Romania at the 1976 Summer Olympics
# Romania at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 157 competitors, 103 men and 54 women, took part in 92 events in 11 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Nadia Comăneci | Artistic gymnastics | Women's All-Around Individual | July 21 |
| Gold | Nadia Comăneci | Artistic gymnastics | Women's Uneven Bars | July 22 |
| Gold | Nadia Comăneci | Artistic gymnastics | Women's Balance Beam | July 22 |
| Gold | Vasile Dîba | Canoeing | Men's K-1 500 metres | July 30 |
| Silver | Simion Cuţov | Boxing | Men's Lightweight | July 31 |
| Silver | Mircea Şimon | Boxing | Men's Heavyweight | July 31 |
| Silver | Gheorghe Danilov and Gheorghe Simionov | Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 Metres | July 31 |
| Silver | Teodora Ungureanu | Artistic gymnastics | Women's Uneven Bars | July 19 |
| Silver | Teodora Ungureanu, Anca Grigoraș, Gabriela Trușcă, Nadia Comăneci, Mariana Constantin, and Georgeta Gabor | Artistic gymnastics | Women's Artistic Team All-Around | July 19 |
| Silver | Gheorghe Berceanu | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 48 | July 24 |
| Silver | Constantin Tudosie, Radu Voina, Nicolae Munteanu, Cornel Penu, Werner Stöckl, Roland Gunesch, Gabriel Kicsid, Ghiţă Licu, Alexandru Fölker, Cristian Gațu, Mircea Grabovschi, Ştefan Birtalan, Adrian Cosma, and Cezar Drăgăniṭă | Handball | Men's Handball | July 28 |
| Silver | Nicu Gingă | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg | July 24 |
| Silver | Ștefan Rusu | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg | July 24 |
| Bronze | Gheorghe Megelea | Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw | July 26 |
| Bronze | Victor Zilberman | Boxing | Men's Welterweight | July 31 |
| Bronze | Alec Năstac | Boxing | Men's Middleweight | July 31 |
| Bronze | Costică Dafinoiu | Boxing | Men's Light Heavyweight | July 31 |
| Bronze | Vasile Dîba | Canoeing | Men's K-1 1000 metres | July 31 |
| Bronze | Policarp Malîhin and Larion Serghei | Canoeing | Men's K-2 500 Metres | July 30 |
| Bronze | Alexandru Nilca, Ioan Pop, Dan Irimiciuc, Cornel Marin, and Marin Mustață | Fencing | Men's team sabre | July 27 |
| Bronze | Dan Grecu | Artistic Gymnastics | Men's rings | July 23 |
| Bronze | Teodora Ungureanu | Artistic Gymnastic | Women's Balance Beam | July 22 |
| Bronze | Nadia Comăneci | Artistic Gymnastics | Women's Floor | July 22 |
| Bronze | Ioana Tudoran, Felicia Afrăsiloaie, Elena Giurcă, and Maria Micșa | Rowing | Women's Quadruple Skulls | July 24 |
| Bronze | Roman Codreanu | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg | July 24 |
| Bronze | Stelică Morcov | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 90 kg | July 31 |
| Bronze | Ladislau Simon | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle +100 kg | July 31 |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Fencing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Handball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 |

Medals by gender :

| Gender | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Male | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 |
| Female | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Total | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 |

### Gold

* Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual
* Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
* Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
* Vasile Dîba — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles

### Silver

* Simion Cuţov — Boxing, Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
* Mircea Şimon — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
* Gheorghe Danilov and Gheorghe Simionov — Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs
* Teodora Ungureanu — Gymnastics, Women's Asymmetrical Bars
* Teodora Ungureanu, Anca Grigoraș, Gabriela Trușcă, Nadia Comăneci, Mariana Constantin, and Georgeta Gabor — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
* Constantin Tudosie, Radu Voina, Nicolae Munteanu, Cornel Penu, Werner Stöckl, Roland Gunesch, Gabriel Kicsid, Ghiţă Licu, Alexandru Fölker, Cristian Gațu, Mircea Grabovschi, Ştefan Birtalan, Adrian Cosma, and Cezar Drăgăniṭă — Handball, Men's Team Competition
* Gheorghe Berceanu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
* Nicu Ginga — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight
* Ștefan Rusu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

