1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Romania)

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Romania took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 114athletes nominatedby the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (COSR), 11 women and 103 men, in 67 competitions in 14 sports.

It was the fifth time a Romanian team had participated in the Summer Olympics since 1900 . The youngest participant was the 18-year-old gymnast Stela Perin , the oldest participant the 45-year-old fencer Nicolae Marinescu .

Flag bearer

The athlete Dumitru Paraschivescu carried the flag of Romania during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With a recovered gold, a silver and two bronze, the Romanian team was ranked 23 in the medal count .

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Iosif Sîrbu	shoot	Small caliber lying

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Vasile Tiță	Boxing	medium weight

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Gheorghe Fiat	Boxing	lightweight
Gheorghe Lichiardopol	shoot	Rapid fire pistol

Participants by sport

basketball

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• Cornel Călugăreanu , Gheorghe Constantinide , Grigore Costescu , Andrei Folbert , Ladislau Mokos , Liviu Naghy , Mihai Nedef , Cezar Niculescu , Dan Niculescu , Adrian Petroșanu , Vasile Popescu and Emanoil Răducanu

  Qualifying round , group C: two losses, not qualified for the main round, 17th place

  51:72 (21:28) defeat against Canada 

  39:53 (26:19) defeat against Italy 

Boxing

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Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

• Mircea Dobrescu

  1st round: 2-1 win against Yoshitaro Nagata from Japan

  2nd round: 3-0 win against Roland Johansson from Sweden

  3rd round: 1: 2 defeat against the American Nathan Brooks

Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

• Ion Zlătaru

  1st round: Victory by disqualifying the opponent, Antoine Martin from France

  2nd round: 1: 2 defeat against the South African Helmuth von Gravenitz

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

• Gheorghe Ilie

  1st round: 3-0 win against Percival Lewis from Great Britain

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against the American Edson Brown

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

• Gheorghe Fiat

  1st round: 3-0 win against Abdel Hamid El-Hamaky from Egypt

  2nd round: 3-0 win against Kevin Martin from Ireland

  3rd round: 2-1 win against Americo Bonetti from Argentina

  Semi-finals: defeat ( walkover ) against Poland's Aleksy Antkiewicz , 3rd place

Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)

• Ferencz Ambruș

  1st round: 3-0 win against Hans Valdemar Pedersen from Denmark

  2nd round: defeat against Viktor Mednov from the Soviet Union

Welter weight (up to 67 kg)

• Nicolae Linca

  1st round: 3-0 win against Sergio Gascue from Venezuela

  2nd round: defeat by technical knockout in the first round against Günther Heidemann from the Federal Republic of Germany

Medium weight (up to 71 kg)

• Neacșu Șerbu

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Pentti Olavi Kontula from Finland

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

• Vasile Tiță

  1st round: Victory by disqualifying the opponent, William Bernard Tynan Duggan from Ireland, in the third round

  2nd round: Victory by disqualifying the opponent, Nelson de Paula Andrade from Brazil , in the second round

  3rd round: Victory by technical knockout in the third round against the Italian Walter Sentimenti

  Semi-finals: 3-0 win against Boris Nikolov from Bulgaria

  Final: defeat by knockout in the first round against the American Floyd Patterson , 2nd place

Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)

• Dumitru Ciobotaru

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round: 1: 2 defeat against Harri Siljander from Finland

Heavy weight (over 81 kg)

• Geza Furetz

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Tomislav Krizmanić from Yugoslavia

fencing

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Foil single

• Vasile Chelaru

  1st round, group 1: qualified for the 2nd round with four wins (rank 1)

  2nd round, group 5: with two wins (5th place) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Nicolae Marinescu

  1st round, group 3: qualified for the 2nd round with three wins (2nd place)

  2nd round, group 3: without a win (rank 7) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Andrei Vîlcea

  1st round, group 6: qualified for the 2nd round with three wins (4th place)

  2nd round, group 5: not qualified for the semi-finals with one win (rank 7)

Foil team

• Andrei Vîlcea, Ilie Tudor , Nicolae Marinescu and Vasile Chelaru

  1st round, group 5: with two defeats (3rd place) not qualified for the 2nd round

  6:10 defeat against BR Germany / Andrei Vîlcea (1), Ilie Tudor (1), Nicolae Marinescu (1), Vasile Chelaru (3) 

  7: 9 loss to the United States / Andrei Vîlcea (3), Ilie Tudor (2), Nicolae Marinescu (1), Vasile Chelaru (1)

Epee single

• Vasile Chelaru

  1st round, group 3: with three wins (rank 6) not qualified for the 2nd round

• Nicolae Marinescu

  1st round, group 8: qualified for the 2nd round with five wins (1st place)

  2nd round, group 1: with three wins (7th place) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Zoltan Uray

  1st round, group 4: with a win (rank 7) not qualified for the 2nd round

Saber single

• Ion Santo

  1st round, group 1: qualified for the 2nd round with four wins (4th place)

  2nd round, group 4: without a win (rank 7) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Adalbert Gurath

  1st round, group 3: qualified for the 2nd round with four wins (4th place)

  2nd round, group 2: qualified for the semi-finals with four wins (4th place)

  Semi-finals, Group 3: with two wins (4th place) not qualified for the final

• Ilie Tudor

  1st round, group 6: qualified for the 2nd round with five wins (1st place)

  2nd round, group 3: qualified for the semi-finals with five wins (3rd place)

  Semi-finals, Group 1: without a win (7th place) not qualified for the final

Saber crew

• Mihai Kokossy , Ion Santo, Adalbert Gurath and Ilie Tudor

  1st round, group 1: with a tie (3rd place) not qualified for the 2nd round

  5:11 defeat against France / Andrei Vîlcea (2), Ilie Tudor (2), Mihai Kokossy (1) 

  8: 8 draw against Poland / Andrei Vîlcea (3), Ion Santo (3), Ilie Tudor (1), Mihai Kokossy (1) 

Soccer

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Football

• Valeriu Călinoiu , Zoltan Farmati , Eugen Iordache , Iosif Kovács , Titus Ozon , Tudor Paraschiva , Iosif Petschovski , Gavril Serfőző , Ion Suru , Ion Voinescu and Vasile Zavoda

  Preliminary round match on July 15 in Turku in front of 10,588 spectators: 1: 2 (0: 1) defeat against Hungary 

  Troschers: Ion Suru, 1: 2, 86th min

Weightlifting

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

• Alexandru Cosma (55.95 kg)

  Final: 70.0 kg, without placement

  Military press : 70.0 kg / 70.0 kg / 70.0 kg

  Tear: 70.0 kg / 77.5 kg / -

  Push: 100.0 kg / 105.0 kg / -

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

• Ilie Enciu (74.30 kg)

  Final: 322.5 kg, 18th place

  Military press: 97.5kg / 97.5kg / 102.5kg

  Tear: 92.5kg / 97.5kg / 100.0kg

  Push: 122.5kg / 127.5kg / 130.0kg

Lightweight (up to 82.5 kg)

• Ilie Dancea (82.45 kg)

  Final: 330.0 kg, 18th place

  Military press: 90.0kg / 95.0kg / 97.5kg

  Tear: 102.5kg / 102.5kg / 107.5kg

  Push: 127.5kg / 132.5kg / 132.5kg

Medium weight (up to 90 kg)

• Gheorghe Pițicaru (89.95 kg)

  Final: 330.0 kg, 16th place

  Military press: 90.0kg / 95.0kg / 97.5kg

  Tear: 97.5kg / 102.5kg / 102.5kg

  Push: 127.5kg / 132.5kg / 135.0kg

athletics

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Men

marathon

• Cristea Dinu

  2: 39: 42.2 hours (+ 16: 39.0 min), rank 31st

• Constantin Radu

  Race not finished

• Vasile Teodosiu

  2: 46: 00.8 hours (+ 22: 57.6 min), rank 41

50 km of walking

• Ion Baboie

  4: 41: 52.8 hours (+ 13: 03.0 min), rank 8

• Dumitru Paraschivescu

  4: 41: 05.2 hours (+ 12: 57.4 min), rank 7

3,000 m obstacle

• Victor Firea

  Prelims : in run 1 (rank 9) with 9: 29.2 min (hand-stopped) did not qualify for the final

high jump

• Ioan Soter

  Qualification , group B: 1.87 m, rank 1, qualified for the final

  Final : 1.95 m, 6th place

  1.70 m: left out

  1.80 m: left out

  1.90 m: skipped in the first attempt

  1.95 m: skipped in the second attempt

  1.98 m: three invalid jumps

Pole vault

• Zeno Dragomir

  Qualification , group A: 4.00 m, rank 1, qualified for the final

  Final : 3.80 m, 18th place

  3.60 m: left out

  3.80 m: skipped in the second attempt

  3.95 m: three invalid jumps

Hammer throw

• Constantin Dumitru

  Qualification , group B: 50.92 m, rank 6, qualified for the final

  Final : 52.77 m, rank 12

  1st jump: 52.77 m

  2nd jump: invalid

  3rd jump: 50.62 m; did not qualify for the final of the six best throwers

Women

100 m

• Emma Konrad

  Preliminary runs : in run 9 (4th place) with 13.0 s (hand-stopped) or 13.10 s (electronically) not qualified for the quarter-finals

• Alexandra Sicoe

  Preliminary runs: in run 4 (rank 4) with 12.8 s (hand-stopped) or 12.93 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals

200 m

• Emma Konrad

  Preliminary runs : in run 2 (rank 6) with 25.8 s (hand-stopped) or 26.04 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Alexandra Sicoe

  Preliminary runs: in Lau5 2 (3rd place) with 25.6 s (hand-stopped) or 25.82 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

Discus throw

• Lia Manoliu

  Qualification : 37.58 m, rank 13, qualified for the final

  Final : 42.65 m, 6th place

  1st litter: 41.57 m

  2nd litter: 42.65 m

  3rd throw: 41.48 m; qualified for the finals of the six best female throwers

  4th litter: 36.05 m

  5th litter: 41.21 m

  6th litter: 40.79 m

Cycling

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sprint

• Ion Ioniță

  1st round: in run 6 (3rd place) not directly qualified for the quarter-finals

  1st round, hope runs: in run 4 (rank 5) not qualified for the quarter-finals

1000 m time trial

• Ion Ioniță

  1: 14.4 min (+ 3.3 s), rank 7

Road race (190.4 km), individual classification

• Victor Georgescu

  5: 24: 27.5 hours, rank 44

• Marin Niculescu

  5: 23: 34.1 hours, rank 41

• Petre Nuță

  Race not finished

• Constantin Stănescu

  5: 20: 01.4 hours, rank 29

Road race (190.4 km) team classification

• Victor Georgescu, Marin Niculescu and Constantin Stănescu

  16:08:03, 0 hours, rank 12

horse riding

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Riding

Show jumping singles

• Gheorghe Antohi on Haimana

  Final: 38.25 points, 39th place

  1st round: 16.00 points

  2nd round: 22.25 points

• Ion Constantin on Vagabond

  Final: 103.00 points, rank 48

  1st round: 70.00 points

  2nd round: 33.00 points

• Ion Jipa on Troika

  Final: 39.00 points, rank 40

  1st round: 8.00 points

  2nd round: 31.00 points

Show jumping team

• Gheorghe Antohi on Haimana , Ion Constantin on Vagabond and Ion Jipa on Troika

  Final: 108.25 points, 13th place

Versatility single

• Petre Andreanu on Ciurlan

  −182.00 points, rank 55

• Nicolae Mihalcea on Ghibelin

  −145.20 points, rank 30

• Mihai Timu on Cornet

  −171.66 points, 46th place

Wrestling

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Wrestling

• Marin Belușica
• Dumitru Cuc
• Ovidiu Forai
• Francisc Horvath
• Dumitru Pîrvulescu
• Ion Popescu
• Alexandru Șuli

