Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Romania
competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens
, Greece
.
Romania's sports in Greece
included rowing
, gymnastics
, swimming
, athletics
, boxing
and canoeing
.
Women's 800 metres:
Women's 1500 metres:
Women's 10000 metres:
Women's 4x400 metre relay:
Women's Marathon:
Women's 20 km walk:
Men's long jump:
Women's long jump:
Men's triple jump:
Women's triple jump:
Men's high jump:
Women's high jump:
Men's shot put:
Women's discus:
Women's javelin:
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Men's C1 1000 metres:
Men's C2 500 metres:
Men's C2 1000 metres:
Men's K2 500 metres:
Women's K2 500 metres:
Men's K4 1000 metres:
Women's Épée Individual:
Women's Foil Individual:
Men's Sabre Individual:
Women's Sabre Individual:
Women's artistic: gold medal team
Men's 100+ kg:
Women's 48 kg:
Women's 52 kg:
Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle
Men's 100 metres Backstroke
Men's 200 metres Backstroke
Men's 100 metres Butterfly
Men's 200 metres Butterfly
Women's 200 metres Freestyle
Women's 400 metres Freestyle
Women's 800 metres Freestyle
Women's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay
Women's 200 metres Individual Medley
Women's 400 metres Individual Medley
Men's Doubles
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
.
Romania's sports in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
included rowing
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....
, gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...
, athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...
, boxing
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...
and canoeing
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines....
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Gold
- Oana BanOana BanOana Mihaela Ban is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic gold medalist with the team and a world silver medalist on beam and with the team...
, Alexandra EremiaAlexandra EremiaAlexandra Georgiana Eremia is a Romanian artistic gymnast. Her best apparatus was the balance beam on which she had an interesting routine starting with her trademark split mount. She is an Olympic and a European gold medalist with the team. Individually, she won several medals on beam in...
, Cătălina PonorCatalina PonorCătălina Ponor is a gymnast from Constanţa, Romania. After beginning training with the national team in 2002, Ponor won several medals with the Romanian team, along with individual balance beam and floor exercise medals. Almost unknown until late 2003, Ponor has made several important...
, Monica RoşuMonica RosuMonica Roşu is an artistic gymnast from Romania. During her career she won two Olympic gold medals , a silver medal with the team at world championships and two gold continental medals ....
, Nicoleta Daniela ŞofronieNicoleta Daniela SofronieNicoleta Daniela Sofronie, is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic and a European gold medalist with the team. She is also an Olympic silver medalist of floor and the 2004 European all around silver medalist.-Gymnastics career:She started gymnastics in 1992 in her hometown Constanţa and...
, and Silvia StroescuSilvia StroescuSilvia Alexandra Stroescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic, world, and European gold medalist with the team. A skill on the floor exercise is named after her; "Stroescu" is a stretched forward salto with 2½ twists.-Early life and career:She was one of the most successful junior...
— GymnasticsGymnastics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, Women's Team All-Around
- Monica RoşuMonica RosuMonica Roşu is an artistic gymnast from Romania. During her career she won two Olympic gold medals , a silver medal with the team at world championships and two gold continental medals ....
— GymnasticsGymnastics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, Women's Vault
- Cătălina PonorCatalina PonorCătălina Ponor is a gymnast from Constanţa, Romania. After beginning training with the national team in 2002, Ponor won several medals with the Romanian team, along with individual balance beam and floor exercise medals. Almost unknown until late 2003, Ponor has made several important...
— GymnasticsGymnastics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, Women's Beam
- Cătălina PonorCatalina PonorCătălina Ponor is a gymnast from Constanţa, Romania. After beginning training with the national team in 2002, Ponor won several medals with the Romanian team, along with individual balance beam and floor exercise medals. Almost unknown until late 2003, Ponor has made several important...
— GymnasticsGymnastics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, Women's Floor Exercise
- Constanţa BurcicăConstanta BurcicaConstanţa Burcică is a Romanian Olympic rower. She has been in the winning boat all three times the women's lightweight double scull event has been held at the Olympics....
, Angela AlupeiAngela AlupeiAngela Alupei, née Tamaş is a Romanian Olympic rower, born in Bacău, Romania. She has been rowing since she was 17 years of age. When not competing, she is a police officer....
