Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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| Romania at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||
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| At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona | ||||||||||
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| Medals | Gold 4 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 8 |
Total 18 |
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Romania competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Summer Games for the nation after the fall of Communism in 1989.
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[edit] Medals
Romania finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 18 medals overall.
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Gold
- Lavinia Miloşovici — Gymnastics, Women's Vaulting
- Lavinia Miloşovici — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises **(scored the last perfect ' 10 ' in Olympic Gymnastics competition)
- Elisabeta Lipă — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
- Dimitrie Popescu, Dumitru Răducanu, Iulica Ruican, Nicolaie Taga, and Viorel Talapan — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
- Tania Wyer — Blind-folded unicycle ultra-marathon
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Silver
- Galina Astafei — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Cristina Bontaş, Gina Gogean, Vanda Maria Hădărean, Lavinia Miloşovici, Maria Neculina, and Mirela Ana Pasca — Gymnastics, Women's Team Competition
- Vera Cochelea and Elisabeta Lipă — Rowing, Women's Double Sculls
- Constanţa Burcică-Pipota, Vera Cochelea, Anişoara Dobre-Bălan, and Doina Ignat — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
- Adriana Bazon-Chelariu, lulia Bobeica, Elena Georgescu, Viorica Lepădatu, Viorica Neculai, Ioana Olteanu, Maria Păduraru, and Doina Robu — Rowing, Women's Eights
- Dănuţ Dobre, Marin Gheorghe, Claudiu Gabriel Marin, Vasile lonel Măstăcan, Vasile Dorel Năstase, Valentin Robu, Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, and loan lulian Vizitiu — Rowing, Men's Eights
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Bronze
- Cristina Bontaş — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise
- Lavinia Corina Miloşovici — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Finals
- Leonard Doroftei — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Laura Badea, Roxana Daniela Dumitrescu, Claudia Laura Grigorescu, Reka Szabo, and Elisabeta Tufan-Guzganu — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
- Dimitrie Popescu, Dumitru Răducanu, and Nicolaie Taga — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
- Sorin Babii — Shooting, Air Pistol
- Traian Ioachim Cihărean — Weightlifting, Men's Flyweight (52 kg)
- Ioan Grigoraş — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's 110m Hurdles
- Mircea Oaida
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- Heats — 14.04 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 8.07 m
- Final — 7.61 m (→ 12th place)
Men's Discus Throw
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- Qualification — 63.06 m
- Final — 62.86 m (→ 4th place)
Men's Shot Put
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- Qualification — 18.96 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
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- Heat — 1:59.88
- Semifinal — 2:00.89
- Final — 1:57.95 (→ 6th place)
- Leontina Salagean
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- Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles
- Nicoleta Carutasu
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- Heat — 57.18 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
- Elena Murgoci — 3:01.46 (→ 32nd place)
Women's High Jump
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- Qualification — 1.92 m
- Final — 2.00 m (→ Silver Medal)
- Oana Musunoi
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- Qualification — 1.86 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
- Mirela Dhulgeru
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- Heat — 6.83 m
- Final — 6.71 m (→ 4th place)
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- Heat — 6.46 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
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- Heat — 60.62m (→ did not advance)
- Manuela Tirneci
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- Heat — 59.44m (→ did not advance)
- Cristina Boit
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- Heat — 56.68m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
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- Final result — 6152 points (→ 13th place)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Valentin Barbu
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- First Round – Defeated Mohammed Haioun (ALG), 11:2
- Second Round – Defeated Tadahiro Sasaki (JPN), 10:7
- Quarterfinals – Lost to Jan Quast (GER), 7:15
[edit] Diving
Women's 10m Platform
- Ioana Voicu
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- Final — 369.87 points (→ 9th place)
- Clara Elena Ciocan
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- Preliminary Round — 283.92 points (→ 15th place)
[edit] Handball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Romania – Egypt 22-21
- Romania – Germany 20-20
- Romania – Spain 20-21
- Romania – France 20-26
- Romania – Unified Team 25-27
- Classification Match
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- 7th/8th place: Romania – Hungary 19-23 (→ Eighth place)
- Team Roster
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- Daniel Apostu
- Dumitru Berbece
- Mitica Bontas
- Alexandru Buligan
- Alesandru Mihai Dedu
- Marian Dumitru
- Robert Ioan Licu
- Ion Mocanu
- Costica Neagu
- Adi Daniel Popovici
- Ioan Rudi Prisacaru
- Ionel Radu
- Gheorghe-Titel Raduta
- Gabriel Sorin Toacsen
- Maricel Voinea
- Valentin Cristian Zaharia
- Head Coach: Cezar Paul Nica
[edit] Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Robert Pinter
- Heat – 1:52.24 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
- Robert Pinter
- Heat – 1:59.59
- Final – 1:59.34 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Marian Satnoianu
- Heat – 2:06.45 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Marian Satnoianu
- Heat – 4:26.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Liliana Dobrescu
- Heat – 26.76 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
- Diana Ureche
- Heat – 26.96 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Liliana Dobrescu
- Heat – 56.45
- B-Final – 56.17 (→ 10th place)
- Diana Ureche
- Heat – 58.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Liliana Dobrescu
- Heat – 2:00.51
- Final – 2:00.48 (→ 5th place)
- Carla Negrea
- Heat – 2:03.16
- B-Final – 2:02.96 (→ 15th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Beatrice Coada
- Heat – 4:16.23
- B-Final – 4:14.90 (→ 12th place)
- Carla Negrea
- Heat – 4:17.00
- B-Final – 4:14.92 (→ 13th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Beatrice Coada
- Heat – 8:44.17 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
- Carla Negrea
- Heat – 8:48.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Claudia Stanescu
- Heat – 1:04.44 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
- Claudia Stanescu
- Heat – 2:18.39 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Beatrice Coada
- Heat – 2:34.97 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Diana Ureche
- Heat – 1:02.72 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
- Iuliana Pantilimon
- Heat – 1:04.07 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Iuliana Pantilimon
- Heat – 2:15.44
- B-Final – 2:14.95 (→ 14th place)
- Corina Dumitru
- Heat – 2:16.86 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Noemi Lung
- Heat – 2:18.12
- B-Final – 2:18.97 (→ 13th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Beatrice Coada
- Heat – 4:48.12
- B-Final – 4:50.60 (→ 15th place)
- Noemi Lung
- Heat – 4:53.91 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- Diana Ureche, Carla Negrea, Beatrice Coada, and Liliana Dobrescu
- Heat – 3:55.52 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Claudia Stanescu, Beatrice Coada, Diana Ureche, and Liliana Dobrescu
- Heat – 4:17.91 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
[edit] Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Andrei Pavel
- First round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 5-7, 2-6, 2-6
Men's Doubles Competition
- George Cosac and Dinu Pescariu
- First round — Defeated Laszlo Markovits and Sandor Noszaly (Hungary) retired
- Second round — Defeated Omar Camporese and Diego Nargiso (Italy) 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval (South Africa) 0-6, 3-6, 2-6
Women's Singles Competition
- Irina Spirlea
- First Round – Lost to Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) 1-6, 3-6
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