# Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation has competed at the Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1924, missing only two editions, including the 1948 Summer Olympics. Despite being London's third Olympic Games, this is the first time the Romanian team has competed in London. The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (Romanian: Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român, COSR) sent a total of 103 athletes to the Games, 54 men and 49 women, to compete in 14 sports.
Romania left London with a total of 9 medals (2 gold, 5 silver, and 2 bronze), beating the number of medals won in 2008 by one. This performance was considered the nation's worst at an Olympic Games since 1964, based on the gold medal standings. Three of the medals were awarded to the team in artistic gymnastics, two in judo, two in weightlifting (taken away later), and one each in fencing and shooting. Romania did not win an Olympic medal in rowing for the first time since 1976, and in athletics for the first time since 1980. On 25 November 2020 the IOC disqualified two Romanians weightlifters, Răzvan Martin and Roxana Cocoș, for doping and stripped them of their medals.
Among the nation's medalists were gymnasts Sandra Izbașa and Cătălina Ponor, who both won two medals for their individual final exercises (vault and floor). The women's artistic gymnastics team, led by Ponor and Izbașa, also managed to repeat its bronze medal in the all-around event. Rifle shooter Alin Moldoveanu became the first Romanian man to claim the gold medal in a shooting event in 12 years. Meanwhile, Rareș Dumitrescu, who missed out of the bronze medal in men's individual sabre, led his team to win the silver in the men's team sabre fencing competition.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Alin Moldoveanu | Shooting | Men's 10 m air rifle | July 30 |
| Gold | Sandra Izbașa | Gymnastics | Women's vault | August 5 |
| Silver | Alina Dumitru | Judo | Women's 48 kg | July 28 |
| Silver | Corina Căprioriu | Judo | Women's 57 kg | July 30 |
| Silver | Rareș Dumitrescu Tiberiu Dolniceanu Florin Zalomir Alexandru Sirițeanu | Fencing | Men's team sabre | August 3 |
| Silver | Cătălina Ponor | Gymnastics | Women's floor | August 7 |
| Bronze | Diana Bulimar Diana Chelaru Larisa Iordache Sandra Izbașa Cătălina Ponor | Gymnastics | Women's team all-around | July 31 |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| Day 1 | 28 July | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 2 | 29 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 3 | 30 July | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Day 4 | 31 July | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 5 | 1 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 6 | 2 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 7 | 3 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 8 | 4 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 9 | 5 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 10 | 6 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 11 | 7 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 12 | 8 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 13 | 9 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 14 | 10 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 15 | 11 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 16 | 12 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Judo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Female | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |

## Delegation

Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (COSR) selected a team of 103 athletes, 54 men and 49 women, to compete in 14 sports, surpassing the record in 2008 by just a single athlete. There was only a single competitor in road cycling.
The Romanian team featured past Olympic champions, four of them defending (marathon runner Constantina Diță, judoka Alina Dumitru, gymnast Sandra Izbașa, and rowing pair Georgeta Andrunache and Viorica Susanu). Eight female Romanian athletes were among the oldest of the team, including discus thrower Nicoleta Grasu, who competed at her sixth Olympics. Georgeta Andrunache became one of the most successful female rowers in Olympic history, with a total of six medals; five of them gold. Andrunache's compatriot, Viorica Susanu, who won a total of five Olympic medals, competed at her fifth Olympics, along with marathon runner Lidia Șimon. Skeet shooter Lucia Mihalache, at age 45, was the oldest athlete of the team, while gymnast Larisa Iordache was the youngest at age 16.
Other notable Romanian athletes included gymnast Cătălina Ponor, who made an Olympic comeback in her sport after eight years, swimmer and former Olympic champion Camelia Potec, who competed at her fourth Olympics, and tennis doubles specialist Horia Tecău, who became the nation's first male flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 1996.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canoeing | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fencing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Gymnastics | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Judo | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Rowing | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Tennis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Water polo | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 54 | 49 | 103 |