— RowingRowing at the 2004 Summer OlympicsRowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....
, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls
- Rodica FloreaRodica SerbanRodica Maria Şerban, née Florea is a Romanian rower. She achieved success in women's eight, where she won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2005 World Rowing Championships.- References :...
, Aurica BărascuAurica BărăscuAurica Bărăscu is a Romanian rower.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
, Ioana PapucIoana PapucIoana Cristina Papuc is a Romanian rower. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in women's eight. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she won a gold medal at the same discipline.- References :...
, Liliana GafencuLiliana GafencuLiliana Gafencu is a Romanian rower, who has won three Olympic gold medals in the eights competition.-External links:*...
, Elisabeta LipăElisabeta LipaElisabeta Lipă is a retired rower from Romania, who was born under the name of Elisabeta Oleniuc. She is the most decorated rower in the history of the Olympics, winning five golds, two silvers and one bronze...
, Georgeta DamianGeorgeta DamianGeorgeta Damian-Andrunache is a female rower from Romania and winner of five Olympic gold medals. She is married to Valeriu Andrunache....
, Doina IgnatDoina IgnatDoina Ignat is a Romanian rower, who has won six Olympic medals during her career.-References:* *...
, and Elena GeorgescuElena GeorgescuElena Georgescu-Nedelcu is a Romanian coxswain who has won five Olympic medals in the eights competition.-References:* *...
— RowingRowing at the 2004 Summer OlympicsRowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....
, Women's Eight
- Georgeta DamianGeorgeta DamianGeorgeta Damian-Andrunache is a female rower from Romania and winner of five Olympic gold medals. She is married to Valeriu Andrunache....
and Viorica SusanuViorica SusanuViorica Susanu is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the rowing World Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics...
— RowingRowing at the 2004 Summer OlympicsRowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....
, Women's Pair
- Camelia PotecCamelia PotecCamelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *...
— SwimmingSwimming at the 2004 Summer OlympicsSwimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...
, Women's 200 m Freestyle
Silver
- Marian OpreaMarian OpreaMarian Oprea is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters....
— AthleticsAthletics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...
, Men's Triple Jump
- Ionela Târlea-Manolache — AthleticsAthletics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...
, Women's 400 m Hurdles
- Marian DrăgulescuMarian DragulescuMarian Drăgulescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. During his senior gymnastics career he has won an impressive number of 26 medals at Olympic games, World or European Championships among which eight gold medals at World Championships...
— GymnasticsGymnastics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, Men's Floor Exercise
- Marius UrzicăMarius UrzicaMarius Daniel Urzică is a Romanian gymnast. Urzică is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a three-time European champion on pommel horse. He competed at three Olympic games, medaling each time on pommel horse and contributed to the team bronze in Athens 2004...
— GymnasticsGymnastics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, Men's Pommel Horse
- Nicoleta Daniela ŞofronieNicoleta Daniela SofronieNicoleta Daniela Sofronie, is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic and a European gold medalist with the team. She is also an Olympic silver medalist of floor and the 2004 European all around silver medalist.-Gymnastics career:She started gymnastics in 1992 in her hometown Constanţa and...
— GymnasticsGymnastics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, Women's Floor Exercise
Bronze
- Maria CioncanMaria CioncanMaria Cioncan was a middle distance runner from Romania, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Born in Maieru, she set personal bests in both 800 and 1500 metres during the games...
— AthleticsAthletics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...
, Women's 1500 m
- Ionuţ GheorgheIonut GheorgheIonuţ Gheorghe is a boxer from Romania.-Career:He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden...
— BoxingBoxing at the 2004 Summer OlympicsBoxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...
, Men's Light Welterweight
- Marian DrăgulescuMarian DragulescuMarian Drăgulescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. During his senior gymnastics career he has won an impressive number of 26 medals at Olympic games, World or European Championships among which eight gold medals at World Championships...
, Ilie Popescu, Dan Nicolae PotraDan Nicolae PotraDan Nicolae Potra is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who was Romania's first male gymnast to win the European all around title . He is an Olympic bronze medalist with the team and a three time continental gold medalist.-References:...
, Răzvan Selariu, Ioan Silviu SuciuIoan Silviu SuciuIoan Silviu Suciu is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. His best event was the pommel horse. One of his closest rivals was his team mate and pommel horse Olympic champion Marius Urzică, who was defeated by Suciu in Ljubljana, 2004, when the latter won the title while Urzică took 8th place...
, and Marius UrzicăMarius UrzicaMarius Daniel Urzică is a Romanian gymnast. Urzică is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a three-time European champion on pommel horse. He competed at three Olympic games, medaling each time on pommel horse and contributed to the team bronze in Athens 2004...
— GymnasticsGymnastics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, Men's Team All-Around
- Marian DrăgulescuMarian DragulescuMarian Drăgulescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. During his senior gymnastics career he has won an impressive number of 26 medals at Olympic games, World or European Championships among which eight gold medals at World Championships...
— GymnasticsGymnastics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, Men's Vault
- Alexandra Georgiana Eremia — GymnasticsGymnastics at the 2004 Summer OlympicsAt the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...
, Women's Beam
- Răzvan FloreaRazvan FloreaRăzvan Florea is a former Olympic and national record setting backstroke swimmer from Romania. He was the first Romanian male to win an Olympic medal in Swimming when he won the bronze medal in the 200 backstroke at the 2004 Olympics...
— SwimmingSwimming at the 2004 Summer OlympicsSwimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...
, Men's 200 m Backstroke
Athletics
Women's 400 metre hurdles:- Ionela Târlea-Manolache — Round 1: 54.41 s, Semifinal: 53.32 s, Final: 53.38 s (silver medal)
Women's 800 metres:
- Maria CioncanMaria CioncanMaria Cioncan was a middle distance runner from Romania, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Born in Maieru, she set personal bests in both 800 and 1500 metres during the games...
— Round 1: 1:59.64, Semifinal: 1:59.44, Final: 1:59.62 (7th place)
Women's 1500 metres:
- Maria CioncanMaria CioncanMaria Cioncan was a middle distance runner from Romania, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Born in Maieru, she set personal bests in both 800 and 1500 metres during the games...
— Round 1: 4:06.68, Semifinal: 4:06.69, Final: 3:58.39 (bronze medal) - Elena IagărElena IagarElena Antoci is a Romanian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In 2008 she was dropped from the Romanian Olympic team after testing positive for EPO....
— Round 1: 4:11.48 - Alina Cucerzan — Round 1: 4:18.07
Women's 10000 metres:
- Mihaela BotezanMihaela BotezanMihaela Maria Botezan is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the 10000 metres and the half marathon....
— 31:11.24 (NR) (11th place)
Women's 4x400 metre relay:
- Angela MoroşanuAngela MorosanuAngela Moroşanu is a female track and field sprinter from Romania.Moroşanu was discovered by Albu Ştefan who became her first trainer whilst she was at school in Belceşti, a village 40 km from Iaşi. She started out competing for sports clubs in Iaşi and Bacău...
, Alina Răpanu, Maria Rus, and Ionela Târlea-Manolache — Round 1: 3:27.36, Final: 3:26.81 (6th place)
Women's Marathon:
- Nuța OlaruNuţa OlaruNuța Olaru is a retired female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race during her career. She set her personal best in the women's marathon in Chicago, IL on October 10, 2004....
— 2:34:45 (13th place) - Constantina Diţă-Tomescu — 2:37:31 (20th place)
- Lidia SimonLidia SimonLidia Slavuteanu-Simon is a Romanian long-distance runner. She has represented Romania on four consecutive occasions at Olympic level and is a six-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics....
— DNF
Women's 20 km walk:
- Norica CâmpeanNorica CâmpeanNorica Câmpean is a retired female race walker from Romania.-Achievements:-References:*...
— 1:34:30 (27th place) - Ana Maria GrozaAna Maria GrozaAna Maria Groza is a female race walker from Romania.-Achievements:-References:*...
— 1:34:56 (29th place) - Daniela CârlanDaniela CârlanElena Daniela Cârlan is a female long-distance runner and former race walker from Romania.As a race walker her biggest successes were a fifth place in 5000 m walk at the 1998 World Junior Championships and a sixteenth place in 20 km at the 2004 World Race Walking Cup...
