Romania at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Romania at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code ROU
(ROM used at these Games)
NOC Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website www.cosr.ro (in Romanian) (in English) (in French)
in Sydney
Competitors 145 (71 men and 74 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
11
Silver
6
Bronze
9
Total
26
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Romania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 145 competitors, 71 men and 74 women, took part in 116 events in 16 sports.[1] At the Games, there was some controversy when gymnast Andreea Răducan was stripped of her individual all-around gold medal after testing positive for a stimulant. Răducan had taken cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine given to her by a team doctor.[2]

Medalists

These games were Romania's best showing, both in number of gold medals and total medals won at a non-boycotted games.

  1. 1 2 Medals were awarded on 25 September 2000 after Andreea Răducan disqualified due to medical substance.[2]

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Round 1 — 08:37.44 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Qualifying — 18.56 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

  • Qualifying — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualifying — 8.00
  • Final — 8.00 (→ 8th place)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualifying — 16.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:23:42 (→ 18th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m

  • Otillia Silvia Ruicu
  • Round 1 — 52.65
  • Round 2 — 52.28 (→ did not advance)

Women's 800 m

  • Round 1 — 02:07.56 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 m

  • Round 1 — 04:08.33
  • Semifinal — 04:07.38
  • Final — 04:05.27 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Round 1 — 04:10.18
  • Semifinal — 04:06.60
  • Final — 04:05.15 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Round 1 — 04:11.35
  • Semifinal — 04:14.75 (→ did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m

  • Round 1 — 15:08.36
  • Final — 14:40.79 (→ Gold Medal) — Olympic record

Women's 400 m Hurdles

  • Round 1 — 56.40
  • Semifinal — 54.70
  • Final — 54.35 (→ 6th place)

Women's Discus

  • Qualifying — 58.87 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualifying — 56.31 (→ did not advance)
  • Qualifying — 58.75 (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualifying — 14.14
  • Final — 14.17 (→ 6th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Oana Manuela Pantelimon
  • Qualifying — 1.94
  • Final — 1.99 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Qualifying — 1.94
  • Final — 1.93 (→ 9th place)

Women's 20 km Walk

  • Final — 1:31:50 (→ 6th place)
  • Final — 1:33:38 (→ 13th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:23:22 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Final — 2:36:16 (→ 29th place)
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's Heptathlon

  • 100 m Hurdles — 13.39
  • High Jump — 1.72
  • Shot Put — 11.53
  • 200 m — 24.80
  • Long Jump — 6.01
  • Javelin Throw — 43.38
  • 800 m — 02:19.65
  • Points — 5893 (→ 18th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • George Olteanu
    • Round 1 — Defeated Artour Mikaelian of Greece
    • Round 2 — Defeated Cesar Morales Velazquez of Mexico
    • Quarterfinal — Lost to Clarence Vinson of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Dorel Simion
    • Round 1 — Defeated Ruben Fuchu of Puerto Rico
    • Round 2 — Defeated Roberto Guerra of Cuba
    • Quarterfinal — Defeated Steven Küchler of Germany
    • Semifinal — Lost to Oleg Saitov of Russia — Bronze medal

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Grigore Claudiu Rasco
    • Round 1 — Lost to Sergei Mikhailov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+91 kg)

  • Constantin Onofrei
    • Round 1 — Bye
    • Round 2 — Lost to Samuel Peter of Nigeria (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:42.733
  • Semifinal — 01:41.482 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:45.127
  • Semifinal — 03:47.215 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:33.184
  • Semifinal — 01:32.975 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:05.341
  • Semifinal — 03:05.101 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:53.076
  • Semifinal — 01:53.277 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1000 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:56.770
  • Semifinal — 04:03.901 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:41.904
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 01:54.260 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:37.340
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 03:37.355 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:54.738
  • Semifinal — 01:56.310 (→ did not advance)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:43.204
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 01:59.264 (→ 4th place)

Women's Kayak Fours 500 m

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:35.935
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 01:37.010 (→ Bronze Medal)

Diving

Men's Competition

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Gabriel Chereches 3 m springboard 318.27 35 did not advance
10 m platform 320.61 30 did not advance

Women's Competition

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Clara Elena Ciocan 10 m platform 265.29 21 did not advance
Anişoara Oprea 10 m platform 221.82 36 did not advance

Fencing

Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Romania in 2000.

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

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 1:50.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 03:48.77
  • Final — 03:47.38 (→ 5th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 15:12.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 54.13 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:59.48 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 56.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:59.79
  • Semi-final — 01:59.44
  • Final — 01:59.05 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:02.48
  • Semi-final — 02:02.02 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:17.11
  • Final — 04:20.91 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 07:24.06 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:00.18
  • Semi-final — 01:59.54
  • Final — 01:59.46 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:11.92 (→ did not advance)
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:13.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Preliminary Heat — 59.72
  • Semi-final — 59.12
  • Final — 59.43 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:27.59 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:01.18
  • Semi-final — 01:00.70
  • Final — 01:00.21 (→ Gold Medal) — Olympic Record

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:09.21
  • Semi-final — 02:09.64
  • Final — 02:08.61 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:13.72
  • Semi-final — 02:13.31
  • Final — 02:12.57 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:29.58 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:41.04
  • Final — 04:37.18 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Preliminary Heat — 03:48.78 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Preliminary Heat — 08:05.24
  • Final — 08:01.63 (→ 4th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:23.56 (→ did not advance)

Table tennis

Tennis

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Adrian Jigău – 56 kg 122.5 127.5 127.5 152.5 157.5 157.5 275.0 6
Valeriu Calancea – 85 kg 155.0 160.0 162.5 195.0 205.0 205.0 365.0 10
Florin Vlad – 105 kg 175.0 180.0 185.0 215.0 220.0 225.0 405.0 7
Marius Alecu + 105 kg 165.0 170.0 175.0 215.0 220.0 220.0 390.0 15

Wrestling

Notes

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

  1. ↑ "Romania at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
  2. 1 2 "Raducan tests positive for stimulant" Associated Press, 26 September 2000
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