Romania at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Romania at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors
Medals Rank: 9	Gold 5	Silver 3	Bronze 5	Total 13
Olympic history (summary)
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Romania competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Nicolae Linca — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

• Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canadian Singles

• Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 10.000m Canadian Singles

• Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000m Canadian Pairs

• Stefan Petrescu — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

[edit] Silver

• Mircea Dobrescu — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

• Gheorghe Negrea — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

• Olga Szabo-Orban — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

[edit] Bronze

• Constantin Dumitrescu — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

• Elena Leusteanu — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises

• Gheorghe Lichiardopol — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

• Francisc Horvat — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

• Elena Leusteanu, Georgeta Hurmuzachi, Sonia Iovan, Emilia Lita-Vatasoiu, Elena Niculescu-Margarit, and Elena Sacalici — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

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