2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Romania)

ROME

11	6th	9

Romania took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with a delegation of 145 athletes, 71 men and 74 women.

Since 1900 it was the 17th participation of Romania in the Summer Olympic Games .

Flag bearer

The rower Elisabeta Lipă carried the flag of Romania during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .

Medalist

With eleven won gold, six silver and nine bronze medals, the Romanian team finished 11th in the medals table .

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Mihai Covaliu	fencing	Men, sabers, singles
Florin Popescu & Mitică Pricop	canoe	Men, two-man Canadians, 1,000 meters
Gabriela Szabo	athletics	Women, 5000 meters
Georgeta Damian & Doina Ignat	rowing	Women, two without a helmsman
Angela Alupei & Constanța Burcică	rowing	Women, lightweight double sculls
Veronica Cochela , Georgeta Damian , Maria Dumitrache , Liliana Gafencu , Elena Georgescu , Doina Ignat , Elisabeta Lipă , Ioana Olteanu & Viorica Susanu	rowing	Women, eighth
Diana Mocanu	swim	Women, 100 meters back & women, 200 meters back
Marius Urzică	do gymnastics	Men, pommel horse
Simona Amânar	do gymnastics	Women, individual all-around
Simona Amânar , Loredana Boboc , Andreea Isărescu , Maria Olaru , Claudia Presăcan & Andreea Răducan	do gymnastics	Women, team all-around

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Marian Simion	Boxing	Men, light middleweight
Violeta Beclea	athletics	Women, 1,500 meters
Lidia Șimon	athletics	Women, marathon
Beatrice Căslaru	swim	Women, 200 meter medley
Maria Olaru	do gymnastics	Women, individual all-around
Andreea Raducan	do gymnastics	Women, horse jump

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Dorel Simion	Boxing	Men, welterweight
Simona Richter	Judo	Women, light heavyweight
Florin Popescu & Mitică Pricop	canoe	Men, two-man Canadians, 500 meters
Raluca Ioniță , Mariana Limbău , Elena Radu & Sanda Toma	canoe	Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters
Gabriela Szabo	athletics	Women, 1,500 meters
Oana Pantelimon	athletics	Women, high jump
Iulian Raicea	shoot	Men, rapid fire pistol
Beatrice Căslaru	swim	Women, 400 meter medley
Simona Amânar	do gymnastics	Women, floor exercise

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Ovidiu Bobîrnat

  Featherweight: 1st round

• Adrian Diaconu

  Middleweight: quarterfinals

• Bogdan Dobrescu

  Flyweight: 2nd round

• Gheorghe Lungu

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• George Olteanu

  Bantamweight: quarter finals

• Constantin Onofrei

  Super heavyweight: 2nd round

• Grigore Rîșco

  Light Heavyweight: 1st round

• Dorel Simion

  Welterweight: bronze

• Marian Simion

  Light middleweight: silver

• Marian Velicu

  Light flyweight: 2nd round

fencing

• Mihai Covaliu

  Men, sabers, singles: gold

  Men, sabers, team: 4th place

• Victor Găureanu

  Men, sabers, singles: 8th place

  Men, sabers, team: 4th place

• Florin Lupeica

  Men, sabers, singles: 28th place

  Men, sabers, team: 4th place

• Laura Badea

  Women, foil, singles: 4th place

• Reka Szabo

  Women, foil, singles: 8th place

Weightlifting

• Marius Alecu

  Men, super heavyweight: 15th place

• Valeriu Calancea

  Men, light heavyweight: 10th place

• Adrian Ioan Jigau

  Men, bantamweight: 6th place

• Marioara Munteanu

  Women, featherweight: 8th place

• Florin Vlad

  Men, heavyweight: 7th place

Handball

• Ladies team

  7th place

• Squad

  Carmen Amariei (no use)

  Victorina Bora

  Nicoleta Alina Dobrin

  Cristina Dogaru-Cucuian

  Lidia Drăgănescu

  Ramona Farcau

  Luminită Huțupan-Dinu

  Mihaela Ignat

  Steluța Luca

  Valeria Motogna-Beşe

  Elena Napar

  Aurelia Stoica

  Gabriela Doina Tănaşe

  Talida Tolnai

  Cristina Vărzaru

Judo

• Claudiu Baştea

  Men, lightweight: 2nd round

• Adrian Croitoru

  Men, middleweight: 9th place

• Ioana Dinea-Aluaș

  Women, half light weight: 5th place

• Laura Moise

  Women, extra light weight: quarter-finals

• Gabi Munteanu

  Men, heavyweight: 1st round

• Radu Ivan

  Men, Light Heavyweight: Quarter Finals

• Simona Richter

  Women, light heavyweight: bronze

canoe

• Marian Baban

  Men, single kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Corneli Vasile Curuzan

  Men, two-man kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Men, four-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Florin Huidu

  Men, Canadians, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Men, Canadians, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Raluca Ioniță

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: 4th place

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: bronze

• Mariana Limbau

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: 4th place

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: bronze

• Geza Magyar

  Men, single kayak, 500 meters: semifinals

• Sorin Petcu

  Men, four-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Florin Popescu

  Men, two-man Canadians, 500 meters: bronze

  Men, two-man Canadians, 1,000 meters: gold

• Mitică Pricop

  Men, two-man Canadians, 500 meters: bronze

  Men, two-man Canadians, 1,000 meters: gold

• Elena Radu

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: bronze

• Romică Șerban

  Men, two-man kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Men, four-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Marian Sîrbu

  Men, four-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Sanda Toma

  Women, single kayak, 500 meters: semifinals

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: bronze

athletics

• Costică Bălan

  Men, 20 kilometers walking: 18th place

• Violeta Beclea-Szekely

  Women, 1,500 meters: silver

• Norica Câmpean

  Women, 20 kilometers walking: 6th place

• Anuța Cătună

  Women, marathon: DNF

• Alina Gherasim

  Women, marathon: 29th place

• Costel Grasu

  Men, discus throwing: no valid attempt in qualification

• Nicoleta Grasu

  Women, discus throwing: 19th place in qualification

• Ana Maria Groza

  Women, 20 kilometers walking: 13th place

• Gheorghe Guşet

  Men, shot put: 30th place in qualification

• Elena Iagăr

  Women, 800 meters: heats

  Women, 1,500 meters: semi-finals

• Monica Iagăr-Dinescu

  Women, high jump: 9th place

• Florin Ionescu

  Men, 3,000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Cristina Nicolau

  Women, triple jump: 6th place

• Oana Pantelimon

  Women, high jump: bronze

• Ionuț Punga

  Men, triple jump: 14th place in qualification

• Otilia Ruicu

  Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals

• Lidia Șimon

  Women, marathon: silver

• Gabriela Szabo

  Women, 1,500 meters: bronze

  Women, 5,000 meters: gold

• Ionela Târlea-Manolache

  Women, 400 meter hurdles: 6th place

• Bogdan Țăruş

  Men, long jump: 9th place

• Ana Mirela Țermure

  Women, javelin: 22nd place in qualification

• Viorica Țigau

  Women, long jump: 27th place in qualification

  Women, heptathlon: 18th place

• Felicia Țilea-Moldovan

  Women, javelin throw: 15th place in qualification

Modern pentathlon

• Nicolae Papuc

  Men, singles: 21st place

Wrestling

• Constantin Borascu

  Men, featherweight: Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Nicolae Ghiță

  Men, light heavyweight, freestyle: 8th place

• Ender memet

  Men, welterweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Marian Sandu

  Men, bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 13th place

• Petru Sudureac

  Men, heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 11th place

rowing

• Valeriu Andrunache , Adrian Bucenschi , Florin Corbeanu & Valentin Robu

  Men, foursome without a helmsman: 10th place

• Dorin Alupei , Andrei Bănică , Vasile Măstăcan , Costel Mutescu , Cornel Nemțoc , Gheorghe Pîrvan , Dumitru Răducanu , Viorel Talapan & Florian Tudor

  Men, eighth: 6th place

• Veronica Cogeanu-Cochela & Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă

  Women, double sculls: 5th place

• Georgeta Damian & Doina Ignat

  Women, twos without a helmsman: gold

• Angela Alupei & Constanța Burcică

  Women, lightweight double sculls: gold

• Aurica Bărăscu , Elena Popa , Crina Violeta Serediuc & Doina Spîrcu

  Women, double fours: 9th place

• Veronica Cochela , Georgeta Damian , Maria Dumitrache , Liliana Gafencu , Elena Georgescu , Doina Ignat , Elisabeta Lipă , Ioana Olteanu & Viorica Susanu

