Romania at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Romania competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. The two-man bobsleigh team of Nicolae Neagoe and Ion Panţuru won the nation's first medal at the Winter Games, a bronze. As of the 2018 games, they remain Romania's only Winter Olympic medalists.

Romania at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codeROU
NOCRomanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Websitewww.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Grenoble
Competitors30 (29 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 BronzeIon Panturu
Nicolae Neagoe		BobsleighTwo-man

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dorin Munteanu Downhill 2:22.53 65
Dan Cristea 2:18.52 62
Dorin Munteanu Giant Slalom 1:55.78 55 1:59.18 60 3:54.96 55
Dan Cristea 1:54.66 52 1:56.98 50 3:51.64 49
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Dorin Munteanu 57.72 5 56.05 3 Did not advance
Dan Cristea 53.75 2 QF – – 56.10 39 57.23 26 1:53.33 25

Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Nicolae Bărbăşescu 1'24:05.3 4 1'28:05.3 29
Gheorghe Cimpoia 1'25:36.5 1 1'26:36.5 23
Vilmoş Gheorghe 1'20:07.3 6 1'26:07.3 22
Constantin Carabela 1'22:52.2 0 1'22:52.2 14
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Gheorghe Cimpoia
Constantin Carabela
Nicolae Bărbăşescu
Vilmoş Gheorghe		 4 2'25:39.8 7
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ROU-1 Ion Panţuru
Nicolae Neagoe		 Two-man 1:10.20 2 1:11.62 6 1:11.31 7 1:11.33 4 4:44.46
ROU-2 Romeo Nedelcu
Gheorghe Maftei		 Two-man n/a ? n/a ? n/a ? DNF – DNF –
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
ROU-1 Ion Panţuru
Petre Hristovici
Gheorghe Maftei
Nicolae Neagoe		 Four-man 1:10.59 6 1:07.55 3 2:18.14 4

Figure skating
Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Beatrice Huștiu 31 20 1457.2 257 29

Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

First Round

West Germany - Romania 7:0 (1:0, 3:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Gustav Hanig 2, Alois Schloder, Ernst Kopf, Otto Schneitberger, Horst Meindl, Heinz Weisenbach.

Consolation Round

Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
9  Yugoslavia 550033910
10  Japan 541027128
11  Norway 532015156
12  Romania 523022234
13  Austria 514012272
14  France 50509320

Romania – Austria 3:2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Fagarasi, Calamar, Mois – Schupp, Samonig.

France – Romania 3:7 (0:2, 0:2, 3:3)
Goalscorers: Itzicsohn, Mazza, Lacarriere – Iuliu Szabo 2, Florescu 2, Pana, Geza Szabo, Stefan.

Japan – Romania 5:4 (3:0, 1:3, 1:1)
Goalscorers: Hikigi 2, Araki, Itoh, Kudo – Florescu, Pana, Mois, Ionescu.

Norway – Romania 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Bergeid, Olsen, Syversen, Mikkelsen – Pana, Iuliu Szabo, Czaka.

Yugoslavia – Romania 9:5 (5:3, 1:1, 3:1)
Goalscorers: Roman Smolej 2, Tisler 2, Felc 2, Ivo Jan, Hiti, Jug – Iuliu Szabo 2, Tekei, Florescu, Geza Szabo.

Contestants

12. ROMANIA
Goaltenders: Constantin Dumitras, Mihai Stoiculescu
Defence: Ion Stefan Ionescu, Zoltan Czaka, Dezideriu Varga, Zoltan Fogaras, Razvan Schiau
Forwards: Geza Szabo, Iulian Florescu, Alexandru Kalamar, Gyula Szabo, Eduard Pana, Ion Gheorghiu, Stefan Texe, Ion Basa, Aurel Mois, Valentin Stefanov

References


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