Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
competed in the
2008 Summer Olympics
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, held in
Beijing
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China
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from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Romania intended to send 104 competitors to Beijing, although the delegation was reduced to 102 when two Romanian athletes were suspended for doping before the start of the Olympics. The Romanian delegation for Beijing was the smallest Romanian Olympic delegation since the
1989 Revolution.
Romanians competed in 16 sports: athletics, archery, handball, gymnastics, wrestling, swimming, diving, weightlifting, fencing, table tennis, shooting, tennis, judo, boxing, kayak-canoeing, and rowing.
Medalists
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Archery
Romania sent archers to the Olympics for the second time (and first since 1980), seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport.
Alexandru Bodnar earned the country its first qualifying spot in the men's competition by placing 29th in the
2007 World Outdoor Target Championships
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[FITA Olympic Qualification - Men]
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Athletics
The following athletes were selected for the Romanian team.
Boxing
Romania qualified two boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Popescu qualified at the first European qualifying tournament.[1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament]
/ref> Gheorghe qualified at the second European continental qualifying tournament.[2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament]
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Canoeing
Sprint
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Diving
;Men
;Women
Fencing
;Men
;Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men
;Team
;Individual finals
;Women
;Team
* Only two gymnasts per country may advance to a final.
;Individual finals
Handball
Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Classification semifinal
;7th–8th place
Judo
Rowing
Romania qualified the following boats:
Shooting
;Men
;Women
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Table tennis
;Singles
;Team
Tennis
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle
* Gheorghiță Ștefan
Gheorghiță Ștefan (also known as Ștefan Gheorghiță, born January 17, 1986, in Bucharest) is a male freestyle wrestler from Romania. He participated in men's freestyle 74 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. He lost the bronze medal fight against ...
originally finished fifth, but in November 2016, he was promoted to bronze due to disqualification of Soslan Tigiev
Soslan Tigiev (born October 12, 1983 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian and Uzbekistani wrestler of Ossetian descent who competed in the freestyle 74 kg category. He was the 2006 Asian Games bronze medalist. Tigiev was initially awarded a silver ...
.
;Men's Greco-Roman
;Women's freestyle
See also
* Romania at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
References
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Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008
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Summer Olympics
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