Romania_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics
Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Romania competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 159 competitors, 132 men and 27 women, took part in 102 events in 16 sports.[1]
Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | ROU (ROM used at these Games) |
NOC | Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee |
Website | www |
in Munich | |
Competitors | 159 (132 men and 27 women) in 16 sports |
Flag bearer | Aurel Vernescu (Canoe/Kayak) |
Medals Ranked 13th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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Men's 800 metres
- Heat — 1:50.1 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
- Heat — 3:44.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
- Qualifying Round — 2.15m
- Final — 2.10m (→ 16th place)
Women's Discus Throw
- Carmen Ionescu
- Qualifying Round — 57.82 m
- Final — 60.42 m (→ 7th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Qualification — 54.34 m
- Final — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- First Round — Lost to Enrique Rodríguez (ESP), 2:3
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Peter Tiepold (GDR), 1:4
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
- Ion Alexe → Silver Medal
- First Round — Defeated Jozsef Reder (HUN), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), 5:0
- Semifinals — Defeated Hasse Thomsén (SWE), 5:0
- Final — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), walk-over
One cyclist represented Romania in 1972.
- Teodor Vasile — 60th place
Men's 3m Springboard:
- Ion Ganea — 325.17 points (→ 21st place)
Men's 10m Platform:
- Ion Ganea — 265.83 points (→ 25th place)
Women's 3m Springboard:
- Sorana Prelipceanu — 242.61 points (→ 21st place)
- Melania Decuseara — 232.02 points (→ 27th place)
Women's 10m Platform:
- Melania Decuseara — 182.82 points (→ 16th place)
19 fencers, 15 men and 4 women, represented Romania in 1972.
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Group C
- Defeated Norway (18-14)
- Defeated Spain (15-12)
- Defeated West Germany (13-11)
- Main Round Group II
- Defeated Hungary (20-14)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (13-14)
- Final Round, Bronze Medal Match
- Defeated East Germany (19-16)
Three male pentathletes represented Romania in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Dumitru Spîrlea - 4754 pts (→ 23rd place)
- Marian Cosmescu - 4890 (→ 38th place)
- Adalbert Covacs - 4381 points (→ 48th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Spirlea, Cosmescu, and Covacs - 13655 points (→ 12th place)
Men's Coxed Pairs
Ten male shooters represented Romania in 1972. Daniel Iuga won silver in the 50 m pistol and Nicolae Rotaru won bronze in the 50 m rifle, prone event.
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Heat — 55.35s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Heat — 2:00.23 (→ did not advance)
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Lost to Japan 0-3 (4, 5, 6)
- Defeated West Germany 3-0 (9,1,8)
- Lost to Brazil 2-3 (-16,11,-7,11,-12)
- Defeated Cuba 3-0 (7,15,13)
- Lost to East Germany 0-3 (-10,-12,-7)
- Final Round (places 5-8)
- Defeated South Korea 3-0 (12, 7, 8)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia 3-1 (-8, 7, 10,14) →5th place
- Team Roster
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to United States (3-4)
- Lost to Yugoslavia (7-8)
- Lost to Cuba (3-4)
- Defeated Canada (16-4)
- Defeated Mexico (9-6)
- Final Round (Group II)
- Defeated Spain (7-4)
- Defeated Bulgaria (4-3)
- Drew with the Netherlands (5-5)
- Defeated Australia (5-3) → 8th place
- Team Roster
- "Romania at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-20.