## Athletics

Romanian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Marius Ionescu | Marathon | 2:16:28 | 26 |
| Marius Cocioran | 50 km walk | 3:57:52 | 39 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Andreea Ogrăzeanu | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 11.44 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andreea Ogrăzeanu | 200 m | 23.46 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bianca Răzor | 400 m | 52.83 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mirela Lavric | 800 m | 2:01.65 | 4 q | — | — | 2:00.46 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roxana Bârcă | 5000 m | 16:01.04 | 18 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Angela Moroșanu | 400 m hurdles | 56.64 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ancuța Bobocel | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:31.06 | 6 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cristina Casandra | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:58.83 | 13 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Constantina Diță | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:41:34 | 86 |
| Lidia Șimon | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:32:46 | 45 |
| Claudia Ștef | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:33:56 | 38 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Viorica Țigău | Long jump | 6.21 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Cristina Bujin | Triple jump | NM | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Esthera Petre | High jump | 1.85 | =20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nicoleta Grasu | Discus throw | 61.86 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bianca Perie | Hammer throw | 68.34 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bogdan Juratoni | Middleweight | Bye | Atoev (UZB) L 10–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mihaela Lăcătuș | Lightweight | Dong C (CHN) L 5–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Josif Chirilă | C-1 1000 m | 4:05.863 | 1 Q | 4:07.794 | 6 FB | 3:59.730 | 11 |
| Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi | C-2 1000 m | 3:43.787 | 4 Q | 3:36.551 | 3 FA | 3:43.005 | 7 |
| Bogdan Mada Ionuț Mitrea | K-2 200 m | 33.978 | 5 Q | 34.253 | 5 FB | 46.495 | 13 |
| Petrus Gavrila Toni Ioneticu Traian Neagu Ștefan Vasile | K-4 1000 m | 3:12.371 | 4 Q | 2:55.027 | 5 FA | 2:58.223 | 8 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Irina Lauric Iuliana Paleu | K-2 500 m | 1:46.001 | 3 Q | 1:49.216 | 8 FB | 1:52.468 | 16 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Andrei Nechita | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

## Fencing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Radu Dărăban | Individual foil | Choi (HKG) W 15–12 | Aspromonte (ITA) L 11–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tiberiu Dolniceanu | Individual sabre | Bye | Homer (USA) L 11–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rareș Dumitrescu | Individual sabre | Bye | Boiko (UKR) W 15–12 | Buikevich (BLR) W 15–6 | Homer (USA) W 15–13 | Occhiuzzi (ITA) L 11–15 | Kovalev (RUS) L 10–15 | 4 |
| Florin Zalomir | Individual sabre | Abedini (IRI) W 15–7 | Gu B-G (KOR) L 12–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tiberiu Dolniceanu Rareș Dumitrescu Florin Zalomir Alexandru Sirițeanu | Team sabre | — | — | — | China (CHN) W 45–30 | Russia (RUS) W 45–43 | South Korea (KOR) L 26–45 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Ana Maria Brânză | Individual épée | Bye | Hsu J-T (TPE) W 15–8 | Shemyakina (UKR) L 13–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Simona Gherman | Individual épée | Bye | Lawrence (GBR) W 15–9 | Flessel-Colovic (FRA) W 15–13 | Shemyakina (UKR) L 14–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anca Măroiu | Individual épée | Bye | Kryvytska (UKR) W 15–10 | Sivkova (RUS) W 15–11 | Shin A-L (KOR) L 14–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ana Maria Brânză Simona Gherman Anca Măroiu Loredana Dinu | Team épée | — | — | — | South Korea (KOR) L 38–45 | Classification semi-final Italy (ITA) W 45–38 | 5th place final Germany (GER) L 36–45 | 6 |
| Bianca Pascu | Individual sabre | — | Zhu M (CHN) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics

Women's artistic gymnastics was the best sport for Romania at the 2012 Summer Olympics. They won a bronze medal in the team competition, Sandra Izbașa won gold on vault, and Cătălina Ponor won silver on floor. This was the 10th consecutive Olympics that Romania won a medal in the women's artistic gymnastics team competition dating back to 1976; their streak ended at the next Olympics in 2016.

### Artistic
#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Cristian Bățagă | Team | 14.666 | 12.700 | 14.833 | 15.766 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marius Berbecar | Team | — | 12.733 | 14.466 | 15.433 | 15.233 | 13.700 | — | — | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ovidiu Buidoso | Team | 14.366 | 13.766 | — | — | 14.733 | 14.066 | — | — | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vlad Cotuna | Team | 15.016 | — | 14.400 | 15.500 | 14.866 | 13.491 | — | — | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Flavius Koczi | Team | 15.666 Q | 13.400 | 14.600 | 16.066 Q | 13.500 | 12.633 | 85.865 | 25 Q | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Total | Team | 45.348 | 39.899 | 43.899 | 47.332 | 44.832 | 41.257 | 262.567 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Flavius Koczi | All-around | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| Flavius Koczi | Floor | 15.100 | — | — | — | — | — | 15.100 | 7 |
| Flavius Koczi | Vault | — | — | — | 15.633 | — | — | 15.633 | 7 |

