Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Romania at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	108 (50 men and 58 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Elisabeta Lipă
Medals Rank: 14	Gold 8	Silver 5	Bronze 6	Total 19
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Romania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Romania's sports in Greece included rowing, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, boxing and canoeing.

Medals

Gold

• Oana Ban, Alexandra Eremia, Cătălina Ponor, Monica Roşu, Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie, and Silvia Stroescu — Gymnastics, Women's Team All-Around

• Monica Roşu — Gymnastics, Women's Vault

• Cătălina Ponor — Gymnastics, Women's Beam

• Cătălina Ponor — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise

• Constanţa Burcică, Angela Alupei — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls

• Rodica Florea, Aurica Bărascu, Ioana Papuc, Liliana Gafencu, Elisabeta Lipă, Georgeta Damian, Doina Ignat, and Elena Georgescu — Rowing, Women's Eight

• Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu — Rowing, Women's Pair

• Camelia Potec — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle

Silver

• Marian Oprea — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump

• Ionela Târlea-Manolache — Athletics, Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Marian Drăgulescu — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercise

• Marius Urzică — Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse

• Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise

Bronze

• Maria Cioncan — Athletics, Women's 1500 m

• Ionuţ Gheorghe — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

• Marian Drăgulescu, Ilie Popescu, Dan Nicolae Potra, Răzvan Selariu, Ioan Silviu Suciu, and Marius Urzică — Gymnastics, Men's Team All-Around

• Marian Drăgulescu — Gymnastics, Men's Vault

• Alexandra Georgiana Eremia — Gymnastics, Women's Beam

• Răzvan Florea — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke

Results by event

Athletics

Women's 400 metre hurdles:

• Ionela Târlea-Manolache — Round 1: 54.41 s, Semifinal: 53.32 s, Final: 53.38 s (silver medal)

Women's 800 metres:

• Maria Cioncan — Round 1: 1:59.64, Semifinal: 1:59.44, Final: 1:59.62 (7th place)

Women's 1500 metres:

• Maria Cioncan — Round 1: 4:06.68, Semifinal: 4:06.69, Final: 3:58.39 (bronze medal)
• Elena Iagăr — Round 1: 4:11.48
• Alina Cucerzan — Round 1: 4:18.07

Women's 10000 metres:

• Mihaela Botezan — 31:11.24 (NR) (11th place)

Women's 4x400 metre relay:

• Angela Moroşanu, Alina Răpanu, Maria Rus, and Ionela Târlea-Manolache — Round 1: 3:27.36, Final: 3:26.81 (6th place)

Women's Marathon:

• Nuța Olaru — 2:34:45 (13th place)
• Constantina Diţă-Tomescu — 2:37:31 (20th place)
• Lidia Simon — DNF

Women's 20 km walk:

• Norica Câmpean — 1:34:30 (27th place)
• Ana Maria Groza — 1:34:56 (29th place)
• Daniela Cârlan — 1:37:14 (37th place)

Men's long jump:

• Bogdan Ţăruş — Final, 8.21 metres (8th place)

Women's long jump:

• Adina Anton — Round 1: 6.47 metres
• Alina Militaru — Round 1: No mark

Men's triple jump:

• Marian Oprea — Final, 17.55 metres (silver medal)

Women's triple jump:

• Adelina Gavrilă — Round 1: 14.56 metres, Final: 13.86 metres (15th place)
• Mariana Solomon — Round 1: 14.42 metres

Men's high jump:

• Ştefan Vasilache — Round 1, 2.25 metres (did not advance)

Women's high jump:

• Oana Pantelimon — Round 1: 1.92 metres, Final: 1.93 metres (7th place)
• Monica Iagăr — Round 1: 1.95 metres, Final: 1.93 metres (8th place)

Men's shot put:

• Gheorghe Guşet — Round 1, 19.68 metres (did not advance)

Women's discus:

• Nicoleta Grasu — Round 1: 61.91 metres, Final: 64.92 metres (6th place)

Women's javelin:

• Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan — Round 1: 62.05 metres, Final: 59.72 metres (11th place)

Boxing

Three Romanian boxers competed in Athens. None lost in the round of 32, as two won and the third had a bye. In the round of 16, though, one boxer was defeated. Another fell in the quarterfinal. The third survived to the semifinal, where he was defeated to finish with a bronze medal. That medal put Romania in a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medal count. The team's combined record was 5-3.

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Dorel Simion

• Round of 32 — Defeated Ryan Langham of Australia, 40-15
• Round of 16 — Defeated Mikhail Biarnadski of Belarus, 38-13
• Quarterfinal — Lost to Seok Hwan Jo of Korea, 39-35

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

• Ionuţ Gheorghe — bronze medal

• Round of 32 — Defeated Faisal Karim of Pakistan, 26-11
• Round of 16 — Defeated Mustafa Karagollu of Turkey, 28-19
• Quarterfinal — Defeated Michele di Rocco of Italy, 29-18
• Semifinal — Lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 30-9

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Marian Simion

• Round of 32 — Bye
• Round of 16 — Lost to Ramadan Yasser of Egypt, 36-29

Canoeing

Men's C1 500 metres:

• Florin Georgian Mironcic — semifinal, 17th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:

• Mitică Pricop — semifinal, 13th place

Men's C2 500 metres:

• Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu — final, 4th place

Men's C2 1000 metres:

• Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu — final, 4th place

Men's K2 500 metres:

• Marian Baban and Ştefan Vasile — semifinal, 17th place

Women's K2 500 metres:

• Florica Vulpeş and Lidia Talpă — semifinal, 11th place

Men's K4 1000 metres:

• Marian Baban, Alexandru Ceauşu, Vasile Curuzan, and Ştefan Vasile — final, 7th place

Cycling

Mountain biking

Men's Cross Country:

• Ovidiu Tudor Oprea — 37th place, -1 lap

Diving

Women's 10 metre Platform:

• Ramona Maria Ciobanu — preliminary, 24th place

Equestrian

Individual Eventing:

• Viorel Bubau riding Carnaval — did not finish

Fencing

Men's Épée Individual:

• Alexandru Nyisztor — defeated in round of 32

Women's Épée Individual:

• Ana Maria Brânză — defeated in round of 16

Women's Foil Individual:

• Laura Badea-Cârlescu — defeated in quarterfinals
• Roxana Scarlat — defeated in round of 16

Men's Sabre Individual:

• Mihai Covaliu — defeated in quarterfinals

Women's Sabre Individual:

• Cătălina Gheorghiţoaia — 4th place

Gymnastics

Men's artistic: bronze medal team

• Marian Drăgulescu — advanced in three exercises

• Floor — silver medals
• Vault — bronze medal
• All-around — 8th place

• Marius Urzică — advanced in one exercise

• Pommel horse — silver medal

• Ioan Silviu Suciu — advanced in one exercise

• All-around — 4th place

• Ilie Daniel Popescu — did not advance in any exercise
• Dan Nicolae Potra — did not advance in any exercise
• Răzvan Dorin Şelariu — did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic: gold medal team

• Cătălina Ponor — advanced in two exercises

• Beam — gold medal
• Floor — gold medal

• Monica Roşu — advanced in one exercise

• Vault — gold medal

• Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie — advanced in three exercises

• Floor — silver medal
• All-around — 5th place
• Uneven bars — 6th place

• Alexandra Eremia — advanced in one exercise

• Beam — bronze medal

• Oana Ban — withdrew from the final
• Silvia Stroescu — did not advance in any exercise

Judo

Men's 73 kg:

• Claudiu Baştea — defeated in round of 16

Men's 100+ kg:

• Gabriel Munteanu — defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Women's 48 kg:

• Alina Alexandra Dumitru — defeated in semifinals; lost in repechage finals

Women's 52 kg:

• Ioana Maria Aluas — defeated in round of 16; repechage quarterfinals

Swimming

Men's 400 metres Freestyle

• Dragoş Coman

Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle

• Dragoş Coman

Men's 100 metres Backstroke

• Răzvan Florea

Men's 200 metres Backstroke

• Răzvan Florea

Men's 100 metres Butterfly

• Ioan Gherghel

Men's 200 metres Butterfly

• Ioan Gherghel

Women's 200 metres Freestyle

• Camelia Potec
• Larisa Lăcustă

Women's 400 metres Freestyle

• Camelia Potec
• Simona Păduraru

Women's 800 metres Freestyle

• Simona Păduraru
• Camelia Potec

Women's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay

• Beatrice Căslaru, Larisa Lăcustă, Simona Păduraru, and Camelia Potec

Women's 200 metres Individual Medley

• Beatrice Căslaru

Women's 400 metres Individual Medley

• Beatrice Căslaru

Tennis

Men's Singles

• Andrei Pavel
• Victor Hănescu

Men's Doubles

• Andrei Pavel and Victor Hănescu

Officials

• President: Ion Ţiriac
• Secretary General: Dan Popper

References

• sports-reference