Romania at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Romania
games=2004 Summer
competitors=108 (50 men and 58 women)
sports=16
flagbearer=Elisabeta Lipă
gold=8
silver=5
bronze=6
total=19
rank=14

Romania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Romania's sports in Greece included rowing, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, boxing and canoeing.

Medals

Gold

*Oana Ban, Alexandra Georgiana Eremia, Cătălina Ponor, Monica Roşu, Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie, and Silvia Stroescu — Gymnastics, Women's Team All-Around

*Monica Roşu — Gymnastics, Women's Vault

*Cătălina Ponor — Gymnastics, Women's Beam

*Cătălina Ponor — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise

*Constanţa Burcică, Angela Alupei — Rowing, Women's Lightweight Double Sculls

*Rodica Florea, Aurica Bărascu, Ioana Papuc, Liliana Gafencu, Elisabeta Lipă, Georgeta Damian, Doina Ignat, and Elena Georgescu — Rowing, Women's Eight

*Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu — Rowing, Women's Pair

*Camelia Potec — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle

Silver

*Marian Oprea — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump

*Ionela Târlea-Manolache — Athletics, Women's 400 m Hurdles

*Marian Drăgulescu — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercise

*Marius Urzică — Gymnastics, Men's Pommel Horse

*Daniela Nicoleta Şofronie — Gymnastics, Women's Floor Exercise

Bronze

*Maria Cioncan — Athletics, Women's 1500 m

*Ionut Gheorghe — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

*Marian Drăgulescu, Ilie Popescu, Dan Potra, Răzvan Selariu, Ioan Silviu Suciu, and Marius Urzică — Gymnastics, Men's Team All-Around

* Marian Drăgulescu — Gymnastics, Men's Vault

*Alexandra Georgiana Eremia — Gymnastics, Women's Beam

* Răzvan Florea — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke

Results by event

=Athletics=

Women's 400 metre hurdles:
* Ionela Târlea-Manolache — Round 1: 54.41 s, Semifinal: 53.32 s, Final: 53.38 s (silver medal)

Women's 800 metres:
* Maria Cioncan — Round 1: 1:59.64, Semifinal: 1:59.44, Final: 1:59.62 (7th place)

Women's 1500 metres:
* Maria Cioncan — Round 1: 4:06.68, Semifinal: 4:06.69, Final: 3:58.39 (bronze medal)
* Elena Iagăr — Round 1: 4:11.48
* Alina Cucerzan — Round 1: 4:18.07

Women's 10000 metres:
* Mihaela Botezan — 31:11.24 (NR) (11th place)

Women's 4x400 metre relay:
* Angela Moroşanu, Alina Răpanu, Maria Rus, and Ionela Târlea-Manolache — Round 1: 3:27.36, Final: 3:26.81 (6th place)

Women's marathon:
* Nuta Olaru — 2:34:45 (13th place)
* Constantina Tomescu — 2:37:31 (20th place)
* Lidia Simon — DNF

Women's 20 km walk:
* Norica Câmpean — 1:34:30 (27th place)
* Ana Maria Groza — 1:34:56 (29th place)
* Daniela Cârlan — 1:37:14 (37th place)

Men's long jump:
* Bogdan Ţărus — Final, 8.21 metres (8th place)

Women's long jump:
* Adina Anton — Round 1: 6.47 metres
* Alina Militaru — Round 1: No mark

Men's triple jump:
* Marian Oprea — Final, 17.55 metres (silver medal)

Women's triple jump:
* Adelina Gavrilă — Round 1: 14.56 metres, Final: 13.86 metres (15th place)
* Mariana Solomon — Round 1: 14.42 metres

Men's high jump:
* Ştefan Vasilache — Round 1, 2.25 metres (did not advance)

Women's high jump:
* Oana Pantelimon — Round 1: 1.92 metres, Final: 1.93 metres (7th place)
* Monica Iagăr — Round 1: 1.95 metres, Final: 1.93 metres (8th place)

Men's shot put:
* Gheorghe Guşet — Round 1, 19.68 metres (did not advance)

Women's discus:
* Nicoleta Grasu — Round 1: 61.91 metres, Final: 64.92 metres (6th place)

Women's javelin:
* Felicia Tilea Moldovan — Round 1: 62.05 metres, Final: 59.72 metres (11th place)

=Boxing=

Three Romanian boxers competed in Athens. None lost in the round of 32, as two won and the third had a bye. In the round of 16, though, one boxer was defeated. Another fell in the quarterfinal. The third survived to the semifinal, where he was defeated to finish with a bronze medal. That medal put Romania in a five-way tie for 16th place in the boxing medal count. The team's combined record was 5-3.

Men's Featherweight (– 57kg)
* Dorel Simion:* Round of 32 — Defeated Ryan Langham of Australia, 40-15:* Round of 16 — Defeated Mikhail Biarnadski of Belarus, 38-13:* Quarterfinal — Lost to Seok Hwan Jo of Korea, 39-35

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64kg)
* Ionuţ Gheorghe — bronze medal:* Round of 32 — Defeated Faisal Karim of Pakistan, 26-11:* Round of 16 — Defeated Mustafa Karagollu of Turkey, 28-19:* Quarterfinal — Defeated Michele di Rocco of Italy, 29-18:* Semifinal — Lost to Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand, 30-9

Men's Middleweight (– 75kg)
* Marian Simion:* Round of 32 — Bye:* Round of 16 — Lost to Ramadan Yasser of Egypt, 36-29

=Canoeing=

Men's C1 500 metres:
* Florin Georgian Mironcic — semifinal, 17th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:
* Mitică Pricop — semifinal, 13th place

Men's C2 500 metres:
* Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu — final, 4th place

Men's C2 1000 metres:
* Silviu Simioncencu and Florin Popescu — final, 4th place

Men's K2 500 metres:
* Marian Băban and Ştefan Vasile — semifinal, 17th place

Women's K2 500 metres:
* Florică Vulpeş and Lidia Talpa — semifinal, 11th place

Men's K4 1000 metres:
* Marian Băban, Alexandru Bogdan Ceausu, Vasile Curuzan Corneli, and Ştefan Vasile — final, 7th place

=Cycling=

Mountain biking

Men's Cross Country:
* Ovidiu Tudor Oprea — 37th place, -1 lap

=Diving=

Women's 10 metre Platform:
* Ramona Maria Ciobanu — preliminary, 24th place

=Equestrian=

Individual Eventing:
* Viorel Bubau riding Carnaval — did not finish

=Fencing=

Men's Épée Individual:
* Alexandru Nyisztor — defeated in round of 32

Women's Épée Individual:
* Ana Brânză — defeated in round of 16

Women's Foil Individual:
* Laura Gabriela Carlescu Badea — defeated in quarterfinals
* Roxana Scarlat — defeated in round of 16

Men's Sabre Individual:
* Mihai Covaliu — defeated in quarterfinals

Women's Sabre Individual:
* Cătălina Cheorghitoaia — 4th place

=Gymnastics=

Men's artistic: bronze medal team
* Marian Drăgulescu — advanced in three exercises:* Floor — silver medals:* Vault — bronze medal:* All-around — 8th place
* Marius Urzică — advanced in one exercise:* Pommel horse — silver medal
* Ioan Silviu Suciu — advanced in one exercise:* All-around — 4th place
* Ilie Daniel Popescu — did not advance in any exercise
* Dan Nicolae Potra — did not advance in any exercise
* Răzvan Dorin Selariu — did not advance in any exercise

Women's artistic: gold medal team
* Cătălina Ponor — advanced in two exercises:* Beam — gold medal:* Floor — gold medal
* Monica Roşu — advanced in one exercise:* Vault — gold medal
* Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie — advanced in three exercises:* Floor — silver medal:* All-around — 5th place:* Uneven bars — 6th place
* Alexandra Eremia — advanced in one exercise:* Beam — bronze medal
* Oana Ban — did not advance in any exercise
* Silvia Stroescu — did not advance in any exercise

=Judo=

Men's 73 kg:
* Claudiu Bastea — defeated in round of 16

Men's 100+ kg:
* Gabriel Munteanu — defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 32

Women's 48 kg:
* Alina Alexandra Dumitru — defeated in semifinals; lost in repechage finals

Women's 52 kg:
* Ioana Maria Aluas — defeated in round of 16; repechage quarterfinals

=Swimming=

Men's 400 metres Freestyle
*Dragoş Coman

Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle
*Dragoş Coman

Men's 100 metres Backstroke
*Răzvan Florea

Men's 200 metres Backstroke
*Răzvan Florea

Men's 100 metres Butterfly
*Ioan Gherghel

Men's 200 metres Butterfly
*Ioan Gherghel

Women's 200 metres Freestyle
*Camelia Potec
*Larisa Lăcustă

Women's 400 metres Freestyle
*Camelia Potec
*Simona Păduraru

Women's 800 metres Freestyle
*Simona Păduraru
*Camelia Potec

Women's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay
*Beatrice Căslaru, Larisa Lăcustă, Simona Păduraru, and Camelia Potec

Women's 200 metres Individual Medley
*Beatrice Căslaru

Women's 400 metres Individual Medley
*Beatrice Căslaru

=Tennis=

Men's Singles
*Andrei Pavel
*Victor Hănescu

Men's Doubles
*Andrei Pavel and Victor Hănescu

Officials

*President: Ion Ţiriac
*Secretary General: Dan Popper

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ROU/summer/2004/ sports-reference]