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 as they entered the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the opening ceremony, in part an affirmation of the nation's defiance of the boycott. The Romanian olympic team was phenomenally successful at the games, ultimately placing second to the United States in the gold medal tally.

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

Gold

Silver
  • Doina Melinte — Athletics, Women's 1500 metres
  • Valeria Ionescu — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
  • Mihaela Loghin — Athletics, Women's Shot Put
  • Ivan Patzaichin and Toma Simionov — Canoeing, Men's C2 500m Canadian Pairs
  • Aurora Dan, Rozalia Oros, Elisabeta Tufan-Guzganu, Monika Weber, and Marcela Zsak — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
  • Ekaterina Szabó — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
  • Doina Staiculescu — Gymnastics, Women's Rhythmic All-Around
  • Dimitrie Popescu, Dumitru Răducanu and Vasile Tomoiagă — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
  • Mihaela Armășescu, Adriana Bazon-Chelariu, Camelia Diaconescu, Viorica Ioja, Aneta Mihaly, Aurora Plesca, Lucia Sauca, Doina Liliana Snep-Balan and Marioara Trașcă — Rowing, Women's Eights
  • Corneliu Ion — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
  • Gelu Radu — Weightlifting, Men's Featherweight (60 kg)
  • Andrej Socaci — Weightlifting, Men's Lightweight (67½ kg)
  • Petre Dumitru — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight (90 kg)
  • Vasile Groapa — Weightlifting, Men's First Heavyweight (100 kg)
  • Stefan Tasnadi — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (110 kg)
  • Ilie Matei — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Bronze

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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)
  • Valy Ionescu
  • 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
Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Nicolae Talpos
  • 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)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Jean Duarte (France), RSC-1
  • Third Round — Defeated Stefan Sjøstrand (SWE), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Lofti Belkhir (Tunisia), 5:0
  • Semifinals — Lost to Dhawee Umponmaha (Thailand), 0:5

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Antoine Loungoude (RCA), KO-1
  • Second Round — Defeated Michael Hughes (GBR), 5:0
  • Third Round — Lost to Mark Breland (United States), 0:5

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Ahn Dal-Ho (South Korea), 0:5

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Georgica Donici
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Fine Sani (Tonga), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Anton Josipović (Yugoslavia), 0:5

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Handball
Main article: Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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 N/A 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 N/A 3:26.75
Rodica Arba
Elena Horvat		 Coxless pair N/A 3:32.60
Florica Lavric
Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu
Chira Apostol
Olga Homeghi-Bularda
Viorica Ioja		 Coxed four 3:21.61 1 Q BYE N/A 3:19.30
Titie Taran
Anișoara Sorohan
Ioana Badea
Sofia Corban
Ecaterina Oancia		 Quadruple sculls (coxed) 3:15.34 1 Q BYE N/A 3:14.11
Marioara Trașcă
Lucia Sauca
Doina Șnep-Bălan
Aneta Mihaly
Aurora Pleșca
Camelia Diaconescu
Viorica Ioja
Mihaela Armășescu
Adriana Bazon-Chelariu		 Eight N/A 2:59.80

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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
Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:03.79
  • Final — 1:03.21 (→ 4th place)
  • Anca Patrascoiu
  • Heat — 1:04.16
  • Final — 1:03.29 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Anca Patrascoiu
  • 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

  • Anca Patrascoiu
  • Heat — 5:03.97
  • B-Final — 5:05.53 (→ 16th place)

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "Romania at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
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