Romania at the 1980 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 Moscow
Competitors	228 (154 men and 74 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Vasile Andrei (Wrestling)
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 6 Silver 6 Bronze 13 Total 25
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Romania competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 228 competitors, 154 men and 74 women, took part in 135 events in 20 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Toma Simionov and Ivan Patzaichin Canoeing C2 1000m  Gold Nadia Comăneci Gymnastics Balance Beam  Gold Nadia Comăneci Gymnastics Floor Exercises  Gold Sanda Toma Rowing Single sculls  Gold Corneliu Ion Shooting Rapid-Fire Pistol  Gold Ștefan Rusu Wrestling Greco-Roman Lightweight  Silver Vasile Dîba, Nicușor Eșanu, Ion Geanta, and Mihai Zafiu Canoeing K4 1000m  Silver Petre Capusta and Ivan Patzaichin Canoeing C2 500m  Silver Nadia Comăneci Gymnastics All-Around Individual  Silver Emilia Eberle Gymnastics Asymmetrical Bars  Silver Nadia Comăneci, Rodica Dunca, Emilia Eberle, Melita Ruhn, and Dumitriţa Turner Gymnastics Team Combined Exercises  Silver Constantin Alexandru Wrestling Greco-Roman Light Flyweight  Bronze Dumitru Cipere Boxing Bantamweight  Bronze Valentin Silaghi Boxing Middleweight  Bronze Vasile Dîba Canoeing K1 500m  Bronze Ion Bîrlădeanu Canoeing K1 1000m  Bronze Anghelache Donescu, Petre Rosca and Durnitru Velicu Equestrian Dressage Team  Bronze Melita Ruhn Gymnastics Side Horse Vault  Bronze Melita Ruhn Gymnastics Uneven Bars  Bronze Ştefan Birtalan, Iosif Boros, Adrian Cosma, Cezar Draganita, Marian Dumitru, Cornel Durau, Alexandru Fölker, Claudiu Eugen Ionescu, Nicolae Munteanu, Vasile Stinga, Lucian Vasilache, Neculai Vasilca, Radu Voina, and Maricel Voinea Handball Team Competition  Bronze Olga Homeghi and Valeria Răcilă Rowing Double Sculls  Bronze Angelica Aposteanu, Elena Bondar, Florica Bucur, Maria Constantinescu, Elena Dobrițoiu, Rodica Frintu, Ana Iliuță, and Marlena Zagoni-Predescu Rowing Eights  Bronze Marius Cata-Chitiga, Valter-Corneliu Chifu, Laurentiu Dumanoiu, Günther Enescu, Dan Girleanu, Sorin Macavei, Corneliu Oros, Neculae Vasile Pop, Constantin Sterea, and Nicu Stoian Volleyball Team Competition  Bronze Petre Dicu Wrestling Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight  Bronze Vasile Andrei Wrestling Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Medals by sport Sport Total Boxing 0 0 2 2 Canoeing 1 2 2 5 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Gymnastics 2 3 2 7 Handball 0 0 1 1 Rowing 1 0 2 3 Shooting 1 0 0 1 Volleyball 0 0 1 1 Wrestling 1 1 2 4 Total 6 6 13 25 Medals by gender Gender Total Male Female Total 6 6 13 25

Archery

In its first appearance at the Olympic archery competition, Romania was represented by two men and two women. The best result for the nation was earned by Aurora Chin, at 13th place.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Aurora Chin – 2319 pts (→ 13th place)
• Terezia Preda – 2195 pts (→ 24th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Andrei Berki – 2389 pts (→ 15th place)
• Mihai Birzu – 2280 pts (→ 25th place)

Athletics

Men's 10,000 metres

• Ilie Floroiu

• Heat — 29:03.1
• Final — 28:16.3 (→ 10th place)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Horia Toboc

• Heat — 50.89
• Semifinals — 50.58
• Final — 49.84 (→ 6th place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Vasile Bichea

• Heat — 8:35.4
• Semifinals — 8:24.3
• Final — 8:23.9 (→ 9th place)

• Paul Copu

• Heat — 8:45.6
• Semifinals — 8:45.0 (→ did not advance)

• Nicolae Voicu

• Heat — 8:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Adrian Proteasa

• Qualification — 2.21 m
• Final — 2.21 m (→ 7th place)

• Sorin Matei

• Qualification — 2.21 m
• Final — 2.18 m (→ 13th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Iosif Nagy

• Qualification — 59.34 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 800 metres

• Doina Melinte

• Heat — 2:01.9
• Semifinals — 2:00.8 (→ did not advance)

• Fiţa Lovin

• Heat — 2:00.2
• Semifinals — 1:59.2 (→ did not advance)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Maricica Puică

• Heat — 4:01.7
• Final — 4:01.3 (→ 7th place)

• Ileana Silai

• Heat — 4:04.7
• Final — 4:03.0 (→ 8th place)

• Natalia Mărășescu

• Heat — 4:05.9
• Final — 4:04.8 (→ 9th place)

Women's High Jump

• Cornelia Popa

• Qualification — 1.88 m
• Final — 1.88 m (→ 8th place)

Women's Discus Throw

• Florenţa Ţacu

• Qualification — 60.40 m
• Final — 64.38 m (→ 6th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Éva Ráduly-Zörgő

• Qualification — 63.84 m
• Final — 64.08 m (→ 7th place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Dumitru Şchiopu

• First Round — Defeated Adel Hammoude (Syria) after knock-out in second round
• Second Round — Defeated Antti Juntumaa (Finland) on points (4-1)
• Quarter Finals — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (North Korea) on points (4-1)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Daniel Radu