#### Team

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Diana Bulimar | Team | — | — | 14.000 | 14.866 Q | — | — | — | 14.066 | 14.533 | 14.700 | — | — |
| Diana Chelaru | Team | 14.333 | 14.666 | 13.733 | — | — | — | — | 13.633 | — | — | — | — |
| Larisa Iordache | Team | 13.800 | 15.100 | 14.100 | 14.800 | 57.800 | 9 Q | 15.100 | — | — | 15.200 | — | — |
| Sandra Izbașa | Team | 15.066 Q | 15.500 Q | 12.366 | 14.600 | 57.532 | 11 Q | 14.800 | 13.766 | 15.300 | — | — | — |
| Cătălina Ponor | Team | 14.600 Q | 15.133 | — | 15.033 Q | — | — | 15.100 | — | 15.416 | 14.800 | — | — |
| Total | Team | 43.999 | 45.733 | 41.833 | 44.699 | 176.264 | 4 Q | 45.000 | 41.464 | 45.249 | 44.700 | 176.414 | |

#### Individual finals

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Larisa Iordache | All-around | 13.833 | 14.933 | 14.233 | 14.966 | 57.965 | 9 |
| Larisa Iordache | Balance beam | — | — | — | 14.200 | 14.200 | 6 |
| Sandra Izbașa | All-around | 15.200 | 15.333 | 13.900 | 14.400 | 58.833 | 5 |
| Sandra Izbașa | Floor | 13.333 | — | — | — | 13.333 | 8 |
| Sandra Izbașa | Vault | — | 15.191 | — | — | 15.191 | |
| Cătălina Ponor | Floor | 15.200 | — | — | — | 15.200 | |
| Cătălina Ponor | Balance beam | — | — | — | 15.066 | 15.066 | 4 |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Dan Fâșie | −66 kg | Bye | Larose (FRA) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniel Brata | −100 kg | — | Zhorzholiani (GEO) L 0013–0102 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vlăduț Simionescu | +100 kg | — | Krakovetskii (KGZ) W 1001–0001 | Tölzer (GER) L 1000–0000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Alina Dumitru | −48 kg | — | Mestre (CUB) W 1000–0000 | Munkhbat (MGL) W 0011–0001 | Fukumi (JPN) W 0102–0011 | Bye | Menezes (BRA) L 0000–0011 | |
| Andreea Chițu | −52 kg | Haddad (ALG) W 0100–0000 | Heylen (BEL) L 0000–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Corina Căprioriu | −57 kg | Wang (CHN) W 0102–0000 | Raguib (DJI) W 0100–0000 | Karakas (HUN) W 0000–0000 YUS | Malloy (USA) W 0100–0000 | Bye | Matsumoto (JPN) L 0000–0100 | |