### Bronze

* Gheorghe Megelea — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw
* Victor Zilberman — Boxing, Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
* Alec Năstac — Boxing, Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
* Kostica Dafinoiu — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
* Vasile Dîba — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
* Policarp Malîhin and Larion Serghei — Canoeing, Men's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
* Alexandru Nilca, Ioan Pop, Dan Irimiciuc, Corneliu Marin, and Marin Mustata — Fencing, Men's Sabre Team Competition
* Danuţ Grecu — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
* Teodora Ungureanu — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
* Nadia Comăneci — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
* Ioana Tudoran, Felicia Afrăsiloaie, Elena Giurcă, and Maria Micșa — Rowing, Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls
* Roman Codreanu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight
* Stelica Morcov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
* Ladislau Simon — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Super Heavyweight

## Athletics

Men's 10.000 metres

* Ilie Floroiu

   * Heat — 28:23.40

   * Final — 27:59.93 (→ 5th place)

Men's Discus Throw

* Iosif Nagy

   * Qualification — 57.28m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

* Éva Ráduly-Zörgő

   * Qualification — 55.34 m

   * Final — 55.60 m (→ 11th place)

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

* Remus Cosma

   * 1st Round — Lost to Payao Pooltarat (Thailand), 1-4

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

   * Faredin Ibrahim lost to Gu Yong Jo (North Korea) 1-4

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

   * Gheorghe Ciochină def. Jackson Ouma (Kenya) WO,def. René Weller (West Germany) 4-1, lost to Richard Nowakowski (East Germany) KO 3rd round

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

   * Simion Cuțov def. Silvester Mittee (Great Britain) RSCH 3rd round, def. Nelson Calzadilla (Venezuela) 5-0,def. Ove Lundby (Sweden) 5-0,def. Vasili Solomin (Soviet Union) 5-0, lost to Howard Davis (USA) 0-5 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

   * Calistrat Cuțov def. Jean-Claude Ruiz (France) 5-0, def. Sjamsul Hanrahap (Indonesia) 5-0, lost to Vladimir Kolev (Bulgaria) (0-5)

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

   * Victor Zilberman def. Amon Kotey (Ghana) WO, def. Colin Jones (Great Britain)5-0, def. Carlos Santos (Puerto Rico) 3-2, lost to Jochen Bachfeld (East Germany) 2-3 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

   * Vasile Didea def. Michael Prevost (Canada) disq.3rd round, def. Naiden Stanchev (Bulgaria) 3-2, lost to Tadija Kačar (Yugoslavia) 0-5

Men's Middleweight (71 kg)

   * Alec Năstac def. Philip Mc. Elwaine (Australia) 3-2, def. Fernando Martins (Brazil) 3-2, lost to Michael Spinks (USA) WO (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

   * Costică Dafinoiu def. Robert Nixon (Guyana) WO, def. Robert Burgess (Bermuda) 5-0, lost to Sixto Soria (Cuba) abandon 1st round (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Heavyweight (+81 kg)

   * Mircea Simon def. Trevor Berbick (Jamaica) 5-0, def. Atanas Suvandjiev (Bulgaria) 4-1, def. Clarence Hill (Bermuda) 5-0, lost to Teofilo Stevenson (Cuba) abandon 3rd round (→ Silver Medal)

## Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Romania in 1976.

### Men's foil

* Petru Kuki
* Mihai Țiu
* Tudor Petruș

### Men's team foil

* Petru Kuki, Mihai Țiu, Tudor Petruș, Petrică Buricea

### Men's épée

* Nicolae Iorgu
* Paul Szabo
* Anton Pongratz

### Men's team épée

* Ioan Popa, Anton Pongratz, Nicolae Iorgu, Paul Szabo

### Men's sabre

* Ioan Pop
* Dan Irimiciuc
* Cornel Marin

### Men's team sabre

* Dan Irimiciuc, Ioan Pop, Marin Mustață, Cornel Marin, Alexandru Nilca

### Women's foil

* Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic
* Magdalena Bartoș
* Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu

### Women's team foil

* Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Magdalena Bartoș

## Handball

-;Women's Team Competition

* Championship Pool

   * Lost to East Germany (12-18)

   * Lost to Soviet Union (8-14)

   * Defeated Japan (21-20)

   * Defeated Canada (17-11)

   * Lost to Hungary (15-20)→ 4th place
* Team Roster

   * Iuliana Hobincu

   * Elisabeta Ionescu

   * Rozalia Șooș

   * Simona Arghir

   * Maria Lackovics

   * Georgeta Lăcusta

   * Doina Furcoi

   * Niculina Sasu

   * Cristina Petrovici

   * Constantina Pițigoi

   * Doina Cojocaru

   * Magdalena Miklos

   * Maria Bosi

   * Viorica Ionică

-;Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Pool, Group B

   * Defeated Hungary (23-18)

   * Defeated USA (32-19)

   * Drew with Czechoslovakia (19-19)

   * Defeated Poland (17-15)
* Final Round, Gold Medal Match

   * Lost to Soviet Union (15-19)(→ Silver Medal)
* Team Roster

   * Cornel Penu

   * Nicolae Munteanu

   * Gabriel Kicsid

   * Ghiţă Licu

   * Cezar Drăgăniță

   * Cristian Gațu

   * Radu Voina

   * Roland Gunesch

   * Alexandru Folker

   * Ștefan Birtalan

   * Adrian Cosma

   * Constantin Tudosie

   * Werner Stockl

   * Mircea Grabovschi

## Water polo

### Men's Team Competition

* Team Roster

   * Adrian Nastasiu

   * Adrian Schervan

   * Claudiu Ioan Rusu

   * Corneliu Rusu

   * Dinu Popescu

   * Doru Spînu

   * Florin Slâvei

   * Gheorghe Zamfirescu

   * Ilie Slâvei

   * Liviu Râducanu

   * Viorel Rus

## Wrestling

### Greco-Roman Wrestling

48 kg

   * Gheorghe Berceanu def. Moriwaki(Japan) 4-3, def. Zajączkowski (Poland) fall 0:20, def. Kawasaki (Canada) 14-1, def. Hinz (East Germany) fall 2:08, def. Angelov (Bulgaria) 4-3, lost to Shumakov (Soviet Union) 6-10 (→ Silver Medal)

52 kg

   * Nicu Gingă def. Kirov (Bulgaria) injury 5:11, lost to Konstantinov (Soviet Union) 11-17, def. Kraus (West Germany) disq. 7:08, def. Caltabiano (Italy) 11-1, def. Hirayama (Japan) disq. 5:45 (→ Silver Medal)

57 kg

   * Mihai Boțilă def. Józef Lipień (Poland) disq., def. Ahn Han Yung (South Korea) 8-0, lost to Mustafin (Soviet Union) 6-14, def. Krysta (Czechoslovakia) 12-0, lost to Pertti Ukkola (Finland) disq. 5:19 →5th place

62 kg

   * Ion Păun def. Malmkvist (Sweden) fall 5:40, def. Choi Kyung Soo (South Korea) fall 5:53, def. Hjelt (Finland) 11-4, lost to Miyahara (Japan) 2-6, lost to Réczi (Hungary) injury 1:25 →5th place

68 kg

   * Ștefan Rusu def. Andrzej Supron (Poland) 13-1, def. Kim Halmyung (South Korea) fall 2:49, def. Kobayashi (Japan) disq. 3:45, lost to Suren Nalbandyan (Soviet Union) 3-5, def. Wehling (East Germany) disq. 7:45 (→ Silver Medal)

74 kg

   * Gheorghe Ciobotaru drew with Karlsson (Sweden) double disqualification, def. Nagatomo (Japan) disq. 6:50,def. Kiss (Austria) fall 5:41, lost to Bykov (Soviet Union) 6-7 →6th place

82 kg

   * Ion Enache def. Cummings (Canada) injury 7:40, def. Andersson (Sweden) 6-4, drew with Kolev (Bulgaria) 8-8, lost to Momir Petković (Yugoslavia) 2-3 →7th place

90 kg

   * Petre Dicu lost to Sellyei (Hungary) 2-7, lost to Rezantsev (Soviet Union) fall 2:51

100 kg

   * Nicolae Martinescu lost to Nikolay Balboshin (Soviet Union) fall 1:23, def. N'diaye (Senegal) fall 2:18, lost to Goranov (Bulgaria) 5:51 →7th place

+100 kg

   * Roman Codreanu def. Ronnyai (Hungary) disq. 7:22, def. Robertsson (Sweden) disq. 3:59, def. Wolff (West Germany) disq. 5:15, def. Lee (USA) disq. 7:30, lost to Aleksandr Kolchinski (Soviet Union) fall 0:37, lost to Tomov (Bulgaria) injury 0:32 (→ Bronze Medal)
