# Romania at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 98 competitors, 82 men and 16 women, took part in 65 events in 13 sports.

## Medalists

* Medal
* Gold
* Gold
* Gold
* Silver
* Bronze
* Bronze
* Bronze
* Bronze
* Bronze
* Bronze
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | | | | |
| Boxing | | | | |
| Canoeing | | | | |
| Fencing | | | | |
| Gymnastics | | | | |
| Shooting | | | | |
| Wrestling | | | | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | | | | |
| Female | | | | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |

### Gold

* Iolanda Balaş — Athletics, Women's High Jump
* Ion Dumitrescu — Shooting, Men's Trap
* Dumitru Pârvulescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

### Silver

* Ion Cernea — Wrestling, Men's Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

### Bronze

* Lia Manoliu — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
* Ion Monea — Boxing, Men's Middleweight (—75 kg)
* Leon Rotman — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000m
* Maria Vicol — Fencing, Women's Individual Foil
* Atanasia Ionescu, Sonia Iovan, Elena Leuşteanu, Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă, Elena Niculescu, Uta Poreceanu — Gymnastics, Women's Team All-Around
* Ion Ţăranu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

## Cycling

Six cyclists, all males, represented Romania in 1960.

### Individual road race

* Ion Cosma
* Gheorghe Calcişcă
* Gabriel Moiceanu
* Aurel Şelaru

### Team time trial

* Ion Cosma
* Gabriel Moiceanu
* Aurel Şelaru
* Ludovic Zanoni

### 1000m time trial

* Ion Ioniţă

## Fencing

15 fencers, 11 men and 4 women, represented Romania in 1960.

### Men's foil

* Tănase Mureșanu
* Attila Csipler
* Ion Drîmbă

### Men's team foil

* Iosif Szilaghi, Sorin Poenaru, Attila Csipler, Tănase Mureșanu

### Men's épée

* Adalbert Gurath, Jr.

### Men's sabre

* Ladislau Rohony
* Emeric Arus
* Dumitru Mustață

### Men's team sabre

* Dumitru Mustață, Cornel Pelmuș, Ion Santo, Ladislau Rohony, Emeric Arus

### Women's foil

* Maria Vicol
* Olga Orban-Szabo
* Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr

### Women's team foil

* Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr, Eugenia Mateianu, Olga Orban-Szabo, Maria Vicol

## Rowing

Romania had eight male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1960.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ştefan Kurecska Gheorghe Riffelt | Coxless pair | 7:35.77 | 4 R | 7:59.67 | 4 | — | — | — | 18 |
| Ştefan Kurecska Gheorghe Riffelt Mircea Roger | Coxed pair | 7:43.38 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | — | — | 7:49.57 | 6 |
| Martin Bielz Ionel Petrov Ștefan Pongratz Iosif Varga | Coxless four | 6:43.45 | 2 R | 6:47.04 | 2 | — | — | — | 10 |
| Martin Bielz Petre Milincovici Ionel Petrov Ștefan Pongratz Mircea Roger | Coxed four | 6:47.71 | 3 R | 6:55.63 | 2 Q | 7:10.58 | 5 | — | 9 |

## Shooting

Nine shooters represented Romania in 1960. Ion Dumitrescu won the gold medal in the trap event.

### 25 m pistol

* Ştefan Petrescu
* Gavril Maghiar

### 50 m pistol

* Gavril Maghiar
* Ilie Nițu

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* Constantin Antonescu
* Marin Ferecatu

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Iosif Sîrbu
* Nicolae Rotaru

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Iosif Sîrbu
* Nicolae Rotaru

### Trap

* Ion Dumitrescu
* Gheorghe Enache