1980 Winter Olympics / Participant (Romania)

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Romania took part in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid with a delegation of 35 athletes (33 men, 2 women). Bobsleigh driver Gheorghe Lixandru was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

bob

Two-man bobsleigh:

• Gheorghe Lixandru / Dragoș Panaitescu-Rapan (ROU I)

  11th place

• Constantin Iancu / Constantin Obreja (ROU II)

  18th place

Four-man bobsleigh:

• Dorel Cristudor / Gheorghe Lixandru / Sandu Mitrofan / Dragoș Panaitescu-Rapan (ROU I)

  8th place

• Ion Duminicel / Doru Frîncu / Constantin Iancu / Constantin Obreja (ROU II)

  14th place

Speed ​​skating

Men's:

• Vasile Coroș

  500 m: 27th place

  1000 m: 31st place

• Andrei Erdely

  5000 m: 22nd place

  10,000 m: 20th place

• Dezideriu Jenei

  500 m: 30th place

  1000 m: 33rd place

Sledding

Women: Maria Maioru 21st place Elena Stan 20th place Double seater men: Ioan Apostol / Cristinel Piciorea 15th place

ice Hockey

Men: 7th place

Elöd Antal István Antal Dumitru Axinte Ion Berdila Traian Cazan Marian Costea Șandor Gal Gheorghe Huțan Alexandru Hălăucă George Justinian

Doru Moroșan Béla Nagy Zoltan Nagy Valerian Netedu Constantin Nistor Adrian Olenici Marian Pisaru Mihail Lucian Popescu Laszlo Solyom Doru Tureanu

Web links

• Romanian Olympic team 1980 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )