# Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Summer Games for the nation after the fall of Communism in 1989. 172 competitors, 104 men and 68 women, took part in 128 events in 18 sports.

## Medalists

Romania finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 18 medals overall.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Dimitrie Popescu Dumitru Răducanu Iulică Ruican Neculai Țaga Viorel Talapan | Rowing | Men's coxed four | 1 August |
| Gold | Lavinia Miloșovici | Gymnastics | Women's vault | 1 August |
| Gold | Lavinia Miloșovici | Gymnastics | Women's floor | 1 August |
| Gold | Elisabeta Lipă | Rowing | Women's single sculls | 2 August |
| Silver | Cristina Bontaș Gina Gogean Vanda Hădărean Lavinia Miloșovici Maria Neculiță Mirela Pașca | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around | 28 July |
| Silver | Veronica Cochela Elisabeta Lipă | Rowing | Women's double sculls | 1 August |
| Silver | Veronica Cochela Anişoara Dobre Doina Ignat Constanța Pipotă | Rowing | Women's quadruple sculls | 2 August |
| Silver | Adriana Bazon Iulia Bobeică Elena Georgescu Victoria Lepădatu Veronica Necula Ioana Olteanu Maria Pădurariu Doina Robu Doina Liliana Șnep | Rowing | Women's eight | 2 August |
| Silver | Dănuț Dobre Marin Gheorghe Gabriel Marin Vasile Măstăcan Vasile Năstase Valentin Robu Iulică Ruican Viorel Talapan Ioan Vizitiu | Rowing | Men's eight | 2 August |
| Silver | Alina Astafei | Athletics | Women's high jump | 8 August |
| Bronze | Traian Cihărean | Weightlifting | Men's 52 kg | 26 July |
| Bronze | Sorin Babii | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air pistol | 28 July |
| Bronze | Ioan Grigoraș | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg | 29 July |
| Bronze | Lavinia Miloșovici | Gymnastics | Women's artistic individual all-around | 30 July |
| Bronze | Cristina Bontaș | Gymnastics | Women's floor | 1 August |
| Bronze | Dimitrie Popescu Dumitru Răducanu Neculai Țaga | Rowing | Men's coxed pair | 2 August |
| Bronze | Laura Badea Roxana Dumitrescu Claudia Grigorescu Reka Szabo Elisabeta Tufan | Fencing | Women's team foil | 4 August |
| Bronze | Leonard Doroftei | Boxing | Light welterweight | 7 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fencing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Rowing | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
Medals by gender :
| Gender | | | | Total |
| Male | | | | |
| Female | | | | |
| Total | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 5 | – | 5 |
| Canoeing | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Diving | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Fencing | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Gymnastics | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Handball | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Judo | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | – | 1 |
| Rowing | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| Shooting | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Swimming | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Tennis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Weightlifting | 6 | – | 6 |
| wrestling | 11 | – | 11 |
| Total | 105 | 68 | 173 |

## Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles
* Mircea Oaida
   * Heats — 14.04 (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
* Bogdan Tudor
   * Qualification — 8.07 m
   * Final — 7.61 m (→ 12th place)
Men's Discus Throw
* Costel Grasu
   * Qualification — 63.06 m
   * Final — 62.86 m (→ 4th place)
Men's Shot Put
* Gheorghe Gușet
   * Qualification — 18.96 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 800 metres
* Ella Kovacs
   * Heat — 1:59.88
   * Semifinal — 2:00.89
   * Final — 1:57.95 (→ 6th place)
* Leontina Salagean
   * Heat — 2:01.44 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles
* Nicoleta Carutasu
   * Heat — 57.18 (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon
* Elena Murgoci — 3:01.46 (→ 32nd place)
Women's High Jump
* Galina Astafei
   * Qualification — 1.92 m
   * Final — 2.00 m (→ Silver Medal)
* Oana Musunoi
   * Qualification — 1.86 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
* Mirela Dulgheru
   * Heat — 6.83 m
   * Final — 6.71 m (→ 4th place)
* Marieta Ilcu
   * Heat — 6.46 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
* Nicoleta Grasu
   * Heat — 60.62m (→ did not advance)
* Manuela Tirneci
   * Heat — 59.44m (→ did not advance)
* Cristina Boit
   * Heat — 56.68m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
* Petra Vaideanu
   * Final result — 6152 points (→ 13th place)

## Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Valentin Barbu
   * First Round – Defeated Mohammed Haioun (ALG), 11:2
   * Second Round – Defeated Tadahiro Sasaki (JPN), 10:7
   * Quarterfinals – Lost to Jan Quast (GER), 7:15

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Gabriel Cherecheș | 10m platform | 327.72 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Clara Elena Ciocan | 10m platform | 283.92 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ionica Tudor | 3 m springboard | 258.15 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ioana Voicu | 10m platform | 288.87 | 12 Q | 369.87 | 9 |

## Fencing

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women represented Romania in 1992.

### Men's épée

* Adrian Pop
* Gabriel Pantelimon
* Cornel Milan

### Men's team épée

* Adrian Pop, Gabriel Pantelimon, Cornel Milan, Gheorghe Epurescu, Nicolae Mihăilescu

### Men's sabre

* Daniel Grigore
* Vilmoș Szabo
* Alexandru Chiculiță

### Men's team sabre

* Alexandru Chiculiță, Victor Găureanu, Daniel Grigore, Florin Lupeică, Vilmoș Szabo

### Women's foil

* Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo
* Claudia Grigorescu
* Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan

### Women's team foil

* Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo, Claudia Grigorescu, Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan, Laura Cârlescu-Badea, Roxana Dumitrescu

## Handball
### Preliminary round
#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| Unified Team | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 98 | +23 | 10 |
| France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 98 | +13 | 8 |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 98 | −1 | 6 |
| Romania | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 107 | 115 | −8 | 3 |
| Germany | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 103 | −6 | 3 |
| Egypt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 113 | −21 | 0 |
| Results | | | | | | |
| Unified Team | | 23–22 | 24–18 | 27–25 | 25–15 | 22–18 |
| France | 22–23 | | 18–16 | 26–20 | 23–20 | 22–19 |
| Spain | 18–24 | 16–18 | | 21–20 | 19–18 | 23–18 |
| Romania | 25–27 | 20–26 | 20–21 | | 20–20 | 22–21 |
| Germany | 15–25 | 20–23 | 18–19 | 20–20 | | 24–16 |
| Egypt | 18–22 | 19–22 | 18–23 | 21–22 | 16–24 | |

### 7th/8th classification

| August 7 19:00 | Romania | 19–23 | Hungary |
| August 7 19:00 | | (13-9) | |
* Team roster
   * Daniel Apostu
   * Dumitru Berbece
   * Mitica Bontas
   * Alexandru Buligan
   * Alexandru Dedu
   * Marian Dumitru
   * Robert Ioan Licu
   * Ion Mocanu
   * Costica Neagu
   * Adi Daniel Popovici
   * Ioan Rudi Prisacaru
   * Ionel Radu
   * Gheorghe-Titel Raduta
   * Gabriel Sorin Toacsen
   * Maricel Voinea
   * Valentin Cristian Zaharia
* Head coach: Cezar Paul Nica

## Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Romania in 1992.

