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competed at the

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. 124 competitors, 71 men and 53 women, took part in 86 events in 13 sports. Notably,

was the only

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nation to participate at these Games; all others followed the Soviet Union's boycott of the Games. The Romanian athletes were greeted with warm applause as they entered the

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during the opening ceremony, in part an affirmation of the nation's defiance of the boycott. The Romanian Olympic team was phenomenally successful at the games, ultimately placing second to the

in the gold medal tally.

Medalists

Athletics

Women's 1,500 metres *

Doina Melinte Doina Ofelia Melinte (; née Beșliu on 27 December 1956) is a retired 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. She won the ...

:* Heat — 4:10.48 :* Final — 4:03.76 (→ Silver Medal) *

Maricica Puică Maricica Puică (née Luca on 29 July 1950) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. She is the 1984 Olympic champion in the 3000 metres. One of the greatest female middle-distance runners of the 1980s, she also twice won the World Cross C ...

:* Heat — 4:05.30 :* Final — 4:04.15 (→ Bronze Medal) * Fița Lovin :* Heat — 4:10.58 :* Final — 4:09.11 (→ 9th place) Women's 3,000 metres *

:* Heat — 8:43.32 :* Final — 8:35.96 (→ Gold Medal) Women's 400m Hurdles * Cristieana Cojocaru :* Heat — 56.94 :* Semifinal — 55.24 :* Final — 55.41 (→ Bronze Medal) Women's High Jump *

Niculina Vasile Niculina Vasile (born 13 February 1958) is a retired high jumper from Romania, who set her personal best on 2 June 1985, jumping 1.98 metres at a meet in Bucharest. A three-time national champion (1981, 1982 and 1984), Vasile competed at the 198 ...

:* Qualification — 1.90m :* Final — 1.85m (→ 11th place) Women's Long Jump * Anișoara Cușmir-Stanciu :* Qualification — 6.69 m :* Final — 6.96 m (→ Gold Medal) * Valy Ionescu :* Qualification — 6.60 m :* Final — 6.81 m (→ Silver Medal) Women's Discus Throw * Florența Crăciunescu :* Qualification — 57.84m :* Final — 63.64m (→ Bronze Medal) Women's Shot Put *

Mihaela Loghin Mihaela Loghin (born 1 June 1952) is a shot putter from Romania. She won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics, one centimetre behind Claudia Losch, and a bronze medal at the 1986 European Indoor Championships. After retiring from competitions i ...

:* Final — 20.47 m (→ Silver Medal) * Florența Crăciunescu :* Final — 17.23 m (→ 8th place)

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) * Nicolae Talpos :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Lost to Meldrick Taylor (United States), 0:5 Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) * Viorel Ioana :* First Round — Lost to

Renato Cornett Renato Cornett (born 12 June 1965) is an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) wer ...

(Australia), 1:4 Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) *

Mircea Fulger Mircea Fulger (born 26 January 1959) is a retired light-welterweight boxer from Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, ...

→ Bronze Medal :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Defeated Jean Duarte (France), RSC-1 :* Third Round — Defeated Stefan Sjøstrand (SWE), 5:0 :* Quarterfinals — Defeated Lofti Belkhir (Tunisia), 5:0 :* Semifinals — Lost to

Dhawee Umponmaha Dhawee Umponmaha ( th, ทวี อัมพรมหา; ; born November 15, 1959 in Amphoe Mueang Rayong, Rayong province) or known in Muay Thai as Kaopong Sitichuchai (ขาวผ่อง สิทธิชูชัย) is a Thai boxer. At ...

(Thailand), 0:5 Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) *

Rudel Obreja Rudel Obreja (6 August 1965 – 12 March 2023) was a Romanian boxer and businessman. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Obreja also won four national senior titles, a bronze medal at the 1989 World Amateur ...

:* First Round — Defeated Antoine Loungoude (RCA), KO-1 :* Second Round — Defeated Michael Hughes (GBR), 5:0 :* Third Round — Lost to

Mark Breland Mark Anthony Breland (born May 11, 1963) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1997, and held the WBA welterweight title twice between 1987 and 1990. He later became an actor with a wide range of movie and television ...

(United States), 0:5 Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) * Gheorghe Simion :* First Round — Lost to Ahn Dal-Ho (South Korea), 0:5 Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) * Georgica Donici :* First Round — Bye :* Second Round — Defeated Fine Sani (Tonga), 5:0 :* Quarterfinals — Lost to

Anton Josipović Anton "Ante" Josipović (born 22 October 1961) is a former Yugoslav boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia). He won the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Though Croatian, he was born in Banja Luka, B ...

(Yugoslavia), 0:5

Canoeing

Fencing

Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Romania in 1984. ; Men's foil * Petru Kuki ; Men's sabre * Marin Mustață * Ioan Pop * Cornel Marin ; Men's team sabre * Marin Mustață, Ioan Pop, Alexandru Chiculiță, Cornel Marin, Vilmoș Szabo ; Women's foil * Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan * Aurora Dan * Marcela Moldovan-Zsak ; Women's team foil * Aurora Dan,

Monika Weber-Koszto Monika Weber-Koszto ( hu, Weber-Kosztó Mónika; born 7 February 1966) is a Romanian-born German fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics competing for Romania. She then won a silver in the sam ...

, Rozalia Oros, Marcela Moldovan-Zsak, Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan

Gymnastics

Handball

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group A) :*Defeated Algeria (25-16) :*Defeated Iceland (26-17) :*Defeated Switzerland (23-17) :*Defeated Japan (28-22) :*Lost to Yugoslavia (18-19) *Bronze Medal Match :*Defeated Denmark (23-19) → Bronze Medal *Team Roster :* Mircea Bedivan :* Dumitru Berbece :* Iosif Boroș :*

Alexandru Buligan Alexandru Buligan (born 22 April 1960) is a retired Romanian handball goalkeeper who played a record of 280 international games for Romania. He won bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1990 World Championships. At the club level he ...

:* Gheorghe Covaciu :* Gheorghe Dogărescu :* Marian Dumitru :* Cornel Durău :* Alexandru Fölker :* Nicolae Munteanu :* Vasile Oprea :*

Adrian Simion Adrian Simion (born 2 August 1961) is a former Romanian handball goalkeeper who won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an ...

:* Vasile Stîngă :*

Neculai Vasilcă Neculai Vasilca (born 28 November 1955) is a retired Romanian handball pivot. He played 126 matches for the national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather ...

:* Maricel Voinea

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

;Men ;Women

Shooting

;Men ;Women

Swimming

Women's 100m Backstroke * Carmen Bunaciu :* Heat — 1:03.79 :* Final — 1:03.21 (→ 4th place) * Anca Pătrășcoiu :* Heat — 1:04.16 :* Final — 1:03.29 (→ 5th place) Women's 200m Backstroke * Anca Pătrășcoiu :* Heat — 2:16.71 :* Final — 2:13.29 (→ Bronze Medal) * Carmen Bunaciu :* Heat — 2:16.41 :* Final — 2:16.15 (→ 7th place) Women's 400m Individual Medley * Anca Pătrășcoiu :* Heat — 5:03.97 :* B-Final — 5:05.53 (→ 16th place)

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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