Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ROU (ROM used at these Games)
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Munich
Competitors	159 (132 men and 27 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Aurel Vernescu (Canoe/Kayak)
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 3 Silver 6 Bronze 7 Total 16
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Romania competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 159 competitors, 132 men and 27 women, took part in 102 events in 16 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

Romanian delegation at the Opening Ceremony, led by Aurel Vernescu

• Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C1 1,000m Canadian Singles
• Gheorghe Berceanu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
• Nicolae Martinescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Silver

• Valeria Bufanu — Athletics, Women's 100m Hurdles
• Argentina Menis — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
• Ion Alexe — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Atanase Sciotnic, Roman Vartolomeu, Aurel Vernescu, and Mihai Zafiu — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
• Serghei Covaliov and Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
• Dan Iuga — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol

Bronze

• Viorica Dumitru and Maria Nichiforov — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
• Ileana Gyulai-Drimba, Ana Pascu-Ene-Dersidan, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic and Olga Szabo-Orban — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
• Ştefan Birtalan, Adrian Cosma, Marin Dan, Alexandru Dincă, Cristian Gațu, Gheorghe Gruia, Roland Gunesch, Gabriel Kicsid, Ghiţă Licu, Cornel Penu, Valentin Samungi, Simon Schobel, Werner Stöckl, Constantin Tudosie, and Radu Voina — Handball, Men's Team Competition
• Nicolae Rotaru — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone
• Ştefan Tudor, Petre Ceapura and Ladislau Lovrenski — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
• Victor Dolipschi — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
• Vasile Iorga — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Gheorghe Ghipu

• Heat — 1:50.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Petre Lupan

• Heat — 3:44.8 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Șerban Ioan

• Qualifying Round — 2.15m
• Final — 2.10m (→ 16th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Carmen Ionescu
  • Qualifying Round — 57.82 m
  • Final — 60.42 m (→ 7th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Éva Ráduly-Zörgő

• Qualification — 54.34 m
• Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Alexandru Turei

• First Round — Lost to Enrique Rodríguez (ESP), 2:3

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Ion Györfi

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 1:4

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Ion Alexe → Silver Medal

• First Round — Defeated Jozsef Reder (HUN), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), 5:0
• Semifinals — Defeated Hasse Thomsén (SWE), 5:0
• Final — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), walk-over

Canoeing

Cycling

One cyclist represented Romania in 1972.

Individual road race

• Teodor Vasile — 60th place

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:

• Ion Ganea — 325.17 points (→ 21st place)

Men's 10m Platform:

• Ion Ganea — 265.83 points (→ 25th place)

Women's 3m Springboard:

• Sorana Prelipceanu — 242.61 points (→ 21st place)
• Melania Decuseara — 232.02 points (→ 27th place)

Women's 10m Platform:

• Melania Decuseara — 182.82 points (→ 16th place)

Fencing

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics on a Romanian stamp

19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women, represented Romania in 1972.

Men's foil

• Mihai Țiu
• Ștefan Haukler
• Tănase Mureșanu

Men's team foil

• Iuliu Falb, Ștefan Haukler, Mihai Țiu, Tănase Mureșanu, Aurel Ștefan

Men's épée

• Anton Pongratz
• Alexandru Istrate
• Costică Bărăgan

Men's team épée

• Constantin Duțu, Costică Bărăgan, Anton Pongratz, Alexandru Istrate, Nicolae Iorgu

Men's sabre

• Iosif Budahazi
• Dan Irimiciuc
• Constantin Nicolae

Men's team sabre

• Dan Irimiciuc, Iosif Budahazi, Gheorghe Culcea, Constantin Nicolae, Octavian Vintilă

Women's foil

• Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei
• Olga Orban-Szabo
• Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu

Women's team foil

• Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Olga Orban-Szabo, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Group C

• Defeated Norway (18-14)
• Defeated Spain (15-12)
• Defeated West Germany (13-11)

• Main Round Group II

• Defeated Hungary (20-14)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (13-14)

• Final Round, Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated East Germany (19-16)

• Romania - Bronze Medal (5-1-0)
• Team Roster

• Cornel Penu
• Alexandru Dincă
• Gabriel Kicsid
• Ghiţă Licu
• Cristian Gațu
• Roland Gunesch
• Radu Voina
• Simion Schöbel
• Gheorghe Gruia
• Werner Stöckl
• Marin Dan
• Adrian Cosma
• Valentin Samungi
• Constantin Tudosie
• Ştefan Birtalan

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Dumitru Spîrlea - 4754 pts (→ 23rd place)
• Marian Cosmescu - 4890 (→ 38th place)
• Adalbert Covacs - 4381 points (→ 48th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Spirlea, Cosmescu, and Covacs - 13655 points (→ 12th place)

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Stefan Tudor, Petre Ceapura and Ladislau Lovrenschi

• Heat — 7:47.98
• Repechage — 8:08.34
• Semi Finals — 8:10.89
• Final — 7:21.36 (→ Bronze Medal)

Shooting

Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics on a Romanian stamp

Ten male shooters represented Romania in 1972. Daniel Iuga won silver in the 50 m pistol and Nicolae Rotaru won bronze in the 50 m rifle, prone event.

25 m pistol

• Daniel Iuga
• Ion Tripșa

50 m pistol

• Daniel Iuga

300 m rifle, three positions

• Petre Șandor
• Eugen Satală

50 m rifle, three positions

• Nicolae Rotaru
• Petre Șandor

50 m rifle, prone

• Nicolae Rotaru
• Ilie Codreanu

Trap

• Gheorghe Florescu
• Ion Dumitrescu

Skeet

• Lucian Cojocaru
• Gleb Pintilie

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Marian Slavic

• Heat — 55.35s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Marian Slavic

• Heat — 2:00.23 (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Japan 0-3 (4, 5, 6)
• Defeated West Germany 3-0 (9,1,8)
• Lost to Brazil 2-3 (-16,11,-7,11,-12)
• Defeated Cuba 3-0 (7,15,13)
• Lost to East Germany 0-3 (-10,-12,-7)

• Final Round (places 5-8)

• Defeated South Korea 3-0 (12, 7, 8)
• Defeated Czechoslovakia 3-1 (-8, 7, 10,14) →5th place

• Team Roster

• Gabriel Udişteanu
• Gyula Bartha
• Cornel Oros
• Laurențiu Dumănoiu
• William Schreiber
• Cristian Ion
• Marian Stamate
• Mircea Codoi
• Romeo Enescu
• Stelian Moculescu
• Viorel Bălaj

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to United States (3-4)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (7-8)
• Lost to Cuba (3-4)
• Defeated Canada (16-4)
• Defeated Mexico (9-6)

• Final Round (Group II)

• Defeated Spain (7-4)
• Defeated Bulgaria (4-3)
• Drew with the Netherlands (5-5)
• Defeated Australia (5-3) → 8th place

• Team Roster

• Iosif Culiniak
• Corneliu Fratila
• Serban Huber
• Radu Lazar
• Bogdan Mihailescu
• Gruia Novae
• Dinu Popescu
• Viorel Rus
• Claudiu Rusu
• Cornel Rusu
• Gheorghe Zamfirescu

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References