Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Romania competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 159 competitors, 132 men and 27 women, took part in 102 events in 16 sports.[1]
Medalists
Gold
- Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C1 1,000m Canadian Singles
- Gheorghe Berceanu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
- Nicolae Martinescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
Silver
- Valeria Bufanu — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles
- Argentina Menis — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Ion Alexe — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Atanase Sciotnic, Roman Vartolomeu, Aurel Vernescu, and Mihai Zafiu — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
- Serghei Covaliov and Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
- Dan Iuga — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
Bronze
- Viorica Dumitru and Maria Nichiforov — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
- Ileana Gyulai-Drimba, Ana Pascu-Ene-Dersidan, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic and Olga Szabo-Orban — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
- Ştefan Birtalan, Adrian Cosma, Marin Dan, Alexandru Dincă, Cristian Gațu, Gheorghe Gruia, Roland Gunesch, Gabriel Kicsid, Ghiţă Licu, Cornel Penu, Valentin Samungi, Simon Schobel, Werner Stöckl, Constantin Tudosie, and Radu Voina — Handball, Men's Team Competition
- Nicolae Rotaru — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
- Ştefan Tudor, Petre Ceapura and Ladislau Lovrenski — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
- Victor Dolipschi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
- Vasile Iorga — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Athletics
Men's 800 metres
- Heat — 1:50.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
- Heat — 3:44.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Qualifying Round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.10m (→ 16th place)
Women's Discus Throw
- Carmen Ionescu
- Qualifying Round — 57.82 m
- Final — 60.42 m (→ 7th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Qualification — 54.34 m
- Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- First Round — Lost to Enrique Rodríguez (ESP), 2:3
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 1:4
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
- Ion Alexe →
Silver Medal
- First Round — Defeated Jozsef Reder (HUN), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), 5:0
- Semifinals — Defeated Hasse Thomsén (SWE), 5:0
- Final — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), walk-over
Canoeing
Cycling
One cyclist represented Romania in 1972.
- Teodor Vasile — 60th place
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard:
- Ion Ganea — 325.17 points (→ 21st place)
Men's 10m Platform:
- Ion Ganea — 265.83 points (→ 25th place)
Women's 3m Springboard:
- Sorana Prelipceanu — 242.61 points (→ 21st place)
- Melania Decuseara — 232.02 points (→ 27th place)
Women's 10m Platform:
- Melania Decuseara — 182.82 points (→ 16th place)
Fencing
19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women, represented Romania in 1972.
Gymnastics
Handball
- Men's Team Competition
Romania's first round opponents in the second Olympic handball tournament included the West German team as well as Norway and Spain. Romania beat all three, concluding with a 13-11 win over the Germans, to take first place in the group and advance to the second round. There, the team defeated Hungary but was defeated by eventual gold medallist Yugoslavia to put Romania in second place in the group and relegate the team to the bronze medal game. They won the medal, defeating the East Germans 19-16.
- Romania -
Bronze Medal (5-1-0)
- Team Roster
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Dumitru Spîrlea - 4754 pts (→ 23rd place)
- Marian Cosmescu - 4890 (→ 38th place)
- Adalbert Covacs - 4381 points (→ 48th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Spirlea, Cosmescu, and Covacs - 13655 points (→ 12th place)
Rowing
Men's Coxed Pairs
- Heat — 7:47.98
- Repechage — 8:08.34
- Semi Finals — 8:10.89
- Final — 7:21.36 (→ Bronze Medal)
Shooting
Ten male shooters represented Romania in 1972. Nicolae Rotaru won bronze in the 50 m rifle, prone event.
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Heat — 55.35s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Heat — 2:00.23 (→ did not advance)
Volleyball
Water polo
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to United States (3-4)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (7-8)
- Lost to Cuba (3-4)
- Defeated Canada (16-4)
- Defeated Mexico (9-6)
- Final Round (Group II)
- Defeated Spain (7-4)
- Defeated Bulgaria (4-3)
- Drew with the Netherlands (5-5)
- Defeated Australia (5-3) → 8th place
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- ^ "Romania at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
