Romania at the 1968 Winter Olympics
# 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.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bronze | Ion Panturu Nicolae Neagoe | Bobsleigh | Two-man |

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Dorin Munteanu | Downhill | | | | | 2:22.53 | 65 |
| Dan Cristea | Downhill | | | | | 2:18.52 | 62 |
| Dorin Munteanu | Giant Slalom | 1:55.78 | 55 | 1:59.18 | 60 | 3:54.96 | 55 |
| Dan Cristea | Giant Slalom | 1:54.66 | 52 | 1:56.98 | 50 | 3:51.64 | 49 |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 2 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Dorin Munteanu | 57.72 | 5 | 56.05 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dan Cristea | 53.75 | 2 QF | – | – | 56.10 | 39 | 57.23 | 26 | 1:53.33 | 25 |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 km | Nicolae Bărbăşescu | 1'24:05.3 | 4 | 1'28:05.3 | 29 |
| 20 km | Gheorghe Cimpoia | 1'25:36.5 | 1 | 1'26:36.5 | 23 |
| 20 km | Vilmoş Gheorghe | 1'20:07.3 | 6 | 1'26:07.3 | 22 |
| 20 km | 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 | Race | Race |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | 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

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | 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 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | 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

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beatrice Huștiu | 31 | 20 | 1457.2 | 257 | 29 |

## Ice hockey

### 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 8 |
| 11 | Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| 12 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 2 |
| 14 | France | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 |

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

