Romania at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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 and even a standing ovation from the spectators 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.[4]

Romania at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeROU
(ROM used at these Games)
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Los Angeles
Competitors124 (71 men and 53 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer Corneliu Ion
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
20
Silver
16
Bronze
17
Total
53
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Lavinia Agache
Laura Cutina
Cristina Elena Grigoraș
Simona Păucă
Mihaela Stănuleţ
Ecaterina Szabo
Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 1 August
  Gold Ion Draica Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg 3 August
  Gold Vasile Andrei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg 3 August
  Gold Valeria Răcilă Rowing Women's single sculls 4 August
  Gold Mărioara Popescu
Elisabeta Oleniuc
Rowing Women's double sculls 4 August
  Gold Rodica Arba
Elena Horvat
Rowing Women's coxless pair 4 August
  Gold Chira Apostol
Maria Fricioiu
Olga Homeghi-Bularda
Viorica Ioja
Florica Lavric
Rowing Women's coxed four 4 August
  Gold Ioana Badea
Sofia Corban
Ecaterina Oancia
Anişoara Sorohan
Maricica Țăran
Rowing Women's quadruple sculls 4 August
  Gold Petre Becheru Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg 4 August
  Gold Petru Iosub
Valer Toma
Rowing Men's coxless pair 5 August
  Gold Ecaterina Szabo Gymnastics Women's vault 5 August
  Gold Ecaterina Szabo Gymnastics Women's balance beam 5 August
  Gold Simona Păucă Gymnastics Women's balance beam 5 August
  Gold Ecaterina Szabo Gymnastics Women's floor 5 August
  Gold Nicu Vlad Weightlifting Men's 90 kg 5 August
  Gold Doina Melinte Athletics Women's 800 metres 6 August
  Gold Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu Athletics Women's long jump 9 August
  Gold Maricica Puică Athletics Women's 3000 metres 10 August
  Gold Agafia Constantin
Tecla Marinescu-Borcănea
Nastasia Nichitov-Ionescu
Maria Ștefan
Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 11 August
  Gold Ivan Patzaichin
Toma Simionov
Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres 11 August
  Silver Gelu Radu Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 31 July
  Silver Andrei Socaci Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 1 August
  Silver Ilie Matei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg 1 August
  Silver Corneliu Ion Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 2 August
  Silver Ecaterina Szabo Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around 3 August
  Silver Mihaela Loghin Athletics Women's shot put 3 August
  Silver Mihaela Armășescu
Doina Liliana Bălan
Adriana Chelariu
Camelia Diaconescu
Viorica Ioja
Aneta Mihaly
Aurora Pleșca
Lucia Sauca
Marioara Trașcă
Rowing Women's eight 4 August
  Silver Dimitrie Popescu
Dumitru Răducanu
Vasile Tomoiagă
Rowing Men's coxed pair 5 August
  Silver Petre Dumitru Weightlifting Men's 90 kg 5 August
  Silver Vasile Groapă Weightlifting Men's 100 kg 6 August
  Silver Aurora Dan
Elisabeta Guzganu
Rozalia Oros
Monica Veber-Koszto
Marcela Zsak
Fencing Women's team foil 7 August
  Silver Ștefan Tașnadi Weightlifting Men's 110 kg 7 August
  Silver Vali Ionescu Athletics Women's long jump 9 August
  Silver Ivan Patzaichin
Toma Simionov
Canoeing Men's C-2 500 metres 10 August
  Silver Doina Melinte Athletics Women's 1500 metres 11 August
  Silver Doina Stăiculescu Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 11 August
  Bronze Dragomir Cioroslan Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 2 August
  Bronze Ștefan Rusu Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 2 August
  Bronze Victor Dolipschi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg 2 August
  Bronze Simona Păucă Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around 3 August
  Bronze Anca Pătrășcoiu Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 4 August
  Bronze Lavinia Agache Gymnastics Women's vault 5 August
  Bronze Fița Lovin Athletics Women's 800 metres 6 August
  Bronze Mircea Frățică Judo Men's 78 kg 7 August
  Bronze Cristieana Cojocaru Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles 8 August
  Bronze Alexandru Chiculiță
Cornel Marin
Marin Mustață
Ioan Pop
Vilmoș Szabo
Fencing Men's team sabre 9 August
  Bronze Mircea Fulger Boxing Men's light-welterweight 9 August
  Bronze Costică Olaru Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres 10 August
  Bronze Romania men's national handball team
Handball Men's tournament 11 August
  Bronze Florența Crăciunescu Athletics Women's discus throw 11 August
  Bronze Maricica Puică Athletics Women's 1500 metres 11 August
  Bronze Mihai Cioc Judo Men's open category 11 August
  Bronze Vasile Pușcașu Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg 11 August

Athletics

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Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat — 4:10.48
  • Final — 4:03.76 (→   Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 4:05.30
  • Final — 4:04.15 (→   Bronze Medal)
  • Heat — 4:10.58
  • Final — 4:09.11 (→ 9th place)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Heat — 8:43.32
  • Final — 8:35.96 (→   Gold Medal)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 56.94
  • Semifinal — 55.24
  • Final — 55.41 (→   Bronze Medal)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90m
  • Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.69 m
  • Final — 6.96 m (→   Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 6.60 m
  • Final — 6.81 m (→   Silver Medal)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 57.84m
  • Final — 63.64m (→   Bronze Medal)

Women's Shot Put

  • Final — 20.47 m (→   Silver Medal)
  • Final — 17.23 m (→ 8th place)

Boxing

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Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Meldrick Taylor (United States), 0:5

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

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

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Fencing

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Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1984.

Men's foil
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

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Handball

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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
  • Defeated Denmark (23-19) →   Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster

Judo

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Rhythmic gymnastics

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Rowing

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Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinal Final
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
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

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Men
Athlete Event Final
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
Score Rank
Elena Macovei 25 m pistol 572 15
Maria Macovei 577 8

Swimming

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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 — 2:16.71
  • Final — 2:13.29 (→   Bronze Medal)
  • 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)

Water polo

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Romania at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Leavy, Jane (23 July 1984). "Romania: No Boycott, A Winning Presence". The Washington Post.