1980 Summer Olympics / Participant (Romania)
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Romania took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with a delegation of 228 athletes. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the wrestler Vasile Andrei . The most successful athlete was the gymnast Nadia Comăneci with four medals.
Participants by sport
Archery
Boxing
- Dumitru Cipere , bronze
- Valentin Silaghi , bronze
- Ionel Budușan
- Titi Cercel
- Simion Cuțov
- Georgica Donici
- Florin Livadaru
- Teodor Pîrjol
- Daniel Radu
- Dumitru Șchiopu
- Marcel Sîrba
fencing
- Suzana Ardeleanu
- Costică Bărăgan
- Aurora Dan
- Petru Kuki
- Corneliu Marin
- Marcela Moldovan-Zsak
- Marin Mustață
- Alexandru Nilca
- Ion Pantelimonescu
- Tudor Petruş
- Anton Pongratz
- Ioan Pop
- Ioan Popa
- Sorin Roca
- Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic
- Mihai Țiu
- Viorica Țurcanu
- Octavian Zidaru
Weightlifting
- Constantin Chiru
- Dragomir Cioroslan
- Virgil Dociu
- Petre Dumitru
- Vasile Groapa
- Gheorghe Maftei
- Marin Parapancea
- Petre Pavel
- Gelu Radu
- Ștefan Taşnadi
Handball
- Ștefan Birtalan , bronze
- Iosif Boroș , bronze
- Adrian Cosma , bronze
- Cezar Drăgăniță , bronze
- Marian Dumitru , bronze
- Cornel Durău , bronze
- Alexandru Fölker , bronze
- Claudiu Ionescu , bronze
- Nicolae Munteanu , bronze
- Vasile Stîngă , bronze
- Lucian Vasilache , bronze
- Neculai Vasilcă , bronze
- Radu Voina , bronze
- Maricel Voinea , bronze
Judo
- Mihai Cioc
- Pavel Drăgoi
- Mircea Frățică
- Constantin Niculae
- Daniel Radu
- Cornel Roman
- Arpad Szabo
- Mihalache Toma
canoe
- Ivan Patzaichin , gold , silver
- Toma Simionov , gold
- Vasile Dîba , silver , bronze
- Petre Capusta , silver
- Nicuşor Eşanu , silver
- Ion Geantă , silver
- Mihai Zafiu , silver
- Ion Bîrlădeanu , bronze
- Elisabeta Băbeanu
- Alexandru Giura
- Agafia Constantin
- Maria Ștefan
- Nicolae Țicu
- Lipat Varabiev
athletics
- Doina Beșliu
- Vasile Bichea
- Paul Copu
- Ilie Floroiu
- Ibolya Korodi
- Niculina Lazarciuc
- Nicoleta Lia
- Fița Lovin
- Natalia Mărăşescu
- Sorin Matei
- Iosif Naghi
- Cornelia Popa
- Adrian Proteasa
- Maricica Puică
- Maria Samungi
- Ileana Silai
- Florența Țacu
- Elena Tărîță
- Horia Toboc
- Nicolae Voicu
- Ileana Zörgö-Raduly
Modern pentathlon
Cycling
horse riding
- Anghelache Donescu , bronze
- Petre Roșca , bronze
- Dumitru Velicu , bronze
- Alexandru Bozan
- Ioan Popa
- Dania Popescu
- Dumitru Velea
Wrestling
- Ștefan Rusu , gold
- Constantin Alexandru , silver
- Vasile Andrei , bronze
- Petre Dicu , bronze
- Mihai Boțilă
- Petre Ciarnau
- Roman Codreanu
- Ion Draica
- Octavian Dușa
- Nicu Ginga
- Andrei Ianko
- Ion Ivanov
- Gheorghe Minea
- Aurel Neagu
- Ion Păun
- Marin Pîrcălabu
- Vasile Puşcaşu
- Gheorghe Rașovan
- Aurel Șuteu
- Vasile Țigănaş
rowing
- Sanda Toma , gold
- Angelica Aposteanu , bronze
- Rodica Arba , bronze
- Elena Bondar , bronze
- Florica Bucur , bronze
- Maria Constantinescu , bronze
- Elena Dobrițoiu , bronze
- Rodica Frîntu , bronze
- Olga Homeghi , bronze
- Ana Iliuță , bronze
- Marlena Zagoni , bronze
- Valeria Roșca , bronze
- Gabriel Bularda
- Valeria Cătescu
- Petre Ceapura
- Sofia Banovici
- Elena Giurcă
- Carolica Ilieș
- Petru Iosub
- Ladislau Lovrenschi
- Aneta Matei
- Maria Micșa
- Aneta Mihaly
- Georgeta Militaru-Maşca
- Elena Oprea
- Florica Dospinescu
- Constantin Postoiu
- Florica Silaghi
- Nicolae Simion
- Maria Tănasă
- Valer Toma
- Daniel Voiculescu
- Mariana Zaharia
shoot
swim
sailing
do gymnastics
- Nadia Comăneci , 2x gold , 2x silver
- Emilia Eberle , 2x silver
- Melitta Rühn , silver , 2x bronze
- Rodica Dunca , silver
- Cristina Grigoraș , silver
- Dumitrița Turner , silver
- Romulus Bucuroiu
- Sorin Cepoi
- Aurelian Georgescu
- Dan Grecu
- Nicolae Oprescu
- Kurt Szilier
volleyball
- Corneliu Chifu , bronze
- Marius Chițiga , bronze
- Laurențiu Dumănoiu , bronze
- Günther Enescu , bronze
- Dan Gîrleanu , bronze
- Sorin Macavei , bronze
- Cornel Oros , bronze
- Nicolae Pop , bronze
- Constantin Sterea , bronze
- Nicu Stoian , bronze
- Victoria Banciu
- Gabriela Coman
- Corina Crivăț
- Ileana Dobrovschi
- Iuliana Enescu
- Corina Georgescu
- Victoria Georgescu
- Mariana Ionescu
- Ioana Liteanu
- Irina Petculeț
- Elena Piron
- Doina Săvoiu
Water polo
- Viorel Costraș
- Adrian Nastasiu
- Dinu Popescu
- Liviu Răducanu
- Viorel Rus
- Claudiu Rusu
- Adrian Schervan
- Florin Slavei
- Ilie Slăvei
- Doru Spînu
- Vasile Ungureanu
Diving
Web links
- Romanian Olympic team 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Romanian Olympic Team 1980 at COSR (Romanian)