rowing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Rowing

• Iosif Bergesz
• Milivoi Iancovici
• Ștefan Konyelicska
• Gheorghe Măcinic
• Ion Niga
• Ștefan Pongratz
• Alexandru Rotaru
• Ştefan Somogy
• Ion Vlăduț

shoot

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Shooting

• Iosif Sîrbu , gold
• Gheorghe Lichiardopol , bronze
• Penaite Calcai
• Petre Cişmigu

swim

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Swimming

100 m freestyle

• Iosif Novac

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (3rd place) with 1: 00.5 min not qualified for the semi-finals

do gymnastics

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Gymnastics

Men

Individual all-around

rank	Surname	Points (place) per discipline						points total
		ground	Leap	Ingots	Horizontal bar	Rings	horse
71	Frederic Orendi	17.20	17.40	18.00	18.20	17.45	16.80	105.05
72	Andrei Kerekeș	17.70	17.60	16.60	16.95	18.30	17.80	104.95
124	Mihai Botez	16.45	15.50	17.85	13.65	18.50	16.25	98.20
157	Francisc Cociș	16.80	17.35	14.45	11.50	16.65	12.05	88.80
161	Eugene Balint	16.45	14.95	15.95	11.25	16.00	14.00	88.60
165	Carol Bedö	17.90	17.50	15.25	7.25	14.70	14.60	87.20
170	Zoltan Balogh	16.00	16.65	15.80	6.75	16.80	13.75	85.75
172	Aurel Loșniță	15.20	17.55	15.50	11.40	16.70	9.25	85.60

Team all-around

• Frederic Orendi, Andrei Kerekeş, Mihai Botez, Francisc Cociş, Eugen Balint, Carol Bedö, Zoltan Balogh and Aurel Loşniţă

  Final: 499.85 points, 20th place

Women

Individual all-around

rank	Surname	Points (place) per discipline				points total
		ground	Leap	Balance beam	Uneven bars
25th	Stela Perin	18.13 (23)	18.43 (20)	17.36 (58)	17.93 (32)	71.85
52	Olga Göllner	17.56	16.53	17.86 (30)	18.12 (24)	70.07
58	Ileana Gyarfaș	17.56	17.26	17.13	17.66 (39)	69.61
68	Olga Munteanu	17.66	16.22	17.76 (38)	17.36	69.00
79	Helga Bîrsan	17.16	17.32	16.26	17.26	68.00
85	Eveline Slavici	17.02	17.76	17.09	15.86	67.73
117	Elisabeta Abrudeanu	16.33	17.32	16.09	13.99	63.73
132	Teofila Băiașu	16.83	8.26	17.26	17.16	59.51

Team all-around

• Stela Perin, Olga Göllner, Ileana Gyarfaş, Olga Munteanu, Helga Bîrsan, Eveline Slavici, Elisabeta Abrudeanu and Teofila Băiaşu

  Final: 463.08 points, 9th place

  Group gymnastics: 66.80 points, rank 12

  Mandatory: 209.15 points, rank 8

  Freestyle: 207.11 points, 9th place

Water polo

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Water polo

• Zoltan Hospodar , Adalbert Iordache , Octavian Iosim , Atila Kelemen , Zoltan Norman , Arcadie Sarcadi , Francisc Șimon and Gavrila Törok

  1st qualifying round : 4: 8 (1: 4) defeat against BR Germany 

  Second qualifying round : 3-6 (1-2) loss to the United States

Web links

• Romanian Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Romanian Olympic Team 1952 at the COSR (Romanian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Participants from Romania at www.sports-reference.com ( English ), accessed on February 3, 2018