Romania at the 1924 Summer Olympics
# Romania at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was the first time that Romania sent a team to compete at the Olympic Games, and the second appearance overall after a lone Romanian athlete competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics. 35 competitors, all men, took part in 7 events in 4 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronze | Romania national rugby union team Nicolae AnastasiadeDumitru ArmăşelGheorghe BenţiaJ. CociociahoConstantin CratunescuTeodor FlorianPetre GhiţulescuIon GîrleşteanuOctav LuchideJean Henry ManuNicolae MărăscuTeodor MarianSorin MihăilescuPaul NedelcoviciIosif NemeşEugen SfetescuMircea SfetescuSoare SterianMircea StroescuAtanasie TănăsescuMihai VardalaPaul VidraşcuDumitru Volvoreanu | Rugby union | Rugby union | May 18 |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Rugby union | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

Medals by gender :

| Gender | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Male | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Female | | | | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Football

Romania competed in the Olympic football tournament for the first time in 1924.

### Round 1

    Did not compete in first round

### Final rank

    9th place

## Rugby union

Romania sent a rugby team to the Olympics for the first time in 1924. The Romanians were defeated handily by each of the two other teams, finishing third in the three-team round-robin and winning bronze medals.

Ranks given are within the pool.

| Team | Event | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Wins | Losses | Points for | Points against | Rank |
| Romania | Men's rugby union | 0 | 2 | 3 | 98 | |

## Shooting

Five sport shooters represented Romania in 1924.

| Shooter | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Shooter | Event | Score | Rank |
| Vasile Ghițescu | 50 m rifle, prone | 355 | 62 |
| Vasile Ghițescu | 600 m free rifle | 57 | 68 |
| Constantin Țenescu | 50 m rifle, prone | 326 | 65 |
| Constantin Țenescu | 600 m free rifle | 83 | 19 |
| Simion Vartolomeu | 50 m rifle, prone | 369 | 52 |
| Simion Vartolomeu | 600 m free rifle | 70 | 55 |
| Alexandru Vatamanu | 50 m rifle, prone | 321 | 66 |
| Alexandru Vatamanu | 600 m free rifle | DNF | – |
| Vasile Ghițescu Mihai Plătăreanu Constantin Țenescu Simion Vartolomeu Alexandru Vatamanu | Team free rifle | 524 | 13 |

## Tennis

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Gheorghe Lupu | Singles | del Canto (MEX) W 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 | Washburn (USA) L 2–6, 3–6, 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nicolae Mişu | Singles | Washer (BEL) L 3–6, 4–6, 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alexandru Roman | Singles | N/A | von Kehrling (HUN) L 1–6, 1–6, 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gheorghe Lupu Alexandru Roman | Doubles | — | Torralva / Torralva (CHI) L 5–7, 2–6, 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
