History
Romania made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1900. They wouldn’t return until 1924 where they competed in most games since, missing only the 1932 and 1948 Olympics. The nation sends a large delegation with around 100 athletes competing at recent Olympics. The athletes compete in a variety of sports with the most popular being athletics, canoeing, gymnastics, rowing and wrestling.
Romania has won at least one medal in all Olympics it has participated in with the exceptions of the 1900 and 1928 Olympics. In total the nation has won 306 medals across 16 sports. The most successful sports include gymnastics (72), rowing (38), athletics (35), canoeing (34) and wrestling (34). The most successful athlete is gymnast Nadia Comaneci whom won nine medals at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. She won five golds in the individual all-around (1976), uneven bars (1976), balance beam (1976 & 1980), and floor exercise (1980), three silvers in the team all-around (1976 & 1980) and individual all-around (1980) and one bronze in the floor exercise (1976). In 2016 Romania won four medals.
Qualified Quotas
Athletics
Men’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Discus Throw | Alin Alexandru Firfirica |
Women’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s 1500m | Claudia Bobocea | |
| Women’s High Jump | Daniela Stanciu | |
| Women’s Long Jump | Alina Rotaru | |
| Florentina Iusco |
Canoeing
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s C2 1000m | Victor Mihalachi Catalin Chirila |
Cycling
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Cross-Country | Vlad Dascalu |
Football
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Tournament | Andrei Radu Catalin Cabuz Andrei Vlad Radu Boboc Cristian Manea Alex Pascanu Ionut Nedelcearu Adrian Rus Virgil Ghita Florin Stefan Ricardo Grigore Dragos Nedelcu Tudor Baluta Alexandru Cicaldau Vlad Dragomir Andrei Ciobanu Dennis Man Ianis Hagi Darius Olaru Florinel Coman George Puscas Adrian Petre Andrei Ivan |
Gymnastics
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Artistic Individual Events | Marian Dragulescu | |
| Women’s Artistic Individual Events | Maria Holbura |
Rowing
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Coxless Pair | Marius-Vasile Cozmiuc Ciprian Tudosa |
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| Women’s Coxless Pair | Cristina-Georgiana Popescu Amalia Beres |
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| Men’s Double Sculls | Ioan Prundeanu Marian-Florian Enache |
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| Women’s Double Sculls | Nicoleta-Ancuta Bodnar Simona Radis |
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| Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls | Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina-Elena Beleaga |
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| Men’s Coxless Four | Mihaita-Vasile Tiganescu Mugurel Semciuc Stefan-Constantin Berariu Cosmin Pascari |
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| Women’s Coxless Four | Viviana-Iuliana Bejinariu Ioana Vrinceanu Madalina Beres Denisa Tilvescu |
Shooting
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s 10m Air Rifle | Laura-Georgeta Coman |
Swimming
Men’s Events
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s 100m Backstroke | Robert Glinta | |
| Daniel Martin |
Wrestling
| Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Freestyle -50kg | Alina Vuc |