1976 Winter Olympics / Participant (Romania)

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Romania took part in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck with a delegation of 32 men. The biathlete Gheorghe Gârniță was selected as the standard bearer for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Men's:

• Ion Cavași

  Departure: 57th place - 2:00, 19 min

  Giant Slalom: DNF

  Slalom: 30th place - 2: 21.32 min

• Dan Cristea

  Departure: 49th place - 1: 55.63 min

  Giant slalom: 45th place - 4: 05.29 min

  Slalom: 34th place - 2: 27.57 min

biathlon

Men's:

• Nicolae Cristoloveanu

  20 km: 45th place - 1: 28: 15.53 h; 8 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 10th place - 2:09: 54.40 h; 7 mistakes

• Victor Fontana

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 10th place - 2:09: 54.40 h; 7 mistakes

• Gheorghe Gârniță

  20 km: 31st place - 1: 25: 00.71 h; 4 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 10th place - 2:09: 54.40 h; 7 mistakes

• Gheorghe Voicu

  20 km: 16th place - 1: 21: 01.52 h; 5 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 10th place - 2:09: 54.40 h; 7 mistakes

bob

Two-man bobsleigh:

• Gheorghe Lixandru / Ion Panțuru (ROU I)

  11th place - 3: 50.09 min

• Costel Ionescu / Dragoș Panaitescu-Rapan (ROU II)

  12th place - 3: 50.53 min

Four-man bobsleigh:

• Costel Ionescu / Gheorghe Lixandru / Paul Neagu / Dragoș Panaitescu-Rapan (ROU I)

  8th place - 3: 43.91 min

• Mihai Nicolau / Ion Panțuru / Constantin Romaniuc / Alexe Gheorghe Tănăsescu (ROU II)

  14th place - 3: 46.39 min

ice Hockey

Men: 7th place

Elöd Antal Dumitru Axinte Marian Costea Șandor Gal Ioan Gheorghiu Vasile Huțanu Alexandru Hălăucă Ion Ioniță George Justinian

Tiberiu Mikloş Vasile Morar Doru Moroșan Valerian Netedu Eduard Pană Marian Pisaru Doru Tureanu Dezideriu Varga Nicolae Vișan

Web links

• Romanian Olympic Team 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )