Romania at the 1972 Winter Olympics
# Romania at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Romania competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Virgil Brenci | Downhill | | | | | 2:04.33 | 48 |
| Dan Cristea | Downhill | | | | | 2:01.26 | 39 |
| Virgil Brenci | Giant Slalom | 1:42.81 | 40 | 1:44.59 | 29 | 3:27.40 | 33 |
| Dan Cristea | Giant Slalom | 1:37.93 | 30 | 1:41.95 | 23 | 3:19.88 | 26 |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Classification | Classification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Virgil Brenci | 1:46.46 | 4 | 1:01.56 | 30 | 1:00.02 | 22 | 2:01.58 | 20 |
| Dan Cristea | DSQ | – | ? | 23 | DNF | – | DNF | – |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 km | Constantin Carabela | 1'22:45.95 | 11 | 1'33:45.95 | 52 |
| 20 km | Nicolae Veştea | 1'21:08.21 | 6 | 1'27:08.21 | 34 |
| 20 km | Vilmoş Gheorghe | 1'17:52.27 | 8 | 1'25:52.27 | 32 |
| 20 km | Victor Fontana | 1'19:17.85 | 5 | 1'24:17.85 | 28 |

    $^1$ 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 |
| Nicolae Veştea Victor Fontana Ion Teposu Vilmoş Gheorghe | 5 | 1'59:30.61 | 9 |

    $^2$ 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 Ion Zangor | Two-man | 1:16.50 | 7 | 1:15.31 | 2 | 1:14.04 | 3 | 1:14.68 | 9 | 5:00.53 | 5 |
| ROU-2 | Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Dumitru Focşeneanu | Two-man | 1:17.98 | 14 | 1:17.00 | 13 | 1:14.67 | 11 | 1:15.24 | 13 | 5:04.89 | 12 |
| 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 Ion Zangor Dumitru Pascu Dumitru Focşeneanu | Four-man | 1:12.07 | 11 | 1:12.65 | 14 | 1:11.08 | 7 | 1:11.32 | 7 | 4:47.12 | 10 |

## Figure skating

### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gheorghe Fazekas | 17 | 17 | 2094.0 | 153 | 17 |
