2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Romania)

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Romania took part inthe 2012 Olympic Games in London . It was the 20th participation in the Olympic Summer Games. The Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român nominated 104 athletes in 14 sports.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the tennis player Horia Tecău .

Participants by sport

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Mihaela Lăcătuș	Half welter weight 57-60 kg	-		Cheng Dong	5:10	eliminated						9
Men
Bogdan Juratoni	Average weight up to 75 kg	bye		Abbos Atoyev	10:12	eliminated						9

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Ana Maria Brânză	Epee single	-		Hsu Jo-ting	15-8	Jana Shemjakina	13-14	eliminated
Anca Măroiu	Epee single	-		Olena Krywyzka	15-10	Anna Sivkova	15-11	Shin A-lam	14-15	eliminated
Simona Gherman	Epee single	-		Corinna Lawrence	15-9	Laura Flessel-Colovic	15-13	Jana Shemjakina	14-15	eliminated
Ana Maria Brânză Anca Măroiu Simona Gherman	Epee team	-		-		-		South Korea	38-45	eliminated
Bianca Pascu	Saber single	-		Zhu Min	10-15	eliminated
Men
Radu Daraban	Foil single	Nicholas Edward Choi	15-8	Valerio Aspromonte	11-15	eliminated
Rareș Dumitrescu	Saber single	bye		Dmytro Boyko	15-12	Alyaksandr Bujkewitsch	15-6	Daryl Homer	15-13	Diego Occhiuzzi	11-15	Nikolai Kovalyov	10-15 (bronze final)	4th
Florin Zalomir	Saber single	Mojtaba Abedini	15-7	Gu Bon-gil	12-15	eliminated
Tiberiu Dolniceanu	Saber single	bye		Daryl Homer	11-15	eliminated
Rareș Dumitrescu Florin Zalomir Tiberiu Dolniceanu Alexandru Sirițeanu	Saber crew	-		-		-		China	45-30	Russia	45-43	South Korea	26-45	silver

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Tear		Bump		Duel		rank
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank
Women
Roxana Cocoș	Class up to 69 kg	113	4th	143	2	256	2	silver
Men
Florin Croitoru	Class up to 56 kg	121	6th	147	9	268	9	9
Răzvan Martin	Class up to 69 kg	152	2	180	4th	332	3	bronze
Gabriel Sîncrăian	Class up to 85 kg	DNF

Judo

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Hope round semifinals		Semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Alina Alexandra Dumitru	Class up to 48 kg	bye		Dayaris Alvarez	100-000	M. Urantsetseg	0112-0011	-		Tomoko Fukumi	0102-0011	-		Sarah Menezes	0001-011	silver
Andreea Chițu	Class up to 52 kg	Soraya Haddad	100-000	Use Heylen	000-010	eliminated
Corina Căprioriu	Class up to 57 kg	Hui Wang	102-000	Sally Raguib	100-000	Hedvig Karakas	001-000	-		Marti Malloy	1001-0001	-		Kaori Matsumoto	000-100	silver
Men
Dan Fâșie	Class up to 66 kg	bye		David Larose	000-100	eliminated
Daniel Brata	Class up to 100 kg	Levan Zhorzholiani	0013-0102	eliminated
Vlăduț Simionescu	Class over 100 kg	Yuri Krakowezki	1001-0001	Andreas Tölzer	0004-1001	eliminated

canoe

Canoe racing

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Irina Lauric Iuliana Paleu	K-2 500 m	1: 46.001	3	1: 49.216	8th	1: 52.468	8 (B-final)	16
Men
Ionut Alexandru Mitrea Bogdan Mada	K-2 200 m	33,978	5	34,253	5	46,495	5 (B-final)	13
Ionel Gavrilă Ștefan Vasile Toni Ioneticu Traian Neagu	K-4 1000 m	3: 12.371	4th	2: 55.027	5	2: 58.233	8th	8th
Iosif Chirilǎ	C-1 1000 m	4: 05.863	1	4: 07.794	6th	3: 59.730	3 (B final)	11
Alexandru Dumitrescu Victor Mihalachi	C-2 1000 m	3: 43.787	4th	3: 56.551	3	3: 43.005	7th	7th

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Andreea Ogrăzeanu	100 m	11.44 s	35	eliminated
Bianca Răzor	400 m	52.83 s	29	eliminated
Mirela Lavric	800 m	2: 01.65 min	11	2: 00.46 min	14th	eliminated
Elisabeta Birca	5000 m	16:01.04 min	34	-		eliminated
Lidia Șimon	marathon	-		-		2:32:46 h	45	45
Constantina Diță	marathon	-		-		2:41:34 h	86	86
Angela Moroșanu	400 m hurdles	56.64 s	26th	eliminated
Ancuța Bobocel	3000 m obstacle	9: 31.06 min	16	-		eliminated
Cristina Casandra	3000 m obstacle	9: 58.83 min	37	-		eliminated
Claudia Ștef	20 km walking	-		-		1:33:56 h	38	38
Men
Marius Ionescu	marathon	-		-		2:16:28 h	26th	26th
Marius Cocioran	50 km of walking	-		-		3:57:52 h	39	39

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Viorica Țigau	Long jump	6.21 m	24	eliminated
Cristina Bujin	Triple jump	not a valid width		eliminated
Esthera Petre	high jump	1.85 m	20th	eliminated
Nicoleta Grasu	Discus throwing	61.86 m	14th	eliminated
Bianca Perie	Hammer throwing	68.34 m	22nd	eliminated

Cycling

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Andrei Nechita	Road racing	DNF

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Round of Hope quarterfinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Greco-Roman style men
Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu	Class up to 96 kg	Elis Guri	0-3	eliminated
Freestyle men
Rareș Chintoan	Class up to 120 kg	bye		D. Schabanbei	1-3	eliminated

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader		Reunion		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Georgeta Andrunache Viorica Susanu	two	7: 05.39	3	7: 08.42	1	-		-		7: 37.67	5	5
Cristina Grigoraș Enikő Mironcic Camelia Lupașcu Roxana Cogianu Adelina Cojocariu Ioana Rotaru Nicoleta Albu Talida-Teodora Gîdoiu Irina Dorneanu	Eighth	6: 16.61	2	6: 16.16	2	-		-		6: 17.64	4th	4th
Men
Marius Cozmiuc Alexandru Palamariu Cristi Ilie Pîrghie Florin Curuea	four	5: 52.87	2	-		-		6: 12.74	6th	16:16:20	6 (B final)	12

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings	rank
		Rings	rank	Rings	rank
Women
Lucia Mihalache	Skeet	65	12	eliminated		65	12
Men
Alin George Moldoveanu	Air rifle 10 m	599	2	103.1	2	702.1	gold

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Camelia Potec	200 m freestyle	2: 01.15	2	eliminated				25th
Camelia Potec	400 m freestyle	4: 11.43	6th	-		-	-	20th
Camelia Potec	800 m freestyle	8: 38.44	7th	-		-	-	23
Men
Norbert Trandafir	50 m freestyle	22.22	5	22.30	8th	-	-	16
Norbert Trandafir	100 m freestyle	49.02	1	eliminated				17th
Alexandru Coci	200 butterfly	1: 59.67	5	eliminated				29
Dragoș Agache	100 m chest	1: 02.93	8th	eliminated				37

tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Irina-Camelia Begu	singles	Viktoriya Azaranka	1: 2 (1: 6, 6: 3, 1: 6)	eliminated
Sorana Cîrstea	singles	Flavia Pennetta	1: 2 (2: 6, 6: 4, 2: 6)	eliminated
Simona Halep	singles	Jaroslawa Schwedowa	0: 2 (4: 6, 2: 6)	eliminated
Sorana Cîrstea Simona Halep	Double	Serena Williams Venus Williams	0: 2 (3: 6, 2: 6)	-		eliminated
Men
Adrian Ungur	singles	Gilles Muller	0: 2 (3: 6, 3: 6)	eliminated
Adrian Ungur Horia Tecau	Double	Daniel Nestor Vasek Pospisil	0: 2 (3: 6, 6: 7)	-		eliminated

