* Semifinal – 01:53.277 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m
* Florin Huidu:* Qualifying Heat – 03:56.770:* Semifinal – 04:03.901 (did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m
* Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop:* Qualifying Heat – 01:41.904:* Semifinal – Bye:* Final – 01:54.260 (Bronze medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m
* Florin Popescu, Mitică Pricop:* Qualifying Heat – 03:37.340:* Semifinal – Bye:* Final – 03:37.355 (Gold medal)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
* Sanda Toma:* Qualifying Heat – 01:54.738:* Semifinal – 01:56.310 (did not advance)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m
* Raluca Andreea Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău:* Qualifying Heat – 01:43.204:* Semifinal – Bye:* Final – 01:59.264 (4th place)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m
* Sanda Toma, Raluca Andreea Ioniţă, Mariana Limbău, Elena Radu:* Qualifying Heat – 01:35.935:* Semifinal – Bye:* Final – 01:37.010 (Bronze medal)

=Diving=

Men's 3 Metre Springboard
* Gabriel Chereches:* Preliminary – 318.27 (35th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform
* Gabriel Chereches:* Preliminary – 320.61 (30th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform
* Clara Elena Ciocan:* Preliminary – 265.29 (21st place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform
* Anişoara Opriea:* Preliminary – 221.82 (36th place, did not advance)

=Swimming=

Men's 200 m Freestyle
* Dragoş Coman:* Preliminary Heat – 1:50.20 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle
* Dragoş Coman:* Preliminary Heat – 03:48.77 (did not advance) :* Final – 03:47.38 (5th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* Dragoş Coman:* Preliminary Heat – 15:12.64 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Ioan Gherghel:* Preliminary Heat – 54.13 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly
* Ioan Gherghel:* Preliminary Heat – 01:59.48 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Răzvan Florea:* Preliminary Heat – 56.35 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke
* Răzvan Florea:* Preliminary Heat – 01:59.79:* Semi-final – 01:59.44:* Final – 01:59.05 (6th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Cezar Bădiţă:* Preliminary Heat – 02:02.48:* Semi-final – 02:02.02 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* Cezar Bădiţă:* Preliminary Heat – 04:17.11 (did not advance) :* Final – 04:20.91 (7th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle
* Dragoş Coman, Cezar Bădiţă, Răzvan Florea, Ioan Gherghel:* Preliminary Heat – 07:24.06 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle
* Camelia Potec:* Preliminary Heat – 02:00.18:* Semi-final – 01:59.54:* Final – 01:59.46 (7th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle
* Camelia Potec:* Preliminary Heat – 04:11.92 (did not advance)

* Simona Păduraru:* Preliminary Heat – 04:13.89 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Diana Mocanu:* Preliminary Heat – 59.72:* Semi-final – 59.12:* Final – 59.43 (8th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Beatrice Căslaru:* Preliminary Heat – 02:27.59 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke
* Diana Mocanu:* Preliminary Heat – 01:01.18:* Semi-final – 01:00.70:* Final – 01:00.21 (Gold medal) – "Olympic Record"

Women's 200 m Backstroke
* Diana Mocanu:* Preliminary Heat – 02:09.21:* Semi-final – 02:09.64:* Final – 02:08.61 (Gold medal)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley
* Beatrice Căslaru:* Preliminary Heat – 02:13.72:* Semi-final – 02:13.31:* Final – 02:12.57 (Silver medal)

* Diana Mocanu:* Preliminary Heat – 02:29.58 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley
* Beatrice Căslaru:* Preliminary Heat – 04:41.04:* Final – 04:37.18 (Bronze medal)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
* Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Diana Mocanu, and Camelia Potec:* Preliminary Heat – 03:48.78 (did not advance)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
* Beatrice Căslaru, Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Simona Păduraru, and Camelia Potec:* Preliminary Heat – 08:05.24:* Final – 08:01.63 (4th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Simona Păduraru, and Raluca Udroiu:* Preliminary Heat – 04:23.56 (did not advance)

References

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