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Keith Wallace (Great Britain) on points (4-1)
• Quarter Finals — Lost to János Váradi (Hungary) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Dumitru Cipere → Bronze Medal

• First Round — Defeated Mario Behrendt (East Germany) on points (5-0)
• Second Round — Defeated Lucky Mutale (Zambia) on points (5-0)
• Third Round — Defeated Ryszard Czerwinski (Poland) on points (5-0)
• Quarter Finals — Defeated Samson Khachatrian (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
• Semi Finals — Lost to Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (2-3)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Titi Cercel

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Róbert Gönczi (Hungary) on points (5-0)
• Third Round — Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Florian Livadaru

• First Round — Defeated Tadesse Haile (Ethiopia) after disqualification in third round
• Second Round — Defeated Sean Doyle (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round
• Quarter Finals — Lost to Kazimierz Adach (Poland) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Simion Cuçov

• First Round — Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Teodor Pîrjol

• First Round — Lost to Francesco Damiani (Italy) on points (1-4)

Canoeing

Cycling

Two cyclists represented Romania in 1980.

Individual road race

• Mircea Romaşcanu
• Teodor Vasile

Diving

Men's Springboard

• Alexandru Adrian Bagiu

• Preliminary round — 427.35 points (→ 23rd place, did not advance)

Equestrian

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Romania in 1980.

Men's foil

• Petru Kuki
• Mihai Ţiu
• Tudor Petruş

Men's team foil

• Petru Kuki, Mihai Ţiu, Sorin Roca, Tudor Petruş

Men's épée

• Ioan Popa
• Anton Pongratz
• Octavian Zidaru

Men's team épée

• Ioan Popa, Octavian Zidaru, Anton Pongratz, Costică Bărăgan

Men's sabre

• Cornel Marin
• Ioan Pop
• Marin Mustaţă

Men's team sabre

• Ioan Pop, Marin Mustaţă, Cornel Marin, Ion Pantelimonescu, Alexandru Nilca

Women's foil

• Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic
• Marcela Moldovan-Zsak
• Suzana Ardeleanu

Women's team foil

• Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Viorica Ţurcanu, Suzana Ardeleanu, Aurora Dan

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)

• Defeated Kuwait (32-12)
• Defeated Algeria (26-18)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (21-23)
• Defeated Soviet Union (22-19)
• Defeated Switzerland (18-16)

• Classification Match

• Bronze Medal Match: Defeated Hungary (20-18) → Bronze Medal

• Team Roster

• Nicolae Munteanu
• Marian Dumitru
• Iosif Boros
• Maricel Voinea
• Vasile Stîngă
• Radu Voina
• Cezar Draganita
• Cornel Durau
• Ştefan Birtalan
• Alexandru Fölker
• Neculai Vasilca
• Lucian Vasilache
• Adrian Cosma
• Claudiu Eugen Ionescu

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1980.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Dumitru Spîrlea — 5058 pts, 22nd place
• Gyula Galovici — 4,935 pts, 27th place
• Cezar Răducanu — 4,397 pts, 41st place

Men's Team Competition:

• Spîrlea, Câllovits, and Râducanu — 14,390 pts, 11th place

Rowing

Sailing

Open

Shooting

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Mircea Ilca	50 metre rifle prone	596	11
Corneliu Ion	25 m rapid fire pistol	596+148
Daniel Iuga	50 m pistol	555	17
Marin Stan	25 m rapid fire pistol	595	7
Ioan Toman	Skeet	192	22

Swimming

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Brigitte Prass

• Heats — 1:15.10 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Irinel Panulescu

• Heats — 5:07.74 (→ did not advance)

• Mariana Paraschiv

• Heats — 5:04.56 (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)

• Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)
• Defeated Hungary (3-2)
• Defeated Brazil (3-2)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Lost to Peru (0-3)
• 7th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 8th place

• Team Roster

• Mariana Ionescu
• Gabriela Coman
• Doina Savoiu
• Victoria Georgescu
• Ileana Dobroschi
• Victoria Banciu
• Irina Petculet
• Crina Georgescu
• Iuliana Enescu
• Ioana Liteanu
• Corina Crivat
• Elena Piron

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary round, Group B

• Defeated Libya 3-0 (3, 1, 1)
• Lost to Poland 1-3 (9,-12, -13, -13)
• Defeated Brazil 3-1 (-11, 4, 12, 3)
• Defeated Yugoslavia 3-1 (9, -14, 8, 12)

• Semi-final

• Lost to Soviet Union 0-3 (-6, -10, -5)

• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated Poland 3-1 (10, -9, 13,9) (→ Bronze Medal)

• Team Roster

• Corneliu Oros
• Laurențiu Dumănoiu
• Dan Gîrleanu
• Nicu Stoian
• Sorin Macovei
• Constantin Sterea
• Neculae Pop
• Günther Enescu
• Corneliu Chifu
• Marius Căta-Chițiga
• Florin Mina
• Viorel Manole

Water polo

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)

• Drew with Hungary (6-6)
• Defeated Greece (6-4)
• Lost to Netherlands (3-5)

• Final Round (Group B)

• Lost to Italy (3-5)
• Drew with Australia (4-4)
• Defeated Sweden (8-3)
• Defeated Bulgaria (10-6)
• Defeated Greece (11-8) → 9th place

• Team Roster

• Doru Spînu
• Vasile Ungureanu
• Dorin Viorel Costras
• Adrian Nastasiu
• Dinu Popescu
• Claudiu loan Rusu
• Ilie Slâvei
• Liviu Râducanu
• Viorel Rus
• Adrian Schervan
• Florin Slâvei

Weightlifting

Wrestling