— 1:37:14 (37th place)
Men's long jump:
- Bogdan ŢăruşBogdan TarusGabriel Bogdan Ţăruş was a Romanian athlete who competed in long jump. According to the IAAF, he jumped an exceptional 7.53 at the age of twelve . He has, however, not had much success in World Championships or Olympic Games. His personal best is 8.29 metres, achieved in 1996...
— Final, 8.21 metres (8th place)
Women's long jump:
- Adina AntonAdina AntonAdina Anton is a Romanian long jumper. She finished 5th in the long jump final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. Anton was the 2002 World Junior champion and also competed in the 2004 Olympics....
— Round 1: 6.47 metres - Alina MilitaruAlina MilitaruAlina Ramona Militaru is a Romanian long jumper. Her personal best jump is 6.73 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Bucharest.-Achievements:-References:*...
— Round 1: No mark
Men's triple jump:
- Marian OpreaMarian OpreaMarian Oprea is a Romanian athlete, competing in triple jump, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games. His personal best is 17.81 meters....
— Final, 17.55 metres (silver medal)
Women's triple jump:
- Adelina GavrilăAdelina GavrilaAdelina Gavrilă is a Romanian triple jumper.She was a bronze medalist at the 1996 World Junior Championships. In 1998 she broke the 14-metre barrier for the first time, with 14.53 metres...
— Round 1: 14.56 metres, Final: 13.86 metres (15th place) - Mariana SolomonMariana SolomonMariana Solomon is a Romanian triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.42 metres, achieved at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . The result places her fifth on the all-time Romanian performers list, behind Rodica Mateescu, Adelina Gavrilă, Cristina Nicolau and Mihaela Gândila...
— Round 1: 14.42 metres
Men's high jump:
- Ştefan VasilacheStefan VasilacheŞtefan Vasilache is a Romanian high jumper.Vasilache finished eleventh at the 2001 Summer Universiade. At the 2004 World Indoor Championships, he jumped 2.25 metres which was enough to secure a surprising bronze medal, alongside Jaroslav Bába and Germaine Mason who achieved the same result...
— Round 1, 2.25 metres (did not advance)
Women's high jump:
- Oana PantelimonOana PantelimonOana Manuela Pantelimon, née Musunoiu is a Romanian high jumper.At the 2000 Olympic Games Pantelimon ended in third place, tied with Kajsa Bergqvist of Sweden. As the two athletes had an identical jumping record, with perfect attempts up to 1.99 where both had one foul, they shared the bronze medal...
— Round 1: 1.92 metres, Final: 1.93 metres (7th place) - Monica IagărMonica IagarMonica Dinescu-Iagăr is a Romanian athlete competing in high jump. Her personal best jump is 2.02 metres....
— Round 1: 1.95 metres, Final: 1.93 metres (8th place)
Men's shot put:
- Gheorghe GuşetGheorghe GusetGheorghe Guşet is a Romanian shot putter.As of September 2006 he is ranked 13th by the IAAF . Guset is noted for being competitive at such an advanced age , since most shot putters peak in their late 20s or early 30s....
— Round 1, 19.68 metres (did not advance)
Women's discus:
- Nicoleta GrasuNicoleta GrasuLenuţa Nicoleta Grasu is a Romanian discus thrower. She was born on 11 September 1971 in Secuieni as Nicoleta Grădinaru, but took a new surname when she married fellow discus thrower Costel Grasu....
— Round 1: 61.91 metres, Final: 64.92 metres (6th place)
Women's javelin:
- Felicia Ţilea-MoldovanFelicia Tilea-MoldovanFelicia Ţilea-Moldovan is a Romanian javelin thrower. She is a four-time Olympian, and winner of the gold medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Japan. Her personal best throw is 63.89 metres....
— Round 1: 62.05 metres, Final: 59.72 metres (11th place)
Boxing
Three Romanian boxers competed in Athens. None lost in the round of 32, as two won and the third had a bye. In the round of 16, though, one boxer was defeated. Another fell in the quarterfinal. The third survived to the semifinal, where he was defeated to finish with a bronze medal. That medal put Romania in a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medal count. The team's combined record was 5-3.Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Dorel SimionDorel SimionDorel Simion is a Romanian boxer. Simion won the Welterweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed "Bombardierul"...
