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	Alin Alexandru Firfirica

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 1500m	Claudia Bobocea	Claudia Bobocea
Women’s High Jump	Daniela Stanciu	Daniela Stanciu
Women’s Long Jump	Alina Rotaru	Alina Rotaru
	Florentina Iusco	Florentina Iusco

Basketball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 3×3	Qualified Via Rankings

Boxing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Flyweight	Cosmin Girleanu

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	Vlad Dascalu
Men’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings

Fencing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual Epee	Ana Maria Popescu
Men’s Individual Sabre	Iulian Teodosiu

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	Marian Dragulescu
Women’s Artistic Individual Events (1) (2)	Maria Holbura	Maria Holbura
	Larisa Iordache

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Coxless Pair	Marius-Vasile Cozmiuc Ciprian Tudosa
Women’s Coxless Pair	Cristina-Georgiana Popescu Amalia Beres
Men’s Double Sculls	Ioan Prundeanu Marian-Florian Enache
Women’s Double Sculls	Nicoleta-Ancuta Bodnar Simona Radis
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls	Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc Gianina-Elena Beleaga
Men’s Coxless Four	Mihaita-Vasile Tiganescu Mugurel Semciuc Stefan-Constantin Berariu Cosmin Pascari
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	Laura-Georgeta Coman

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m Backstroke	Robert Glinta	Robert Glinta
	Daniel Martin	Daniel Martin

Table Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	Ovidiu Ionescu
Women’s Singles	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Women’s Team	Daniela Dodean Elizabeta Samara Bernadette Szocz Irina Ciobanu	Daniela Dodean Elizabeta Samara Bernadette Szocz
Mixed Doubles	Ovidiu Ionescu Bernadette Szocs

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Freestyle -97kg	Albert Saritov
Men’s Greco-Roman -130kg	Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu
Women’s Freestyle -50kg	Alina Vuc	Alina Vuc
Women’s Freestyle -53kg	Andreea Ana