Romania at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Romania at the 1984 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | ROU (ROM used at these Games) |
NOC | Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee |
Website | www |
in Los Angeles | |
Competitors | 124 (71 men and 53 women) in 13 sports |
Flag bearer | Corneliu Ion |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Romania competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 124 competitors, 71 men and 53 women, took part in 86 events in 13 sports.[1] Notably, Romania was the only Eastern Bloc nation to participate at these Games; all others followed the Soviet Union's boycott of the Games. The Romanian athletes were greeted with warm applause as they entered the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the opening ceremony, in part an affirmation of the nation's defiance of the boycott.[2][3] The Romanian Olympic team was phenomenally successful at the games, ultimately placing second to the United States in the gold medal tally.
Medalists
Gold
- Doina Melinte — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
- Maricica Puică — Athletics, Women's 3000 metres
- Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- Ivan Patzaichin and Toma Simionov — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
- Agafia Constantin-Buhaev, Nastasia Ionescu, Tecla Marinescu-Borcanca and Maria Stefan-Mihoreanu — Canoeing, Women's K4 500m Kayak Fours
- Ecaterina Szabo — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
- Simona Păucă and Ecaterina Szabo — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
- Ecaterina Szabo — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
- Lavinia Agache, Laura Cutina, Cristina Elena Grigoraș, Simona Păucă, Mihaela Stanulet, and Ecaterina Szabo — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
- Petru Iosub and Valer Toma — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
- Valeria Răcilă — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
- Elisabeta Lipă and Marioara Popescu — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
- Ioana Badea, Sofia Corban, Ekaterina Oancia, Anisoara Sorohan, and Maricica Taran — Rowing, Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls
- Rodica Arba and Elena Horvat — Rowing, Women's Coxless Pairs
- Chira Apostol, Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu, Olga Homeghi, Viorica Ioja, and Florica Lavric — Rowing, Women's Coxed Fours
- Petre Becheru — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight (82½ kg)
- Nicu Vlad — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (90 kg)
- Ion Draica — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
- Vasile Andrei — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight
Silver
- Doina Melinte — Athletics, Women's 1500 metres
- Valeria Ionescu — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- Mihaela Loghin — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
- Ivan Patzaichin and Toma Simionov — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
- Aurora Dan, Rozalia Oros, Elisabeta Tufan-Guzganu, Monika Weber, and Marcela Zsak — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
- Ekaterina Szabó — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
- Doina Staiculescu — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
- Dimitrie Popescu, Dumitru Răducanu and Vasile Tomoiagă — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
- Mihaela Armășescu, Adriana Bazon-Chelariu, Camelia Diaconescu, Viorica Ioja, Aneta Mihaly, Aurora Plesca, Lucia Sauca, Doina Liliana Snep-Balan and Marioara Trașcă — Rowing, Women's Eights
- Corneliu Ion — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
- Gelu Radu — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (60 kg)
- Andrej Socaci — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67½ kg)
- Petre Dumitru — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (90 kg)
- Vasile Groapa — Weightlifting, Men's First Heavyweight (100 kg)
- Stefan Tasnadi — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (110 kg)
- Ilie Matei — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
Bronze
- Fița Lovin — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
- Maricica Puică — Athletics, Women's 1500 metres
- Cristieana Cojocaru — Athletics, Women's 400m Hurdles
- Florența Crăciunescu — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Mircea Fulger — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Costică Olaru — Canoeing, Men's C1 500m Canadian Singles
- Alexandru Chiculiță, Corneliu Marin, Marin Mustață, Ioan Pop, and Vilmoș Szabo — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
- Simona Păucă — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
- Lavinia Agache — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