### Individual

* Marian Gheorghe

## Rowing

Men's Coxless Pairs
* Vasile Tomoiagă and Dragoș Neagu
Men's Coxed Pairs
* Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga and Dumitru Răducanu
Men's Coxless Fours
* Vasile Hanuseac, Nicolae Spîrcu, Florin Ene, and Ioan Snep
Men's Coxed Fours
* Viorel Talapan, Iulică Ruican, Dimitrie Popescu, Nicolae Țaga, and Dumitru Răducanu
Men's eight
* Ioan Vizitiu, Dănuț Dobre, Gabriel Marin, Iulică Ruican, Viorel Talapan, Vasile Năstase, Valentin Robu, Vasile Măstăcan, and Marin Gheorghe
Women's Single Sculls
* Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă
Women's Double Sculls
* Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă and Veronica Cogeanu-Cochela
Women's Coxless Pairs
* Doina Șnep-Bălan and Doina Robu
Women's Quadruple Sculls
* Constanța Burcică-Pipota, Vera Cochela, Anișoara Dobre-Bălan, and Doina Ignat — Rowing, Women's Quadruple Sculls
Women's Coxless Fours
* Victoria Lepădatu, Iulia Bobeică, Adriana Chelariu-Bazon, and Maria Pădurariu
Women's eight
* Adriana Bazon-Chelariu, Iulia Bobeica, Elena Georgescu, Victoria Lepădatu, Viorica Neculai, Ioana Olteanu, Maria Păduraru, and Doina Robu — Rowing, Women's Eights

## Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle
* Robert Pinter
   * Heat – 1:52.24 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
* Robert Pinter
   * Heat – 1:59.59
   * Final – 1:59.34 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
* Marian Satnoianu
   * Heat – 2:06.45 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Marian Satnoianu
   * Heat – 4:26.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
* Liliana Dobrescu
   * Heat – 26.76 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
* Diana Ureche
   * Heat – 26.96 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Liliana Dobrescu
   * Heat – 56.45
   * B-Final – 56.17 (→ 10th place)
* Diana Ureche
   * Heat – 58.83 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
* Liliana Dobrescu
   * Heat – 2:00.51
   * Final – 2:00.48 (→ 5th place)
* Carla Negrea
   * Heat – 2:03.16
   * B-Final – 2:02.96 (→ 15th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
* Beatrice Coada
   * Heat – 4:16.23
   * B-Final – 4:14.90 (→ 12th place)
* Carla Negrea
   * Heat – 4:17.00
   * B-Final – 4:14.92 (→ 13th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
* Beatrice Coada
   * Heat – 8:44.17 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
* Carla Negrea
   * Heat – 8:48.36 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
* Claudia Stanescu
   * Heat – 1:04.44 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
* Claudia Stanescu
   * Heat – 2:18.39 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Beatrice Coada
   * Heat – 2:34.97 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Diana Ureche
   * Heat – 1:02.72 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
* Iuliana Pantilimon
   * Heat – 1:04.07 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
* Iuliana Pantilimon
   * Heat – 2:15.44
   * B-Final – 2:14.95 (→ 14th place)
* Corina Dumitru
   * Heat – 2:16.86 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
* Noemi Lung
   * Heat – 2:18.12
   * B-Final – 2:18.97 (→ 13th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
* Beatrice Coada
   * Heat – 4:48.12
   * B-Final – 4:50.60 (→ 15th place)
* Noemi Lung
   * Heat – 4:53.91 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Diana Ureche, Carla Negrea, Beatrice Coada, and Liliana Dobrescu
   * Heat – 3:55.52 (→ did not advance, 12th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Claudia Stanescu, Beatrice Coada, Diana Ureche, and Liliana Dobrescu
   * Heat – 4:17.91 (→ did not advance, 12th place)

## Tennis

Men's Singles Competition
* Andrei Pavel
   * First round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 5-7, 2-6, 2-6
Men's Doubles Competition
* George Cosac and Dinu Pescariu
   * First round — Defeated László Markovits and Sándor Noszály (Hungary) retired
   * Second round — Defeated Omar Camporese and Diego Nargiso (Italy) 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
   * Quarterfinals — Lost to Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval (South Africa) 0-6, 3-6, 2-6
Women's Singles Competition
* Irina Spîrlea
   * First Round – Lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) 1-6, 3-6