1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Romania)

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Romania took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of 44 athletes. Six riders took part in the Olympic Equestrian Games 1956 in Sweden Stockholm part.

It was Romania's sixth participation in the Summer Olympic Games since 1900 .

Flag bearer

The shooter Iosif Sîrbu carried the flag of Romania during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

With five won gold, three silver and five bronze medals, the Romanian team finished 9th in the medal count .

The most successful athlete was the canoeist Leon Rotman , who won two gold medals.

gold

• Boxing
  • Nicolae Linca : men, welterweight
• canoe
  • Leon Rotman : men, C1 1,000 m and C1 10,000 m
  • Alexe Dumitru and Simion Ismailciuc : men, C2 1,000 m
• shoot
  • Ștefan Petrescu : Men, rapid fire pistol

silver

• Boxing
  • Mircea Dobrescu : men, flyweight
  • Gheorghe Negrea : men, light heavyweight
• fencing
  • Olga Orbán : women, foil singles

bronze

• Boxing
  • Constantin Dumitrescu : men, light welterweight
• 1956 Summer Olympics / gymnastics
  • Elena Leuștean : women, floor exercise
  • Elena Leuștean , Georgeta Hurmuzachi , Sonia Iovan , Emilia Vătășoiu , Elena Mărgărit , and Elena Săcălici : women, team all-around
• Wrestling
  • Francisc Horvat : Men, Greco-Roman, Bantamweight
• shoot
  • Gheorghe Lichiardopol : Men, rapid fire pistol

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Nicolae Linca , gold
• Mircea Dobrescu , silver
• Gheorghe Negrea , silver
• Constantin Dumitrescu , bronze

fencing

• Olga Orbán , silver
• Ecaterina Orb

canoe

• Leon Rotman , 2 × gold
• Alexe Dumitru , gold
• Simion Ismailciuc , gold
• Mircea Anastasescu
• Stavru Teodorov

athletics

• Iolanda Balaș
• Ion Barbu
• Lia Manoliu
• Dumitru Paraschivescu
• Ilie Savel

Modern pentathlon

• Victor Teodorescu
• Dumitru Țintea
• Cornel Vena

horse riding

• Virgil Barbuceanu , show jumping , eventing
• Nicolae Marcoci , dressage
• Nicolae Mihalcea , dressage
• Gheorge Langa , versatility
• Gheorge Soare , versatility
• Gheorge Teodorescu , dressage

Wrestling

• Francisc Horvath , bronze
• Dumitru Gheorghe
• Dumitru Pîrvulescu
• Ion Popescu

shoot

• Ștefan Petrescu , gold
• Gheorghe Lichiardopol , bronze
• Constantin Antonescu
• Iosif Sîrbu

swim

• Maria Both
• Alexandru Popescu

do gymnastics

• Elena Leuștean , 2 × bronze
• Georgeta Hurmuzachi , bronze
• Sonia Iovan , bronze
• Elena Mărgărit , bronze
• Elena Săcălici , bronze
• Emilia Vătășoiu , bronze

Water polo

• Alexandru Bădiță
• Ivan Bordi
• Iosif German
• Zoltan Hospodar
• Alexandru Marinescu
• Gavril Nagy
• Francisc Șimon
• Alexandru Szabo
• Aurel Zahan

Web links

• Romanian Olympic team 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Romanian Olympic Team 1956 at COSR (Romanian)