Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Template:Infobox Olympics Romania
Romania competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed at the Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1924, missing only two editions, including the 1948 Summer Olympics. Despite being London's third Olympic Games, this is the first time the Romanian team has competed in London. The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (Template:Lang-ro, COSR) sent a total of 103 athletes to the Games, 54 men and 49 women, to compete in 14 sports.
Romania left London with a total of 9 medals (2 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze), beating the number of medals won in Beijing by one. This performance was considered the nation's worst at an Olympic Games since 1964, based on the gold medal standings. Three of the medals were awarded to the team in artistic gymnastics, two each in judo, and weightlifting, and one each in fencing and shooting. Romania did not win an Olympic medal in rowing for the first time since 1976, and in athletics for the first time since 1980.
Among the nation's medallists were gymnasts Sandra Izbașa and Cătălina Ponor, who both won two medals for their individual final exercises (vault and floor). The women's artistic gymnastics team, led by Ponor and Izbașa, also managed to repeat its bronze medal in the all-around event. Rifle shooter Alin Moldoveanu became the first Romanian man to claim the gold medal in a shooting event in 12 years. Meanwhile, Rareș Dumitrescu, who missed out of the bronze medal in men's individual sabre, led his team to win the silver in men's team sabre fencing competition.
Medalists
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Delegation
Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (COSR) selected a team of 103 athletes, 54 men and 49 women, to compete in 14 sports, surpassing the record by just a single athlete short in Beijing. There was only a single competitor in road cycling.
The Romanian team featured past Olympic champions, four of them defending (marathon runner Constantina Diță, judoka Alina Dumitru, gymnast Sandra Izbașa, and rowing pair Georgeta Andrunache and Viorica Susanu). Eight female Romanian athletes were among the oldest of the team, including discus thrower Nicoleta Grasu, who competed at her sixth Olympics. Georgeta Andrunache became one of the most successful female rowers in Olympic history, with a total of six medals; five of them gold. Andrunache's compatriot, Viorica Susanu, who won a total of five Olympic medals, competed at her fifth Olympics, along with marathon runner Lidia Șimon. Skeet shooter Lucia Mihalache, at age 45, was the oldest athlete of the team, while gymnast Larisa Iordache was the youngest at age 16.
Other notable Romanian athletes featured gymnast Cătălina Ponor, who made an Olympic comeback in her sport after an eight-year absence, swimmer and former Olympic champion Camelia Potec, who competed at her fourth Olympics, and tennis doubles specialist Horia Tecău, who became the nation's first male flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.[1]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves for fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are counted as reserves:
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Athletics
Romanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[2][3]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Men
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Marius Ionescu | Marathon | 2:16:28 | 26 |
Marius Cocioran | 50 km walk | 3:57:52 | 39 |
- Women
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Andreea Ogrăzeanu | 100 m | BYE | 11.44 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
200 m | 23.46 | 6 | — | Did not advance | |||||
Bianca Răzor | 400 m | 52.83 | 5 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Mirela Lavric | 800 m | 2:01.65 | 4 q | — | 2:00.46 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
Roxana Bârcă | 5000 m | 16:01.04 | 18 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Angela Moroșanu | 400 m hurdles | 56.64 | 5 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Ancuța Bobocel | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:31.06 | 6 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Cristina Casandra | 9:58.83 | 13 | Did not advance | ||||||
Constantina Diță | Marathon | — | 2:41:34 | 86 | |||||
Lidia Șimon | 2:32:46 | 45 | |||||||
Claudia Ștef | 20 km walk | — | 1:33:56 | 38 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Viorica Țigău | Long jump | 6.21 | 24 | Did not advance | |
Cristina Bujin | Triple jump | NM | — | Did not advance | |
Esthera Petre | High jump | 1.85 | =20 | Did not advance | |
Nicoleta Grasu | Discus throw | 61.86 | 14 | Did not advance | |
Bianca Perie | Hammer throw | 68.34 | 22 | Did not advance |
Boxing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Bogdan Juratoni | Middleweight | BYE | Atoev (UZB) L 10–12 |
Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Mihaela Lăcătuș | Lightweight | Dong C (CHN) L 5–10 |
Did not advance |
Canoeing
Sprint