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Daniela Dodean	singles	bye		Tetjana Bilenko	4-3	Ning thing	0-4	eliminated								17th
Elizabeta Samara	singles	bye		Dina Meshref	4-1	Yana Tie	4-2	Jiao Li	2-4	eliminated						9
Men
Adrian Crișan	singles	bye		bye		Hey Zhiwen	4-2	Timo Boll	4-1	Chih-Yuan Chuang	0-4	eliminated				5

do gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Cătălina Ponor	ground	14,600	7th	15,200	2	silver
Sandra Izbașa	ground	15.006	2	13,333	8th	8th
Diana Maria Chelaru	ground	14,333	10	eliminated
Larisa Iordache	ground	13,800	32	eliminated
Diana Chelaru	All-around single	42,732	DNF	eliminated
Diana Bulimar	All-around single	28,866	DNF	eliminated
Larisa Iordache	All-around single	57,800	9	57,965	9	9
Sandra Izbașa	All-around single	57,532	11	58,833	5	5
Sandra Izbașa	Leap	15,316	2	15.191	1	gold
Larisa Iordache	Uneven bars	14,100	26th	eliminated
Diana Bulimar	Uneven bars	14,000	30th	eliminated
Diana Chelaru	Uneven bars	13,733	34	eliminated
Cătălina Ponor	Balance beam	15,033	8th	15,066	4th	4th
Larisa Iordache	Balance beam	14,800	11	14,200	6th	6th
Diana Bulimar	Balance beam	14,866	10	not started for the final
Sandra Izbașa	Balance beam	14,600	14th	eliminated
Cătălina Ponor Sandra Izbașa Diana Chelaru Diana Bulimar Larisa Iordache	All-around team	176.264	4th	176.414	3	bronze
Men
Flavius ​​Koczi	All-around single	85,865	25th	DNS
Flavius ​​Koczi	ground	15.666	3	15,100	7th	7th
Ovidiu Buidoso	All-around single	59,931	DNF	eliminated
Marius Berbecar	All-around single	56,132	DNF	eliminated
Cristian Bataga	All-around single	42,199	DNF	eliminated
Vlad Cotuna	All-around single	57,773	DNF	eliminated
Flavius ​​Koczi Ovidiu Buidoso Marius Berbecar Cristian Bataga Vlad Cotuna	All-around team	262,567	10	eliminated

Water polo

competition	Men
Athletes	Dragos Constantin Stoenescu Cosmin Alexandru Radu Tiberiu Negrean Nicolae Virgil Diaconu Andrei Ionuț Iosep Dan Andrei Bușilă Mihnea Chioveanu Alexandru Matei Guiman Eduard Mihai Drăgușin Dimitri Goanță Ramiro Georgescu Alexandru Ghiban Kálmán János Káldár
Trainer	István Lukács Kovács
Group stage	Great Britain (13: 4) USA (8:10) Hungary (15:17) Montenegro (8:12) Serbia (4:12)
Quarter finals	eliminated
Placement games
Semifinals
final
placement	10

Web links

Commons : 2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Romania)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Romanian Olympic team 2012 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Romania - Athletes. Official London 2012 website. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited ( LOCOG ), accessed January 6, 2013 . 
• ROMANIA. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed January 6, 2013 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Echipa Olimpica a Romaniei la Jocurile Olimpice de la Londra. Retrieved July 17, 2012 (Romanian). 
2. ↑ LONDON 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers. (PDF; 160 kB) IOC, accessed on January 6, 2013 (English).