Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 138 competitors, 108 men and 30 women, took part in 76 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

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Gold

* Iolanda Balaş — Athletics, Women's High Jump *

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— Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

Silver

* Andrei Igorov — Canoeing, Men's C1 1000m Canadian Singles * Hilde Lauer — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles * Ion Tripşa — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol *

Valeriu Bularca Valeriu Bularca (14 February 1931 – 7 February 2017) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1964. In 1961 he became the first Romanian wrestler to win a world title. Domesti ...

— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Bronze

Lia Manoliu Lia Manoliu (; 25 April 1932 – 9 January 1998) was a Romanian discus thrower who won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. She was the first track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics (1952–1972). Early life; sports and educat ...

— Athletics, Women's Discus Throw *

Aurel Vernescu Aurel Vernescu (23 January 1939 – 1 December 2008) was a Romanian sprint canoeist. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won three medals with a silver in 1972 in the K-4 1000 m and two bronze medals in 1964 in the K-1 1000 ...

— Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles *

Simion Cuciuc Simion Cuciuc (born July 4, 1941) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1960s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropo ...

, Atanase Sciotnic,

Mihai Țurcaș Mihai Țurcaș (born 18 November 1942 - d. 22 December 2002) was a Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. ...

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— Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours * Hilde Lauer and Cornelia Sideri — Canoeing, Women's K2 500m Kayak Pairs *

Dumitru Pârvulescu Dumitru Pârvulescu (or, in older spelling, Pîrvulescu; 14 June 1933 – 9 April 2007) was a flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960, placing third in 1964 ...

— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight *

Ion Cernea Ion Cernea (born 21 October 1933) is a retired bantamweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the so ...

— Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Athletics

Women's High Jump * Iolanda Balaş * Qualification- 1.70 m * Final:-1.90 m, OR ( Gold Medal) Women's Discus *

*Qualification- 53.64 m *Final-56.94 m ( Bronze Medal) * Olimpia Cataramă *Qualification-53.20 m *Final-53.08 m (8th place) Women's Javelin *

Maria Diaconescu Maria Diaconescu (née Diți; born 16 November 1937) is a Romanian former javelin thrower. She won the silver medal in women's javelin throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships, competed in the Summer Olympics twice, and was ranked in th ...

*Qualification-51.12 m *Final-53.71 m (6th place) *

*Qualification-51.19 m *Final-60.54 m ( Gold Medal) Women's Shot Put *Ana Sǎlǎgean *Qualification-15.31 m not qualified(no ranking) Women's Long Jump * Viorica Viscopoleanu *Qualification-6.37 m *Final-6.35 m (5th place) Men's 5000 m *

Andrei Barabaș Andrei Barabaș (9 December 1937 – 2005) was a Romanian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and ...

*Heat-14:00.2 not qualified (no ranking) Marathon *Constantin Grecescu 2:30:42.6 (36th place) Triple Jump * Şerban Ciochină *Qualification-15.31 m *Final-16.23 m (5th place) 50 km Walk *Ilie Popa 2:19:03.0 (28th place)

Boxing

Flyweight * Constantin Ciucǎ def. Henry (Canada), def. Cuylenburg (Ceylon),lost to Olech (Poland)→6th place Bantamweight * Nicolae Puiu def. Van der Walt (Northern Rhodesia), def. Johnson (U.S.A.), lost to Sakurai (Japan)→5th place Featherweight * Constantin Crudu def. Caminero (Cuba), def. Limmonen (Finland), lost to Stepashkin (Soviet Union)→5th place Light-Welterweight * Iosif Mihalic def. König (Austria), def. Fasoli (Italy), lost to Kulej (Poland)→5th place Welterweight *Niculescu def. Gutierrez (Mexico), lost to Mabwa (Uganda) Light-Middleweight *Mârza def. Lee (South Korea), def. Elmahas (United Arab Republic), lost to Grzesiak(Poland)→7th place Middleweight * Ion Monea def. Kim (South Korea), lost to Schulz (Germany United Team) Light-Heavyweight * Gheorghe Negrea lost to Kiselyov (Soviet Union) Heavyweight * Vasile Mariuţan def. Pandov (Bulgaria),lost to Ros (Italy)

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Romania in 1964. ; Individual road race *

Gabriel Moiceanu Gabriel Moiceanu (born 12 August 1934) is a retired Romanian cyclist. He competed in the road race at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics; he was 57th in 1964 and failed to finish in 1960. In 1964, he also finished sixth in the 100 km team time tr ...

* Constantin Ciocan *

Ion Cosma Ion Cosma (11 July 1937, Bukarest - 1997) was a Romanian cyclist. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 km team time trial and in the individual road race. In 1960 he finished in sixth and fifth place, whereas in 1964 he wa ...

* Gheorghe Bădără ; Team time trial * Gheorghe Bădără * Constantin Ciocan *

* Emil Rusu

Fencing

Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1964. ; Women's foil * Ana Ene-Derșidan qualified from Round 1 (2v, 2 d, barrage), qualified from Round 2 (3v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Antonella Ragno (Italy) (8-4) * Olga Orban-Szabo qualified from Round 1 (3 v,2 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v, 1 d), lost in Round 3 to Giovanna Masciotta(Italy) (8-6) *

Maria Vicol Maria Vicol (née Taitiș, 17 October 1935 – 13 March 2015) was a Romanian foil fencer, Olympic bronze medalist in 1960 and an Olympic team bronze medalist in 1968. Career Vicol took up fencing at Progresul Bucharest, where she was trained ...

eliminated in Round 1 (2 v, 3 d) ; Women's team foil *Round 1 :* Defeated U.S.A. (9-1) *Round 2 :* Lost to Soviet Union (4-9) *Playoff for 5th place :* Defeated France (9-6)→5th place Team Roster: :* Olga Orban-Szabo :* Ana Ene-Derșidan :* Ileana Gyulai :* Ecaterina Stahl :*

; Men's foil *

Ion Drîmbă Ionel Alexandru "Ion" Drîmbă (also Drâmbă, March 18, 1942 – February 20, 2006) was a Romanian fencer. he competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won the first ever Olympic gold medal in fencing for Romania in 1968. Biography Dr ...

qualified from Round 1 (4 v, 1 d), qualified from Round 2 (3 v, 2 d), def.in Round 3 Naser Madani (Iran)(10-4), lost in Round 4 to Roland Losert (Austria)(6-10) * Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (6 v,0 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v, 3 d) * Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (2 v,3 d, barrage) ; Men's team foil *First round :* Def. Argentina (9-0) :* Def. France (9-5) :* Lost to U.S.A. (8-8,54-62 t.d.) *Quarterfinals :* Lost to Poland (5-9) *5-8 Playoff :* Def. Hungary (9-5) :* Lost to Germany United Team (8-8;57-60 t.d.)→6th place *Team Roster :*

:* Ștefan Haukler :* Tănase Mureșanu :* Iuliu Falb :* Attila Csipler ; Men's épée * Ștefan Haukler qualified from Round 1 (4 v,3 d), eliminated in Round 2 (0 v, 5 d) ; Men's sabre * Tănase Mureșanu qualified from Round 1 (6 v, 0 d), qualified from Round 2 (4 v,2 d), lost in Round 3 to Marcel Parent (France) (10-12) * Octavian Vintilă qualified from Round 1 (3 v, 2 d), eliminated in Round 2 (1 v, 6 d) *

qualified from Round 1 (4 v,1 d), eliminated in Round 2 (3 v, 3 d) ; Men's team sabre *Round 1 :* Def. Australia (9-3) :* Def. Great Britain (10-6) *Quarterfinals :* Lost to France (6-8) *5-7 playoff :* Lost to Hungary (0-9)→7th place Team Roster :* Attila Csipler :* Octavian Vintilă :* Tănase Mureșanu :*

Football

*Group stage :* Defeated Mexico (3-1) :* Drew with Germany United Team (1-1) :* Defeated Iran (1-0) *Quarterfinals :* Lost to Hungary (0-2) *Consolation Round 1 :* Defeated Ghana (4-2) *Consolation Round 2 :* Defeated Yugoslavia (3-0) → 5th place *Team Roster :* Ilie Datcu :* Ilie Greavu :* Ion Nunweiller :*

Dan Coe Daniel Coe (8 September 1941 – 19 October 1981) was a Romanian football defender. He was part of the Romanian team that reached quarterfinals at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and later participated at the 1970 World Cup. Club career Originating ...

:* Bujor Hălmăgeanu :*

Emil Petru Emil Petru (28 September 1939 – 1 March 1995) was a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. In his career, he played mainly for Universitatea Cluj and represented Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Honours Știința C ...

:* Constantin Koszka :* Ion Pârcălab :*

Gheorghe Constantin Gheorghe Constantin (14 December 1932 – 9 March 2010) was a Romanian former footballer and coach. Known as ''The Professor'', he was a symbol of Steaua București. Club career Constantin made his debut for Unirea Tricolor's youth team, and sh ...

:* Ion Gheorghe Ionescu :*

Carol Creiniceanu Carol Creiniceanu (1 February 1939 – 14 January 2012) was a Romanian association football player. He was part of the Romanian team that reached quarterfinals at the 1964 Summer Olympics. International career Carol Creiniceanu played three gam ...

Emerich Jenei Emerich Jenei or Imre Jenei (also known as Emeric Jenei or Ienei; 22 March 1937) is a Romanian former football player and coach of Hungarian ethnicity. He is considered one of Romania's best Managers, alongside Ştefan Kovács, Mircea Lucesc ...

Cornel Pavlovici Cornel Pavlovici (2 April 1942 – 8 January 2013) was a Romanian association football, footballer who played as a striker. Death Pavlovici died on 8 January 2013. Career statistics *Total matches played in Romanian First League: 134 matches ...

:* Marin Andrei :*

Mircea Petescu Mircea Petescu (15 May 1942 – 16 December 2018) was a Romanian professional footballer and coach.Dumitru Ivan :*

Sorin Avram Sorin Aristotel Avram (29 March 1943 – 29 September 2015) was a Romanian football player and coach. He started his career in 1956, by joining the youth team of Letea Bacău. From there he moved to Dinamo Bacău in 1959 and then to Viitorul ...

:* Nicolae Georgescu

Gymnastics

Rowing

Shooting

Nine shooters represented Romania in 1964. ;

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* Ion Tripșa *

Marcel Roșca Marcel Roșca (; born 18 October 1943) is a retired Romanian pistol shooter. He competed in the individual 25 m rapid-fire event at the 1964 (Tokyo) and 1968 (Mexico) Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968, placing sixth at the former. He also ...

;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...

* Neagu Bratu *

Gavril Maghiar Gavril Maghiar (born 10 December 1926 – 2005) was a Romanian former sports shooter. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ...

; 50 m rifle, three positions * Ion Olărescu * Nicolae Rotaru ; 50 m rifle, prone * Nicolae Rotaru * Traian Cogut ;

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Ion Dumitrescu Ion Dumitrescu (18 July 1925 – 1999) was a Romanian sports shooter. He competed in the individual trap event at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and placed 1st, 5th, 11th and 30th, respectively.Gheorghe Enache

Volleyball

;Men's Team Competition * Round Robin :* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) :* Defeated Brazil (3-0) :* Defeated Bulgaria (3-2) :* Defeated Netherlands (3-0) :* Defeated South Korea (3-2) :* Defeated Hungary (3-1) :* Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3) :* Lost to Japan (0-3) :* Defeated United States (3-1) → 4th place *Team Roster :* Gheorghe Fieraru :* Horaţiu Nicolau :* Aurel Drăgan :* Iuliu Szőcs :* William Schreiber :* Mihai Grigorovici :* Davila Plocon :* Nicolae Bărbuţă :* Eduard Derzsi :* Mihai Chezan :* Constantin Ganciu :* Mihai Coste ;Women's Team Competition * Round Robin :* Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) :* Lost to Japan (0-3) :* Defeated United States (3-0) :* Defeated South Korea (3-0) :* Lost to Poland (0-3) → 4th place *Team Roster :* Ana Mocan :* Cornelia Lăzeanu :* Natalia Todorovschi :* Doina Ivănescu :* Doina Rodica Popescu :* Sonia Colceru :*

Lia Vanea Lia Vanea (born 3 October 1938) is a Romanian volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-spor ...

Alexandrina Chezan Alexandrina Chezan (born 29 April 1939) is a Romanian volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international mu ...

:* Ileana Enculescu :* Elisabeta Goloşie :* Marina Stanca

Water polo

*First Round :* Lost to Italy (3-4) :* Defeated Japan (9-4) *Semifinal Round :* Defeated Germany United Team (5-4) :* Drew with Soviet Union (2-2) :*5-8 Tournament :* Defeated the Netherlands (6-1) :* Lost to Belgium (3-5)→ 5th place *Team Roster :* Mircea Ştefănescu (water polo) :* Anatolie Grinţescu :* Aurel Zahan :* Alexandru Szabó :* Ştefan Kroner :* Cornel Mărculescu :* Nicolae Firoiu :* Gruia Novac :* Iosif Kuliniac :* Cosma Liţă :* Emil Mureșanu

Weightlifting

Wrestling

;Freestyle Wrestling 52 kg * Gheorghe Tapalagă lost to Aliev(Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Georgiev (Bulgaria) (fall 9'19") 78 kg * Ştefan Tâmpa lost to Watanabe (Japan) (decision), lost to Heinze (Germany Unified Team) (decision) 97 kg * Ferenc Ballo lost to

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(Soviet Union) (fall 2'12")drew with Conine (U.S.A.) (2-2) +97 kg * Ştefan Stângu drew with Kubat (Czechoslovakia) (2-2), lost to Dzhiber (Bulgaria) (decision) ;Greco-Roman Style Wrestling 52 kg *

def. Jensen (Denmark) (decision), def. Del Rio (Mexico) (fall 2'55"), def. Savadov (Soviet Union) (decision), lost to Kerezov (Bulgaria) (decision), lost to Hanahara (Japan) (fall 8'19")(→ Bronze Medal) 57 kg *

drew with Varga (Hungary) def. Knitter (Poland) (decision), def. Švec (Czechoslovakia) (decision), def. Başergil (Turkey) (decision), lost to Trestyanski (Soviet Union) (decision)(→ Bronze Medal) 63 kg * Marin Bolocan lost to Olsson (Sweden) (decision), def. Sayed (Afghanistan) (fall 3'56"),drew with Mirmalek (Iran), lost to Mansour (United Arab Republic) (decision) 70 kg *

drew with Tapio (Finland), def. Kim (South Korea) (decision), def. Burke (U.S.A.) (foul 7'52"), def. Jonsson (Sweden) (decision), drew with Ayvaz (Turkey); entered tiebreak for places 2–4; defeated Gvanseladze (Soviet Union (decision)), drew with Fujita (Japan)(→ Silver Medal) 78 kg * Ion Ţăranu def. Todorov (Bulgaria) (decision), drew with Kolesov (Soviet Union), def. Asghian (Iran) (decision), drew with

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(Finland)→5th place 82 kg *

Gheorghe Popovici Gheorghe Popovici (5 October 1859, Iași - 24 February 1933, Iași) was a Romanian painter and designer in the Academic art, Academic style. Biography He spent his childhood in Hotin. Later, he attended the secondary schools in Iași, graduating ...

drew with Olenik (Soviet Union), lost with

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(Germany United Team) (decision) 87 kg *

Nicolae Martinescu Nicolae Martinescu (24 February 1940 – 1 April 2013) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972, placing third in 1968 and fourth in 1964. At the 1976 Olympics he ...

drew with Sosnowski (Poland), def. Bulgarelli (Italy)(decision), def. Yilmaz (Turkey) (decision), def. Wiesberger (Austria) (decision), lost with Radev (Bulgaria)(decision)→4th place +97 kg * Ştefan Stângu drew with Kasabov (Bulgaria), lost to Svensson (Sweden) (decision).

References

External links

Official Olympic reports
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