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Iosif Chirilă | C-1 1000 m | 4:05.863 | 1 Q | 4:07.794 | 6 FB | 3:59.730 | 11 |
Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi |
C-2 1000 m | 3:43.787 | 4 Q | 3:36.551 | 3 FA | 3:43.005 | 7 |
Bogdan Mada Ionuț Mitrea |
K-2 200 m | 33.978 | 5 Q | 34.253 | 5 FB | 46.495 | 13 |
Ionel Gavrilă Toni Ioneticu Traian Neagu Ștefan Vasile |
K-4 1000 m | 3:12.371 | 4 Q | 2:55.027 | 5 FA | 2:58.223 | 8 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Irina Lauric Iuliana Paleu |
K-2 500 m | 1:46.001 | 3 Q | 1:49.216 | 8 FB | 1:52.468 | 16 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Andrei Nechita | Men's road race | Did not finish |
Fencing
- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Radu Dărăban | Individual foil | Choi (HKG) W 15–12 |
Aspromonte (ITA) L 11–15 |
Did not advance | ||||
Tiberiu Dolniceanu | Individual sabre | BYE | Homer (USA) L 11–15 |
Did not advance | ||||
Rareș Dumitrescu | BYE | Boiko (UKR) W 15–12 |
Buikevich (BLR) W 15–6 |
Homer (USA) W 15–13 |
Occhiuzzi (ITA) L 11–15 |
Kovalev (RUS) L 10–15 |
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Florin Zalomir | Abedini (IRI) W 15–7 |
Gu B-G (KOR) L 12–15 |
Did not advance | |||||
Tiberiu Dolniceanu Rareș Dumitrescu Florin Zalomir Alexandru Sirițeanu |
Team sabre | — | China (CHN) W 45–30 |
Russia (RUS) W 45–43 |
South Korea (KOR) L 26–45 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Ana Maria Brânză | Individual épée | BYE | Hsu J-T (TPE) W 15–8 |
Shemyakina (UKR) L 13–14 |
Did not advance | |||
Simona Gherman | BYE | Lawrence (GBR) W 15–9 |
Flessel-Colovic (FRA) W 15–13 |
Shemyakina (UKR) L 14–15 |
Did not advance | |||
Anca Măroiu | BYE | Kryvytska (UKR) W 15–10 |
Sivkova (RUS) W 15–11 |
Shin A-L (KOR) L 14–15 |
Did not advance | |||
Ana Maria Brânză Simona Gherman Anca Măroiu Loredana Dinu |
Team épée | — | South Korea (KOR) L 38–45 |
Classification semi-final Italy (ITA) W 45–38 |
5th place final Germany (GER) L 36–45 |
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Bianca Pascu | Individual sabre | — | Zhu M (CHN) L 10–15 |
Did not advance |
Gymnastics
Artistic
- Men
- Team
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Cristian Bățagă | Team | 14.666 | 12.700 | 14.833 | 15.766 | — | Did not advance | ||||||||||
Marius Berbecar | — | 12.733 | 14.466 | 15.433 | 15.233 | 13.700 | — | ||||||||||
Ovidiu Buidoso | 14.366 | 13.766 | — | 14.733 | 14.066 | — | |||||||||||
Vlad Cotuna | 15.016 | — | 14.400 | 15.500 | 14.866 | 13.491 | — | ||||||||||
Flavius Koczi | 15.666 Q | 13.400 | 14.600 | 16.066 Q | 13.500 | 12.633 | 85.865 | 25 Q | |||||||||
Total | 45.348 | 39.899 | 43.899 | 47.332 | 44.832 | 41.257 | 262.567 | 10 |
- Individual finals
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||||
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F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||
Flavius Koczi | All-around | Did not start | |||||||
Floor | 15.100 | — | 15.100 | 7 | |||||
Vault | — | 15.633 | — | 15.633 | 7 |
- Women
- Team
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
F | V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | ||||||
Diana Bulimar | Team | — | 14.000 | 14.866 Q | — | — | 14.066 | 14.533 | 14.700 | — | |||
Diana Chelaru | 14.333 | 14.666 | 13.733 | — | — | 13.633 | — | ||||||
Larisa Iordache | 13.800 | 15.100 | 14.100 | 14.800 | 57.800 | 9 Q | 15.100 | — | 15.200 | — | |||
Sandra Izbașa | 15.066 Q | 15.500 Q | 12.366 | 14.600 | 57.532 | 11 Q | 14.800 | 13.766 | 15.300 | — | |||
Cătălina Ponor | 14.600 Q | 15.133 | — | 15.033 Q | — | 15.100 | — | 15.416 | 14.800 | — | |||
Total | 43.999 | 45.733 | 41.833 | 44.699 | 176.264 | 4 Q | 45.000 | 41.464 | 45.249 | 44.700 | 176.414 |
- Individual finals
Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Total | Rank | |||
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F | V | UB | BB | ||||
Larisa Iordache | All-around | 13.833 | 14.933 | 14.233 | 14.966 | 57.965 | 9 |
Balance beam | — | 14.200 | 14.200 | 6 | |||
Sandra Izbașa | All-around | 15.200 | 15.333 | 13.900 | 14.400 | 58.833 | 5 |
Floor | 13.333 | — | 13.333 | 8 | |||
Vault | — | 15.191 | — | 15.191 | |||
Cătălina Ponor | Floor | 15.200 | — | 15.200 | |||
Balance beam | — | 15.066 | 15.066 | 4 |
Judo
- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Dan Fâșie | −66 kg | BYE | Larose (FRA) L 0000–0100 |
Did not advance | |||||
Daniel Brata | −100 kg | — | Zhorzholiani (GEO) L 0013–0102 |
Did not advance | |||||
Vlăduț Simionescu | +100 kg | — | Krakovetskii (KGZ) W 1001–0001 |
Tölzer (GER) L 1000–0000 |
Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Alina Dumitru | −48 kg | — | Mestre (CUB) W 1000–0000 |
Munkhbat (MGL) W 0011–0001 |
Fukumi (JPN) W 0102–0011 |
BYE | Menezes (BRA) L 0000–0011 |
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Andreea Chițu | −52 kg | Haddad (ALG) W 0100–0000 |
Heylen (BEL) L 0000–0010 |
Did not advance | ||||
Corina Căprioriu | −57 kg | Wang (CHN) W 0102–0000 |
Raguib (DJI) W 0100–0000 |
Karakas (HUN) W 0000–0000 YUS |
Malloy (USA) W 0100–0000 |
BYE | Matsumoto (JPN) L 0000–0100 |
Rowing
For the first time in 36 years Romania did not win any medals in rowing.
