1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Romania)
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Romania took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital, Rome, with a delegation of 98 athletes.
Flag bearer
The athlete Alexandru Bizim carried the flag of Romania during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .
Medals
With three won gold, one silver and six bronze medals, the Romanian team was ranked 11 in the medal count .
Participants by sport
Boxing
- Ion Monea , bronze
- Mircea Dobrescu
- Constantin Gheorghiu
- Vasile Mariuțan
- Iosif Mihalic
- Vasile Neagu
- Gheorghe Negrea
- Nicolae Puiu
- Nicolae Stoenescu
fencing
- Maria Vicol , bronze
- Emeric Arus
- Atilla Csipler
- Ion Drîmbă
- Adalbert Gurath
- Eugenia Mateianu
- Tănase Mureșanu
- Dumitru Mustață
- Ecaterina Lazar
- Olga Szabó-Orbán
- Cornel Pelmuș
- Sorin Poenaru
- Ladislau Rohony
- Ion Santo
- Iosif Szilaghi
Weightlifting
canoe
- Leon Rotman , bronze
- Mircea Anastasescu
- Alexe Dumitru
- Mercurie Ivanov
- Elena Lipalit
- Igor Lipalit
- Vasile Nicoara
- Ion Sideri
- Maria Szekeli
- Stavru Teodorov
- Aurel Vernescu
athletics
- Iolanda Balaș , gold
- Lia Manoliu , bronze
- Andrei Barabaș
- Alexandru Bizim
- Maria Diți
- Constantin Grecescu
- Florica Grecescu
- Cornel Porumb
- Zoltan Vamoş
Cycling
horse riding
- Virgil Bărbuceanu
- Andrei Cadar
- Wilhelm Fleischer
- Gheorghe Langa
- Grigore Lupancu
- Vasile Pinciu
- Oscar Recer
Wrestling
- Dumitru Pîrvulescu , gold
- Ion Cernea , silver
- Ion Țăranu , bronze
- Valeriu Bularcă
- Dumitru Gheorghe
- Gheorghe Popovici
- Mihai Șulț
rowing
- Martin Bieltz
- Ștefan Kurecska
- Petre Milincovici
- Ionel Petrov
- Ștefan Pongratz
- Gheorghe Riffelt
- Mircea Roger
- Iosif Varga
shoot
- Ion Dumitrescu , gold
- Constantin Antonescu
- Gheorghe Enache
- Marin Ferecatu
- Gavril Maghiar
- Ilie Nițu
- Ștefan Petrescu
- Nicolae Rotaru
- Iosif Sîrbu
swim
do gymnastics
- Atanasia Ionescu , bronze
- Sonia Iovan , bronze
- Elena Leuștean , bronze
- Elena Niculescu , bronze
- Uta Poreceanu , bronze
- Emilia Liță , bronze
Water polo
- Alexandru Bădiță
- Gavril Blajek
- Anatol Grințescu
- Ștefan Kroner
- Mircea Ștefănescu
- Alexandru Szabo
- Aurel Zahan
Web links
- Romanian Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Romanian Olympic Team 1960 at COSR (Romanian)