# Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 159 competitors, 132 men and 27 women, took part in 102 events in 16 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Ivan Patzaichin | Canoeing | Men's C1 1,000m Canadian Singles |
| Gold | Gheorghe Berceanu | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight |
| Gold | Nicolae Martinescu | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight |
| Silver | Valeria Bufanu | Athletics | Women's 100m Hurdles |
| Silver | Argentina Menis | Athletics | Women's Discus Throw |
| Silver | Ion Alexe | Boxing | Men's Heavyweight |
| Silver | Atanase Sciotnic, Roman Vartolomeu, Aurel Vernescu, and Mihai Zafiu | Canoeing | Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours |
| Silver | Serghei Covaliov and Ivan Patzaichin | Canoeing | Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs |
| Silver | Dan Iuga | Shooting | Men's Free Pistol |
| Bronze | Viorica Dumitru and Maria Nichiforov | Canoeing | Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs |
| Bronze | Ileana Gyulai-Drimba, Ana Pascu-Ene-Dersidan, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic and Olga Szabo-Orban | Fencing | Women's Foil Team Competition |
| Bronze | Ştefan Birtalan, Adrian Cosma, Marin Dan, Alexandru Dincă, Cristian Gațu, Gheorghe Gruia, Roland Gunesch, Gabriel Kicsid, Ghiţă Licu, Cornel Penu, Valentin Samungi, Simon Schobel, Werner Stöckl, Constantin Tudosie, and Radu Voina | Handball | Men's Team Competition |
| Bronze | Nicolae Rotaru | Shooting | Men's Small-bore Rifle, prone |
| Bronze | Ştefan Tudor, Petre Ceapura and Ladislau Lovrenski | Rowing | Men's Coxed Pairs |
| Bronze | Victor Dolipschi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight |
| Bronze | Vasile Iorga | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle Middleweight |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | | | | |
| Boxing | | | | |
| Canoeing | | | | |
| Fencing | | | | |
| Handball | | | | |
| Rowing | | | | |
| Shooting | | | | |
| Wrestling | | | | |
| Total | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | | | | |
| Female | | | | |
| Total | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |

## Athletics

Men's 800 metres
* Gheorghe Ghipu
   * Heat — 1:50.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
* Petre Lupan
   * Heat — 3:44.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
* Șerban Ioan
   * Qualifying Round — 2.15m
   * Final — 2.10m (→ 16th place)
Women's Discus Throw
* Carmen Ionescu
** Qualifying Round — 57.82 m
** Final — 60.42 m (→ 7th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
* Éva Ráduly-Zörgő
   * Qualification — 54.34 m
   * Final — no mark (→ no ranking)

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Alexandru Turei
   * First Round — Lost to Enrique Rodríguez (ESP), 2:3
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
* Ion Györfi
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 1:4
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
* Ion Alexe → Silver Medal
   * First Round — Defeated József Réder (HUN), 5:0
   * Quarterfinals — Defeated Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), 5:0
   * Semifinals — Defeated Hasse Thomsén (SWE), 5:0
   * Final — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), walk-over

## Cycling

One cyclist represented Romania in 1972.

### Individual road race

* Teodor Vasile — 60th place

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:
* Ion Ganea — 325.17 points (→ 21st place)
Men's 10m Platform:
* Ion Ganea — 265.83 points (→ 25th place)
Women's 3m Springboard:
* Sorana Prelipceanu — 242.61 points (→ 21st place)
* Melania Decuseara — 232.02 points (→ 27th place)
Women's 10m Platform:
* Melania Decuseara — 182.82 points (→ 16th place)

## Fencing

19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women, represented Romania in 1972.