## Rowing

For the first time in 36 years Romania did not win any medals in rowing.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marius Vasile Cozmiuc Florin Curuea George Alexandru Pălămariu Cristi-Ilie Pîrghie | Four | 5:52.87 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | 6:12.74 | 12 FB | 6:16.20 | 12 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Georgeta Andrunache Viorica Susanu | Pair | 7:05.39 | 3 R | 7:08.42 | 1 FA | 7:37.67 | 5 |
| Nicoleta Albu Enikő Barabás Roxana Cogianu Adelina Cojocariu Irina Dorneanu Teodora Gîdoiu Cristina Grigoraș Camelia Lupașcu Ioana Rotaru | Eight | 6:16.61 | 2 R | 6:16:16 | 2 FA | 6:17.64 | 4 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Alin Moldoveanu | 10 m air rifle | 599 | 2 | 702.1 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Lucia Mihalache | Skeet | 65 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Romanian swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Dragoș Agache | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.93 | =37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alexandru Coci | 200 m butterfly | 1:59.67 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Norbert Trandafir | 50 m freestyle | 22.22 NR | 15 Q | 22.30 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Norbert Trandafir | 100 m freestyle | 49.02 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Camelia Potec | 200 m freestyle | 2:01.15 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Camelia Potec | 400 m freestyle | 4:11.43 | 20 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Camelia Potec | 800 m freestyle | 8:38.44 | 23 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Romania qualified three athletes for singles table tennis events based on their world rankings as of 16 May 2011. Adrian Crișan qualified for the men's event; Daniela Dodean and Elizabeta Samara qualified for the women's.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Adrian Crișan | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Bye | He (ESP) W 4–2 | Boll (GER) W 4–1 | Chuang C-y (TPE) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniela Dodean | Women's singles | Bye | Bye | Bilenko (UKR) W 4–3 | Ding N (CHN) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elizabeta Samara | Women's singles | Bye | Bye | Meshref (EGY) W 4–1 | Tie Y N (HKG) W 4–2 | Li J (NED) L 2–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Adrian Ungur | Men's singles | Müller (LUX) L 3–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Horia Tecău Adrian Ungur | Men's doubles | — | Nestor / Pospisil (CAN) L 3–6, 6–7$^{(9–11)}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irina-Camelia Begu | Women's singles | Azarenka (BLR) L 1–6, 6–3, 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sorana Cîrstea | Women's singles | Pennetta (ITA) L 2–6, 6–4, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Simona Halep | Women's singles | Shvedova (KAZ) L 4–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sorana Cîrstea Simona Halep | Women's doubles | — | S Williams / V Williams (USA) L 3–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo
### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Romanian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
| № | Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of birth | 2012 club |
| 1 | Dragoș Stoenescu | GK | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 30 May 1979 | CS Dinamo București |
| 2 | Cosmin Radu | CF | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 110 kg (243 lb) | 9 November 1981 | HAVK Mladost |
| 3 | Tiberiu Negrean | D | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 1 September 1988 | Szolnoki Vizilabda SC |
| 4 | Nicolae Diaconu | D | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 4 September 1980 | CSM Oradea |
| 5 | Andrei Iosep | D | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | 20 September 1977 | CW Havarra |
| 6 | Andrei Bușilă | CB | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 10 November 1980 | CSM Oradea |
| 7 | Alexandru Matei | D | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 31 December 1980 | CS Dinamo București |
| 8 | Mihnea Chioveanu | CF | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 115 kg (254 lb) | 21 August 1987 | CSM Oradea |
| 9 | Dimitri Goantă | CB | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 113 kg (249 lb) | 17 July 1987 | SC Horgen |
| 10 | Ramiro Georgescu | D | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 27 November 1982 | Szolnoki Vizilabda SC |
| 11 | Alexandru Ghiban | CB | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 12 October 1986 | CSM Oradea |
| 12 | Kalman Kadar | CB | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 11 June 1979 | CSM Oradea |
| 13 | Mihai Drăgușin | GK | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 5 January 1984 | CSA Steaua București |
       Head coach: István Kovács

#### Group play

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Serbia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| Montenegro | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| Hungary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| United States | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Romania | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 2 | |
| Great Britain | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 77 | −49 | 0 | |
| 29 July 2012 18:20 | Report | Romania | 13–4 | Great Britain | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Anton Bervoets (NED) |
| Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Anton Bervoets (NED) |||
| 29 July 2012 18:20 | Report | Diaconu 4 | Goals | Parker 2 | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Anton Bervoets (NED) |
| 31 July 2012 19:40 | Report | United States | 10–8 | Romania | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) |
| Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) |||
| 31 July 2012 19:40 | Report | Varellas, Bailey 3 | Goals | Radu 4 | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) |
| 2 August 2012 15:30 | Report | Romania | 15–17 | Hungary | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Balfanbayev (KAZ), Sergi Sanchez (ESP) |
| Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Balfanbayev (KAZ), Sergi Sanchez (ESP) |||
| 2 August 2012 15:30 | Report | Bușilă, Ghiban 3 | Goals | Madaras 5 | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Balfanbayev (KAZ), Sergi Sanchez (ESP) |
| 4 August 2012 10:00 | Report | Montenegro | 12–8 | Romania | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ) |||
| 4 August 2012 10:00 | Report | Ivović 3 | Goals | Diaconu 3 | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
| 6 August 2012 14:10 | Report | Romania | 4–12 | Serbia | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Steven Rotsart (USA) |
| Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Steven Rotsart (USA) |||
| 6 August 2012 14:10 | Report | four players 1 | Goals | Nikić, Mitrović 3 | Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Steven Rotsart (USA) |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Florin Croitoru | Men's −56 kg | 121 | 8 | 147 | 9 | 268 | 9 |
| Răzvan Martin | Men's −69 kg | 152 | 2 | 180 | 4 | 322 | DSQ |
| Gabriel Sîncrăian | Men's −85 kg | 167 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Roxana Cocoș | Women's −69 kg | 113 | 4 | 143 | 2 | 256 | DSQ |

## Wrestling

Key:
* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rareș Chintoan | −120 kg | Bye | Shabanbay (KAZ) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu | −96 kg | Guri (BUL) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |