1956 Winter Olympics / Participant (Romania)

ROME

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Romania took part in the VII Winter Olympics in 1956 in the Italian municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo with a delegation of 19 athletes in four disciplines, including 13 men and 6 women. It was Romania's sixth participation in the Winter Olympics. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

Participants by sport

bob

Men, twos

• Heinrich Enea , Mărgărit Blăgescu (ROM-1)

  14th place (5: 46.22 min)

• Constantin Dragomir , Gheorghe Moldoveanu (ROM-2)

  18th place (5: 50.16 min)

Men, foursome

• Heinrich Enea , Dumitru Peteu , Nicolae Moiceanu , Mărgărit Blăgescu (ROM-1)

  14th place (5: 23.19 min)

• Constantin Dragomir , Vasile Panait , Ion Staicu , Gheorghe Moldoveanu (ROM-2)

  20th place (5: 27.83 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Gheorghe Cristoloveanu

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant slalom: 37th place (3: 30.5 min)

  Slalom: 41st place (4: 21.0 min)

• Nicolae Pandrea

  Downhill: 31st place (3: 46.5 min)

  Giant Slalom: 74th place (4: 12.3 min)

  Slalom: 39th place (4: 19.1 min)

Women

• Elena Epuran

  Downhill: 44th place (2: 27.7 min)

  Giant slalom: 43rd place (3: 20.5 min)

  Slalom: disqualified

• Magdalena Marotineanu

  Downhill: 40th place (2: 04.0 min)

  Giant Slalom: 39th place (2: 21.0 min)

  Slalom: disqualified

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Manole Aldescu

  15 km: 32nd place (54:40 min)

  30 km: 31st place (1:57:42 h)

• Constantin Enache

  15 km: 40th place (56:06 min)

  30 km: 36th place (1:59:52 h)

Women

• Margareta Arvay

  10 km: disqualified

• Ștefania Botcariu

  10 km: 39th place (49:37 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: disqualified

• Iuliana Simon

  10 km: 38th place (49:32 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: disqualified

• Elena Zangor

  3 × 5 km relay: disqualified

Ski jumping

• Nicolae Munteanu

  Normal hill: 42nd place (175.0)

Web links

• Romania at the 1956 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )