# Romania at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 165 competitors, 98 men and 67 women, took part in 122 events in 18 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Laura Badea | Fencing | Women's individual foil | July 22 |
| Gold | Simona Amânar | Gymnastics | Women's vault | July 28 |
| Gold | Constanța Burcică-Pipota Camelia Macoviciuc | Rowing | Women's lightweight double sculls | July 28 |
| Gold | Vera Cochela Liliana Gafencu Elena Georgescu Doina Ignat Elisabeta Lipă Ioana Olteanu Mărioara Popescu Doina Spircu Anca Tănase | Rowing | Women's eight | July 28 |
| Silver | Gabriela Szabo | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | August 3 |
| Silver | Antonel Borșan Marcel Glăvan | Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 metres | August 3 |
| Silver | Laura Badea Roxana Scarlat Reka Szabo | Fencing | Women's team foil | July 25 |
| Silver | Marius Urzică | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse | July 28 |
| Silver | Dan Burincă | Gymnastics | Men's rings | July 28 |
| Silver | Gina Gogean | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | July 25 |
| Silver | Simona Amânar | Gymnastics | Women's floor | July 29 |
| Bronze | Leonard Doroftei | Boxing | Lightweight | August 4 |
| Bronze | Marian Simion | Boxing | Welterweight | August 4 |
| Bronze | Gheorghe Andriev Grigore Obreja | Canoeing | Men's C-2 500 metres | August 4 |
| Bronze | Simona Amânar | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | July 25 |
| Bronze | Lavinia Miloșovici | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | July 25 |
| Bronze | Gina Gogean | Gymnastics | Women's vault | July 28 |
| Bronze | Gina Gogean | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | July 29 |
| Bronze | Simona Amânar Gina Gogean Ionela Loaieș Alexandra Marinescu Lavinia Miloșovici Mirela Ţugurlan | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around | July 23 |
| Bronze | Nicu Vlad | Weightlifting | Men's 108 kg | July 30 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fencing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Rowing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Female | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| Total | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 |

## Athletics

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
   * Qualification — 7.96m (→ did not advance)
* Bogdan Tudor
   * Qualification — 7.88m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
* Costel Grasu
   * Qualification — 58.56m (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk
* Costică Bălan
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
   * Qualification — 58.10m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
* Mihaela Gheorghiu
   * Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Women's Triple Jump
* Rodica Mateescu
   * Qualification — 14.22m
   * Final — 14.21m (→ 8th place)
Women's Heptathlon
* Liliana Nastase
   * Final Result — 5847 points (→ 22nd place)
Women's Marathon
* Lidia Șimon — 2:31.04 (→ 6th place)
* Anuța Cătună — 2:42.01 (→ 44th place)
* Cristina Pomacu — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 10 km Walk
* Norica Câmpean — 46:19 (→ 29th place)

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Sabin Bornei
   * First Round — Defeated José Pérez Reyes (Dominican Republic), 16-10
   * Second Round — Lost to Somrot Kamsing (Thailand), 7-18
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* George Olteanu
   * 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 (Hungary), 2-24
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
* Leonard Doroftei → 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 (Georgia), 17-8
   * Semi Finals — Lost to Hocine Soltani (Algeria), 6-9
Men's Lightweight (– 67 kg)
* Marian Simion → Bronze Medal
   * First Round — Defeated Hussein Bayram (France), 13-6
   * Second Round — Defeated Fernando Vargas (United States), 8-7
   * Quarter Finals — Defeated Hasan Al (Denmark), 16-8
   * Semi Finals — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 7-20
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
* Francisc Vaștag
   * First Round — Lost to Markus Beyer (Germany), 12-17
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
* Ovidiu Bali
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Lost to Christophe Mendy (France), referee stopped contest in second round

## Diving

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)

## Fencing

Nine fencers, six men and three women, represented Romania in 1996.

### Men's épée

* Gheorghe Epurescu
* Gabriel Pantelimon
* Aurel Bratu

### Men's team épée

* Aurel Bratu, Gheorghe Epurescu, Gabriel Pantelimon

### Men's sabre

* Vilmoș Szabo
* Florin Lupeică
* Mihai Covaliu

### Men's team sabre

* Florin Lupeică, Mihai Covaliu, Vilmoș Szabo

### Women's foil

* Laura Cârlescu-Badea
* Roxana Scarlat
* Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo

### Women's team foil

* Laura Cârlescu-Badea, Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo, Roxana Scarlat

## Modern pentathlon

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

## Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle
* Nicolae Ivan
   * Heat — 51.14 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
* Nicolae Butacu
   * Heat — 1:50.83
   * B-Final — 1:51.46 (→ 16th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Nicolae Butacu
   * Heat — 56.73 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
* Nicolae Butacu
   * Heat — 2:08.59 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Răzvan Petcu
   * Heat — 55.50 (→ did not advance, 35th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Nicolae Ivan, Răzvan Petcu, Horațiu Badiță, and Alexandru Ioanovici
   * Heat — 3:21.66 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
* Luminița Dobrescu
   * Heat — 26.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Luminița Dobrescu
   * Heat — 56.27
   * B-Final — 55.98 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
* Luminița Dobrescu
   * Heat — 2:00.85
   * Final — 2:01.63 (→ 8th place)
* Ioana Diaconescu
   * 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
   * 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 Câșlaru
   * Heat — 2:16.80
   * B-Final — 2:16.75 (→ 12th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
* Beatrice Câșlaru
   * Heat — 4:44.66
   * Final — 4:44.91 (→ 6th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Ioana Diaconescu, Florina Herea, Andrea Trufașu, and Luminița Dobrescu
   * Heat – 3:48.43 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
* Luminița Dobrescu, Loredana Zisu, Ioana Diaconescu, and Carla Negrea
   * Heat – 8:10.77
   * Final – 8:10.02 (→ 7th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Catalina Căsaru, Beatrice Câșlaru, Loredana Zisu, and Luminița Dobrescu
   * Heat – 4:16.18 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

## Tennis

Women's Singles Competition
* Cătălina Cristea
   * First round — Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 6-2 4-6 2-6
* Ruxandra Dragomir
   * First round — Lost to Jana Novotná (Czech Republic) 4-6 4-4 retired

## Water polo
### 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

Men's 108 kg
* Nicu Vlad
   * Snatch — 197.5 kg
   * Clean & Jerk — 222.5 kg
   * Total — 420.0 kg (→ Bronze Medal)