Romania competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul, South Korea. 68 competitors, 32 men and 36 women, took part in 59 events in 10 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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Athletics

Men's High Jump * Sorin Matei Women's 1,500 metres *

Paula Ivan Paula Ivan (born 20 July 1963 as Ionescu, later known as Ilie) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. Born in Herăști, Giurgiu County, she graduated from the Gheorghe Șincai High School in Bucharest in 1982. In 1987, Ivan won gold ...

Doina Melinte Doina Ofelia Melinte (; née Beșliu on 27 December 1956) is a retired Romanians, Romanian middle-distance runner. She competed at four Olympics (1980–92), and won a gold medal in the 800 metres and a silver medal in the 1500 metres in 1984. S ...

Women's 3,000 metres *

* Maricica Puică Women's High Jump *

Galina Astafei Alina Astafei (known before 1995 as Galina Astafei; born 7 June 1969) is a Romanian-German track and field athlete who attained German citizenship in 1995. She was one of the world's leading high jumpers in the 1990s. Representing Romania, she ...

Boxing

Canoeing

Fencing

Two female fencers represented Romania in 1988. ; Women's foil *

Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan (née Tufan on 8 August 1964) is a retired Romanian foil fencer. She competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics and won a silver and a bronze team medal in 1984 and 1992, respectively. Her best individual result was fou ...

Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo Reka Zsofia Lazăr-Szabo ( hu, Réka Zsófia Lázár-Szabó, born 11 March 1967) is a Romanian foil fencer, bronze medallist in the 1992 Summer Olympics, World champion in 1994, and silver medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Career She is ...

Gymnastics

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Women's 50m Freestyle * Tamara Costache :* Heat – 26.06 :* Final – 25.80 (→ 6th place) * Liliana Dobrescu :* Heat – 26.56 (→ did not advance, 17th place) Women's 100m Freestyle * Liliana Dobrescu :* Heat – 56.67 :* B-Final – 56.79 (→ 11th place) * Tamara Costache :* Heat – 56.79 :* B-Final – 57.11 (→ 16th place) Women's 200m Freestyle * Liliana Dobrescu :* Heat – 2:01.93 :* B-Final – 2:01.98 (→ 12th place) * Stela Marian Pura :* Heat – 2:02.26 :* B-Final – 2:02.30 (→ 13th place) Women's 400m Freestyle *

Noemi Lung Noemi Lung Zaharia (born May 16, 1968) is a retired butterfly, freestyle and medley swimmer from Romania, who won two individual medley medals at the 1988 Olympics. A year before she collected a record five gold medals at the 1987 Summer Univer ...

:* Heat – 4:12.42 :* B-Final – 4:11.68 (→ 10th place) * Stela Marian Pura :* Heat – 4:15.78 :* B-Final – 4:12.14 (→ 11th place) Women's 100m Backstroke * Aneta Patrscoiu :* Heat – 1:03.29 :* B-Final – 1:03.33 (→ 9th place) Women's 200m Backstroke * Aneta Patrscoiu :* Heat – 2:17.25 :* B-Final – 2:15.75 (→ 9th place) Women's 100m Butterfly * Stela Marian Pura :* Heat – 1:03.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 200m Butterfly * Stela Marian Pura :* Heat – 2:12.53 :* Final – 2:11.28 (→ 4th place) Women's 200m Individual Medley *

:* Heat – 2:15.55 :* Final – 2:14.85 (→ Bronze Medal) * Aneta Patrascoiu :* Heat – 2:17.39 :* Final – 2:16.70 (→ 6th place) Women's 400m Individual Medley *

:* Heat – 4:41.96 :* Final – 4:39.46 (→ Silver Medal)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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