Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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| Romania at the Olympic Games | ||||
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| IOC code: ROU | ||||
| 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens | ||||
| Flag bearer | Elisabeta Lipă | |||
| Medals Rank: 14 |
Gold 8 |
Silver 5 |
Bronze 6 |
Total 19 |
| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 | ||||
| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
Romania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Romania's sports in Greece included rowing, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, boxing and canoeing.
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[edit] Medals
[edit] Gold
- Gymnastics
- Women's Team: Romania (Oana Ban, Alexandra Georgiana Eremia, Cătălina Ponor, Monica Roşu, Daniela Nicoleta Şofronie, Silvia Stroescu)
- Women's Vault: Monica Roşu
- Women's Beam: Cătălina Ponor
- Women's Floor Exercise: Cătălina Ponor
- Rowing
- Women's Lightweight Double Sculls: Romania (Constanţa Burcică, Angela Alupei)
- Women's Eight: Romania (Rodica Florea, Aurica Bărascu, Ioana Papuc, Liliana Gafencu, Elisabeta Lipă, Georgeta Damian, Doina Ignat, Elena Georgescu)
- Women's Pair: Romania (Georgeta Damian, Viorica Susanu)
- Swimming
- Women's 200 m freestyle: Camelia Potec
[edit] Silver
- Athletics
- Men's Triple Jump: Marian Oprea
- Women's 400 m Hurdles: Ionela Ţîrlea-Manolache
- Gymnastics
- Men's Floor Exercise: Marian Drăgulescu
- Men's Pommel Horse: Marius Urzică
- Women's Floor Exercise: Daniela Nicoleta Şofronie
[edit] Bronze
- Athletics
- Women's 1500 m: Maria Cioncan
- Boxing
- Men's Light Welter: Ionuţ Gheorghe
- Gymnastics
- Men's Team: Romania (Marian Drăgulescu, Ilie Popescu, Dan Potra, Răzvan Selariu, Ioan Silviu Suciu, Marius Urzică)
- Men's Vault: Marian Drăgulescu
- Women's Beam: Alexandra Georgiana Eremia
- Swimming
- Men's 200 m Backstroke: Răzvan Florea
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Women's 400 metre hurdles:
- Ionela Ţîrlea-Manolache – Round 1: 54.41 s, Semifinal: 53.32 s, Final: 53.38 s (silver medal)
Women's 800 metres:
- Maria Cioncan – Round 1: 1:59.64, Semifinal: 1:59.44, Final: 1:59.62 (7th place)
Women's 1500 metres:
- Maria Cioncan – Round 1: 4:06.68, Semifinal: 4:06.69, Final: 3:58.39 (bronze medal)
- Elena Iagar – Round 1: 4:11.48
- Alina Cucerzan – Round 1: 4:18.07
Women's 10000 metres:
- Mihaela Botezan – 31:11.24 (NR) (11th place)
Women's 4x400 metre relay:
- Angela Moroşanu, Alina Răpanu, Maria Rus, and Ionela Ţîrlea-Manolache – Round 1: 3:27.36, Final: 3:26.81 (6th place)
Women's marathon:
- Nuta Olaru – 2:34:45 (13th place)
- Constantina Tomescu – 2:37:31 (20th place)
- Lidia Simon – DNF
Women's 20 km walk:
- Norica Cimpean – 1:34:30 (27th place)
- Ana Maria Groza – 1:34:56 (29th place)
- Daniela Cirlan – 1:37:14 (37th place)
Men's long jump:
- Bogdan Ţărus – Final, 8.21 metres (8th place)
Women's long jump:
- Adina Anton – Round 1: 6.47 metres
- Alina Ramona Militaru – Round 1: No mark
Men's triple jump:
- Marian Oprea – Final, 17.55 metres (silver medal)
Women's triple jump:
- Adelina Gavrila – Round 1: 14.56 metres, Final: 13.86 metres (15th place)
- Mariana Solomon – Round 1: 14.42 metres
Men's high jump:
- Ştefan Vasilache – Round 1, 2.25 metres (did not advance)
Women's high jump:
- Oana Pantelimon – Round 1: 1.92 metres, Final: 1.93 metres (7th place)
- Monica Iagar – Round 1: 1.95 metres, Final: 1.93 metres (8th place)
Men's shot put:
- Gheorghe Guset – Round 1, 19.68 metres (did not advance)
Women's discus:
- Nicoleta Grasu – Round 1: 61.91 metres, Final: 64.92 metres (6th place)
Women's javelin:
- Felicia Tilea Moldovan – Round 1: 62.05 metres, Final: 59.72 metres (11th place)
[edit] Boxing
Three Romanian boxers competed in Athens. None lost in the round of 32, as two won and the third had a bye. In the round of 16, though, one boxer was defeated. Another fell in the quarterfinal. The third survived to the semifinal, where he was defeated to finish with a bronze medal. That medal put Romania in a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medal count. The team's combined record was 5-3.
