Romania at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, United States.

Gold

  • Laura Badea
    Laura Badea
    Laura Gabriela Badea-Cârlescu is a Romanian fencer and olympic champion in foil competition.She received a gold medal in foil at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:*...

     — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
  • Simona Amânar
    Simona Amânar
    Simona Amânar is a Romanian gymnast. She is a seven-time Olympic medalist and a ten-time world medalist. Amânar helped Romania to win four consecutive world team titles as well as the 2000 Olympic team title. She has a vault named after her, the Amanar...

     — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
  • Constanţa Burcică-Pipota and Camelia Macoviciuc — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls
  • Vera Cochelea, Liliana Gafencu
    Liliana Gafencu
    Liliana Gafencu is a Romanian rower, who has won three Olympic gold medals in the eights competition.-External links:*...

    , Elena Georgescu
    Elena Georgescu
    Elena Georgescu-Nedelcu is a Romanian coxswain who has won five Olympic medals in the eights competition.-References:* *...

    , Doina Ignat
    Doina Ignat
    Doina Ignat is a Romanian rower, who has won six Olympic medals during her career.-References:* *...

    , Elisabeta Lipă
    Elisabeta Lipa
    Elisabeta Lipă is a retired rower from Romania, who was born under the name of Elisabeta Oleniuc. She is the most decorated rower in the history of the Olympics, winning five golds, two silvers and one bronze...

    , Ioana Olteanu
    Ioana Olteanu
    Ioana Olteanu is a Romanian rower who has won three Olympic medals in the eights competition.-References:**...

    , Mărioara Popescu
    Marioara Popescu
    Marioara Popescu is a Romanian rower who has won two Olympic gold medals.-External links:*...

    , Doina Spircu
    Doina Spîrcu
    Doina Spîrcu is a Romanian rower.-References:*...

    , Anca Tănase
    Anca Tănase
    Anca Tănase is a Romanian rower.-References:*...

     — Rowing, Women's Eights Competition

Silver

  • Gabriela Szabo
    Gabriela Szabo
    Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....

     — Athletics, Women's 1.500 m
  • Antonel Borsan
    Antonel Borsan
    Antonel Borşan is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. He won an Olympic silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the C-2 1000 m event with Marcel Glavan....

     and Marcel Glavan
    Marcel Glavan
    Marcel Glǎvan is a Romanian-born Spanish flatwater canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. During the mid-1990s, he won two world championship titles in the C-4 event. He was an Olympic silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the C-2 1000 m event with partner Antonel Borsan...

     — Canoeing, Men's C2 1.000 m Canadian Pairs
  • Laura Badea
    Laura Badea
    Laura Gabriela Badea-Cârlescu is a Romanian fencer and olympic champion in foil competition.She received a gold medal in foil at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:*...

    , Roxana Scarlat, and Reka Szabo — Fencing, Women's Foil Team Competition
  • Marius Urzică
    Marius Urzica
    Marius Daniel Urzică is a Romanian gymnast. Urzică is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a three-time European champion on pommel horse. He competed at three Olympic games, medaling each time on pommel horse and contributed to the team bronze in Athens 2004...

     — Gymnastics, Men's Pommeled Horse
  • Dan Burincă
    Dan Burinca
    Dan Burincă is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who specialized in rings. He is a silver Olympic medalist and a multiple world medalist on rings....

     — Gymnastics, Men's Rings
  • Gina Gogean
    Gina Gogean
    Gina Gogean is a retired gymnast from Romania who competed internationally in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. During her career she won an impressive number of 30 medals at Olympic Games, world championships or continental championships...

     — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual Competition
  • Simona Amânar
    Simona Amânar
    Simona Amânar is a Romanian gymnast. She is a seven-time Olympic medalist and a ten-time world medalist. Amânar helped Romania to win four consecutive world team titles as well as the 2000 Olympic team title. She has a vault named after her, the Amanar...

     — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercises

Bronze

  • Leonard Doroftei
    Leonard Doroftei
    Leonard Dorin Doroftei is a Romanian-Canadian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003.-Amateur highlights:...

     — Boxing, Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
  • Marian Simion
    Marian Simion
    Marian Simion is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal...

     — Boxing, Men's Welterweight (67 kg)
  • Gheorghe Andriev
    Gheorghe Andriev
    Gheorghe Andriev is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996....

     and Grigore Obreja
    Grigore Obreja
    Grigore Obreja is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996....

     — Canoeing, Men's C2 500 m Canadian Pairs
  • Simona Amânar
    Simona Amânar
    Simona Amânar is a Romanian gymnast. She is a seven-time Olympic medalist and a ten-time world medalist. Amânar helped Romania to win four consecutive world team titles as well as the 2000 Olympic team title. She has a vault named after her, the Amanar...

     — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual Competition
  • Lavinia Miloşovici
    Lavinia Milosovici
    Lavinia Corina Miloşovici is a Romanian Olympic gymnast. An exceptionally successful athlete on the international competition circuit, Miloşovici, also known as "Milo" in the gymnastics community, is considered to be one of Romania's top gymnasts of the 1990s and one of the most prolific female...

     — Gymnastics, Women's All-Around Individual Competition
  • Gina Gogean
    Gina Gogean
    Gina Gogean is a retired gymnast from Romania who competed internationally in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. During her career she won an impressive number of 30 medals at Olympic Games, world championships or continental championships...

     — Gymnastics, Women's Side Horse Vault
  • Gina Gogean
    Gina Gogean
    Gina Gogean is a retired gymnast from Romania who competed internationally in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. During her career she won an impressive number of 30 medals at Olympic Games, world championships or continental championships...

     — Gymnastics, Women's Balance Beam
  • Simona Amânar
    Simona Amânar
    Simona Amânar is a Romanian gymnast. She is a seven-time Olympic medalist and a ten-time world medalist. Amânar helped Romania to win four consecutive world team titles as well as the 2000 Olympic team title. She has a vault named after her, the Amanar...

    , Gina Gogean
    Gina Gogean
    Gina Gogean is a retired gymnast from Romania who competed internationally in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. During her career she won an impressive number of 30 medals at Olympic Games, world championships or continental championships...

    , Ionela Loaieş
    Ionela Loaies
    Ionela Loaieş is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic bronze medalist and a world gold medalist with the team.-External links:*...

    , Alexandra Marinescu
    Alexandra Marinescu
    Alexandra Marinescu is a retired Romanian Olympic artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic bronze medalist with the team and a two-time world champion with the team. Individually, she is a world silver medalist on beam and a seven-time Junior European medalist. She currently works as a minimal electro...

    , Lavinia Miloşovici
    Lavinia Milosovici
    Lavinia Corina Miloşovici is a Romanian Olympic gymnast. An exceptionally successful athlete on the international competition circuit, Miloşovici, also known as "Milo" in the gymnastics community, is considered to be one of Romania's top gymnasts of the 1990s and one of the most prolific female...

    , and Mirela Ţugurlan
    Mirela Tugurlan
    Mirela Ţugurlan is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic bronze medalist and a world gold medalist with the team. After being named to the 1996 Romanian Olympic Team, she made the trip to Atlanta, where she then needed knee surgery and was unable to compete in the rest of the...

     — Gymnastics, Women's Team Combined Exercises
  • Nicu Vlad
    Nicu Vlad
    Nicolae Vlad is a retired weightlifter from Romania, who won three Olympic medals during his career...

     — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight (108 kg)

Athletics
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men's 1,500 metres
  • Ovidiu Olteanu
  • Qualification — 3:38.33 (→ did not advance)


Men's 400m Hurdles
  • Mugur Mateescu
  • Heat — 49.97s (→ did not advance)


Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase
  • Florin Ionescu
  • Heat — 8:31.34
  • Semifinals — 8:28.77 (→ did not advance)


Men's Long Jump
  • Bogdan Tarus
    Bogdan Tarus
    Gabriel Bogdan Ţăruş was a Romanian athlete who competed in long jump. According to the IAAF, he jumped an exceptional 7.53 at the age of twelve . He has, however, not had much success in World Championships or Olympic Games. His personal best is 8.29 metres, achieved in 1996...

  • Qualification — 7.96m (→ did not advance)

  • Bogdan Tudor
    Bogdan Tudor
    Bogdan Tudor is a Romanian long jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1994 European Indoor Championships. His personal best is 8.37 metres, achieved in July 1995 in Bad Cannstatt.-Achievements:-External links:...

  • Qualification — 7.88m (→ did not advance)


Men's Discus Throw
  • Costel Grasu
    Costel Grasu
    Costel Grasu is a Romanian discus thrower.He is perhaps best known for finishing fourth at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the Olympics in 1996 and 2000, without reaching the final. Other achievements include gold medals at the Jeux de la Francophonie in 1994 and 1997 as well as gold...

  • Qualification — 58.56m (→ did not advance)


Men's 20 km Walk
  • Costică Bălan
    Costică Bălan
    Constantin Bălan is a retired male racewalker from Romania. He twice competed for his native country in the men's 20 km race walk event at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000.-Achievements:-References:*...




Women's 10.000 metres
  • Iulia Negura
  • Qualification — 31:40.16
  • Final — 31:26.46 (→ 8th place)


Women's 400m Hurdles
  • Ionela Târlea
  • Qualification — 55.42
  • Semifinals — 54.41
  • Final — 54.40 (→ 7th place)


Women's Javelin Throw
  • Felicia Tilea
  • Qualification — 66.94m
  • Final — 59.94m (→ 10th place)


Women's Discus Throw
  • Nicole Grasu
  • Qualification — 63.00m
  • Final — 63.28m (→ 7th place)

  • Cristina Boit
    Cristina Boit
    Cristina Boiţ is a retired female discus thrower from Romania. She set her personal best in the women's discus throw event in 1988. Boiţ competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996....

  • Qualification — 58.10m (→ did not advance)


Women's Long Jump
  • Mihaela Gheorghiu
  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)


Women's Triple Jump
  • Rodica Mateescu
    Rodica Mateescu
    Rodica Mateescu is a former triple jumper from Romania. Having set a personal best of 15.16 in 1997, she placed fourth at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships and won a silver medal at the 1997 World Championships...

  • Qualification — 14.22m
  • Final — 14.21m (→ 8th place)


Women's Heptathlon
  • Liliana Nastase
    Liliana Nastase
    Liliana Năstase Alexandru is a retired Romanian heptathlete. She was born in Vânju Mare.She is best known for her gold medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships. She also competed in the 100 metres hurdles.-Achievements:...

  • Final Result — 5847 points (→ 22nd place)


Women's Marathon
  • Lidia Simon
    Lidia Simon
    Lidia Slavuteanu-Simon is a Romanian long-distance runner. She has represented Romania on four consecutive occasions at Olympic level and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics....

     — 2:31.04 (→ 6th place)
  • Anuţa Cătună
    Anuta Catuna
    Anuţa Cătună is a former female long-distance runner from Romania, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She won the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon.-Achievements:-References:* *...

     — 2:42.01 (→ 44th place)
  • Cristina Pomacu
    Cristina Pomacu
    Cristina Pomacu is a female long-distance runner from Romania who mainly competed in the marathon. She is a triple winner of the annual Belgrade Marathon , and twice won the silver medal at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships .She competed in the women's marathon at the 1994 European...

     — did not finish (→ no ranking)


Women's 10 km Walk
  • Norica Câmpean
    Norica Câmpean
    Norica Câmpean is a retired female race walker from Romania.-Achievements:-References:*...

     — 46:19 (→ 29th place)

Boxing
Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
  • Sabin Bornei
    Sabin Bornei
    Sabin Marius Bornei is a professional boxer from Romania, who won a bronze medal in the light flyweight division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark...

  • First Round — Defeated José Pérez Reyes
    José Pérez Reyes
    José Pérez Reyes is a male boxer from the Dominican Republic, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the second round of the men's light flyweight division by Romania's Sabin Bornei.-References:*...

     (Dominican Republic), 16-10
  • Second Round — Lost to Somrot Kamsing
    Somrot Kamsing
    Somrot Kamsing is a retired male boxer from Thailand, who competed for his Asian country at the 1996 Summer Olympics. An older brother of Somluck Kamsing, he was defeated in Atlanta, Georgia in the quarterfinals of the men's light flyweight division by Bulgaria's eventual gold medalist Daniel...

     (Thailand), 7-18


Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
  • George Olteanu
    George Olteanu
    George Olteanu is a former boxer from Romania, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....

  • First Round — Defeated Samuel Álvarez (Mexico), referee stopped contest in third round
  • Second Round — Defeated Kalai Riadh (Tunisia), 16-3
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to István Kovács
    István Kovács
    István Kovács , nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra is a retired Hungarian boxer. As an amateur he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships...

     (Hungary), 2-24


Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
  • Leonard Doroftei
    Leonard Doroftei
    Leonard Dorin Doroftei is a Romanian-Canadian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003.-Amateur highlights:...

     → Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Julio Mboumba (Gabon), referee stopped contest in second round
  • Second Round — Defeated Sergey Kopenkin (Kyrgyzstan), 10-1
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Koba Gogoladze
    Koba Gogoladze
    Koba Gogoladze is a professional boxer from Georgia. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics as a lightweight, losing on points in the quarterfinals to Leonard Doroftei.-Olympic career:...

     (Georgia), 17-8
  • Semi Finals — Lost to Hocine Soltani
    Hocine Soltani
    Hocine Soltani was a boxer from Algeria, who won two Olympic medals. In 1992 he placed third in the featherweight division , and at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in lightweight....

