Romania at the 1984 Summer Olympics
# 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. 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 and even a standing ovation from the spectators 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.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Lavinia Agache Laura Cutina Cristina Elena Grigoraș Simona Păucă Mihaela Stănuleţ Ecaterina Szabo | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around | 1 August |
| Gold | Ion Draica | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg | 3 August |
| Gold | Vasile Andrei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg | 3 August |
| Gold | Valeria Răcilă | Rowing | Women's single sculls | 4 August |
| Gold | Mărioara Popescu Elisabeta Oleniuc | Rowing | Women's double sculls | 4 August |
| Gold | Rodica Arba Elena Horvat | Rowing | Women's coxless pair | 4 August |
| Gold | Chira Apostol Maria Fricioiu Olga Homeghi-Bularda Viorica Ioja Florica Lavric | Rowing | Women's coxed four | 4 August |
| Gold | Ioana Badea Sofia Corban Ecaterina Oancia Anişoara Sorohan Maricica Țăran | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls | 4 August |
| Gold | Petre Becheru | Weightlifting | Men's 82.5 kg | 4 August |
| Gold | Petru Iosub Valer Toma | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | 5 August |
| Gold | Ecaterina Szabo | Gymnastics | Women's vault | 5 August |
| Gold | Ecaterina Szabo | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 5 August |
| Gold | Simona Păucă | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 5 August |
| Gold | Ecaterina Szabo | Gymnastics | Women's floor | 5 August |
| Gold | Nicu Vlad | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg | 5 August |
| Gold | Doina Melinte | Athletics | Women's 800 metres | 6 August |
| Gold | Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu | Athletics | Women's long jump | 9 August |
| Gold | Maricica Puică | Athletics | Women's 3000 metres | 10 August |
| Gold | Agafia Constantin Tecla Marinescu-Borcănea Nastasia Nichitov-Ionescu Maria Ștefan | Canoeing | Women's K-4 500 metres | 11 August |
| Gold | Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov | Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 metres | 11 August |
| Silver | Gelu Radu | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg | 31 July |
| Silver | Andrei Socaci | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | 1 August |
| Silver | Ilie Matei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg | 1 August |
| Silver | Corneliu Ion | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol | 2 August |
| Silver | Ecaterina Szabo | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | 3 August |
| Silver | Mihaela Loghin | Athletics | Women's shot put | 3 August |
| Silver | Mihaela Armășescu Doina Liliana Bălan Adriana Chelariu Camelia Diaconescu Viorica Ioja Aneta Mihaly Aurora Pleșca Lucia Sauca Marioara Trașcă | Rowing | Women's eight | 4 August |
| Silver | Dimitrie Popescu Dumitru Răducanu Vasile Tomoiagă | Rowing | Men's coxed pair | 5 August |
| Silver | Petre Dumitru | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg | 5 August |
| Silver | Vasile Groapă | Weightlifting | Men's 100 kg | 6 August |
| Silver | Aurora Dan Elisabeta Guzganu Rozalia Oros Monica Veber-Koszto Marcela Zsak | Fencing | Women's team foil | 7 August |
| Silver | Ștefan Tașnadi | Weightlifting | Men's 110 kg | 7 August |
| Silver | Vali Ionescu | Athletics | Women's long jump | 9 August |
| Silver | Ivan Patzaichin Toma Simionov | Canoeing | Men's C-2 500 metres | 10 August |
| Silver | Doina Melinte | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 11 August |
| Silver | Doina Stăiculescu | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic individual all-around | 11 August |
| Bronze | Dragomir Cioroslan | Weightlifting | Men's 75 kg | 2 August |
| Bronze | Ștefan Rusu | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | 2 August |
| Bronze | Victor Dolipschi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg | 2 August |
| Bronze | Simona Păucă | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | 3 August |
| Bronze | Anca Pătrășcoiu | Swimming | Women's 200 metre backstroke | 4 August |
| Bronze | Lavinia Agache | Gymnastics | Women's vault | 5 August |
| Bronze | Fița Lovin | Athletics | Women's 800 metres | 6 August |
| Bronze | Mircea Frățică | Judo | Men's 78 kg | 7 August |
| Bronze | Cristieana Cojocaru | Athletics | Women's 400 metres hurdles | 8 August |
| Bronze | Alexandru Chiculiță Cornel Marin Marin Mustață Ioan Pop Vilmoș Szabo | Fencing | Men's team sabre | 9 August |
| Bronze | Mircea Fulger | Boxing | Men's light-welterweight | 9 August |
| Bronze | Costică Olaru | Canoeing | Men's C-1 500 metres | 10 August |
| Bronze | Romania men's national handball team Nicolae MunteanuMarian DumitruIosif BoroșMaricel VoineaVasile StîngăGheorghe DogărescuGheorghe CovaciuCornel DurăuAlexandru FölkerDumitru BerbeceNeculai VasilcăAlexandru BuliganVasile OpreaMircea BedivanAdrian Simion | Handball | Men's tournament | 11 August |
| Bronze | Florența Crăciunescu | Athletics | Women's discus throw | 11 August |
| Bronze | Maricica Puică | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 11 August |
| Bronze | Mihai Cioc | Judo | Men's open category | 11 August |
| Bronze | Vasile Pușcașu | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg | 11 August |

## Athletics

Women's 1,500 metres

* Doina Melinte

   * Heat — 4:10.48

   * Final — 4:03.76 (→ Silver Medal)
* Maricica Puică

   * Heat — 4:05.30

   * Final — 4:04.15 (→ Bronze Medal)
* Fița Lovin

   * Heat — 4:10.58

   * Final — 4:09.11 (→ 9th place)

Women's 3,000 metres

* Maricica Puică

   * Heat — 8:43.32

   * Final — 8:35.96 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 400m Hurdles

* Cristieana Cojocaru

   * Heat — 56.94

   * Semifinal — 55.24

   * Final — 55.41 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's High Jump

* Niculina Vasile

   * Qualification — 1.90m

   * Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place)

Women's Long Jump

* Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu

   * 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

* Florența Crăciunescu

   * Qualification — 57.84m

   * Final — 63.64m (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Shot Put

* Mihaela Loghin

   * Final — 20.47 m (→ Silver Medal)
* Florența Crăciunescu

   * Final — 17.23 m (→ 8th place)

## Boxing

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)

* Viorel Ioana

   * First Round — Lost to Renato Cornett (Australia), 1:4

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

* Mircea Fulger → Bronze Medal

   * 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)

* Rudel Obreja

   * 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)

* Gheorghe Simion

   * 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

## Fencing

Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1984.

### Men's foil

* Petru Kuki

### Men's sabre

* Marin Mustață
* Ioan Pop
* Cornel Marin

### Men's team sabre

* Marin Mustață, Ioan Pop, Alexandru Chiculiță, Cornel Marin, Vilmoș Szabo

### Women's foil

* Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan
* Aurora Dan
* Marcela Moldovan-Zsak

### Women's team foil

* Aurora Dan, Monika Weber-Koszto, Rozalia Oros, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan

## Handball

### 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

   * Mircea Bedivan

   * Dumitru Berbece

   * Iosif Boroș

   * Alexandru Buligan

   * Gheorghe Covaciu

   * Gheorghe Dogărescu

   * Marian Dumitru

   * Cornel Durău

   * Alexandru Fölker

   * Nicolae Munteanu

   * Vasile Oprea

   * Adrian Simion

   * Vasile Stîngă

   * Neculai Vasilcă

   * Maricel Voinea

## Rowing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Petru Iosub Valer Toma | Coxless pair | 6:56.60 | 2 Q | BYE | BYE | 6:53.23 | 1 Q | 6:45.39 | |
| Dimitrie Popescu Vasile Tomoiagă Dumitru Răducanu | Coxed pair | 7:12.18 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | — | — | 7:11.21 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Valeria Răcilă | Single sculls | 3:44.22 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 3:54.55 | 1 Q | 3:40.68 | |
| Marioara Popescu Elisabeta Oleniuc | Double sculls | 3:24.28 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | — | — | 3:26.75 | |
| Rodica Arba Elena Horvat | Coxless pair | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:32.60 | |
| Florica Lavric Maria Tănasă-Fricioiu Chira Apostol Olga Homeghi-Bularda Viorica Ioja | Coxed four | 3:21.61 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | — | — | 3:19.30 | |
| Titie Taran Anișoara Sorohan Ioana Badea Sofia Corban Ecaterina Oancia | Quadruple sculls (coxed) | 3:15.34 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | — | — | 3:14.11 | |
| Marioara Trașcă Lucia Sauca Doina Șnep-Bălan Aneta Mihaly Aurora Pleșca Camelia Diaconescu Viorica Ioja Mihaela Armășescu Adriana Bazon-Chelariu | Eight | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:59.80 | |

## Shooting

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |
| Constantin Stan | 50 metre rifle prone | 591 | 17 |
| Constantin Stan | 10 m air rifle | 577 | 20 |
| Marin Stan | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 588 | 13 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Elena Macovei | 25 m pistol | 572 | 15 |
| Maria Macovei | 25 m pistol | 577 | 8 |

## Swimming

Women's 100m Backstroke

* Carmen Bunaciu

   * Heat — 1:03.79

   * Final — 1:03.21 (→ 4th place)
* Anca Pătrășcoiu

   * Heat — 1:04.16

   * Final — 1:03.29 (→ 5th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

* Anca Pătrășcoiu

   * Heat — 2:16.71

   * Final — 2:13.29 (→ Bronze Medal)
* Carmen Bunaciu

   * Heat — 2:16.41

   * Final — 2:16.15 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

* Anca Pătrășcoiu

   * Heat — 5:03.97

   * B-Final — 5:05.53 (→ 16th place)