### Men's foil

* Mihai Țiu
* Ștefan Haukler
* Tănase Mureșanu

### Men's team foil

* Iuliu Falb, Ștefan Haukler, Mihai Țiu, Tănase Mureșanu, Aurel Ștefan

### Men's épée

* Anton Pongratz
* Alexandru Istrate
* Costică Bărăgan

### Men's team épée

* Constantin Duțu, Costică Bărăgan, Anton Pongratz, Alexandru Istrate, Nicolae Iorgu

### Men's sabre

* Iosif Budahazi
* Dan Irimiciuc
* Constantin Nicolae

### Men's team sabre

* Dan Irimiciuc, Iosif Budahazi, Gheorghe Culcea, Constantin Nicolae, Octavian Vintilă

### Women's foil

* Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei
* Olga Orban-Szabo
* Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu

### Women's team foil

* Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Olga Orban-Szabo, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu

## Handball
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round Group C
   * Defeated Norway (18-14)
   * Defeated Spain (15-12)
   * Defeated West Germany (13-11)
* Main Round Group II
   * Defeated Hungary (20-14)
   * Lost to Yugoslavia (13-14)
* Final Round, Bronze Medal Match
   * Defeated East Germany (19-16)
* Romania - Bronze Medal (5-1-0)
* Team Roster
   * Cornel Penu
   * Alexandru Dincă
   * Gabriel Kicsid
   * Ghiţă Licu
   * Cristian Gațu
   * Roland Gunesch
   * Radu Voina
   * Simion Schöbel
   * Gheorghe Gruia
   * Werner Stöckl
   * Marin Dan
   * Adrian Cosma
   * Valentin Samungi
   * Constantin Tudosie
   * Ştefan Birtalan

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
* Dumitru Spîrlea - 4754 pts (→ 23rd place)
* Marian Cosmescu - 4890 (→ 38th place)
* Adalbert Covacs - 4381 points (→ 48th place)
Men's Team Competition:
* Spirlea, Cosmescu, and Covacs - 13655 points (→ 12th place)

## Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs
* Stefan Tudor, Petre Ceapura and Ladislau Lovrenschi
   * Heat — 7:47.98
   * Repechage — 8:08.34
   * Semi Finals — 8:10.89
   * Final — 7:21.36 (→ Bronze Medal)

## Shooting

Ten male shooters represented Romania in 1972. Daniel Iuga won silver in the 50 m pistol and Nicolae Rotaru won bronze in the 50 m rifle, prone event.

### 25 m pistol

* Daniel Iuga
* Ion Tripșa

### 50 m pistol

* Daniel Iuga

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* Petre Șandor
* Eugen Satală

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Nicolae Rotaru
* Petre Șandor

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Nicolae Rotaru
* Ilie Codreanu

### Trap

* Gheorghe Florescu
* Ion Dumitrescu

### Skeet

* Lucian Cojocaru
* Gleb Pintilie

## Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle
* Marian Slavic
   * Heat — 55.35s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
* Marian Slavic
   * Heat — 2:00.23 (→ did not advance)

## Volleyball
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
   * Lost to Japan 0-3 (4, 5, 6)
   * Defeated West Germany 3-0 (9,1,8)
   * Lost to Brazil 2-3 (-16,11,-7,11,-12)
   * Defeated Cuba 3-0 (7,15,13)
   * Lost to East Germany 0-3 (-10,-12,-7)
* Final Round (places 5-8)
   * Defeated South Korea 3-0 (12, 7, 8)
   * Defeated Czechoslovakia 3-1 (-8, 7, 10,14) →5th place
* Team Roster
   * Gabriel Udişteanu
   * Gyula Bartha
   * Cornel Oros
   * Laurențiu Dumănoiu
   * William Schreiber
   * Cristian Ion
   * Marian Stamate
   * Mircea Codoi
   * Romeo Enescu
   * Stelian Moculescu
   * Viorel Bălaj

## Water polo
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group A)
   * Lost to United States (3-4)
   * Lost to Yugoslavia (7-8)
   * Lost to Cuba (3-4)
   * Defeated Canada (16-4)
   * Defeated Mexico (9-6)
* Final Round (Group II)
   * Defeated Spain (7-4)
   * Defeated Bulgaria (4-3)
   * Drew with the Netherlands (5-5)
   * Defeated Australia (5-3) → 8th place
* Team Roster
   * Iosif Culiniak
   * Corneliu Fratila
   * Serban Huber
   * Radu Lazar
   * Bogdan Mihailescu
   * Gruia Novae
   * Dinu Popescu
   * Viorel Rus
   * Claudiu Rusu
   * Cornel Rusu
   * Gheorghe Zamfirescu