     (Algeria), 6-9


Men's Lightweight (– 67 kg)
  • Marian Simion
    Marian Simion
    Marian Simion is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal...

     → Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Hussein Bayram (France), 13-6
  • Second Round — Defeated Fernando Vargas
    Fernando Vargas
    Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...

     (United States), 8-7
  • Quarter Finals — Defeated Hasan Al
    Hasan Al
    Hasan Al is a Turkish-born boxer from Denmark, best known for winning the European welterweight title in 1996 as an amateur.-Amateur:In his adopted country he became European Champ in 1996 against Marian Simion...

     (Denmark), 16-8
  • Semi Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra
    Juan Hernández Sierra
    Juan Hernández Sierra is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight Juan Hernández Sierra (born March 16, 1969) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight...

     (Cuba), 7-20


Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
  • Francisc Vaştag
    Francisc Vastag
    Francisc Vaştag was the first Romanian boxer to win the supreme belt in his category. His victory greatly stimulated boxing in Romania. The champion boxer Adrian Diaconu said that he considers Vaştag to be a brother and mentor.-References:**...

  • First Round — Lost to Markus Beyer
    Markus Beyer
    Height 176 cmMarkus Beyer is a German boxer at super middleweight and the former WBC Champion, who resides in Lilienthal, Germany. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the light middleweight division...

     (Germany), 12-17


Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
  • Ovidiu Bali
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Christophe Mendy
    Christophe Mendy
    Christophe Mendy is a retired boxer who competed for France in the heavyweight division during the 1990s. He won the bronze medal at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he was defeated in the semifinals by Cuban legend Félix Savón...

     (France), referee stopped contest in second round

Diving
Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

Women's 10m Platform
  • Clara Elena Ciocan
  • Preliminary Heat — 281.52
  • Semi Final — 157.41
  • Final — 256.05 (→ 10th place)

  • Anisoara Opriea
  • Preliminary Heat — 233.34 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Modern pentathlon
Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

Men's Individual Competition
  • Adrian Toader — 5335 pts (→ 14th place)

Swimming
Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

Men's 100 m Freestyle
  • Nicolae Ivan
    Nicolae Ivan
    Nicolae Ivan is a retired freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 1996 European SC Championships in Rostock.-References:* *...

  • Heat — 51.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)


Men's 200 m Freestyle
  • Nicolae Butacu
    Nicolae Butacu
    Nicolae Butacu is a retired freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning two silver medals at the 1996 European SC Championships in Rostock.-References:* *...

  • Heat — 1:50.83
  • B-Final — 1:51.46 (→ 16th place)


Men's 100 m Backstroke
  • Nicolae Butacu
    Nicolae Butacu
    Nicolae Butacu is a retired freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning two silver medals at the 1996 European SC Championships in Rostock.-References:* *...

  • Heat — 56.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)


Men's 200 m Backstroke
  • Nicolae Butacu
    Nicolae Butacu
    Nicolae Butacu is a retired freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning two silver medals at the 1996 European SC Championships in Rostock.-References:* *...

  • Heat — 2:08.59 (→ did not advance, 34th place)


Men's 100 m Butterfly
  • Răzvan Petcu
    Razvan Petcu
    Răzvan Petcu is a retired freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay event at the 1995 FINA Short Course World...

  • Heat — 55.50 (→ did not advance, 35th place)


Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
  • Nicolae Ivan
    Nicolae Ivan
    Nicolae Ivan is a retired freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 1996 European SC Championships in Rostock.-References:* *...

    , Răzvan Petcu
    Razvan Petcu
    Răzvan Petcu is a retired freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay event at the 1995 FINA Short Course World...

    , Horaţiu Badiţă, and Alexandru Ioanovici
    Alexandru Ioanovici
    Alexandru Ioanovici is a retired freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay event at the 1995 FINA Short Course World Championships in...

  • Heat — 3:21.66 (→ did not advance, 10th place)


Women's 50 m Freestyle
  • Luminiţa Dobrescu
  • Heat — 26.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)


Women's 100 m Freestyle
  • Luminiţa Dobrescu
  • Heat — 56.27
  • B-Final — 55.98 (→ 11th place)


Women's 200 m Freestyle
  • Luminiţa Dobrescu
  • Heat — 2:00.85
  • Final — 2:01.63 (→ 8th place)

  • Ioana Diaconescu
    Ioana Diaconescu
    Ioana Lorena Diaconescu is a former freestyle swimmer from Romania, who repesented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2000, at the European LC Championships in Helsinki, Finland, she was on the women's relay team, that won the gold medal...

  • Heat — 2:04.59 (→ did not advance, 25th place)


Women's 400 m Freestyle
  • Carla Negrea
  • Heat — 4:16.89
  • B-Final — 4:17.08 (→ 16th place)


Women's 800 m Freestyle
  • Carla Negrea
  • Heat — 8:54.19 (→ did not advance, 20th place)


Women's 200 m Backstroke
  • Cătălina Căsaru
  • Heat — 2:15.92
  • B-Final — 2:15.15 (→ 14th place)


Women's 100 m Breaststroke
  • Larisa Lăcustă
    Larisa Lacusta
    Larisa Lăcustă is a retired breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Romania, who has competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country: in 1996 and 2004. She is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.-References:*...

  • Heat — 1:13.91 (→ did not advance, 35th place)


Women's 100 m Butterfly
  • Loredana Zisu
  • Heat — 1:02.66 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)


Women's 200 m Butterfly
  • Loredana Zisu
  • Heat — 2:17.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)


Women's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Beatrice Căslaru
    Beatrice Caslaru
    Beatrice Căslaru-Coadă is a former medley swimmer from Romania, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996...

  • Heat — 2:16.80
  • B-Final — 2:16.75 (→ 12th place)


Women's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Beatrice Căslaru
    Beatrice Caslaru
    Beatrice Căslaru-Coadă is a former medley swimmer from Romania, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996...

  • Heat — 4:44.66
  • Final — 4:44.91 (→ 6th place)


Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
  • Ioana Diaconescu
    Ioana Diaconescu
    Ioana Lorena Diaconescu is a former freestyle swimmer from Romania, who repesented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2000, at the European LC Championships in Helsinki, Finland, she was on the women's relay team, that won the gold medal...

    , Florina Herea
    Florina Herea
    Florina Carmen Herea is a Romanian freestyle swimmer who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia...

    , Andrea Trufaşu, and Luminiţa Dobrescu
  • Heat – 3:48.43 (→ did not advance, 11th place)


Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
  • Luminiţa Dobrescu, Loredana Zisu, Ioana Diaconescu
    Ioana Diaconescu
    Ioana Lorena Diaconescu is a former freestyle swimmer from Romania, who repesented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2000, at the European LC Championships in Helsinki, Finland, she was on the women's relay team, that won the gold medal...

    , and Carla Negrea
  • Heat – 8:10.77
  • Final – 8:10.02 (→ 7th place)


Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
  • Catalina Căsaru, Beatrice Căslaru
    Beatrice Caslaru
    Beatrice Căslaru-Coadă is a former medley swimmer from Romania, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996...

    , Loredana Zisu, and Luminiţa Dobrescu
  • Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Tennis
Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Women's Singles Competition
  • Cătălina Cristea
    Catalina Cristea
    Cătălina Cristea is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked 59 in the singles WTA Tour and 40th in the doubles. She retired from professional competitions in September 2001.-External links:...

  • First round — Lost to Anke Huber
    Anke Huber
    Anke Huber is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996.-Early life:...

     (Germany) 6-2 4-6 2-6

  • Ruxandra Dragomir
    Ruxandra Dragomir
    Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie is a retired female tennis player from Romania, who won four singles and five doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 25, 1997, when she became the number 15 of the world...

  • First round — Lost to Jana Novotná
    Jana Novotná
    Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...

     (Czech Republic) 4-6 4-4 retired

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Romania – Ukraine 6-6
  • Romania – Croatia 6-11
  • Romania – Greece 5-8
  • Romania – United States 5-10
  • Romania – Italy 9-10
  • Classification Matches
  • 9th/12th place: Romania – Netherlands 8-10
  • 9th/12th place: Romania – Ukraine 11-8
  • 9th/12th place: Romania – Germany 6-10 (→ Eleventh place)
  • Team Roster
  • Edward Andrei
  • Florin Bonca
  • Robert Dinu
  • Niculae Fulgeanu
  • Vlad Hagiu
  • Gelu Lisac
  • Istvan Moldvai
  • Daniel Radu
  • Bogdan Rath
  • Radu Sabău
  • Stefan Sanda
  • Dinel Stemate
  • Liviu Totolici
  • Head Coach: Rus Viorel

Weightlifting
Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes, for men only. The range of each weight class was adjusted by 1–4 kg for these Games, marking the first redefinition of Olympic weightlifting weight classes since they were introduced in...

Men's 108 kg
  • Nicu Vlad
    Nicu Vlad
    Nicolae Vlad is a retired weightlifter from Romania, who won three Olympic medals during his career...

  • Snatch — 197.5 kg
  • Clean & Jerk — 222.5 kg
  • Total — 420.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)
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