Romania at the 1956 Summer Olympics
# Romania at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 44 competitors, 33 men and 11 women, took part in 35 events in 10 sports.

## Medalists

* Medal
* Gold
* Gold
* Gold
* Gold
* Gold
* Silver
* Silver
* Silver
* Bronze
* Bronze
* Bronze
* Bronze
* Bronze

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Boxing | | | | |
| Canoeing | | | | |
| Fencing | | | | |
| Gymnastics | | | | |
| Shooting | | | | |
| Wrestling | | | | |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |

Medals by gender :

| Gender | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Male | | | | |
| Female | | | | |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |

### Gold

* Nicolae Linca — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
* Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000m Canadian Singles
* Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C1 10.000m Canadian Singles
* Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000m Canadian Pairs
* Ștefan Petrescu — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

### Silver

* Mircea Dobrescu — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
* Gheorghe Negrea — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
* Olga Orban-Szabo — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

### Bronze

* Constantin Dumitrescu — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
* Elena Leuşteanu — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises
* Gheorghe Lichiardopol — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
* Francisc Horvat — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
* Elena Leuşteanu, Georgeta Hurmuzachi, Sonia Iovan, Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă, Elena Mărgărit-Niculescu, and Elena Săcălici — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises

## Fencing

Two fencers, both women, represented Romania in 1956.

### Women's foil

* Olga Orban-Szabo
* Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1956.

### Individual

* Cornel Vena
* Dumitru Țintea
* Victor Teodorescu

### Team

* Cornel Vena
* Dumitru Ţintea
* Victor Teodorescu

## Shooting

Four shooters represented Romania in 1956. In the 25 m pistol event Ștefan Petrescu won gold and Gheorghe Lichiardopol won bronze.

### 25 m pistol

* Ștefan Petrescu
* Gheorghe Lichiardopol

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* Constantin Antonescu

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Iosif Sîrbu
* Constantin Antonescu

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Iosif Sîrbu
* Constantin Antonescu