- Mircea Bedivan, Dumitru Berbece, Iosif Boroș, Alexandru Buligan, Gheorghe Covaciu, Gheorghe Dogărescu, Marian Dumitru, Cornel Durău, Alexander Fölker, Nicolae Munteanu, Vasile Oprea, Adrian Simion, Vasile Stîngă, Neculai Vasilcă, and Maricel Voinea — Handball, Men's Team Competition
- Mircea Frățică — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
- Mihai Cioc — Judo, Men's Open Class
- Anca Pătrășcoiu — Swimming, Women's 200m Backstroke
- Dragomir Cioroslan — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
- Ștefan Rusu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
- Victor Dolipschi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
- Vasile Pușcașu — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight (100 kg)
Athletics
Women's 1,500 metres
- Heat — 4:10.58
- Final — 4:09.11 (→ 9th place)
Women's 3,000 metres
Women's 400m Hurdles
Women's High Jump
- Qualification — 1.90m
- Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)
Women's Long Jump
Women's Discus Throw
Women's Shot Put
- Final — 17.23 m (→ 8th place)
Boxing
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Meldrick Taylor (United States), 0:5
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- First Round — Lost to Renato Cornett (Australia), 1:4
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
- Mircea Fulger → Bronze Medal
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Jean Duarte (France), RSC-1
- Third Round — Defeated Stefan Sjøstrand (SWE), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Lofti Belkhir (Tunisia), 5:0
- Semifinals — Lost to Dhawee Umponmaha (Thailand), 0:5
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
- First Round — Defeated Antoine Loungoude (RCA), KO-1
- Second Round — Defeated Michael Hughes (GBR), 5:0
- Third Round — Lost to Mark Breland (United States), 0:5
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- First Round — Lost to Ahn Dal-Ho (South Korea), 0:5
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Fine Sani (Tonga), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Anton Josipović (Yugoslavia), 0:5
Canoeing
Fencing
Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1984.
Gymnastics
Handball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Defeated Algeria (25-16)
- Defeated Iceland (26-17)
- Defeated Switzerland (23-17)
- Defeated Japan (28-22)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (18-19)
- Bronze Medal Match
- Team Roster
Judo
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Petru Iosub Valer Toma |
Coxless pair | 6:56.60 | 2 Q | BYE | 6:53.23 | 1 Q | 6:45.39 | ||
Dimitrie Popescu Vasile Tomoiagă Dumitru Răducanu |
Coxed pair | 7:12.18 | 1 Q | BYE | — | 7:11.21 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Valeria Răcilă | Single sculls | 3:44.22 | 1 Q | BYE | 3:54.55 | 1 Q | 3:40.68 | ||
Marioara Popescu Elisabeta Oleniuc |
Double sculls | 3:24.28 | 1 Q | BYE | — | 3:26.75 | |||
Rodica Arba Elena Horvat |
Coxless pair | — | 3:32.60 | ||||||
Florica Lavric Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu Chira Apostol Olga Homeghi-Bularda Viorica Ioja |
Coxed four | 3:21.61 | 1 Q | BYE | — | 3:19.30 | |||
Titie Taran Anișoara Sorohan Ioana Badea Sofia Corban Ecaterina Oancia |
Quadruple sculls (coxed) | 3:15.34 | 1 Q | BYE | — | 3:14.11 | |||
Marioara Trașcă Lucia Sauca Doina Șnep-Bălan Aneta Mihaly Aurora Pleșca Camelia Diaconescu Viorica Ioja Mihaela Armășescu Adriana Bazon-Chelariu |
Eight | — | 2:59.80 |
Shooting
- Men
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Score | Rank | ||
Sorin Babii | 50 m pistol | 555 | 11 |
Corneliu Ion | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 593 | |
Constantin Stan | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1140 | 20 |
50 metre rifle prone | 591 | 17 | |
10 m air rifle | 577 | 20 | |
Marin Stan | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 588 | 13 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Score | Rank | ||
Elena Macovei | 25 m pistol | 572 | 15 |
Maria Macovei | 577 | 8 |
Swimming
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Heat — 1:03.79
- Final — 1:03.21 (→ 4th place)
- Heat — 1:04.16
- Final — 1:03.29 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
- Heat — 2:16.41
- Final — 2:16.15 (→ 7th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
- Heat — 5:03.97
- B-Final — 5:05.53 (→ 16th place)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- ^ "Romania at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ^ Litsky, Frank (July 29, 1984). "President and Pomp Begin Games". The New York Times. p. 1, 8, § 5. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
Of the first 139 nations in the parade, the biggest cheers went to Rumania, the only Warsaw Pact nation competing here.
- ^ Yake, D. Byron (July 29, 1984). "'84 Olympics: Gala trumpets in Games". Beaver County Times. AP. p. A1, A10. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
The Romanians, the only Eastern bloc nation to defy the Soviet boycott, were greeted with a standing ovation.