  Women, eighth: gold

shoot

• Sorin Babii

  Men, air pistol: 11th place

  Men, Free Target Pistol: 9th place

• Iulica Cazan

  Men, rapid fire pistol: 11th place

• Iulian Raicea

  Men, air pistol: 30th place

  Men, rapid fire pistol: bronze

swim

• Cezar Bădiță

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Men, 200 meter medley: 11th place

  Men, 400 meter medley: 7th place

• Beatrice Câşlaru

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 4th place

  Women, 200 meters chest: 17th place

  Women, 200 meter medley: silver

  Women, 400 meter medley: bronze

• Dragoș Coman

  Men, 200 meters freestyle: 17th place

  Men, 400 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Men, 1,500 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

• Lorena Diaconescu

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 18th place

• Răzvan Florea

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Men, 100 meters back: 22nd place

  Men, 200 meters back: 6th place

• Ștefan Gherghel

  Men, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Men, 100 meters butterfly: 21st place

  Men, 200 meters butterfly: 17th place

• Carmen Herea

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 18th place

• Diana Mocanu

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Women, 100 meters back: gold

  Women, 200 meters back: gold

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 8th place

  Women, 200 meter medley: 34th place

• Simona Păduraru

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 16th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 18th place

• Camelia Potec

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 7th place

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 11th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 12th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 4th place

• Raluca Udroiu

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 18th place

tennis

• Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie

  Women, singles: 1st round

• Andrei Pavel

  Men, singles: 1st round

  Men, doubles: 1st round

• Gabriel Trifu

  Men, doubles: 1st round

Table tennis

• Otilia Bădescu

  Women, singles: Round of 32

  Women, doubles: quarter-finals

• Adrian Crișan

  Men, individual: group stage

• Mihaela Șteff

  Women, Singles: Quarter Finals

  Women, doubles: quarter-finals

do gymnastics

• Simona Amânar

  Women, individual all-around: gold

  Women, team all-around: gold

  Women, bottom: bronze

  Women, horse jumping: 6th place

  Women, uneven bars: 35th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 15th place in qualification

• Loredana Boboc

  Women, individual all-around: 17th place in qualification

  Women, team all-around: gold

  Women, floor: 30th place in qualification

  Women, horse vault: 39th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 35th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 10th place in qualification

• Marian Drăgulescu

  Men, individual all-around: 13th place

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, floor: 6th place

  Men, horse jump: 18th place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 13th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 56th place in qualification

  Men, rings: 18th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 42nd place in qualification

• Andreea Isarescu

  Women, individual all-around: 86th place in qualification

  Women, team all-around: gold

  Women, horse jump: 45th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 24th place in qualification

• Maria Olaru

  Women, individual all-around: silver

  Women, team all-around: gold

  Women, floor: 16th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 8th place in the qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 60th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 6th place

• Rareș Orzața

  Men, individual all-around: 11th place

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, floor: 30th place in qualification

  Men, horse jump: 18th place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 56th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 57th place in qualification

  Men, rings: 9th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 42nd place in qualification

• Florentin Pescaru

  Men, individual all-around: 33rd place in qualification

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, floor: 58th place in qualification

  Men, horse jump: 23rd place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 41st place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 61st place in qualification

  Men, rings: 59th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 36th place in qualification

• Claudia Presăcan

  Women, individual all-around: 88th place in qualification

  Women, team all-around: gold

  Women, floor: 61st place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 4th place

• Andreea Raducan

  Women, individual all-around: Gold disqualified for doping

  Women, team all-around: gold

  Women, floor: 6th place

  Women, horse jump: silver

  Women, uneven bars: 33rd place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 10th place in qualification

• Ioan Silviu Suciu

  Men, individual all-around: 28th place

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, floor: 23rd place in qualification

  Men, horse vault: 39th place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 15th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 60th place in qualification

  Men, rings: 45th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 12th place in qualification

• Marius Urzică

  Men, individual all-around: 82nd place in qualification

  Men, team all-around competition: 6th place

  Men, parallel bars: 8th place

  Men, horizontal bar: 39th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: gold

Diving

• Gabriel Cherecheş

  Men, jumping: 35th place

  Men, diving: 30th place

• Clara Elena Ciocan

  Women, diving: 21st place

• Anișoara Oprea

  Women, diving: 36th place

Web links

• Romanian Olympic Team 2000 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Romanian Olympic Team 2000 at COSR (Romanian)