- Round of 32 — Defeated Ryan Langham of AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, 40-15 - Round of 16 — Defeated Mikhail BiarnadskiMikhail BiarnadskiMikhail Biarnadski is a boxer from Belarus.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the second round of the Featherweight division by Romania's Viorel Simion...
of BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, 38-13 - Quarterfinal — Lost to Seok Hwan Jo of KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, 39-35
Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)
- Ionuţ GheorgheIonut GheorgheIonuţ Gheorghe is a boxer from Romania.-Career:He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by ending up in first place at the 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden...
— bronze medal - Round of 32 — Defeated Faisal Karim of PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, 26-11 - Round of 16 — Defeated Mustafa Karagollu of TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, 28-19 - Quarterfinal — Defeated Michele di RoccoMichele di RoccoMichele di Rocco is a boxer from Italy, competing in the Light Welterweight division. He represented his native country at the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships...
of ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 29-18 - Semifinal — Lost to Manus BoonjumnongManus BoonjumnongManus Boonjumnong is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics . He is the brother of Non Boonjumnong.-Amateur career:...
of ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, 30-9
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Marian SimionMarian SimionMarian Simion is a Romanian boxer, who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal...
- Round of 32 — Bye
- Round of 16 — Lost to Ramadan YasserRamadan YasserRamadan Yasser Abdel Ghaffar is a boxer from Egypt.-Career:Yasser won the gold medal in the men's middleweight division at the 1999 All-Africa Games and went to the Olympics 2000 where he lost his first match 7:8 to Korea's Im Jeong-Bin...
of EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, 36-29
Canoeing
Men's C1 500 metres:- Florin Georgian MironcicFlorin Georgian MironcicFlorin Georgian Mironcic is an athlete from Romania sprint canoer who has competed since 2003. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and two bronzes .Mironcic also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the C-1 1000 m event at...
— semifinal, 17th place
Men's C1 1000 metres:
- Mitică PricopMitica PricopMitică Pricop is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Sydney in 2000 with a gold in the C-2 1000 m and a bronze in the C-2 500 m events with Florin Popescu...
— semifinal, 13th place
Men's C2 500 metres:
- Silviu SimioncencuSilviu SimioncencuSilviu Simioncencu is a Romanian sprint canoer and three-time world champion in the Canadian canoe events....
and Florin PopescuFlorin PopescuFlorin Popescu is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two Olympic medals at Sydney in 2000 with teammate Mitică Pricop...
— final, 4th place
Men's C2 1000 metres:
- Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu — final, 4th place
Men's K2 500 metres:
- Marian BabanMarian BabanMarian Baban is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s...
and Ştefan VasileStefan VasileŞtefan Vasile is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he finished seventh in the K-4 1000 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event....
— semifinal, 17th place
Women's K2 500 metres:
- Florica VulpeşFlorica VulpeşFlorica Vulpeş is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. She won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and a bronze ....
and Lidia TalpăLidia TalpăLidia Talpă is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. She won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and a bronze ....
— semifinal, 11th place
Men's K4 1000 metres:
- Marian BabanMarian BabanMarian Baban is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s...
, Alexandru CeauşuAlexandru CeausuAlexandru Bodgan Ceauşu is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. He won two silver medals at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville, earning them in the K-4 200 m and K-4 500 m events.Ceauşu also finished seventh in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2004...
, Vasile CuruzanVasile CuruzanCorneli Vasile Curuzan is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers and a bronze .Curuzan also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh in the K-4 1000 m...
, and Ştefan Vasile — final, 7th place
Mountain biking
Men's Cross Country:- Ovidiu Tudor Oprea — 37th place, -1 lap
Diving
Women's 10 metre Platform:- Ramona Maria Ciobanu — preliminary, 24th place
Equestrian
Individual Eventing:- Viorel Bubau riding CarnavalCarnivalCarnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
— did not finish
Fencing
Men's Épée Individual:- Alexandru Nyisztor — defeated in round of 32
Women's Épée Individual:
- Ana Maria BrânzăAna Maria BrânzaAna Maria Brânză is a Romanian épée fencer.On January 25, 2008, Ana-Maria Brânză captured the inaugural women's 2009 Qatar Fencing Épée Grand Prix individual's title....
