Romania at the 1976 Winter Olympics
# Romania at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Romania competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Alpine skiing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ion Cavaşi | Downhill | | | | | 2:00.19 | 57 |
| Dan Cristea | Downhill | | | | | 1:55.63 | 49 |
| Dan Cristea | Giant Slalom | 2:01.78 | 65 | 2:03.51 | 45 | 4:05.29 | 45 |
| Ion Cavaşi | Giant Slalom | 1:59.90 | 60 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Dan Cristea | Slalom | 1:10.70 | 39 | 1:16.87 | 35 | 2:27.57 | 34 |
| Ion Cavaşi | Slalom | 1:08.59 | 36 | 1:12.73 | 30 | 2:21.32 | 30 |

## Biathlon

### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 km | Nicolae Cristoloveanu | 1'20:15.53 | 8 | 1'28:15.53 | 45 |
| 20 km | Gheorghe Gârniţă | 1'17:00.71 | 8 | 1'25:00.71 | 31 |
| 20 km | Gheorghe Voicu | 1'16:01.52 | 5 | 1'21:01.52 | 16 |

    $^1$ 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 Cristoloveanu Gheorghe Voicu Victor Fontana Gheorghe Gârniţă | 7 | 2'09:54.40 | 10 |

    $^2$ 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 Gheorghe Lixandru | Two-man | 57.15 | 11 | 57.43 | 11 | 57.85 | 16 | 57.66 | 12 | 3:50.09 | 11 |
| ROU-2 | Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Costel Ionescu | Two-man | 57.95 | 18 | 57.66 | 15 | 57.58 | 11 | 57.34 | 10 | 3:50.53 | 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 | Dragoş Panaitescu-Rapan Paul Neagu Costel Ionescu Gheorghe Lixandru | Four-man | 55.54 | 9 | 55.51 | 7 | 56.18 | 8 | 56.68 | 7 | 3:43.91 | 8 |
| ROU-2 | Ion Panţuru Constantin Romaniuc Alexe Gheorghe Tănăsescu Mihai Nicolau | Four-man | 56.09 | 15 | 56.23 | 15 | 56.81 | 12 | 57.57 | 13 | 3:46.70 | 14 |

## Ice hockey

### First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Poland | 7–4 | Romania |

### Consolation round

| Rank | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 |
| 8 | Austria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 6 |
| 9 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 6 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 4 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 0 |

* Romania 3-1 Japan
* Yugoslavia 4-3 Romania
* Austria 3-4 Romania
* Romania 9-4 Bulgaria
* Romania 4-3 Switzerland
* Contestants Valerian Netedu Vasile Morar Elöd Antal Şandor Gal George Justinian Ion Ioniţă Dezideriu Varga Doru Moroşan Doru Tureanu Dumitru Axinte Eduard Pană Vasile Huțanu Ioan Gheorghiu Tiberiu Mikloş Alexandru Hălăucă Marian Pisaru Nicolae Vişan Marian Costea
