# Romania at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 68 competitors, 32 men and 36 women, took part in 59 events in 10 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Sorin Babii | Shooting | Men's 50 metre pistol | 18 September |
| Gold | Rodica Arba Olga Homeghi-Bularda | Rowing | Women's coxless pair | 24 September |
| Gold | Daniela Silivaș | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars | 25 September |
| Gold | Daniela Silivaș | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 25 September |
| Gold | Daniela Silivaș | Gymnastics | Women's floor | 25 September |
| Gold | Vasile Pușcașu | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg | 30 September |
| Gold | Paula Ivan | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 1 October |
| Silver | Noëmi Lung | Swimming | Women's 400 metre individual medley | 19 September |
| Silver | Aurelia Dobre Eugenia Golea Celestina Popa Gabriela Potorac Daniela Silivaș Camelia Voinea | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around | 21 September |
| Silver | Daniela Silivaș | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | 23 September |
| Silver | Veronica Cogeanu Liliana Geneș Elisabeta Lipă | Rowing | Women's double sculls | 24 September |
| Silver | Marin Gheorghe Ladislau Lovrenschi Dimitrie Popescu Valentin Robu Ioan Snep Vasile Tomoiagă | Rowing | Men's coxed four | 24 September |
| Silver | Dănuț Dobre Dragoș Neagu | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | 24 September |
| Silver | Herta Anitaș Rodica Arba Mihaela Armășescu Doina Liliana Bălan Adriana Bazon Olga Homeghi-Bularda Viorica Ilica Veronica Necula Ecaterina Oancia Livia Țicanu Marioara Trașcă | Rowing | Women's eight | 25 September |
| Silver | Gabriela Potorac | Gymnastics | Women's vault | 25 September |
| Silver | Paula Ivan | Athletics | Women's 3000 metres | 25 September |
| Silver | Nicu Vlad | Weightlifting | Men's 100 kg | 26 September |
| Silver | Daniel Dumitrescu | Boxing | Featherweight | 2 October |
| Bronze | Herta Anitaș Mihaela Armășescu Doina Liliana Bălan Adriana Bazon Veronica Necula Ecaterina Oancia Marioara Trașcă | Rowing | Women's coxed four | 24 September |
| Bronze | Marius Gherman | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | 24 September |
| Bronze | Noëmi Lung | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley | 24 September |
| Bronze | Anișoara Bălan Doina Ciucanu Veronica Cogeanu Elisabeta Lipă Anișoara Minea | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls | 25 September |
| Bronze | Daniela Silivaș | Gymnastics | Women's vault | 25 September |
| Bronze | Gabriela Potorac | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam | 25 September |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Boxing | 2 | – | 2 |
| Canoeing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Fencing | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gymnastics | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Rowing | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| Shooting | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Swimming | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Weightlifting | 4 | – | 4 |
| Wrestling | 4 | – | 4 |
| Total | 32 | 36 | 68 |

## Athletics

Men's High Jump
* Sorin Matei
Women's 1,500 metres
* Paula Ivan
* Doina Melinte
Women's 3,000 metres
* Paula Ivan
* Maricica Puică
Women's High Jump
* Galina Astafei

## Fencing

Two female fencers represented Romania in 1988.

### Women's foil

* Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan
* Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo

## Swimming

Women's 50m Freestyle
* Tamara Costache
   * Heat – 26.06
   * Final – 25.80 (→ 6th place)
* Liliana Dobrescu
   * Heat – 26.56 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
* Liliana Dobrescu
   * Heat – 56.67
   * B-Final – 56.79 (→ 11th place)
* Tamara Costache
   * Heat – 56.79
   * B-Final – 57.11 (→ 16th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
* Liliana Dobrescu
   * Heat – 2:01.93
   * B-Final – 2:01.98 (→ 12th place)
* Stela Marian Pura
   * Heat – 2:02.26
   * B-Final – 2:02.30 (→ 13th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
* Noemi Lung
   * Heat – 4:12.42
   * B-Final – 4:11.68 (→ 10th place)
* Stela Marian Pura
   * Heat – 4:15.78
   * B-Final – 4:12.14 (→ 11th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
* Aneta Patrscoiu
   * Heat – 1:03.29
   * B-Final – 1:03.33 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
* Aneta Patrscoiu
   * Heat – 2:17.25
   * B-Final – 2:15.75 (→ 9th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly
* Stela Marian Pura
   * Heat – 1:03.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200m Butterfly
* Stela Marian Pura
   * Heat – 2:12.53
   * Final – 2:11.28 (→ 4th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
* Noemi Lung
   * Heat – 2:15.55
   * Final – 2:14.85 (→ Bronze Medal)
* Aneta Patrascoiu
   * Heat – 2:17.39
   * Final – 2:16.70 (→ 6th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley
* Noemi Lung
   * Heat – 4:41.96
   * Final – 4:39.46 (→ Silver Medal)