Romania at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Romania at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Romania at the; 1960 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ROU
NOC	Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Website	www.cosr.ro (in Romanian, English, and French)
in Rome
Competitors	98 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Alexandru Bizim
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 6 Total 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Romania competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 98 competitors, 82 men and 16 women, took part in 65 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold
Gold
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
Fencing
Gymnastics
Shooting
Wrestling
Total	3	1	6	10

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male
Female
Total	3	1	6	10

Gold

Iolanda Balaş — Athletics, Women's High Jump
Ion Dumitrescu — Shooting, Men's Trap
Dumitru Pârvulescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

Silver

Ion Cernea — Wrestling, Men's Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Bronze

Lia Manoliu — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
Ion Monea — Boxing, Men's Middleweight (—75 kg)
Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m
Maria Vicol — Fencing, Women's Individual Foil
Atanasia Ionescu, Sonia Iovan, Elena Leuşteanu, Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă, Elena Niculescu, Uta Poreceanu — Gymnastics, Women's Team All-Around
Ion Ţăranu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists, all males, represented Romania in 1960.

Individual road race

Team time trial

1000m time trial

Ion Ioniţă

Equestrian

Fencing

15 fencers, 11 men and 4 women, represented Romania in 1960.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Iosif Szilaghi, Sorin Poenaru, Attila Csipler, Tănase Mureșanu

Men's épée

Adalbert Gurath, Jr.

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Dumitru Mustață, Cornel Pelmuș, Ion Santo, Ladislau Rohony, Emeric Arus

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr, Eugenia Mateianu, Olga Orban-Szabo, Maria Vicol

Gymnastics

Rowing

Romania had eight male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1960.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ştefan Kurecska Gheorghe Riffelt	Coxless pair	7:35.77	4 R	7:59.67	4	—		—	18
Ştefan Kurecska Gheorghe Riffelt Mircea Roger	Coxed pair	7:43.38	1 Q	BYE		—		7:49.57	6
Martin Bielz Ionel Petrov Ștefan Pongratz Iosif Varga	Coxless four	6:43.45	2 R	6:47.04	2	—		—	10
Martin Bielz Petre Milincovici Ionel Petrov Ștefan Pongratz Mircea Roger	Coxed four	6:47.71	3 R	6:55.63	2 Q	7:10.58	5	—	9

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Romania in 1960. Ion Dumitrescu won the gold medal in the trap event.

25 m pistol

50 m pistol

300 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, three positions

50 m rifle, prone

Trap

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ "Romania at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Romania Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

External links

[sports-reference-1] "Romania at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Romania Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

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