— defeated in round of 16
Women's Foil Individual:
- Laura Badea-Cârlescu — defeated in quarterfinals
- Roxana Scarlat — defeated in round of 16
Men's Sabre Individual:
- Mihai CovaliuMihai CovaliuMihai Claudiu Covaliu is a Romanian retired sabre fencer.Covaliu won the gold medal in the individual sabre event at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games and the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games....
— defeated in quarterfinals
Women's Sabre Individual:
- Cătălina Gheorghiţoaia — 4th place
Gymnastics
Men's artistic: bronze medal team- Marian DrăgulescuMarian DragulescuMarian Drăgulescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. During his senior gymnastics career he has won an impressive number of 26 medals at Olympic games, World or European Championships among which eight gold medals at World Championships...
— advanced in three exercises - Floor — silver medals
- Vault — bronze medal
- All-around — 8th place
- Marius UrzicăMarius UrzicaMarius Daniel Urzică is a Romanian gymnast. Urzică is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a three-time European champion on pommel horse. He competed at three Olympic games, medaling each time on pommel horse and contributed to the team bronze in Athens 2004...
— advanced in one exercise - Pommel horse — silver medal
- Ioan Silviu SuciuIoan Silviu SuciuIoan Silviu Suciu is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. His best event was the pommel horse. One of his closest rivals was his team mate and pommel horse Olympic champion Marius Urzică, who was defeated by Suciu in Ljubljana, 2004, when the latter won the title while Urzică took 8th place...
— advanced in one exercise - All-around — 4th place
- Ilie Daniel PopescuIlie Daniel PopescuIlie Daniel Popescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. He is an Olympic bronze medalist, a world silver medalist and a multiple European medalist. His best event is the vault.-External links:...
— did not advance in any exercise - Dan Nicolae PotraDan Nicolae PotraDan Nicolae Potra is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who was Romania's first male gymnast to win the European all around title . He is an Olympic bronze medalist with the team and a three time continental gold medalist.-References:...
— did not advance in any exercise - Răzvan Dorin ŞelariuRazvan Dorin SelariuRăzvan Dorin Şelariu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. He is a bronze Olympic medalist and a multiple European medalist. Răzvan is an all around gymnast; he is a silver all European medalist on this event.-Awards:...
— did not advance in any exercise
Women's artistic: gold medal team
- Cătălina PonorCatalina PonorCătălina Ponor is a gymnast from Constanţa, Romania. After beginning training with the national team in 2002, Ponor won several medals with the Romanian team, along with individual balance beam and floor exercise medals. Almost unknown until late 2003, Ponor has made several important...
— advanced in two exercises - Beam — gold medal
- Floor — gold medal
- Monica RoşuMonica RosuMonica Roşu is an artistic gymnast from Romania. During her career she won two Olympic gold medals , a silver medal with the team at world championships and two gold continental medals ....
— advanced in one exercise - Vault — gold medal
- Nicoleta Daniela ŞofronieNicoleta Daniela SofronieNicoleta Daniela Sofronie, is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic and a European gold medalist with the team. She is also an Olympic silver medalist of floor and the 2004 European all around silver medalist.-Gymnastics career:She started gymnastics in 1992 in her hometown Constanţa and...
— advanced in three exercises - Floor — silver medal
- All-around — 5th place
- Uneven bars — 6th place
- Alexandra EremiaAlexandra EremiaAlexandra Georgiana Eremia is a Romanian artistic gymnast. Her best apparatus was the balance beam on which she had an interesting routine starting with her trademark split mount. She is an Olympic and a European gold medalist with the team. Individually, she won several medals on beam in...
— advanced in one exercise - Beam — bronze medal
- Oana BanOana BanOana Mihaela Ban is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic gold medalist with the team and a world silver medalist on beam and with the team...
— withdrew from the final - Silvia StroescuSilvia StroescuSilvia Alexandra Stroescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic, world, and European gold medalist with the team. A skill on the floor exercise is named after her; "Stroescu" is a stretched forward salto with 2½ twists.-Early life and career:She was one of the most successful junior...
— did not advance in any exercise
Judo
Men's 73 kg:- Claudiu BaşteaClaudiu Bastea-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
— defeated in round of 16
Men's 100+ kg:
- Gabriel MunteanuGabriel MunteanuGabriel Munteanu is a Romanian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
— defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32
Women's 48 kg:
- Alina Alexandra DumitruAlina Alexandra DumitruAlina Alexandra Dumitru is a Romanian judoka. She is under contract with CSA Steaua Bucureşti....
— defeated in semifinals; lost in repechage finals
Women's 52 kg:
- Ioana Maria Aluas — defeated in round of 16; repechage quarterfinals
Swimming
Men's 400 metres Freestyle- Dragoş ComanDragos ComanDragoş Coman is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia....
Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle
- Dragoş ComanDragos ComanDragoş Coman is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia....
Men's 100 metres Backstroke
- Răzvan FloreaRazvan FloreaRăzvan Florea is a former Olympic and national record setting backstroke swimmer from Romania. He was the first Romanian male to win an Olympic medal in Swimming when he won the bronze medal in the 200 backstroke at the 2004 Olympics...
Men's 200 metres Backstroke
- Răzvan FloreaRazvan FloreaRăzvan Florea is a former Olympic and national record setting backstroke swimmer from Romania. He was the first Romanian male to win an Olympic medal in Swimming when he won the bronze medal in the 200 backstroke at the 2004 Olympics...
Men's 100 metres Butterfly
- Ioan GherghelIoan GherghelIoan Gherghel is an Olympic butterfly swimmer from Romania. He swam for Romania at three consecutive Olympics: 2000, 2004 and 2008....
Men's 200 metres Butterfly
- Ioan GherghelIoan GherghelIoan Gherghel is an Olympic butterfly swimmer from Romania. He swam for Romania at three consecutive Olympics: 2000, 2004 and 2008....
Women's 200 metres Freestyle
- Camelia PotecCamelia PotecCamelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *...
- Larisa LăcustăLarisa LacustaLarisa Lăcustă is a retired breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Romania, who has competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country: in 1996 and 2004. She is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.-References:*...
Women's 400 metres Freestyle
- Camelia PotecCamelia PotecCamelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *...
- Simona PăduraruSimona PaduraruSimona Păduraru is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia...
Women's 800 metres Freestyle
- Simona PăduraruSimona PaduraruSimona Păduraru is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia...
- Camelia PotecCamelia PotecCamelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *...
Women's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay
- Beatrice CăslaruBeatrice CaslaruBeatrice Căslaru-Coadă is a former medley swimmer from Romania, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996...
, Larisa LăcustăLarisa LacustaLarisa Lăcustă is a retired breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Romania, who has competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country: in 1996 and 2004. She is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.-References:*...
, Simona PăduraruSimona PaduraruSimona Păduraru is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia...
, and Camelia PotecCamelia PotecCamelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *...
Women's 200 metres Individual Medley
- Beatrice CăslaruBeatrice CaslaruBeatrice Căslaru-Coadă is a former medley swimmer from Romania, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996...
Women's 400 metres Individual Medley
- Beatrice CăslaruBeatrice CaslaruBeatrice Căslaru-Coadă is a former medley swimmer from Romania, who competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1996...
Tennis
Men's Singles- Andrei PavelAndrei PavelAndrei Pavel is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Romania. He is currently coaching former world No. 1 and the current world No. 15 of the WTA, Jelena Janković.-Career:...
- Victor HănescuVictor HanescuVictor Hănescu is a Romanian tennis player. He achieved his career high rank of no. 26 on July 6, 2009.- Professional career :...
Men's Doubles
- Andrei PavelAndrei PavelAndrei Pavel is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Romania. He is currently coaching former world No. 1 and the current world No. 15 of the WTA, Jelena Janković.-Career:...
and Victor HănescuVictor HanescuVictor Hănescu is a Romanian tennis player. He achieved his career high rank of no. 26 on July 6, 2009.- Professional career :...