1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (Romania)

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Romania took part in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, with 30 athletes, 29 men and one woman.

It was Romania's eighth participation in the Winter Olympics since 1928 .

Flag bearer

The figure skater Beatrice Huştiu carried the flag of Romania during the opening ceremony.

Medals

With a bronze medal won the Romanian team finished 15th in the medals table .

Ion Panțuru and Nicolae Neagoe won bronze in the two-man bobsleigh, the first Romanian medal ever at the Olympic Winter Games.

bronze

• Ion Panțuru and Nicolae Neagoe : two-man bobsleigh

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Nicolae Bărbăşescu

• Individual (20 km): 29th place
• Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 7th place

• Gheorghe Cimpoia

• Individual (20 km): 23rd place
• Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 7th place

• Vilmoş Gheorghe

• Individual (20 km): 22nd place
• Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 7th place

• Constantin Carabela

• Individual (20 km): 14th place
• Relay (4 × 7.5 km): 7th place

bob

• Ion Panțuru

  Two-man bobsleigh: bronze

  Four-man bobsleigh: 4th place

• Nicolae Neagoe

  Two-man bobsleigh: bronze

  Four-man bobsleigh: 4th place

• Romeo Nedelcu

  Two-man bobsleigh: qualification

• Gheorghe Maftei

  Two-man bobsleigh: qualification

  Four-man bobsleigh: 4th place

• Petre Hristovici

  Four-man bobsleigh: 4th place

figure skating

• Beatrice Huştiu

  29th place

ice Hockey

• Men: 12th place

Constantin Dumitraş Mihai Stoiculescu Ion Stefan Ionescu Zoltan Czaka Dezideriu Varga Zoltan Fogaras Răzvan Schiau Geza Szabo Julian Florescu

Alexandru Calamar Iuliu Szabo Eduard Pană Ion Gheorghiu Ștefan Texe Ion Basa Aurel Moiș Valentin Ștefan Ștefan Ionescu

Alpine skiing

• Dorin Munteanu

  Giant slalom, men: 55th place

  Downhill, men: 65th place

  Slalom, men: qualification

• Dan Cristea

  Giant slalom, men: 49th place

  Downhill, men: 62nd place

Web links

• Olympic team of Romania 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )