Romania at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Romania at the
1992 Winter Olympics
Romania at the; 1992 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ROU; (ROM used at these Games)
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Albertville
Competitors	23 (14 men, 9 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Ioan Apostol (luge)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Romania was represented at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France by the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee.

In total, 23 athletes including 14 men and nine women represented Romania in eight different sports including alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, luge, ski jumping and speed skating.

Competitors

In total, 23 athletes represented Romania at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France across eight different sports.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	1	3
Biathlon	1	5	6
Bobsleigh	5	–	5
Cross-country skiing	1	1	2
Figure skating	1	0	1
Luge	2	1	3
Ski jumping	1	–	1
Speed skating	1	2	3
Total	14	9	23

Alpine skiing

In total, three Romanian athletes participated in the alpine skiing events – Mihaela Fera, Emilian Focşeneanu and Aurel Foiciuc.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Aurel Foiciuc	Downhill			2:09.94	44
Emilian Focşeneanu	Downhill			2:08.81	42
Emilian Focşeneanu	Super-G			DNF	–
Aurel Fiociuc	Super-G			1:24.62	68
Aurel Foiciuc	Giant Slalom	1:16.03	1:14.79	2:30.82	53
Emilian Focşeneanu	Giant Slalom	1:15.48	1:13.52	2:29.00	48
Emilian Focşeneanu	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Aurel Foiciuc	Slalom	1:02.57	1:01.77	2:04.34	41

Source:^[2]

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Emilian Focşeneanu	1:59.94	58.16	1:00.04	249.41	35
Aurel Foiciuc	1:57.91	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Source:^[2]

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Mihaela Fera	Downhill			2:01.27	28
Mihaela Fera	Super-G			1:31.78	38
Mihaela Fera	Giant Slalom	1:13.91	1:14.67	2:28.58	28
Mihaela Fera	Slalom	54.15	50.70	1:44.85	29

Source:^[2]

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Mihaela Fera	1:31.74	38.00	DNF	DNF	–

Source:^[2]

Biathlon

In total, six Romanian athletes participated in the biathlon events – Mihaela Cârstoi, Daniela Gârbacea, Ileana Ianoşiu-Hangan, Monica Jauca, Nicolae Şerban and Adina Țuțulan-Șotropa.^[1]

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Nicolae Şerban	4	31:29.6	81

Source:^[2]

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Nicolae Şerban	1'01:33.3	5	1'06:33.3	71

Source:^[2]

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Monica Jauca	5	31:13.7	63
	Mihaela Cârstoi	3	29:10.5	55
	Ileana Ianoşiu-Hangan	5	28:32.1	48
	Adina Țuțulan-Șotropa	3	27:57.0	38

Source:^[2]

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Daniela Gârbacea	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
	Mihaela Cârstoi	52:29.2	8	1'00:29.2	51
	Monica Jauca	54:44.2	5	59:44.2	48
	Adina Țuțulan-Șotropa	51:58.6	7	58:58.6	41

Source:^[2]

Women's 3 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Adina Țuțulan-Șotropa Mihaela Cârstoi Ileana Ianoşiu-Hangan	0	1'23:39.6	10

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Source:^[2]

Bobsleigh

In total, five Romanian athletes participated in the bobsleigh events – Laurențiu Budur, László Hodos, Csaba Nagy Lakatos, Paul Neagu and Costel Petrariu.^[1]

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ROU-1	Csaba Nagy Lakatos Laurențiu Budur	Two-man	1:01.34	20	1:01.58	17	1:02.06	21	1:01.70	14	4:06.68	18
ROU-2	Paul Neagu Costel Petrariu	Two-man	1:01.44	22	1:01.81	20	1:02.19	23	1:02.40	27	4:07.84	22

Source:^[2]

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
ROU-1	Paul Neagu László Hodos Laurențiu Budur Costel Petrariu	Four-man	59.04	18	59.52	20	59.50	19	59.38	17	3:57.44	20

Source:^[2]

Cross-country skiing

In total, two Romanian athletes participated in the cross-country skiing events – Ileana Ianoşiu-Hangan and Viorel Şotropa.^[1]

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Viorel Şotropa	32:57.5	72
15 km pursuit¹ F	Viorel Şotropa	45:56.4	54
30 km C	Viorel Şotropa	1'30:10.5	35
50 km F	Viorel Şotropa	2'16:03.5	36

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Source:^[2]

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
30 km F	Ileana Ianoşiu-Hangan	1'38:06.7	50

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Source:^[2]

Figure skating

In total, one Romanian athlete participated in the figure skating events – Marius Negrea.^[1]

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Marius Negrea	27	DNF	DNF	–

Source:^[2]

Luge

In total, three Romanian athletes participated in the luge events – Ioan Apostol, Liviu Cepoi and Corina Drăgan-Terecoasa.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ioan Apostol	46.728	25	46.913	25	47.516	26	47.626	26	3:08.783	26

Source:^[2]

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ioan Apostol Liviu Cepoi	46.315	4	46.334	4	1:32.649	4

Source:^[2]

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Corina Drăgan-Terecoasa	48.386	22	48.315	23	48.358	22	48.067	22	3:13.126	22

Source:^[2]

Ski jumping

In total, one Romanian athlete participated in the ski jumping events – Virgil Neagoe.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Virgil Neagoe	Normal hill	73.5	72.6	72.0	71.2	143.8	57
Virgil Neagoe	Large hill	76.0	29.4	78.0	34.7	64.1	58

Source:^[2]

Speed skating

In total, three Romanian athletes participated in the speed skating events – Zsolt Baló, Mihaela Dascălu and Cerasela Hordobețiu.^[1]

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Zsolt Baló	39.70	36
1000 m	Zsolt Baló	1:18.12	36
1500 m	Zsolt Baló	2:01.33	33
5000 m	Zsolt Baló	7:32.89	33

Source:^[2]

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Cerasela Hordobețiu	42.68	30
500 m	Mihaela Dascălu	41.90	21
1000 m	Cerasela Hordobețiu	DNF	–
1000 m	Mihaela Dascălu	1:22.85	6
1500 m	Cerasela Hordobețiu	2:14.69	28
1500 m	Mihaela Dascălu	2:09.87	17
3000 m	Mihaela Dascălu	4:38.39	19
3000 m	Cerasela Hordobețiu	4:38.08	18
5000 m	Cerasela Hordobețiu	8:07.16	19
5000 m	Mihaela Dascălu	7:54.03	13

Source:^[2]

External links

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Romania at the 1992 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2025 – via LA84 Foundation.

[romania-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Romania at the 1992 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 June 2025.

[OfficialReport-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Albertville 1992 Official Report" (PDF). Le Comite d'Organisation des Jeux Olympiques Albertville. 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2025 – via LA84 Foundation.

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America	Argentina Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Costa Rica Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands
Asia	China Chinese Taipei India Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia Philippines
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Romania San Marino Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Other	Unified Team