Featherweight (57kg)
- Viorel Simion
- Round of 32 – Defeated Ryan Langham of Australia, 40-15
- Round of 16 – Defeated Mikhail Biarnadski of Belarus, 38-13
- Quarterfinal – Lost to Seok Hwan Jo of Korea, 39-35
Light Welterweight (64kg)
- Ionuţ Gheorghe – bronze medal
- Round of 32 – Defeated Faisal Karim of Pakistan, 26-11
- Round of 16 – Defeated Mustafa Karagollu of Turkey, 28-19
- Quarterfinal – Defeated Michele di Rocco of Italy, 29-18
- Semifinal – Lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 30-9
Middleweight (75kg)
- Marian Simion
- Round of 32 – Bye
- Round of 16 – Lost to Ramadan Yasser of Egypt, 36-29
[edit] Canoeing
Men's C1 500 metres:
- Florin Georgian Mironcic – semifinal, 17th place
Men's C1 1000 metres:
- Mitică Pricop – semifinal, 13th place
Men's C2 500 metres:
- Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu – final, 4th place
Men's C2 1000 metres:
- Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu – final, 4th place
Men's K2 500 metres:
- Marian Băban and Ştefan Vasile – semifinal, 17th place
Women's K2 500 metres:
- Florică Vulpeş and Lidia Talpa – semifinal, 11th place
Men's K4 1000 metres:
- Marian Băban, Alexandru Bogdan Ceausu, Vasile Curuzan Corneli, and Ştefan Vasile – final, 7th place
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Mountain biking
Men's cross country:
- Ovidiu Tudor Oprea – 37th place, -1 lap
[edit] Diving
Women's 10 metre platform:
- Ramona Maria Ciobanu – preliminary, 24th place
[edit] Equestrian
Individual eventing:
- Viorel Bubau riding Carnaval – did not finish
[edit] Fencing
Men's épée individual:
- Alexandru Nyisztor – defeated in round of 32
Women's épée individual:
- Ana Brânză – defeated in round of 16
Women's foil individual:
- Laura Gabriela Carlescu Badea – defeated in quarterfinals
- Roxana Scarlat – defeated in round of 16
Men's sabre individual:
- Mihai Couvaliu – defeated in quarterfinals
Women's sabre individual:
- Cătălina Cheorghitoaia – 4th place
[edit] Gymnastics
Men's artistic: bronze medal team
- Marian Drăgulescu – advanced in three exercises
- Floor – silver medals
- Vault – bronze medal
- All-around – 8th place
- Marius Urzică – advanced in one exercise
- Pommel horse – silver medal
- Ioan Silviu Suciu – advanced in one exercise
- All-around – 4th place
- Ilie Daniel Popescu – did not advance in any exercise
- Dan Nicolae Potra – did not advance in any exercise
- Răzvan Dorin Selariu – did not advance in any exercise
Women's artistic: gold medal team
- Cătălina Ponor – advanced in two exercises
- Beam – gold medal
- Floor – gold medal
- Monica Roşu – advanced in one exercise
- Vault – gold medal
- Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie – advanced in three exercises
- Floor – silver medal
- All-around – 5th place
- Uneven bars – 6th place
- Alexandra Eremia – advanced in one exercise
- Beam – bronze medal
- Oana Ban – did not advance in any exercise
- Silvia Stroescu – did not advance in any exercise
[edit] Judo
Men's 73 kg:
- Claudiu Bastea – defeated in round of 16
Men's 100+ kg:
- Gabi Munteanu – defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32
Women's 48 kg:
- Alina Alexandra Dumitru – defeated in semifinals; lost in repechage finals
Women's 52 kg:
- Ioana Maria Aluas – defeated in round of 16; repechage quarterfinals
[edit] Officials
- President: Ion Ţiriac
- Secretary General: Dan Popper
