Romania at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Romania
games=1980 Summer
competitors=246 (165 men/81 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Vasile Andrei (Wrestling)
gold=6
silver=6
bronze=13
total=25

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

Medalists

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

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

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

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 descoperit de prof. Cornel Porumb, 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

Results by event

=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

=Athletics=

Men's Discus Throw
* Iosif Nagy:* Qualification — 59.34 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
*Dumitru Schiopu
*# First Round — Defeated Adel Hammoude (Syria) after knock-out in second round
*# Second Round — Defeated Antti Juntumaa (Finland) on points (4-1)
*# Quarter Finals — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (4-1)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
*Daniel Radu
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Defeated Keith Wallace (Great Britain) on points (4-1)
*# Quarter Finals — Lost to János Váradi (Hungary) on points (1-4)
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
*Dumitru Cipere → Bronze Medal
*# First Round — Defeated Mario Behrendt (East Germany) on points (5-0)
*# Second Round — Defeated Lucky Mutale (Zambia) on points (5-0)
*# Third Round — Defeated Ryszard Czerwinski (Poland) on points (5-0)
*# Quarter Finals — Defeated Samson Khachatrian (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
*# Semi Finals — Lost to Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (2-3)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg)
*Titi Cercel
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Defeated Róbert Gönczi (Hungary) on points (5-0)
*# Third Round — Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
*Florian Livadaru
*# First Round — Defeated Tadesse Haile (Ethiopia) after diskwalification in third round
*# Second Round — Defeated Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round
*# Quarter Finals — Lost to Kazimierz Adach (Poland) after referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)
*Simion Cuçov
*# First Round — Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
*Teodor Pîrjol
*# First Round — Lost to Francesco Damiani (Italy) on points (1-4)

=Diving=

Men's Springboard
*Alexandru Adrian Bagiu:* Preliminary Round — 427.35 points (→ 23rd place, did not advance)

=Handball=

Men's team competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Defeated Kuwait (32-12):* Defeated Algeria (26-18):* Lost to Yugoslavia (21-23):* Defeated Soviet Union (22-19):* Defeated Switzerland (18-16)
*Classification Match:* Bronze Medal Match: Defeated Hungary (20-18) → Bronze Medal
Team Roster:* Nicolae Munteanu:* Marian Dumitru:* Iosif Boros:* Maricel Voinea:* Vasile Stîngă:* Radu Voina:* Cezar Draganita:* Cornel Durau:* Stefan Birtalan:* Alexandru Fölker:* Neculai Vasilca:* Lucian Vasilache:* Adrian Cosma:* Claudiu Eugen Ionescu

=Modern pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
*Dumitru Spîrlea — 5058 pts, 22nd place
*Gyula Laszlo Câllovits — 4,935 pts, 27th place
*Cezar Mihai Râducanu — 4,397 pts, 41st place
Men's Team Competition:
*Spîrlea, Câllovits, and Râducanu — 14,390 pts, 11th place

=Swimming=

"'Women's 100 m Breaststroke
*Brigitte Prass:* Heats — 1:15.10 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Individual Medley
*Irinel Panulescu:* Heats — 5:07.74 (→ did not advance)

*Mariana Paraschiv:* Heats — 5:04.56 (→ did not advance)

=Volleyball=

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Lost to Bulgaria (1-3):* Defeated Hungary (3-2):* Defeated Brazil (3-2)
*Classification Matches:* 5th/8th place: Lost to Peru (0-3):* 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 8th place
*Team Roster:* Mariana Ionescu:* Gabriela Coman:* Doina Savoiu:* Victoria Georgescu:* Ileana Dobroschi:* Victoria Banciu:* Irina Petculet:* Crina Georgescu:* Iuliana Enescu:* Ioana Liteanu:* Corina Crivat:* Elena Piron

=Water polo=

Men's team competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B):* Drew with Hungary (6-6):* Defeated Greece (6-4):* Lost to Netherlands (3-5)
*Final Round (Group B):* Lost to Italy (3-5):* Drew with Australia (4-4):* Defeated Sweden (8-3):* Defeated Bulgaria (10-6):* Defeated Greece (11-8) → 9th place
Team Roster:* Doru Spînu:* Vasile Ungureanu:* Dorin Viorel Costras :* Adrian Nastasiu:* Dinu Popescu:* Claudiu loan Rusu:* Ilie Slâvei:* Liviu Râducanu:* Viorel Rus:* Adrian Schervan:* Florin Slâvei