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Marius Vasile Cozmiuc Florin Curuea Alexandru Palamariu Cristi Ilie Pîrghie |
Four | 5:52.87 | 2 SA/B | BYE | 6:12.74 | 12 FB | 6:16.20 | 12 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Georgeta Andrunache Viorica Susanu |
Pair | 7:05.39 | 3 R | 7:08.42 | 1 FA | 7:37.67 | 5 |
Nicoleta Albu Enikő Barabás Roxana Cogianu Adelina Cojocariu Irina Dorneanu Talida Gidoiu Cristina Grigoraș Camelia Lupascu Ioana Rotaru |
Eight | 6:16.61 | 2 R | 6:16:16 | 2 FA | 6:17.64 | 4 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Shooting
- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Alin Moldoveanu | 10 m air rifle | 599 | 2 | 702.1 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Lucia Mihalache | Skeet | 65 | 12 | Did not advance |
Swimming
Romanian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[4][5]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Dragoș Agache | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.93 | =37 | Did not advance | |||
Alexandru Coci | 200 m butterfly | 1:59.67 | 29 | Did not advance | |||
Norbert Trandafir | 50 m freestyle | 22.22 NR | 15 Q | 22.30 | 16 | Did not advance | |
100 m freestyle | 49.02 | 17 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Camelia Potec | 200 m freestyle | 2:01.15 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
400 m freestyle | 4:11.43 | 20 | — | Did not advance | |||
800 m freestyle | 8:38.44 | 23 | — | Did not advance |
Table tennis
Romania has qualified three athletes for singles table tennis events based on their world rankings as of 16 May 2011. Adrian Crișan has qualified for the men's event; Daniela Dodean and Elizabeta Samara have qualified for the women's.[6]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Adrian Crișan | Men's singles | BYE | He (ESP) W 4–2 |
Boll (GER) W 4–1 |
Chuang C-y (TPE) L 0–4 |
Did not advance | ||||
Daniela Dodean | Women's singles | BYE | Bilenko (UKR) W 4–3 |
Ding N (CHN) L 0–4 |
Did not advance | |||||
Elizabeta Samara | BYE | Meshref (EGY) W 4–1 |
Tie Y N (HKG) W 4–2 |
Li J (NED) L 2–4 |
Did not advance |
Tennis
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Adrian Ungur | Men's singles | Müller (LUX) L 3–6, 3–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
Horia Tecău Adrian Ungur |
Men's doubles | — | Nestor / Pospisil (CAN) L 3–6, 6–7(9–11) |
Did not advance | ||||
Irina-Camelia Begu | Women's singles | Azarenka (BLR) L 1–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Did not advance | |||||
Sorana Cîrstea | Pennetta (ITA) L 2–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Did not advance | ||||||
Simona Halep | Shvedova (KAZ) L 4–6, 2–6 |
Did not advance | ||||||
Sorana Cîrstea Simona Halep |
Women's doubles | — | S Williams / V Williams (USA) L 3–6, 2–6 |
Did not advance |
Water polo
Men's tournament
- Team roster
Template:2012 Summer Olympics Romania men's water polo team roster
- Group play
Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo group B standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B2 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B5 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B9 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B12 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B13
Weightlifting
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Florin Croitoru | Men's −56 kg | 121 | 8 | 147 | 9 | 268 | 9 |
Răzvan Martin | Men's −69 kg | 152 | 2 | 180 | 4 | 322 | |
Gabriel Sîncrăian | Men's −85 kg | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | |
Roxana Cocoș | Women's −69 kg | 113 | 4 | 143 | 2 | 256 |
Wrestling
Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
- PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
- Men's freestyle
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Rareș Chintoan | −120 kg | BYE | Shabanbay (KAZ) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 10 |
- Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu | −96 kg | Guri (BUL) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 16 |
References
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